Could be that they lack details at this point, but I rate them all from trash to less-trash. Switzerland has had some outstanding bills forever right in the center of Europe, but the EU comes out with this uninspired garbage.
Future euro banknote design proposals
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#182A) Probably my favorite. Despite not loving the overall style, the portraits actually show emotion. Von Suttner's portrait in particular conveys a lot to me.
B) Not a fan. Individual elements are well done but it doesn't feel cohesive to me.
C) Fine/unobjectionable to me.
D) I like these a lot. It feels like they really made the most of the choice of buildings by covering them up with geometric patterns and/or showing the insides.
E) I really hate the backs of these. The back designs of all the others show how the spirit of each historical figure shows up in modern life. This utterly fails to do that for Da Vinci and Curie.
F) These just don't look like banknotes to me, and I don't think the colors look good.
G) Please no.
H) Fronts look good!
I) I'm not sure I like the technology/prey animals on the front.
J) These don't feel like banknotes to me, but I think I might wind up liking them after getting used to them.
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#183I found it hard to vote just by saying "I like this design" for each one individually. Since we have a set of limited option, I'd rather compare and pick the ones I prefer in comparison of the others. I helped Claude build a simple web app (static, local, oss) to make you choose among pairs, to progressively determine your personal preference. It outputs your top 3, you can share the summary like this: Recto Verso Eu…
Recto Verso Euro
My favourite euro banknote designs:
Design B
Design H
Design E
→ https://pil0u.github.io/recto-verso-euro/#r=BHECADFIGJ&c=100
Very cool, it made me realize I really like landscape designs which are generic.
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#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
> absence of €1 and €2 banknotes The US style? I much prefer the Japanese style instead (where €5 would be a coin instead of a note). When our largest coin is too small to buy a drink at a vending machine we've got a problem. ATMs don't turn over €5 notes anyway, so their existence is painfully awkward.
ATS return 5€, or did I miss something? Also: vending machines can take notes as well, so I really don't get the argument
Here in Belgium neither is the case (or maybe I'm just unlucky with my bank and vending machines), but that might just be Belgium being a shithole again.
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#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
> absence of €1 and €2 banknotes The US style? I much prefer the Japanese style instead (where €5 would be a coin instead of a note). When our largest coin is too small to buy a drink at a vending machine we've got a problem. ATMs don't turn over €5 notes anyway, so their existence is painfully awkward.
ATS return 5€, or did I miss something? Also: vending machines can take notes as well, so I really don't get the argument
Most ATMs I have used don't. Most of the time it is 20+ ime.
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#186A) Front is nice, but I can't get over the shadow people in the backside B) The most boring of the options. The tiny text with the bird facts should not be there. C) Corporate hellscape. D) wtf are those hands doing here E) Again fronts look better than backs; fronts are very traditional bank-note to me. F) Most interesting option. Certainly feels different than any other bank note I recall. G) Ugh random vector shap…
I like the ones you find boring (but not the corporate Memphis ones) - money is a serious matter, so it's IMO supposed to look serious and a little boring.
I feel like banknotes is one of the few common-places that EU could convey some sort of "shared vision/purpose" that is largely missing in general. From this perspective "boring" as in buildings etc are not very good options as they do not convey anything positive, and make it look further "cold and distant" from people. While options like F show a vision which europe could aim towards.
Of course then, on the other hand, the boring options are in this sense the most honest ones.
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
Brutalist buildings in Brussels. Not a great choice for a continent with 2000+ years of very rich architecture history.
Also the ECB in frankfurt on the 50€
Perhaps making the notes as ugly and boring as possible will push folks off physical money onto trackable digital money that is just as soulless as the buildings on the notes.
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#188Could be that they lack details at this point, but I rate them all from trash to less-trash. Switzerland has had some outstanding bills forever right in the center of Europe, but the EU comes out with this uninspired garbage.
I did not expect anything else.
The proposal J with the birds has some charm, but doesn’t work as a whole.
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a survey link. Not sure it works as Cloudflare blocks me from accessing it. Oh the irony, having my opinion as EU citizen about an EU issue blocked by some silly US company. I want some birds too!
Share a screenshot of the block?
It's the typical Cloudflare error where it tells you "Your browser sucks", not sure what a screenshot would help. :)
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but all the buildings are modernist skyscrapers and uninspired office buildings Because they are the european institutions, eg the EU parliament building, EU comission, etc. They are mostly office buildings.
That does not mean they were the only possible choice. Personally, I find having my continent represented by them an extreme insult.
Can you elaborate what you mean?
Are you against the idea of European cooperation in general? Or against the implementation?
If there is to be European cooperation that goes beyond heads of states talking to each other, you're going to need some kind of space where they can do that. Using that building as a symbol seems like an obvious choice albeit not a very creative one. Really struggle to see how that choice can be "extremely insulting".