Since seemingly nobody has mentioned it yet, I feel compelled to speak out: With all the controversy in this thread about dead artists and scientists, bridges, birds, buildings, and institutions, I for one am just thankful we don't have to suffer some narcissist trying to put his own mug on one of those bills.
Future euro banknote design proposals
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#312What is the exact reason for a redesign (and to spend public money on that topic)? Is it to introduce new anti-counterfeit measures? Also having people on a note is dumb when the note has to be designed for a continent. Europe is not US it’s a union, but still a collection of sovereign countries with national pride and centuries of history. Having the EU bureaucrat offices on the notes are cherry on top like could th…
> What is the exact reason for a redesign (and to spend public money on that topic)? Is it to introduce new anti-counterfeit measures? If you want to eliminate corruption, change the color [design] of your banknotes. "You give us one old one, we give you one new one. Hey! Where'd you get £€$50,000 on your income? But, no-one will do that.
It’s not like the old notes becomes invalid, they would be in circulation for years to come giving enough time for black money to be converted to new notes
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#313Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Europe union is overall a good thing. Full stop.
The European Union is not a good thing. Full stop.
Excellent debate. Good arguments made.
You lack the imagination for what the EU could have been, not an institution that imposes itself on the people while screaming “democracy” and “equality” as the abuses continue unabated and the indigenous people and the millennia and century old cultures of Europe are being eradicated and snuffed out. It is being done in far more sophisticated and subtle ways, but like they were in the Americas, in Russia, in China, in Asia in general, etc. it was also done to the Americans who were a prosperous and educated and vibrant people before the 20th century, and now it is what everyone knows it as…… the future face of Europe if this continue.
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#314Earlier quoted context omitted.
The reason not to do this with banknotes is that they wouldn't be accepted. "No weird money". I happen to live in a city on England's south coast. So Scotland is quite far away and understandably Scottish banknotes, though legally equivalent to the notes you'd get here in most senses, are rarely seen. I know what they're supposed to look like and that they're 1:1 equivalent, but of course the guy who runs the Chinese…
The Glaswegian would be incorrect in his insistence: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/explainers/what-is-legal-ten...
As I pointed out already, it's irrelevant so the fact it's technically wrong is also irrelevant.
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#315Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel like this comment section is all about people searching for a reason to get offended. How dare you to use a face! How dare you to use a building! How dare they use something some country specific! And even worst, generic! Oh no, a building of an institution! No matter what is in, people looking to twist it in offense will find a reason.
Faces and buildings objectively make for ugly currency. Birds are somewhat okay, they disregard borders. I would have preferred more varied fauna or flora. Just take a look at Maldive's currency and tell me that this proposal isn't terribly boring.
I found currency in circulation from the Maldives Central Bank here: https://mma.gov.mv/#/currency/notesincirculation
For me, the 20 rufiyaa bill is the most interesting design.
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#316As a point of comparison, how do people feel about the latest issue of Swiss bank notes? I always found Swiss bank note designs quite inspiring.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#N...
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#317I feel like the design guidelines were fundamentally flawed, and as a logical result none of the design proposals are better than what we already have. The whole "some person's face" thing doesn't work because most people won't be familiar with them. Heck, you'd be lucky if the average person is familiar with their names ! The birds & buildings suffer from the same issue: never seen them, can't identify them, don't c…
> The whole "some person's face" thing doesn't work because most people won't be familiar with them. There’s millennia of history of having coins and paper money faces that most people will not be familiar with. > The previous two series - depicting bridge types and building styles - neatly bypassed this by being something everyone could relate to, I don’t see much difference there. Just as many people can’t see more…
I think the whole original bridge and doorway was representing the whole idea of the Euro. The bridge between various nations, the doorway into a larger market.
As the EU is slowly growing beyond just economical ties I assume it tries to form a pan-european identity, hence why some famous European people. And Skłodowska to entice the Poles to drop their currency and finally join the Eurozone.
I still don't know who is it that they placed on the 5€ banknote
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It's not about protesting, it's about representation. They were born into what are now, Germany, Germany, Italy, USA, Germany, Polish. Why not any of the below ? Austria: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Belgium: Georges Lemaître Bulgaria: Saint Cyril Croatia: Nikola Tesla Cyprus: Zeno of Citium Czechia: Franz Kafka Denmark: Hans Christian Andersen Estonia: Jaan Kross Finland: Jean Sibelius France: Napoleon Bonaparte Greece:…
Case in point: Nikola Tesla wasn't Croatian. He was Serbian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
oh attempting to put anyone from what now is ex-Jugoslavia on a banknote is a recipe for yet another genocide
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#319Earlier 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€
they could put the ECB on the 500€ since a money factory is a decent image to put on a banknote, and follows the original bridge series theme of ancient-modern.
but find some actually nice buildings to put on the rest
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#320Earlier quoted context omitted.
The average European does not view those buildings as symbols of European cooperation. They are just another generic office building some nameless and faceless bureaucrats work in. They lack the symbolism and recognizability of some US buildings like the White House, the Capitol, or the Pentagon - which are all inherently linked to the institutions they host. A movie showing an external shot of the White House establ…
this is because people don't even recognize the buildings. Even I only recognized the commission and the ECB. I think if we put them on our money, citizens will recognize them more!
I don't think any of these buildings has the recognizability potential. I could recognize the Commission too since I see it on TV every day, but others are generic offices.
The White House has a distinct shape. The Capitol has a distinct shape. The Pentagon absolutely has a distinct shape.
I don't think the ECB will ever be recognizable (or at least won't become recognized via exposure), since it's just a glass tower like thousands of others.