Be the first to comment!Eurosystem to introduce a new Europa series €10 banknote in 2014
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Over 10 years after the introduction of euro banknotes and coins, the Eurosystem – the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks (NCBs) of the euro area – will unveil a new Europa series €10 banknote on the 13th of January 2014 and issue the note later in the year.
The €10 banknote follows the €5 banknote which entered circulation on 2 May 2013. The Europa series notes have several new and enhanced security features to make them even more resistant to counterfeiting.
They include a portrait of Europa – a figure from Greek mythology and the origin of the name of the European continent – in the hologram and the watermark.
To support introduction of the new banknotes, a Eurosystem Partnership Programme has been set up for banknote equipment manufacturers and suppliers as well as clients and users of banknote handling machines and authentication devices.
Under the Partnership Programme, the Eurosystem will:
provide partners with a range of tools and materials to help them prepare for the introduction of the new banknotes;
communicate extensively about the need to adapt cash-handling machines and authentication devices to the new banknotes; and
distribute leaflets about the new banknotes to points of sale across the euro area at the end of June 2014, ensuring cash handlers have ample opportunity to prepare for their circulation.
Users of banknote authentication devices and handling machines will need to contact the suppliers or manufacturers of that equipment in order to prepare it for the new €10 banknote.
If they plan to purchase a device or a machine, they should check with the suppliers if it can be adapted to accept the new banknotes.
Lists of banknote authentication devices and handling machines that have been adapted to accept the new €5 are available on the ECB’s website.
The lists will be updated in early 2014 to include information on the equipment that accepts the new €10 banknote.
The Europa series banknotes will be introduced in ascending order, so the €20 will follow the €10, at a date still to be determined.
