They reflect Europe’s artistic and architectural heritage and, at the same time, will help to promote a feeling of solidarity, to bring about new opportunities and to strengthen ties and transactions between the nations of Europe. But transactions need to be trustworthy. The new banknotes include state-of-the-art security features, which will make the euro one of the world’s safest currencies.
These features will provide reassurance: they will enable both the public and professional cash handlers to check the banknotes quickly and easily. The needs of blind and partially sighted people have also been carefully considered: they will be able to identify the banknotes with confidence.