10 Facts About Euro banknotes

The euro banknotes are pure cotton fibre, which improves their durability as well as giving the banknotes a distinctive feel.

Euro banknotes were made of pure cotton fibre, which improves their durability as well as giving the banknotes a distinctive feel.

Cyprus and Malta were not shown on the first series because they were not in the EU in 2002, when the banknotes were issued, even though they joined the Eurozone in 2008.

Europa series euro banknotes are supposedly more durable than the first series banknotes.

Euro banknotes bear the signature of the President of the European Central Bank.

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The printers used to print euro banknotes include commercial printers as well as national printers, some of which have been privatised, some previously produced national notes before the adoption of the euro.

Checksum of the 11 digits without the letter Denmark, the United Kingdom and Sweden presently do not use the Euro banknotes, but had these serial number prefixes reserved for the first series of notes.

The first Euro banknotes bearing the "H" letter, produced in France specifically on behalf of Slovenia, were witnessed no sooner than April 2008.

The 'Cypriot Euro banknotes' appeared in circulation in November 2009, whereas, those from Malta appeared 3 months later .

In 2015, French entrepreneur Richard Faille developed the idea of souvenir Euro banknotes notes made to the same standards as the currency, but without value, to commemorate places or events.