I like that the new ones have more distinct size differences, for people who may be blind this is great as it is easier to tell which note is which by feel, preventing a lot of blind folks getting short-changed.
I guess the readability on the new set is way better. The bills have always been pretty much whatever for me though, I like the coins though. Especially the 1 and 2 euro ones.
US bills should be different sizes for the visually impaired. The mint lost their court case, yet here we are still with bills that are all the same size.
50 needed an update I wish they would have went with negative space numbers and not just shifted then into the center. Imagine a "white" number in the upper right. ☯️
I hate it when countries redesign money on a constant cycle (looking at you, US quarters). Hopefully these new designs stay in circulation for a long time.
A reminder that the "new" 5€ note is as old as the old one was when the new was released. First series was 11 years old (2002-2013), new is also 11 years old (2013-2024). Higher value notes were introduced later though
Eleven years isn’t that long. I’d like to see designs stick around for 20 to 50 years. Redesigning and reprinting money is expensive, and it loses its familiarity and icon status every time it’s redesigned. You also open up confusion where it’s easier to pass counterfeits to tourists, etc. who are unfamiliar with which designs are accurate.
The Euro notes look like what you'd get if you asked for prop banknotes for a minor scwne in a nwar-future sci-fi movie. The basic design elements are there to give the general look of currency, but something always seemed missing.
I think it's the lack of text-- most banknotes have a big, prominent issuing authority name rather than the tiny copyright line of abbreviations, and often some flowery "I promise to pay on demand" legal language leftover from when the note was a stand-in for a stack of silver coins.
i feel like you get this impression just because they're colourful, which like.. monopoly money is colourful because that makes it super easy for people with full vision to tell them apart, and as it turns out that's useful for actual legal tender as well :O
I think it's more about "does it fulfill the tropes paper money has established." It's like how many of the new electric cars look slightly off because they've removed design features (i. e. grilles with obvious air intakes) that are established in cars already.
Interestingly, Soviet banknotes up to the 1961 series would print the denomination in over ten different languages.