On May 28, the €100 and €200 banknotes will enter circulation completing the European Central Bank’s Europa series. The designer Reinhold Gerstetter is Berlin-based. The new notes have a number of enhanced security features and new design elements. The Euro banknotes need to be ‘self defending’, states the Eurosystem’s research and development strategy. Get the more

From Friday, April 26, Austria ceased to issue banknotes of 500 euros. In January this year, the other 17 Eurozone countries did it. Banknote of 500 Euro, which are now in the hands of citizens are not withdrawn from circulation and can be used and exchanged without any restrictions. It was decided to stop as more

The worldwide release of the 12 bank notes of zero value, by a UAE based company, which is the first ever, a limited edition designed to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary year, will be released in phases till October 2. The designer is a Dubai-based Indian artist Akbar Saheb. In a 12 part series, more