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The first series of euro banknotes includes seven denominations in the range of € 5 to € 500, depicting the theme «Ages and Styles of Europe», with the following basic specifications (click the notes for larger images [40-110 KB])

Front Side	Back Side	Specifications
		Dimensions: 120 mm x 62 mm Dominant Colour: grey Design: Classical
		Dimensions: 127 mm x 67 mm Dominant Colour: red Design: Romanesque
		Dimensions: 133 mm x 72 mm Dominant Colour: blue Design: Gothic
		Dimensions: 140 mm x 77 mm Dominant Colour: orange Design: Renaissance
		Dimensions: 147 mm x 82 mm Dominant Colour: green Design: Baroque and Rococo
		Dimensions: 153 mm x 82 mm Dominant Colour: yellow-brown Design: Iron and Glas Architecture
		Dimensions: 160 mm x 82 mm Dominant Colour: purple Design: Modern 20th Century Architecture

The seven denominations in the euro banknote series bear the representation of gateways and windows on the recto and bridges on the verso. All seven denominations are typical of the different European artistic periods referred to above. Other elements of the designs include: the symbol of the European Union; the name of the currency in the Roman and Greek alphabets; the initials of the ECB in their official language variants; the © symbol to indicate the copyright protection; and the signature of the President of the ECB. The banknotes were designed by Robert Kalina of the Österreichische Nationalbank.

First Letter of Serial Number / Country of printer / Denomination of banknotes of second series (Europa series) printed in the years since 2012
		2012	2013	2014
E	France	-	10	20
M	Portugal	-	-	20
N	Austria	5	10	20
P	Netherlands	-	10	-
R	Germany	-	10	20
S	Italy	5	10	20
T	Ireland	-	10	5
U	France	5	10	20
V	Spain	5	10	5, 20
W	Germany	-	-	20
X	Germany	-	10	20
Y	Greece	-	10	5
Z	Belgium	5	-	5

First Letter of Printer Code / Name and Country of Printing Plant
D	Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych, Warszawa, Poland
E	François Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire, Chantepie, France
H	De La Rue, Loughton, United Kingdom
J	De La Rue, Gateshead, United Kingdom
M	Valora, Carregado, Portugal
N	Österreichische Banknoten und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH, Wien, Austria
P	Johan Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Netherlands
R	Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Berlin, Germany
S	Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy
T	Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
U	Banque de France, Chamalières, France
V	Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid, Spain
W	Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
X	Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, München, Germany
Y	Bank of Greece, Athens, Greece
Z	Banque Nationale de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium

Code Letter of Issuing National Central Bank / Country of Issuing NCB / Denomination of banknotes issued by the respective NCB
		2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
[-2]	Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	50	100
[-1]	Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	50	50	100
D	Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	10, 20	50	10, 50	50	50	5
E	Slovak Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	5, 20	20	10, 20	50	10, 50	50	50	5
F	Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	5, 20	20	10, 20	50	10, 50	50	50	5
G	Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	5, 20	20	10, 20	50	10, 50	50	50	5
H	Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	20	5, 20	20	10, 20	50	10, 50	50	50	5
L	Finland	20	100	100	20	5	20	20	20	20	5, 20	20	10, 20	50	10, 50	50	50	5
M	Portugal	5	20	20	20	20	20	5	20	5	10	10	20	20	5, 50	50	20	20
N	Austria	5	10	10	10	5, 100	10	10	10, 100	10, 500	10, 500	5	10	20, 500	10	100	100	100, 200
P	Netherlands	5, 50	20, 50	50	20, 50	10, 50	10, 100	20, 50	5, 20	5, 20	20	20	10, 20	50	10, 50	50	50	5
[R]	Luxembourg	100	200	500	500	100	100	20	20	20	5, 20	20	10, 20	50	10, 50	50	50	5
S	Italy	20, 100	50, 100	50, 100	50, 100	20, 50, 100	20, 50, 100	20, 50, 100	20, 50, 100	10, 50, 100	50	5, 20, 50	10, 20	20, 50	20, 50	50	20	100, 200
T	Ireland	10	10	10	10	5	20	20	20	10	5	10	10	5	10	10	5	20
U	France	5, 20	5, 20	10, 20	5, 20	5, 10, 20	5, 10, 20	5, 10, 20	5, 10, 20	5, 10, 20	5, 10, 20	5, 10, 20	10, 20	20	10, 20, 50	10, 20, 50	20	100, 200
V	Spain	20, 50	20, 50	50	20, 50	5, 20, 50	5, 20, 50	5, 20, 50	20, 50	5, 50	5, 50	5, 50	10, 50	5, 20, 50	5, 50	10, 50	50, 100	20, 100
X	Germany	10	10, 20, 200	10, 50, 500	10, 50, 500	10, 20, 50	5, 10, 50, 500	5, 10, 50	10, 20, 50, 100	10, 20, 50, 200	5, 10, 50	10, 50, 100, 200	10, 20, 50	20, 50, 100, 200	20, 50	50	50, 100, 200	100
Y	Greece	10	10	10	10	10	10, 20	10	10, 20	10	10	10	10, 20	5, 10	10	10	5	5
Z	Belgium	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	5, 50	50	5, 50	5, 50	50	50, 200	20
[R] Uncirculated euro banknotes of the first euro series issued by the Banque centrale du Luxembourg bear the code letter of the NCB&039;s of those countries in which the banknotes are produced or which delivered the banknotes [-n] No code letter was assigned to NCB

First Letter of Printer Code / Name and Country of Printing Plant
D	Setec Oy, Vantaa, Finland
E	François Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire, Chantepie, France
F	Österreichische Banknoten und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH, Wien, Austria
G	Johan Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Netherlands
H	De La Rue, Gateshead, United Kingdom
J	Banca d'Italia, Roma, Italy
K	Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
L	Banque de France, Chamalières, France
M	Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid, Spain
N	Bank of Greece, Athens, Greece
P	Giesecke & Devrient, München/Leipzig, Germany
R	Bundesdruckerei, Berlin, Germany
T	Banque Nationale de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium
U	Valora, Carregado, Portugal

Serial Number Letter	Note Value							Total
National distribution of euro banknote production until end of 2001
Serial Number Letter	5 €	10 €	20 €	50 €	100 €	200 €	500 €	Pieces	Value
Austria	150.0	150.0	45.0	60.0	105.0	20.0	20.0	550.0	30,650.0
Belgium	125.0	110.0	140.0	100.0	50.0	10.0	15.0	550.0	24,025.0
Germany	1,158.7	1,027.2	771.9	1,144.0	362.9	99.6	218.6	4,782.9	254,213.5
Spain	308.9	281.5	547.2	655.0	103.3	12.8	15.4	1,924.1	68,643.5
France	350.0	625.0	710.0	360.0	150.0	20.0	50.0	2,265.0	84,200.0
Finland	40.0	60.0	66.0	30.0	20.0	7.0	2.0	225.0	8,020.0
Greece	158.0	183.0	178.0	67.0	26.0	4.0	1.0	617.0	13,430.0
Italy	540.5	516.0	441.2	525.0	361.0	32.0	24.0	2,439.7	97,436.5
Ireland	60.0	45.0	130.0	50.0	8.3	0.2	0.2	293.7	6,820.0
Luxembourg	6.0	3.0	13.0	11.0	3.0	2.0	8.0	46.0	5,570.0
Netherlands	135.0	130.0	105.0	223.0	35.0	15.0	16.0	659.0	29,725.0
Portugal	123.0	90.0	259.0	58.0	6.0	1.0	0.5	537.5	10,645.0
Central Reserve	380.0	560.0	330.0	600.0	40.0	-	-	1,910.0	48,100.0
Total	3,535.1	3,780.7	3,736.3	3,883.0	1,270.5	223.6	370.7	16,799.9	681,478.5
Value	17,675.5	37,807.0	74,726.0	194,150.0	127,050.0	44,720.0	185,350.0	681,478.5
Source: European Central Bank; press release of 2001-10-05, October 2003 (unit: million)

Year	Note Value							Total
Total production of euro banknotes
Year	5 €	10 €	20 €	50 €	100 €	200 €	500 €	Pieces	Value
≤ 2001	3,535.1	3,780.7	3,736.3	3,883.0	1,270.5	223.6	370.7	16,799.9	681,478.5
2002	1,131.0	1,045.0	1,555.0	742.0	307.0	-	-	4,780.0	115,005.0
2003	110.0	999.1	1,071.1	657.0	122.0	133.0	-	3,092.2	103,613.0
2004	-	378.0	289.7	683.2	124.5	-	103.6	1,579.0	107,984.0
2005	530.0	1,020.0	700.0	1,100.0	90.0	-	190.0	3,630.0	185,850.0
2006	1,080.0	1,780.0	1,940.0	1,920.0	280.0	-	-	7,000.0	186,000.0
2007	980.0	1,280.0	1,890.0	1,730.0	230.0	-	190.0	6,300.0	260,000.0
2008	1,369.8	2,130.2	1,755.3	1,059.9	130.0	-	-	6,445.2	129,252.0
2009	1,118.1	1,353.0	4,228.3	2,958.5	1,043.7	-	240.0	10,941.6	475,981.5
2010	1,309.9	1,540.1	1,898.0	1,700.0	500.0	100.0	100.0	7,148.0	264,910.5
2011	1,714.8	1,541.2	536.6	2,169.1	-	-	56.2	6,017.9	171,273.0
2012	2,915.3	1,959.0	1,704.0	1,530.4	298.1	50.0	-	8,456.8	184,576.5
2013	-	4,500.0	2,500.0	1,000.0	-	-	-	8,000.0	145,000.0
2014	825.0	94.0	3,994.0	2,800.0	500.0	47.0	85.0	8,345.0	326,845.0
2015	600.0	1,200.0	1,700.0	2,500.0	-	-	-	6,000.0	174,000.0
2016	-	1,000.0	500.0	4,541.0	176.4	-	-	6,217.4	264,690.0
2017	389.6	-	900.0	3,300.0	850.0	283.8	-	5,723.4	326,708.0
2018	448.4	-	526.5	-	2,300.0	715.0	-	3,989.9	385,772.0
Total	18,057.0	25,600.3	31,424.8	34,274.1	8,222.2	1,552.4	1,335.5	120,466.3	4,488,939.0
Value	90,285.0	256,003.0	628,496.0	1,713,705.0	822,220.0	310,480.0	667,750.0	4,488,939.0
Source: European Central Bank; FAQ's at www.ecb.int (unit: million)

Year	Note Value							Total
Banknotes sorted to unfit by NCBs
Year	5 €	10 €	20 €	50 €	100 €	200 €	500 €	Pieces	Value
2002	183.8	219.0	223.7	101.3	17.3	2.6	1.9	749.6	15,848.0
2003	659.0	793.9	770.9	362.8	64.8	6.6	5.4	2,663.4	55,292.0
2004	804.3	1,072.7	1,138.2	636.0	99.0	9.8	10.0	3,770.0	86,172.5
2005	918.4	1,134.5	1,226.7	748.9	106.9	10.7	11.9	4,158.0	96,696.0
2006	1,117.0	1,388.4	1,601.2	1,065.9	141.5	14.3	16.9	5,345.2	130,248.0
2007	1,049.3	1,499.4	1,596.9	1,177.6	157.6	16.0	20.2	5,517.0	140,118.5
2008	1,088.6	1,476.9	1,582.4	1,241.1	176.7	16.1	21.7	5,603.5	145,655.0
2009	1,053.9	1,488.0	1,444.3	1,163.3	190.3	17.0	22.7	5,379.5	140,980.5
2010	1,113.5	1,498.3	1,760.9	1,240.6	189.6	14.9	21.2	5,839.0	150,338.5
2011	998.7	1,559.1	1,612.0	1,229.9	229.2	12.8	20.1	5,661.8	149,849.5
2012	1,107.3	1,468.5	1,586.9	1,241.3	185.2	15.1	27.0	5,631.3	149,064.5
2013 / ES1	1,740.3	1,312.0	1,516.8	1,217.7	170.3	14.4	26.9	5,998.4	146,402.5
2013 / ES2	56.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	56.4	282.0
2014 / ES1	555.0	2,201.6	1,490.6	1,173.7	159.9	13.1	24.0	5,617.9	143,898.0
2014 / ES2	277.4	13.1	-	-	-	-	-	290.5	1,518.0
2015 / ES1	121.1	1,237.0	1,894.5	1,070.8	149.5	11.0	20.0	4,503.9	131,555.5
2015 / ES2	426.4	264.3	2.3	-	-	-	-	693.0	4,821.0
2016 / ES1	54.0	192.8	2,801.2	855.8	116.3	9.0	24.7	4,053.8	126,792.0
2016 / ES2	513.8	532.3	288.7	-	-	-	-	1,334.8	13,666.0
2017 / ES1	32.5	80.6	533.8	3,253.4	125.2	11.2	32.2	4,068.9	205,174.5
2017 / ES2	555.4	660.3	692.6	101.1	-	-	-	2,009.4	28,287.0
Total	14,426.1	20,092.7	23,764.6	17,881.2	2,279.3	194.6	306.8	78,945.3	2,062,659.5
Value	72,130.5	200,927.0	475,292.0	894,060.0	227,930.0	38,920.0	153,400.0	2,062,659.5
Source: European Central Bank; Monthly Bulletin August 2004 (unit: million)

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