Le nouveau billet de 20 euros présenté par la BCE

THE NEW €20 BANKNOTE www.new-euro-banknotes.eu www.euro.ecb.europa.eu INNOVATIVE, MORE SECURE EURO BANKNOTES 2 The new €20 banknote îs the thîrd banknote o the Europa serîes. It represents a breakthrough în banknote technology because ît contaîns anadditional innovative security eature: the portrait window in the hologram. When the banknote is held against the light, the window becomes transparent and reveals a portrait o Europa which is visible on both sides o the note. The portraît îs also încluded în the watermark. Europa îs a îgure rom Greek mythology and the orîgîn o our contînent’s name. The new €20, lîke the new €5 and €10, încludes an emerald number. All these înnovatîons make the new serîes o euro banknotes even more dîîcult to countereît and boost conîdence în the currency. The Eurosystem – that îs, the ECB and the euro area natîonal central banks – has a duty to saeguard the întegrîty o euro banknotes by regularly împrovîng theîr securîty eatures, makîng them more dîîcult to countereît. Lîke the new €5 and €10 notes, the new €20 banknote îs prînted on cotton paper because 1 Europeans preer the tradîtîonal eel o paper money. Today 338 mîllîon Europeans în 19 countrîes across Europe share the euro. They are stronger together, thanks to theîr trust în the euro, whîch has proved to be a relîable global currency. Over tîme, the Eurosystem wîll gradually replace the îrst serîes o euro banknotes.