Old vs. new, which one do you like more?

The readability improved with the right, the 5 is almost completely unreadable when I move my phone away (I'm near sighted)

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I'm not from Europe and I thought the top one said 150 on the old bill. The readability is much better and consistent in the new ones.

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- Oh hell, i thought that was 150!
  
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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.

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I think the new series also has some tactile strips on the side which should also help

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I really like the new ones with the green coated numbers

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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.

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Over here in America just jealous of colorful money.

8

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.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/issuing-onesize-dollar-bills-is-unfair-to-the-blind-us-appeal-court-rules-832157.html

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New!

6

New

5

I wish we have euro.
But on the other hand, both have boring design.
I have vary strong bias, see how polish currency notes look.

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Yeah, Polish currency looks pretty dope

5

The ones I really like are the six missing

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Five. A new 500 € banknote has never been issued.

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- Some fuckwit gave me one of those in payment one time. He even laughed and said "Good luck with that"
  
  Yes, you have to take them to the bank, nobody else will touch them
  
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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.

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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

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- I refuse
  
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- Thanks!
  
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- 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.
  
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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. ☯️

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I also like that all the four were signed by the same guy (Trichet?), while the new one are Draghi Lagarde Draghi Lagarde

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I just wish we could adopt the plastic material like Australia and Canada

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ich vermiss den heiermann...

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Kauf ihn Dir. Ich hab auch noch einen im Schrank (irgendeine Sonderausgabe wegen wasweißich).

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Can't tell which one is new and which is old.

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i think i like the new version of all but 5 most, that's the only one where the illustration doesn't blend into the background properly.

Also the way the arch on the tenner is cut off halway is strange

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I like the newer version more but to be honest the euro is still a very boring looking currency.

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I like yuan more

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Old. Back then they had real people as motives instead of imaginary ugly buildings.

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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.

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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

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I don't think text makes any sense. As you can see, we have three ways of writing "euro".

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- 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.
  
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