...European Union - 200 Euro Dated 2019 Hybrid s. Mario Draghi Print

European Union

(Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria*, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic*, Denmark*, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary*, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland*, Portugal, Romania*, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden*.)

European Central Bank (est. 1998)

Currency : Euro (EUR €)

 

Below is a 200 euro hybrid banknote printed with the year date of 2019. This note bears the signature of Mario Draghi, who was the President of the European Central Bank from 01.11.2011 to 31.10.2019. Since then he has been replaced by Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde.

The design for this 200 euro is very similar to those first issued back in 2002. However, this 2019 note is printed on hybrid material. This is the first hybrid note for this denomination. Whilst this is the second largest denomination circulating in Europe, the European Central Bank has ceased issuing the 500 euro banknote since the end of 2018. The reason for this is that the central bank's suspicious that the 500 euro notes have been widely used for illegal purposes. 

This 200 euro was reportedly released on 28.05.2019. It is believed that only three notes are issued with the prefixes of N (Austria), S (Italy) and U (France). Here, I have posted one with the letter 'S'.

 

Two Hundred Euro 

Front - It depicts arches and doorways in Art Nouveau style of the 19th and 20th centuries. These arches and doorways are usually made of glass and iron with decorative arts.

Signature - Mario Draghi (tenure 2011-2019)

Watermarks - portrait of Europe and electrotype 200
Dimensions - 154.5mm x 78mm

Back - An image of a Cantilever bridge. This is just an artist impression of such a bridge as there is no such real bridge that is actually located within the Eurozone. Below the bridge is the map of Europe showing all it's 28 EU members, including its formal member, the United Kingdom. Also printed are the  tiny maps of overseas territories occupied by the Portuguese, the French and the Spanish, located in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, South America and the Indian Ocean. Twelve five-point stars in a circular position are also printed around the map of Europe. These 12 stars symbolise or represent all the EU members.

Azores (Pt) - 3 tiny islands;
Guadeloupe (Fr); Martinique (Fr), Madeira (Pt), Reunion (Fr) - 4 tiny islands;
French Guiana (Fr) in South America; and
Canary Islands - La Palma, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura (all Sp) - 5 tiny islands.

 

Note * - countries that are yet to adopt the Euro currency.