New 20 Euro note technological masterpiece

The new 20 Euro note is made with new printing technology. The current 20 Euro note is the most used, but is often forged. Currently 55% of counterfeit notes is a 20 Euro note. Plenty of reason to do something about it with a new and colourful note. The old notes will remain valid, but will slowly be replaced by the new ones.

In the design of the new note the latest banknote technology is used which makes the note more difficult to forge.

The three most important characteristics are:
A series of short raised lines on the right and left hand side
Look at the banknote against the light. A faint image becomes visible and shows a portrait of Europa (a figure from Greek mythology), the value of the banknote and the main image. If, however, you put the banknote on a dark surface, the light areas become darker. The portrait also appears in the hologram.
Look at the banknote against the light. The security thread appears as a dark line. The € symbol and the value of the banknote can be seen in tiny white lettering in that stripe.
Look at the banknote against the light – the window near the top of the hologram becomes transparent and reveals a portrait of Europa on both sides of the note. When the banknote is tilted, the window also shows rainbow-coloured lines around the value numeral. On the back of the banknote, rainbow-coloured value numerals appear in the window.
Under infrared light, on the front of the banknote, only the emerald number, the right side of the main image and the silvery stripe are visible. On the back, only the value numeral and the horizontal serial number are visible.

Dutchman Ton Roos, director of banknotes of the Central European Bank and his team have worked on the new notes for many years.