bossitoJul 11, 2023

New Euro banknotes re-design survey (It's working now!)

https://lemmy.world/post/1341496

New Euro banknotes re-design survey (It's working now!) - LemmyWorld

Have a say in what your money will look like! Participate in our survey and share your preferences on the shortlisted themes for the redesigned euro banknotes.

Show threadLumidaubJul 11, 2023
Why do we need new designs, exactly? Never mind that I rarely look at my money closely enough to care all that much what it looks like.
Show threadValiantDustJul 11, 2023
I’m assuming they are updating the security features to make them as counterfeit-proof as possible. Giving them a new design makes it easier to tell the old ones and the new ones apart.
Show threadLumidaub
That would be an explanation I could accept. Would be nice if Mme Lagarde said anything to that effect in the video.
Jul 11, 2023 at 12:27pmWeb
Show threadValiantDustJul 11, 2023
I have to admit that I didn’t watch the whole video, I just assumed based on the last redesign. But I looked into it and apparently there are several reasons besides security reasons, among them making the banknotes more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
The redesign process

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.

European Central Bank
Show threadLumidaubJul 11, 2023
Thank you for the link. Whatever the reason, I would appreciate if she mentioned it, even in passing, instead of making viewers dig for more information.