Feel – Look – Tilt

1 – Watermark
Hold the banknote up to the light. A window or doorway, a set of parallel, vertical watermark stripes and the value numeral will appear.

2 – Security Thread
Hold the banknote up to the light. A dark line with tiny letters will appear.

3 – Hologram Stripe

You can see a hologram stripe on the front right-hand side of the small-denomination banknotes (EUR 5, EUR 10 and EUR 20). Tilt the banknote to see either the euro symbol or the value of the banknote on the silvery stripe, depending on your viewing angle.

4 – Glossy Stripe
On the back of the EUR 5, EUR 10 and EUR 20 banknotes an 8 mm wide glossy stripe runs down the center of the note next to the security thread. The stripe varies in color from light yellow to golden yellow when the note is tilted near a good light source. You can make out the euro symbol and the value numeral (5, 10 or 20) in the glossy stripe.

1 – Watermark
Hold the banknote up to the light. A window or doorway, a set of parallel, vertical watermark stripes and the value numeral will appear.

2 – Security Thread
Hold the banknote up to the light. A dark line with tiny letters will appear.

3 – Hologram Patch
The large-denomination banknotes (EUR 50, EUR 100, EUR 200 and EUR 500) have a hologram patch on the front right-hand. The hologram image will change between the value numeral and a window or doorway as you tilt one of these banknotes.

4 – Color-Changing Number
The value numeral in the lower right-hand corner on the back of the EUR 50, EUR 100, EUR 200 and EUR 500 banknotes changes color from purple to olive green or brown as you tilt one of these notes.

Special printing makes the ink feel raised or thicker in the main image, the lettering and the value numerals on the front of the banknotes. To feel the raised print, run your finger over it or scratch it gently with your fingernail.

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  Intaglio printing (raised print) 

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Hold the banknote against the light. You will see the watermark, the security thread and the see-through number. All three features are visible on both sides of the banknote.

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  Watermark – security thread – see-through register 

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Tilt the banknote – the hologram image on the hologram stripe will change between the value and the euro symbol on a rainbow-coloured background. On the back the glossy stripe – a gold-coloured stripe - will appear.

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  Hologram stripe 

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  Glossy stripe 

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Tilt the banknote – the hologram image on the hologram patch will change between the value and a window or doorway. In the background, you can see rainbow-coloured concentric circles of tiny letters moving from the centre to the edges of the patch. 

On the back the value numeral will change colour from purple to olive green or brown.

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  Hologram patch 

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  Colour-shifting ink 

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