100 Euros - Specimen for the promotion of the Euro

Before the euro entered circulation on 1 January 2002, the European Central Bank and participating national central banks distributed promotional specimen notes to familiarize the public and trade sectors with the new currency's appearance. The National Bank of Belgium produced and circulated these educational pieces in 1998, three years before any euro banknote would carry legal tender status.

Promotional specimens of this type were never intended for exchange and carry no monetary value — but their survival rate is surprisingly low, as most were discarded after the awareness campaigns ended.