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200 Euro
| Issuer | European Central Bank |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 200 Euro |
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| Obverse lettering | BCE ECB EZB EKT EKP 200 200 EURO EYPO 2002 |
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| Protection description | Holographic stripe at right of obverse displaying the '200' value and EU symbol at varying angles; the gateway architectural motif and denomination numeral visible when held to light; embedded security thread with 'EURO 200' microtext turning dark when held to light; the large '200' numeral on the obverse changing from purple to olive-brown; microprinting along the lower edge of the note. |
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The 200 euro note was the denomination most critics predicted would fail in daily use — too high for routine retail transactions in most member states, too low to compete with the 500 for large-value storage. That assessment proved broadly correct. Circulation figures for the 200 have consistently lagged behind every other denomination, and in many countries it was treated more as a reserve note than a spending instrument from the outset.
Robert Kalina's original design won an internal ECB competition in 1996. The architectural motifs were deliberately fictional — no real buildings, to avoid privileging any member nation's heritage over another's.