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200 Euros - Spielgeld/Specimen
| Issuer | European Central Bank |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | SPIELGELD SPECIMEN 200 © BCE ECB EZB EKT EKP 2001 200 EURO ΕΥΡΩ |
| Reverse description | Yellow-gold underprint of a generic iron-and-glass bridge vignette occupies the upper portion, with a cartographic rendering of the European continent at centre-right and a partial EU star field in blue at lower left. Dummy serial numbers appear in both the upper centre and lower left areas. |
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Spielgeld — German for "play money" — versions of the euro introduction notes circulated widely as promotional and educational material ahead of the January 2002 cash changeover. This 200-euro piece belongs to that category: not a legal tender specimen in the central bank sense, but a deliberately simplified facsimile produced to familiarize the public with the new denominations before they ever handled a real one. The word "Spielgeld" or equivalent appeared prominently to prevent confusion, though counterfeiting laws in several member states were still being clarified at the time.