Catalog
500 Euros gold plated
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BCE ECB EZB EKT EKP 2002 500 EURO ΕΥΡΩ |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 X09999999999 EURO ΕΥΡΩ |
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This is not a banknote. A gold-plated polymer reproduction of the €500 has no issuing authority, no legal tender status, and no place in a serious numismatic catalog. These novelty items were produced by various private manufacturers after euro notes entered circulation in 2002, trading on the cachet of the high denomination — the €500 was the largest in the inaugural series and was never widely circulated in most eurozone countries.
Catalog accordingly: souvenir, not currency.