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500 Euros gold plated
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Entirely gold-plated surface reproducing the design of the genuine 500 Euro First Series note, with a large '500' numeral in the upper right rendered in dark intaglio-style relief against fine guilloche wave patterns. The central vignette presents a Renaissance-style architectural portal and facade in the right half of the note, surrounded by a ring of EU stars, with the denomination '500' repeated in the lower left alongside the bilingual legend 'EURO / ΕΥΡΩ'. A rectangular hologram-area vignette placeholder is visible in the upper left, consistent with the original note layout. |
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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.