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.
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.