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500 Euros - Teller Practice Banknote
| Issuer | European Central Bank |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 500 Euros (500 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Teller practice (练功券) version of the 500 Euro note, First Series; the obverse presents a Baroque/Rococo-style arched window vignette in the centre against a guilloche underprint in purple and gold tones. Chinese overprints reading 练功券 and 票样 identify the note as a training piece prohibited from circulation. |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 练功券 票样 东功专用禁止流通 EURO ΕΥΡΩ 500 |
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Training notes of this type were produced for bank cashier instruction ahead of the euro's January 2002 cash introduction — one of the largest simultaneous currency changeovers ever coordinated, covering twelve countries in a single rollout. The 500 denomination was included specifically because cashiers needed to develop tactile and visual familiarity with the highest-value note before it entered general circulation, where errors carried obvious consequences.
Kalina's original plate designs were adapted for these practice pieces; the precise relationship between the training stock and the official print run varies by national central bank, and provenance documentation is often absent.