Euro banknotes and coins in pictures

Euro banknotes

The design of euro banknotes is based on the theme “ages and styles”. There are seven different denominations of euro banknotes, and the notes are uniform throughout the euro area. For more information on the designs and details of euro banknotes, see the ECB’s website.

€5 FIRST SERIES Size: 120 x 62 mm Colour: Grey Date of issuance: 1 January 2002 Security features (ECB)

SECOND SERIES Size: 120 x 62 mm Colour: Grey Date of issuance: 2 May 2013 Security features (ECB)

€10 FIRST SERIES Size: 127 x 67 mm Colour: Red Date of issuance: 1 January 2002 Security features (ECB)

SECOND SERIES Size: 127 x 67 mm Colour: Red Date of issuance: 23 September 2014 Security features (ECB)

€20 FIRST SERIES Size: 133 x 72 mm Colour: Blue Date of issuance: 1 January 2002 Security features (ECB)

SECOND SERIES Size: 133 x 72 mm Colour: Blue Date of issuance: 25 November 2015 Security features (ECB)

€50 FIRST SERIES Size: 140 x 77 mm Colour: Orange Date of issuance: 1 January 2002 Security features (ECB)

SECOND SERIES Size: 140 x 77 mm Colour: Orange Date of issuance: 4 April 2017 Security features (ECB)

€100 FIRST SERIES Size: 147 x 82 mm Colour: Green Date of issuance: 1 January 2002 Security features (ECB)

SECOND SERIES Size: 147 x 77 mm Colour: Green Date of issuance: 28 May 2019 Security features (ECB)

€200 FIRST SERIES Size: 153 x 82 mm Colour: Yellow-brown Date of issuance: 1 January 2002 Security features (ECB)

SECOND SERIES Size: 153 x 77 mm Colour: Yellow-brown Date of issuance: 28 May 2019 Security features (ECB)

€500 FIRST SERIES Size: 160 x 82 mm Colour: Purple Date of issuance: 1 January 2002 Security features (ECB)

Euro coins

The euro coins have a common side and a national side. The national side indicates the issuing country. The common sides of the coins show images of the European Union or of Europe. The 1, 2 and 5 cent coins show Europe in relation to Africa and Asia on a globe. You can use any euro coin anywhere in the euro area.

Common sides

1999-2006	2011-2020	€2 Diameter (mm): 25.75 Thickness (mm): 2.20 Weight (g): 8.50 Shape: Round Colour: Outer part, silver; inner part: gold Composition: Outer part: copper-nickel; inner part: three layers: nickel brass, nickel, nickel brassEdge: Edge lettering, fine milled
1999-2006	2011-2020	€1 Diameter (mm): 23.25 Thickness (mm): 2.33 Weight (g): 7.50 Shape: Round Colour: Outer part: gold; inner part: silver Composition: Outer part: nickel brass; inner part: three layers: copper-nickel, nickel, copper-nickel Edge: Interrupted milled
1999-2006	2011-2020	50 cent Diameter (mm): 24.25 Thickness (mm): 2.38 Weight (g): 7.80 Shape: Round Colour: Gold Composition: Nordic gold Edge: Shaped edge with fine scallops
1999-2006	2011-2020	20 cent Diameter (mm): 22.25 Thickness (mm): 2.14 Weight (g): 5.74 Shape: Spanish flower shape Colour: Gold Composition: Nordic gold Edge: Plain
1999-2006	2011-2020	10 cent Diameter (mm): 19.75 Thickness (mm): 1.93 Weight (g): 4.10 Shape: Round Colour: Gold Composition: Nordic gold Edge: Shaped edge with fine scallops
1999-2006	2011-2020	5 cent Diameter (mm): 21.25 Thickness (mm): 1.67 Weight (g): 3.92 Shape: Round Colour: Copper Composition: Copper-covered steel Edge: Smooth
		2 cent Diameter (mm): 18.75 Thickness (mm): 1.67 Weight (g): 3.06 Shape: Round Colour: Copper Composition: Copper-covered steel Edge: Smooth with a groove
1999-2006	2011-2020	1 cent Diameter (mm): 16.25 Thickness (mm): 1.67 Weight (g): 2.30 Shape: Round Colour: Copper Composition: Copper-covered steel Edge: Smooth

Designs of Finnish euro coins

Finland chose three designs based upon motifs similar to those used before on national coins.

			The motif on this coin comprises cloudberries and cloudberry flowers in a design by Raimo Heino. Edge lettering of the €2: SUOMI FINLAND **, where the represents a lion’s head.
			The artist Pertti Mäkinen created a motif depicting two flying swans for this coin. The design was taken from his competition entry for a coin to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the independence of Finland.
		50 cent
			1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50-cent coins: these show the Finnish heraldic lion in a reproduction of a design by the sculptor Heikki Häiväoja. The heraldic lion in a variety of designs has been used on several Finnish coins over the years, for example on the 1 markka coins between 1964 and 2001.
		20 cent

		10 cent

		5 cent

		2 cent

		1 cent