The European Central Bank has selected motifs to illustrate the two possible themes for future Euro banknotes.
What is your opinion about them? Which theme do you prefer? Would you have preferred other themes or illustrations?
Theme 1 – European culture: shared cultural spaces
| Front | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| €5Performing arts | Maria Callas | Street performers (music/dance/theatre) entertaining passersby |
| €10Music | Ludwig van Beethoven | A song festival with a choir of children and young adults singing |
| €20Universities and schools | Marie Curie (born Skłodowska) | A school or university with a female teacher with young students. There are notebooks and books on the tables |
| €50Libraries | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | A library with some adults reading paper and digital books. A little boy and girl in front of a bookcase trying to get a book |
| €100Museums and exhibitions | Leonardo da Vinci | Adults and children admiring some examples of street art, contemporary art, etc. |
| €200Public squares | Bertha von Suttner | A tree-covered square allowing people to come together, with adults and children talking, walking, playing, etc. |
Theme 2 – Rivers and birds: resilience in diversity
| Front | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| €5 | Mountain springWallcreeper next to a mountain landscape | European Parliament |
| €10 | WaterfallKingfisher in a waterfall or run pool | European Commission |
| €20 | Confined river valleyBee-eater colony in a sand wall on the side of a large, confined river valley along a riverbank | European Central Bank |
| €50 | Meandering riverWhite stork flying over a meandering river in an unconfined river valley | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| €100 | River mouthAvocet sweeping over the surface of a mud flat | European Council and Council of the European Union |
| €200 | SeascapeNorthern gannet flying over big ocean waves | European Court of Auditors |
Source: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.pr250131~611055a567.en.html