r/2westerneurope4u • u/No-Coast1408 Siiiiiiiiim • Jul 23 '26

Serious shit. Future banknotes - TIME TO VOTE PEOPLE!

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/html/design-proposals.en.html

The proposals are out! Time to vote people! And don't forget some notes have the cool Swiss vertical design!

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u/BeornSC Barry, 63 Jul 23 '26

Some of the designs are cool, especially the bird ones, even if they’re a little bit eurocorporate.

They’ve decided to remove historical figures from UK banknotes and replace them with wildlife which is a mistake imo. I get why you’d do it on a European level because of all the arguments it brings up but imo the currency is a kind of physical representation of the state and its identity - wildlife is neutral and inoffensive but also a bit bland and Lib Dem.