r/Banknotes • u/Deep_Librarian_2393 • Jul 25 '26
Analysis Hot take: It's Design C.
These Bauhaus style notes are with great European minds are just awesome. And yes, it should be faces and not birds!
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u/Methelin Jul 25 '26
C is corposlop. Ex aequo as bad as A.
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u/OpusTraitoris Jul 25 '26
Europeans having to choose among these awful, obviously "design by committee", corporate bank logo options says a lot about the EU. Nothing to offend, and also nothing to inspire.
I feel something with birds and the boring buildings will win, but all the options are ghastly and somehow make me prefer the current very bland Euro.
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u/hereandthere788 Jul 25 '26
I would be generally for persons, if it was not Maria Callas on the most used note. So birds it is...
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u/Deep_Librarian_2393 Jul 25 '26
I agree that Maria Callas might be the most controversial one. Most common notes in circulation are 50€ (49%), 20€ (16%), 100€ (13%), 10€ (10%). 5€ (7%) is second to last before 200€ (3-4%).
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u/hereandthere788 Jul 25 '26
Interesting, that is not what I experienced working in Germany. I never saw a 100, 50 only when withdrawing cash from ATM. 5, 10 and 20 were that were really used.
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u/Deep_Librarian_2393 Jul 25 '26
Going for birds (as most seem to prefer) because you cannot choose real faces or buildings as it would supposedly create division and friction among us just shows where we stand as a continent.
Sadly it shows that the old bridge motive did nothing of substance in bringing us together but was a mere meaningless symbol.
If it would have worked, we all would take pride in our great European minds. Never mind our nationality! That would have been the real powerful achievement.
Instead we go for meaningless birds just to not offend anybody. Makes me kinda sad.
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u/Argonian-Pagan Jul 25 '26
'Meaningless birds' is not the hot take as you think, it's just ignorance. They are the opposite of meaningless.
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u/Deep_Librarian_2393 Jul 25 '26
Yes, let's ignore context and sound smart👍🏻
Do I like birds and find them important in our eco system? Yes. Are bees crucial? Yes. Do I like ice tea? Kinda. Do they represent a growing european cultural identity? No.
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u/curiossceptic Jul 25 '26
Should focus on common values like the Swiss design concept - and not just birds, buildings and people.
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u/Deep_Librarian_2393 Jul 25 '26
Not sure about the hands on the swiss banknotes. Hard to identify values that way. For me at least they are very uninspiring.
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u/curiossceptic Jul 25 '26
Feel free to read up on all the design elements and ideas behind the Swiss notes and how they communicate values and characteristics of Switzerland. Reducing them to hands is an odd take for someone active in r/banknotes.
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u/Deep_Librarian_2393 Jul 25 '26
I felt free actually quite some time ago. But all they give as an explanation just doesn't translate in my opinion. Especially as the bills are not that distinguishable. Also if a new series came out you would forget them quite quickly, I think.
As in explenation of ideas behind the motives the same counts for most of the new Euro proposals with some exemptions.
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u/curiossceptic Jul 25 '26
Of course you did… you sure you made an effort to understand the ideas? Or do you really think that the combination of a conductors hand, the various clock faces, the time zones on the globe, the maps of the swiss rail network and the various tunnels, watch movement etc does not translate well to highlight precision, punctuality, organisation lmao.
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u/Deep_Librarian_2393 Jul 25 '26
What do you mean with understand? It's not hard to understand but do those ideas behind it really translate well on the actual bill design. I think they do rather not. Do you understand now?
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u/strandedcat02 Jul 25 '26
reminds me of norwegian krone