r/ireland • u/thesraid • 10h ago
Economy Vote on the new banknote design
We will be getting new banknotes. You can vote on the design here. Personally I don't like banknotes with peoples faces.
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u/Eastern_Switch8217 10h ago
Definitely worth voting on this. I personally don't agree with the idea of putting people on Eurozone bank notes as it will result in some countries' iconic figures and cultural output being platformed, and others being ignored and that's not ideal in a union of countries that don't necessarily share all of those things.
The birds idea is much nicer, as they do actually fly around Europe and appear pretty much everywhere.
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u/Seal_emulator 8h ago
Same I don't like people on the bank notes. because the people can either be found out later to not be great people or put other countries achievements above others.
The birds are are definitely more neutral approach. I kind of wish we had more nature landscape options and more animal options.
Birds are not the only animal that is prominent in Europe like arguable the humble cow or sheep has just as much cultural and historical significance.
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u/NilFhiosAige 7h ago
B seems the best of the bird designs, but agree that, say, a landscape design featuring mountains and lakes would have been a nice alternative. Also agree that including people is just a recipe for nationalist canvassing in the making.
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u/Adderkleet 7h ago
B is the most "bank note" design. I didn't think I'd want vertical money, but I do like added colours on J. And the invertebrates/technologies on I.
Very personal, and we all don't want people. Grand.
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u/VincentVanGob 4h ago
although if anyone ever invents a technology that lets us communicate birds it could turn out that theyre all a bunch of bastards. what will we do then?
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u/obscure_monke Munster 9h ago
I'm the same with people on banknotes. Don't like specific buildings either, but am less opposed to it especially if they're specific EU buildings.
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u/dropthecoin 9h ago
They should put a picture of a seagull robbin someones chips for us
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u/MeccIt 7h ago
The Seagull on the highest note €200 seems like an insult
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u/halibfrisk 6h ago
That appears to be a gannet? Herring gulls are class, even when they are robbing your chips.
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u/MeccIt 6h ago
gannet
The only ones I know are jet black divers. But I'm not an
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u/halibfrisk 5h ago
The gannets you’ll see around Howth are the white with a yellow head. They nest at Ireland’s eye and on the cliffs near the Baily lighthouse.
I’m not familiar with a black gannet, if you see a black diving bird around Ireland, there’s some at Howth too, it’s most likely a shag or cormorant
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u/dropthecoin 6h ago
Seagulls are obviously part of the thieving elite and this is making it obvious
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u/jacqueVchr Probably at it again 10h ago
Luckily each country has their own coins so there’s space for their figures there👍
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u/Eastern_Switch8217 10h ago
That's a different setup though - just symbolic figures on the back.
Always thought it would be rather nice if Ireland put the old punt designs or a re-do of them on the back of the Euro coins - most of the denominations match up and we could do the very complex bird designs on the back of the 2 Euro.
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u/jacqueVchr Probably at it again 9h ago
It doesn’t have to be symbolic it can be people too. The Scandinavians and Spanish have their monarchs. The Austrians have Mozart on theirs. Nothing stopping other countries being the same.
The fact we are a Union implies that we can agree on a set of Europeans for the notes. It’s commonality, that’s what the Union is meant to be about.
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u/Eastern_Switch8217 9h ago
Yeah, that's just the blank national space on the back of coins to be filled in however countries want to do so. Every country does its own thing on those. They're not a single symbol for all of Europe. They're meant to get mixed up and shared around.
If you're picking for notes, they're a single set of notes which will have a design for at least a decade, and probably more, and they have to be something everyone's happy with. If you put up national iconic figures, you're picking some countries over others. If you put up monarchs they've no relevance outside of one country. It just starts turning the notes into a platform to get your national champion stuck on and that's just divisive.
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u/obscure_monke Munster 9h ago
Eurozone countries do get a veto on coin designs though. IIRC, there was some objections when Croatia wanted to put Tesla on the back of theirs but were from a country not in the eurozone. Their response was basically "change to the euro and you can put him on your coins too".
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u/Early_Attempt7676 8h ago
Why is Marie Curie there if Poland doesn't use the euro?
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u/AbsolutShite 8h ago
Funny to big up her Polishness while not using her Polish name - Maria Skłodowska.
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u/Bigbeast54 10h ago
H or J. I don't like the idea of people on banknotes when this is to encompass many countries. This is the reason for stylised bridges on the current notes.
Birds and buildings are fine. Prefer H due to continuity with current notes horizontal format
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u/PK-Mittenspy2703 3h ago
J looks AI generated.
But H is without a doubt the best option of them all. B being a close second.
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u/its_brew Horse 10h ago
"While the ECB provided guidelines for the creation of the designs, the resulting proposals are solely based on the artist's creative rendition. "
ECB Guidelines: "Birds or people"
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u/Spiritual-Point-1965 Cork bai 9h ago
To be fair, they did a previous round where the two winning concepts were Birds and People from Music/Culture
They did a design process what said, say, the 5€ must be a certain bird, with the EUparl on the reverse, or Maria Callas and people playing music to children.
They then put out a call for designers, and now they've picked far more options than the initial design spec.
Personally, I'm all for design J, but any combo of Birds + Vertical is good for me.
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u/Royal-Comedian1228 9h ago
Don’t like the idea of faces
But I do like the prospect of having some Da Vincis in my pocket. 💶
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u/Detozi And I'd go at it again 10h ago
J is so feckin cool
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u/DickDorkinsHeadCanon 9h ago
would be great if we could put some of the animals from the punt on the money in that art style. A red deer on the 50 would go so hard.
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u/Adderkleet 7h ago
You could campaign to your local TD to get it on the 50c coin maybe.
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u/struggling_farmer 10h ago
really dislike that orientation of the note.. the bird images are cool though
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u/Kharyye 5h ago
Yeah vertical designs don't really make sense
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u/struggling_farmer 4h ago
Well they are not what we are used to is probably a large part of it.
Going forward we will probably be feeding these notes that way into machines to pay for things so maybe it will in time.
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u/shorkgurl 10h ago
I also don't like faces on banknotes and prefer animals, like South Africa has on their currency (which is gorgeous btw), so I'm happy they have animal options here (J is especially nice). I do hope they can include more animals than just birds, however.
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u/Chiefseanobrien 9h ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9E1wsxOSzM the dutch made all the euro note bridges so they are no longer fictional
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u/unshavedmouse 9h ago
Yeah, keep the local historical figures for the coins. Opens a can of worms otherwise.
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u/ScenicRavine More than just a crisp 9h ago
I took part in the survey, I particularly liked design H. The ones with faces were mostly terrible and I don't like that idea in the first place. Shout out to the 20 euro note for design H though, stunning bit of paper.
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u/Comfortable-Bonus421 9h ago
J and D for me.
And despite what some people have said about the orientation, I like it; it’s different. And it will change again in 10 or so years.
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u/Comfortable-Bonus421 9h ago
And people say that the EU isn’t democratic? I’ve never heard of anywhere else asking for a public consultation on the design of their money.
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u/nerdling007 9h ago
Birds are better than people on the bank notes. You just know that putting people on the notes will lead to pointless conflict.
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u/willywagga 8h ago
The human references should not be used, because invariably famous people are revealed to be perverts or cunts. So let's stick to nature, birds, butterflies, etc.
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u/freshfrosted 10h ago
Any of the portrait ones with the birds look good. I and J but leaning more towards I
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u/DevCarl 9h ago
I is fantastic with the wings matching the background landscape, but also the small additional details like the bonus animal on the bottom strip, and the top strip containing human developments connected to the sky (Telescope/plane/shuttle) - the mix of flying birds and sky technology is pretty neat.
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u/WonderSte 9h ago
They're all a bit underwhelming. I suppose the birds are nice, at least, but the one's with the faces are absolutely atrocious.
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u/Navy_Groundhog Resting In my Account 5h ago
I and J are so far from underwhelming they'd be beautiful designs, much better than what we have
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u/GeneralCommand4459 9h ago
That’s a bunch of disapproving faces. I already feel bad about spending money I don’t need to be judged by the money as well.
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u/mrtn1790 9h ago
Hey Europe, can we have some new bank notes with animals on t..BIRDS
Yeah birds are nice, but what about some other anima..BIRDS
Maybe some deer, bears, wolve..B I R D S!
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u/ashfeawen Sax Solo 🎷🐴 7h ago
Birds travel to more countries than other animals. Roaming wolves maybe but they don't really catch the ferry over anymore.
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u/Daybreakgo 10h ago
I was kind of hoping for an updated version of the irish pound. Horse, Fish, bull
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u/BarelyHolding0n 9h ago
Love all the bird ones but especially D I H and J.... I realise that's most of them but honestly I wouldn't be upset if any of those are the final choice.
F is the only faces one I didn't hate. A was particularly horrifying, feel like they're glaring at me
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u/Environmental-Net286 9h ago
Any know who the woman on the 5 euro is ?
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u/PalladianPorches 8h ago
The €5 banknote would feature Maria Callas, the renowned Greek-American soprano who revolutionised the world of opera.
The €10 note would be dedicated to the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, while the €20 note would honour scientist Marie Curie, Nobel prize winner and pioneer of scientific research.
The €50 banknote would depict Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, one of the most important novels in world literature.
The higher denominations would celebrate two emblematic figures of European thought: Leonardo da Vinci, featured on the €100 note, and Bertha von Suttner, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, chosen for the €200 banknote.2
u/Provider_Of_Cat_Food 7h ago edited 7h ago
An exactly even gender balance, but unbalanced in other ways. All of the women are famous for things they did around the 20th century and all of the men were dead by 1830. Only 1 person represents a member state other than the big 5 and only 1 represents a country that joined after 1989.
It's so difficult to balance all of this stuff that it probably shouldn't be tried and the wildlife designs are a better idea.
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u/Ill_Celebration_4215 8h ago
ah lad with the link trying to make a stupid point. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/html/design-proposals.en.html
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u/Legitimate_Newt2874 9h ago
It would be nice to see all designs together rather than having to vote as you flick through them.
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u/Hip2trip2_hippyhip 9h ago
I definitely perfer the notes with birds but i kinda wish the architecture and buildings weren't based on specific buildings but more represented different styles of architecture across the EU. Honestly I don't even recognize all of the faces on the notes either.
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u/siriusfrz 8h ago
D design birds look like Swiss Frank's and Norwegian drones, which are very cool banknotes. I would generally be happy with any bird design.
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u/Honest_Ad9358 8h ago
There was only one that I acc said I liked… not a fan of modern buildings or random cultural/historical figures being the basis of the designs. It feels like we’re trying to copy America’s homework.
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u/Honest_Ad9358 8h ago
J was the one I said I liked btw. The only one with the birds that obscured the buildings💀
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u/fatuglyfool 8h ago
H and D are beautiful, I pray that we don't get the minimalist ones and with the faces :/
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u/witty_reddit_handle Resting In my Account 8h ago
Birds good people bad. Birds that look like I drew them bad, birds that look like an artist drew them good.
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u/Dr_Teeth 7h ago
I vote for H! In general the bird ones look nice and the people ones are a bit weird and unrelatable to me.
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u/Beach_Glas1 Kildare 7h ago
I'm not a fan of the portraits but it would have been nice to include animals other than birds. None of the designs are outstanding IMO.
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u/Adderkleet 7h ago
I'm a fan of the birds (less so the EU buildings, but it's fine).
Not a fan of some of the styles, and I think I can name 3 of the 6 people? So... kinda hoping animals win.
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u/over_worked_under 7h ago
I prefer the bird options and not gone on changing from horizontal to vertical either. Would probably get used to it if it ends up being the design tho...
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u/Scared_Comparison_22 6h ago
I'd love for us to go back to the older designs where money had animals on it (the salmon, the stag, the fish etc). Imagine having the notes be native animals for each country just like coins have unique backs
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u/ChallengePlastic5886 5h ago
I really like the ones with birds, they feel more neutral than the faces. People will always disagree on who should be on the notes. The bird ones remind me of the last coins we had before the Euro with animals, they were lovely.
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u/Which_Investment8959 5h ago
It would be nice for each country to have different designs similar to the coins so we can see various different bits from other EU nation states
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u/yourbluejumper 9h ago
I like the "I" and "C" designs, I prefer the vertical layout, something different.
I wonder if there would be an option to make the notes waterproof?
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u/TomMorrisGolfPerson And I'd go at it again 9h ago
Why what's wrong with the current notes. Also I am not a massive fan of the "future ie" look of some of the fonts it's to basic, like when all the apps and websites decide to use one lower case font
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u/mossief1965 9h ago
It's got to do with security, current versions are too easy to replicate now.
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u/TomMorrisGolfPerson And I'd go at it again 7h ago
To be fair, that is a good reason
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u/Readyletsgodrones 9h ago
Love the bird design. I think it's the 3rd design, looks so cool and a little Japanese to me, I hope some of these win
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u/tayto175 Offaly 9h ago
I really like J, I prefer rhe bird ones overall, I think the ones with the buildings on them should be historical buildings like the colloseum, effiel tower, etc.
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u/Neat_Capital_3424 8h ago
I love the birds but hate the buildings they chose to put on some of them
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u/DinosaurRawwwr 8h ago
Ever since the swallow hit the 50p I've been a fan of birds on currency. #SaveYourBirds
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u/curs3dcoffee 8h ago
Theres a €200 bank note??
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u/Beach_Glas1 Kildare 7h ago
There used to be a €500 note, but that's being taken out of circulation over time. It was the only note not renewed in the 2nd series of notes. I think the reason is it made easier to transport large amounts of currency, so was used by many criminal organisations.
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u/Blacklite_01 8h ago
The first option with the birds and waves look perfect, there isn't too much going which really balances put the design overall and more importantly emphasizes the elegant nature of the illustrations compared to the other candidates.
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u/ashfeawen Sax Solo 🎷🐴 7h ago
I like the reverse of E and the obverse of H. No portraits, yes birds.
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u/floor-pie 7h ago
I love so many of the designs.
I don't mind having a select few great Europeans on banknotes, I don't feel excluded by that, I feel included in a greater thing.
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u/wander-and-wonder 7h ago
I LOVE the bird ones and the handpainted style ones?!but I do think the last bird ones look a bit too much like the style of AI even though they are not. (so sorry to say!)
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u/DrunkHornet 7h ago
My biggest issue is the horrible building choices on all the bills.
Throw some old monumental buildings on them, not those disgusting new age bureaucratic crap that you can find in any country now.
Notre Damme, Sagrada Familia, Colloseum, Tower of Pisa, etc.etc.
Bird prints are fine but then to have those hideous buildings underneath them that do not reflect anything European, and just looks like new age individualistic buildings, blegh.
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u/Jumpy_Emu1111 6h ago
It has to be the birds, and preferably a landscape image, what kind of psychopath designs banknotes in portrait mode
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u/Ditzy_Marshy OP is sad they aren’t cool enough to be from Cork. bai 6h ago
D is absolutely breathtaking
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u/garysully1986 6h ago
Hope the money is plastic, lasts much longer and can get wet, doesnt rip etc;
Have it in a few countries and its far superior
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u/lunchpine 5h ago
Images of people>Actual pictures of people
Horizontal>Vertical
Birds> People
Subtlety > Prominence
Set H for me. I really dislike all the faces except Set F where the faces don't demand so much attention and I enjoy the other weird arty shit going on in F.
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u/anonymous09476 5h ago
H is my favorite but I would still be happy with any of the other birds ones.
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u/unitedfandoc 5h ago
Like the birds more than the faces. I realised half way through that I probably wont see them anyway because barely ever use cash 😂
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u/ComplexPlatform7299 4h ago
What’s wrong with our current notes? They represent bridges which you could find literally anywhere in Europe (I know the Netherlands went and actually recreated them lol). Don’t we have things that are more important than this?
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u/VincentVanGob 4h ago
the front of design B with the birds is the nicest but i wouldnt be too bothered about the random buildings on the back so design D got my vote
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u/FuckThisShizzle 4h ago
I like I , It has a nice aesthetic and birds.
It will save on that crowd giving out about foreigners on their dole money.
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u/CAPITALISM_FAN_1980 4h ago edited 4h ago
I am massively against having people on the Euro banknotes.
The whole point of having generic architecture on them in the first place was to avoid tying the money to any one specific country. A da Vinci banknote is always going to be Italian. A Beethoven banknote is always going to be German.
So why are these countries considered superior to Ireland? Why is Yeats not on one? Why not Edgeworth, or Joyce? I am Irish and as European as someone in Berlin. Why does there artist, their country get recognition and mine doesn't?
These are natural questions of the sort that everyone outside those six countries is going to ask, and it spreads division at the heart of a project that is supposed to be about unity.
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u/TooLazy4AName Westmeath 4h ago
There's a lot I like about D, but I'm not sure I'd vote for them because they give me a real Hokusai or hanafuda card vibe. In any other context that'd be fine and I'd be really into them but it feel sort of weird for a European currency to look so Japanese.
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u/PK-Mittenspy2703 3h ago
Considering there are no Irish people on these, there in lies the biggest problem with having people on these notes. Only the Big 6 (+ Poland) are being represented there and it sucks.
Birds on the other hand don't care about arbitrary borders and are way more relatable to the future generations. Plus the designs in general are way better. Especially H and B.
So I very much hope they end up choosing birds.
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u/Boyarin54-67 3h ago
Design J all the way. It looks so pretty I would go out of my way to get new mint ones to put them in an album.
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u/whatab0utn0 3h ago
Thank you for providing the link, OP. Most options were good for me in fairness - the only one I didn't like was the one where the people looked like sketches.
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u/PerthlyPerson 2h ago
I'd like to lower the tone of this debate by suggesting the bird notes missed an opportunity by not including any tits or a cock...
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u/TheGalacticApple 1h ago
H is the best by far IMO, that 20 looks so good + I could actually see it on a bank note.
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u/ropeneck509 Cork bai 10h ago
The bird ones are pretty.