Brand-new five-euro notes now in circulation, but originals are still legal tender
Saturday, May 4, 2013 @ 4:05 PM
NEW-STYLE five-euro notes came into circulation on Thursday, featuring Greece and Cyprus for the first time.
These were not EU member States when the five-euro note came into being 11 years ago.
The colour of the number '5' has changed to dark blue and is embossed, lined and reflective, to allow people with sight problems to identify them easily.
Other features include water marks, holograms, embossed lines so that they are more difficult to forge, and they are coated with varnish to strengthen them so they do not rip so easily.
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