Portuguese will not have to replace the current notes, highlights the Bank of Portugal.

João Amaral Tomaz, administrator of the Bank of Portugal (BoP), yesterday presented the new 20 euro note, which will enter into circulation on Wednesday.

The new note includes an innovative safety feature, highlights the bop a “window with picture” in the hologram. That is, when the banknote up to the light, the window becomes transparent and reveals a portrait of Europe, a Greek mythological figure, which is visible on the front and back of the bill.

The new $ 20 bill, as already happens with the 5 and 10, also includes a “number Emerald” and Europe picture in água.É mark the third note of the “Europa” series and the second series of notes euro, which is gradually replacing the initial series, introduced in 2002.

Among the denominations of euro banknotes, € 20 is one of the most used in the euro area and the most used in Portugal. They were produced around 4.3 billion new notes of 20 euros, spread over several countries of the eurozone.

João Amaral Tomaz stressed that “the Portuguese will not have to change any notes,” since the current notes will remain in circulation and can continue to be used, and none mandated or name bop, or any bank to collect existing notes. If someone wants to exchange notes of the first series of the new, he stressed, should go to the counter of a bank or a treasury of the Bank of Portugal.

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