On Mon, 13 May 2013 20:31:08 +0200, "tim......"
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"Erick T. Barkhuis" wrote in message
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tim......:

Hands up who knew these were coming (and have now arrived)?

One hand up.
[Haven't seen them yet, though]

Colleague showed me one today.

Said he tried to pay his cleaner with it and she wouldn't accept it :-)

Apparently it's just the beginning.

"Second series of euro banknotes"

"The Europa series is being introduced across the euro area as of
2013. The new banknotes are to be introduced gradually over several
years, in ascending order. The denominations remain unchanged:
\u20ac5, \u20ac10, \u20ac20, \u20ac50, \u20ac100, \u20ac200 and
\u20ac500."

http://www.ecb.int/euro/banknotes/eu.../index.en.html