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| Issuer | European Central Bank |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Composition | Cotton fiber paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large intaglio-printed vignette of Gothic architectural arches on the right, rendered in deep blue-green tones with fine guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large format at upper right and lower left, with the EU flag in blue at upper left. The inscription '20 EURO / EYPΩ' is printed in bold letterpress at the bottom centre, and the issuer abbreviations 'BCE ECB EZB EKT EKP' with the year '2002' are printed at the top. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Hologram, Color-shifting ink, Microprinting |
| Protection description | the architectural motif and denomination numeral visible when held to light; embedded security thread with 'EURO 20' microtext that appears dark on the obverse and glows purple under UV light; holographic stripe on the obverse displaying the '€' symbol, the denomination, and the EU flag; the denomination numeral on the reverse changing from purple to olive-brown when tilted; microprinting along the edge of the main architectural vignette |
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