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200 Euros - Teller Practice Banknote
| Issuer | European Central Bank |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Size | 153 x 82 mm |
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| Obverse description | Teller training piece replicating the standard 200 Euro design, with Romanesque-style windows and archways as the central vignette, overprinted with Chinese characters (练功券/票样) denoting practice use. Denomination numeral '200' appears at left and right, with 'EURO' and 'ΕΥΡΩ' inscriptions across the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 200 练功券 票样 东功专用禁止流通 EURO ΕΥΡΩ 200 |
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Teller training notes issued alongside the euro's 2002 cash introduction were produced to give bank staff hands-on familiarity with the new denominations before live currency entered circulation. The 200-euro face value was a deliberate choice for practice stock — high enough to require careful handling procedures, but the denomination retailers and cashiers were least likely to encounter confidently in the early weeks.
Kalina's original plate designs were adapted for training use, with security features either omitted or rendered non-functional. Surviving examples occasionally surface having been mistakenly spent or banked, which created low-level authentication headaches for national central banks during the first transition year.