Euro banknotes entered circulation on 23 September 2014. The full design of the Europa series 20 euro banknote was revealed on 24 February 2015, On 4 May 2016, the European Central Bank announced that the Europa series 500 euro banknote would not be released, due to fears of "facilitating the criminal activity". The old series will gradually be withdrawn. The ECB will announce "well in advance" when the old notes will lose their legal tender status. However, they will not lose their value and it will be possible to exchange them for new notes at Eurosystem central banks indefinitely. "A good design
Russian five-ruble banknote at an angle, the letters "PP" appear on the bottom banner. Next to the denomination in the lower left hand corner are two raised dots known as intaglio printing for the visually impaired. Under UV Light the colored threads glow. Russian five-ruble banknote The Russian five-ruble banknote was introduced in 1998 and then discontinued in 2001 because of inflation. Five-ruble notes are very hard to find in general circulation. The most prominent color of the note is light-green in the background. The design is dedicated to the city of Veliky Novgorod. On the obverse is the Millennium of Russia with