5 euro note used on the banknotes as a result of Bulgaria joining the European Union in 2007. Therefore, the new series of Euro banknotes will include "ЕВРО", which is the Bulgarian spelling for EURO as well as the abbreviation "ЕЦБ" (short for "Европейска централна банка" in Bulgarian). The European Central Bank will, in due time, announce when banknotes from the first series lose legal tender status. The five euro note is the smallest at with a grey colour scheme. All bank notes depict bridges, arches or doorways in a different historical European style; the five euro note shows the Classical era (up
Euro banknotes flag are also incorporated into the notes. On 4 May 2016 the European Central Bank decided not to issue a 500 euro banknote for the Europa series. The banknote also has the name "euro", but in three scripts: Latin, Greek and Cyrillic (EURO / ΕΥΡΩ / ЕВРО). The design for the 50, 100 and 200 euro notes features the acronyms of the name of the European Central Bank in ten linguistic variants, covering all official languages of the EU28, in the following order: The 5 euro, 10 euro and 20 euro notes do not feature ESB, as Croatian became an