200 euro note yellow colour scheme. The two hundred euro banknotes depict bridges and arches/doorways in Art Nouveau style (19th and 20th centuries). The €200 note contains several complex security features such as watermarks, invisible ink, holograms and microprinting that document its authenticity. The new banknotes of the Europa series 200 euro banknote will start circulating on 28 May 2019. The euro was founded on 1 January 1999, when it became the currency of over 300 million people in Europe. For the first three years of its existence it was an invisible currency, only used in accountancy. Euro cash was not introduced until
Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland creation of the Central Bank of Ireland, but it would take three decades before the bank would have all the rights and functions associated with a central bank. As the usual convention for banknote issue banknotes are and were issued in the name of the Currency Commission or Central Bank as existed at the time of print. Before the advent of the euro, three series of notes were issued that held legal tender status; these are generally referred to as "Series A", "Series B" and "Series C" respectively. A series of notes known as the "Consolidated Banknotes" were issued, but