500 euro note expansion of the European Union. Cyprus is not depicted on current notes as the map does not extend far enough east and Malta is also missing as it does not meet the current series' minimum size for depiction. The European Central Bank is currently introducing a new series of Euro-banknotes. The 500 euro denomination, however, will not be included in the new series as it was decided to phase out issuance of 500 euro banknotes. The five hundred euro note measures at × with a purple colour scheme. All bank notes depict bridges and arches/doorways in a different historical European
Birds of Canada (banknotes) process required three lithographic plates and one intaglio plate for the obverse, and three lithographic plates for the reverse. The obverse of four banknotes feature a Prime Minister of Canada, whereas the others feature Elizabeth II. The design on the reverse of each note features a bird indigenous to Canada with a background representing the typical landscape for that bird. The birds represented in the series are found throughout Canada, and their colouring complements the dominant colour of the denomination on which they appear. In a Toronto Star article in 1990, Christopher Hume stated that having a bird on each