500 euro note rapidly so that in the first 7 years (up to December 2008) there were 530,064,413 five hundred euro banknotes in circulation. Subsequently, the rate of increase was radically slowed. In August 2018, there were approximately 515,000,000 banknotes in circulation (decreased from 614,000,000 in 2015). It is the second least widely circulated denomination, accounting for 2.4% of the total banknotes. It is the largest note measuring 160 × 82 mm and has a purple colour scheme. The five hundred euro banknotes depict bridges and arches/doorways in modern architecture (around the late 20th century). The five hundred euro note contains several complex
Birds of Canada (banknotes) in the early 1980s and was manufactured at the Bank of Canada roll-coating facility. The iridescent smooth patch would appear in a gradient between gold and green and show the face value of the banknote depending on the viewing angle, had no raised edges, and could not be peeled off the banknote. When photocopied, it would appear as a dark patch. All banknotes in the series were printed with a security ink that would fluoresce blue under ultraviolet light. The banknotes also had a feature causing photocopiers recognizing it to refuse to copy the banknote, and a digital watermark which