VIDEO: MAKING EURO BANKNOTES

I found this mesmerizing 19:25 must-see video on YouTube with astounding detailed step-by-step production of modern paper money.

The video begins with the manufacture of the banknote paper and continues through to final security banding of pallets of boxes worth millions of Euros of finished notes, packed for shipment. We see security features imbedded into the paper, inking the presses, multi-stage inspection both automated and human, numbering, counting, cutting, banding, bundling, and other procedures.

The notes seen in most of the video are 2017 and 2018 Euro emissions of 50, 100, and 200 Euro notes from the Banca d'Italia. At 8:45 a sequence is spliced in showing production of the US hundred dollar bill at the BEP; at 12:35, it cuts back to operations at the Banca d'Italia.

The Euro notes are known as the "Europa Series," with the head of Europa appearing as a watermark in each note. They bear the signature of Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (2011 -2019.)

Europa watermark on 20 Euro note

Mario Draghi signature on Euro note

(As of November, 2019, all Euro notes show the signature of the new President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde.)

Recent live market exchange rates for the Euro have been approximately $1.09 US.

To watch the complete video, see:
Latest Money Printing Technology - Fastest Modern Money Printing Factory - How Money Is Made (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lrYIPUyakE)

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