The Brilliant Design of the Euro

In my personal opinion (feel free to disagree), the Euro is probably one of the best designed currencies in circulation. This is because of its ability for any of the 20+ countries that use it to use it without feeling left out. How does it do this?
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"Ode to Joy" by Ludwig van Beethoven
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[@KhAnubis]

So, looking purely from a design standpoint, what is your favorite currency in circulation? Personally, aside from the Euro, I would probably have to give props to the Canadian dollar.

[@artificialgravitas8954]

Canadian Dollar then Euro, I'll swap those once we get the Europarm

[@dzemalharacic9043]

@@artificialgravitas8954 the bosnien mark

[@artificialgravitas8954]

@@dzemalharacic9043 aren't they a potential member of the EU and Eurozone? The currency would not necessarily stick around

[@TrigramThunder]

Have you not seen the Australian dollar? It's polymer and has windows, too, like the Canadian, but it's way more colorful. Honestly, if I could have Euro banknotes with the design of the Aus dollar, but without the Queen and the kangaroos and those things obviously, and with a max denomination of €50 and a minimum of €1, that would be great.

[@dasBunny99]

@@freshguy1337 Was about to suggest that. They look really good with some nice scientific graphics

[@mrbalz5404]

Wtf are those finger nails

[@sarkozygaming3629]

Not his coz he's american, he had to ask his girlfriend for euro bills

[@rayne8667]

toto italian fra ma che cazzo ci fanno degli italiani qua?

[@alessandrodonadi1368]

@@rayne8667 che cazzo ne so io

[@senato_x9293]

was bouta say that

[@20thReality]

@@rayne8667 che fai tu qua

[@desanipt]

3:25 It might be a bit nerdy but each time I get coins as change (euro coins) I go check the country they were coined in lol.

[@lauraa4956]

Same and I also check the year#

[@vsl5455]

Same

[@grassytramtracks]

So do I, I live in the UK, but when I get euro coins, I often have coins from countries I've never been to

[@zexille8223]

0:29 I felt like i saw youtube video from 2007

[@Maxime_K-G]

Yeah, and it was glorious!

[@spider-insider7981]

Yeah Euros are cool and all, but Norwegian money has fish on them

[@mr_uganda7062]

Hahaha, yes

[@1sb3rg34]

ClassicSpace-Guy HaHa yeah!

[@ferretzim8694]

I was confused when I first saw the 200kr. I was like "What the hell is this? Norwegian Monopoly money?" I mean, the way it looks, and the fact they're fairly new and stiff, it looks like currency in a Norwegian economics board game.

[@abandonedchannel72929]

And Icelandic too

[@bobinskiplays1779]

No,Euro sucks and i'am german

[@lucabeckr]

1:18 That's wrong! We have at least one portrait on all Euro bills. If you look closely you can spot Europa, a women from Greek mythology as a holographic portrait on the bills.

[@majvi1990]

As a child I loved it to see where my coins came from; how they had “travelled” e.g. living in Germany and then getting a Spanish, Finnish or Greek Euro

[@KhAnubis]

US Quarters actually have different states printed on their tail sides (much like with the Euro coins). I'll often see coins from Oregon, Montana, Arkansas, New York, etc.

[@DaisyGeekyTransGirl]

0:04 Canada split into two lol.

[@rudwiljohnamaro905]

Hahahahah lol

[@Someone-cd7yi]

There's nothing interesting anyway above that imaginary border.

[@bluexender]

And united Czechoslovakia... 😂🤦‍♂️

[@auhbean6572]

The grat canadian civil war

[@turskarrtotemic974]

And Hungary doesn't have the euro

[@lentoturmahub8214]

As a Finn, I can tell you that knowing the size of the bill/coin you’re holding makes transactions much quicker and easier. You know just from the size and feel whether you’re holding a 5€ bill or a 200€ bill. Same with coins, since the 2€ coin is the biggest, and the 10 cent coin is the smallest, although (I have bot of these in my hands rn) the 5 cent coin is slightly thinner. Don’t know about 1 and 2 cent coins (can’t be bothered to dig up my collection, since we don’t use them in Finland and I’ve gathered them as mempirs. It’s really so small that it’s hardly even monrey), but I believe in most European countries these are the smallest coins by size. Anyway, point is having different-size money makes life so much easier, and not just for blind people. Also, I love you for including the Finnish mark in the video, you won’t see those except in collections and museums.

[@lentoturmahub8214]

CrapFactor That is an exception, not the rule. If you try that in my county, they will most definetely notice it. Also, let’s not forget the fact that you have technically committed fraud, which can land you a good 2-4 years in prison in most European countries.

[@lentoturmahub8214]

CrapFactor Njaa, en nyt kyllä jaksa uskoa että markka mitään muuttaisi.

[@thesuomi8550]

As a Finn, I can tell you that why the fuck would you use cash. Like seriously.

[@thesuomi8550]

@@crapfactor8435 eli sun mielestä pitäis vaihtaa markkaan ihan vaan ettei näyttäis kolikot samoilta? Ootko aatellu että siinä voi olla joitain muita syitä että vaihdettiin euroon...?

[@emieloverduin5542]

0:04 this map aint very accurate

[@AsurissGP]

@@Joel-do4uh Well, for example there's Czechoslovakia...

[@emieloverduin5542]

@@Joel-do4uh first of all, Hungary and Croatia dont use the euro, second of all why does tjechoslowakia excist in this map, slowakia is eurozone, tjechia not btw why is Canada divided into 2 and even dough Montenegro and Kosovo are not officialy allouwed to use the euro, they are in the eurozone

[@emieloverduin5542]

@Džudžan they drowned

[@lucijathegreat894]

@@emieloverduin5542 I currently live in Montenegro... They use the euro

[@emieloverduin5542]

@@lucijathegreat894 i know

[@CEKROM]

1:45 Good edit =D

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

I love the Euro, mostly becouse it's so colorful. I also colect coins from diferent European countries. My favourites are (in no order): 1 Spanish Euro with a Spanish guy. 50 Portugese Cents with a ton of symbols 2 French Euros with a tree and the three words in French: Liberty, Equality and Fetirnity 1 Slovak Euro with the cros that is on the Slovak flag 50 Belgian Cents with a Belgian guy 2 Greek Euros with the famous statue that is throwing a disc 50 Finnish Cents with a lion 2 Netherlandish Euros with queen Beatrix 1 Austrian Euro with Mozart 50 Vatican Cents with a Pope And my favourite 2 German Euros with the € symbol in the middle and houses, people, a boat, the European bank and a factory around it and the words "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND"

[@seb_5969]

I love the special coins they sometimes mint eg. the 2 € with Mecklemburg Vorpommern and a pretty castle

[@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296]

In my opinion the Finnish 1€ coin is the most beautiful coin there is

[@seb_5969]

@@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296 I agree ... the finnish euros are one of the prettiest euro coins.

[@femkevandewalle2189]

I love the Greek 2 euro coin with the owl from the drachne on the back, and the special Belgian 2 euro coin (I don't remember what year) with the stick figure.

[@christopherellis2663]

Those "guys" are the Kings, and Queens.

[@reinismartinsons]

The picture at 0:05 is long outdated. The Baltics are in the Eurozone now and Belarus doesn't have the crazy high inflation anymore, so they use their own currency now.

[@ndv135]

It's always fun getting change in Europe, and getting to look at the coins, and seeing the different designs for the different countries, while everywhere else it's just boring.

[@PS-ru2ov]

not every country in Europe is in the EU, Norway isnt, Iceland isnt, Switzerland isnt, and those countries that are in the EU not all of them use the euro, I am from Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom and the UK currency is the pound we are still (for no til next year) part of the EU and use the Pound, whilst our neighbours the Republic of Ireland use the euro, Czech Republic Hungary, Poland, Romania Sweden Denmark Bulgaria are all EU members but use their own currencies, and they are all EU members ..

[@ndv135]

@@PS-ru2ov Ya, I know that, I've been to many of them, and used those currencies. I was just saying in Europe because that is often how people speak about it. Don't assume that everyone else on the internet is an idiot, otherwise you'll just end up seeming really egotistical.

[@Azknowledgethirsty]

I like how rational the currency is, coins are ordered by color (cents, tens of cents and euros) and size, they are consistent and have large enough denominations (looking at you UK and China with your ridiculously low 50L and 100¥) and are colorful (it'd be better if the colors were all primary and secondary ones, I dislike that orange) Also it's a very strong currency, I wouldn't like to have 100 units of a currency that buys me less than a coffee when it's simpler to base transactions in the unit Overall, within the major currencies, I think it belongs to my personal top, I still think that coins could be more regular and bills with proportionately volume and plastic cover but I like it nonetheless

[@CEKROM]

I like the Euro Desgin =D Best greetings from Austria 🇦🇹

[@Dan-qd3qb]

CEKROM Ja Österreich 🇦🇹

[@winerschnitzel0013]

Hello my Austrian brother greentings from Finnish-Austrian empire!

[@lorenzor4024]

I am from the Eurozone and to be honest I wish our banknotes layout could get some changes and features monuments acoss Europe. I wouldn't get offended at all. That being said, I don't miss my old currency as I like the Euro. I see it as a great attempt to bring people together and turn Europe into an unified country.

[@jaz_akbar]

Wonderful lighting by the way

[@DavidariMC]

It’s actually quite fun! Sometimes you’ll find a random €1 coin on the street and find out it’s from spain or anywhere else. Makes you feel kind of connected and makes you wonder where it first came to be :D

[@stormlykkem1268]

Love your channel

[@PaoloBelloli]

💶 The euro 🇪🇺 The European Union ❤️

[@Frahamen]

Different sizes aren't only easy if you're blind. It imediatly shows which bill is worth more, even if you're a foreigner and therefor not used to the curency. Dollars just all look the same. I had quite a bit of trouble differenciating them when I was in the US.

[@awcy7141]

Martijn Derese that just shows how dumb you are tbh. There isn t much functionality in haveing different sizes in currency it just increases the production cost and if you are dumb enough to need a different size to diffetentiate them you really should not handle that much money.

[@Frahamen]

@@awcy7141 I assume you never heard of blind people, tourists, visualy impaired people, ... Or do you think they shouldn't be able to buy stuff? That sounds great for the economy.

[@awcy7141]

Martijn Derese yeah my point still stands. Tourists do theyr research before traveling and trust me seeing 5 or 10 on a bill is enough for everyone to know the value. Blind and visualy impaired people are a very, very and I can t stretch enough how small of a minority they are. Now not that they should be excluded but most of the time thy won t and should not use large amounts of cash (regardless of the bill size) and when they have to do so they will have someone to help, again, regardless of the bill size. Functionality wise different size and or color really does not add much but production cost and more error prone bills.

[@Frahamen]

@@awcy7141 yeah, you're right your assertion that different sizes of bills is extremely expensive must be true. That's why all countries who redesign their currency all make them same size and colour. Oh wait they don't. Show me some evidence (that means external sources not more conjectures) before you call people dumb.

[@andreib302]

The Romanian leu banknote also has a window on every banknote. The “window” also has an imprint onto it. It’s also made out of polymer, just like Canadian Dollars.

[@Attewir]

Good stuff!

[@sandm6784]

My favourite currency is new New Zealand notes.

[@jonathanlewis2216]

No, the 20 plagiarized canadas 20

[@sandm6784]

Jonathan Lewis Canada printed that money because contract was given to Canada this time usually Australia printed before that’s why it does show resemblance with Canada

[@falco447]

I appreciate your almost accurate pronounciation of the "Brandenburg Gate". Best regards from Germany!

[@jordanherkowski5052]

The 50 state quarters was a commemorative program, followed by the America the beautiful commemorative program which showed different national park or historical site from each state, not each state making its own coins.

[@InnocentPlayer]

Check the thumbnail...... There might be an mistake

[@K3.z00]

The bridges that were made what you have seen in The video are in my city

[@Shirokroete]

Who filmed the video with the money Or do you just like long fingernails

[@aaronbeattie2424]

His girlfriend did the Euro video

[@ricardoalves9605]

Shirokröte I like long fingernails, I can't have them short My nails are to hard, so i end up using them lot I cut them so they don't get to big, and they are always clean But I can't see how people can have their fingers longer than the nails, it seems so weird for me..

[@ultrabot2122]

Can you make a Video about Austria

[@danielgstoehl3905]

The new Europa series notes do have a portrait on them but it's of a mythical character.

[@bluexender]

New Swiss Frank looks very cool...

[@philippbehrendt5183]

YOOOOO THOSE NAILS MATE

[@KGDHMF]

I'm from Finland and I have been in the US and i have to say that the US coins like quarters , penny's , dimes and nickels do not make sense. and the sizing is an issue as well. and i generally had a hard time understanding the coin system in the US. The euro coin system makes more sense to me but im biased.

[@Leugim010]

The back of many euro coins do have famous people

[@jfk9374]

or the brandenburg gatd

[@ericdh4184]

But just the Euro coins. Euro coins have all different designs for each nation (which in my opinion, makes euro coins very cool). However, the bills do not have any national symbols. They are promoting everybody's culture and also a culture of a united Europe at the same time.

[@mat2468xk]

Yeah, I really like it when bills have differing colours. And if they differ drastically, even better. Being able to tell them apart easily by colour is good! I haven't experienced having bills of differing sizes, though. But I'm open to the idea of it. Being able to tell the bills by touch is a pretty good option as well.

[@calithesloth5462]

*OFFENDED CZECH INCOMING* Did you seriously use a map with Czech Republic and Slovakia being the same country Ah good it's only the first one, the next one he uses has them split up

[@calithesloth5462]

wha

[@emil5111]

@Average Joesson Austria-Hungry. Sorry dont see that on the map your going to have to name me a real country.

[@vitcenek8611]

@@crapfactor8435 No, we splitted into two republics four years after fall of communism. 1989 - fall of communism 1993 - separated from Czechoslovak to Czech and Slovakia

[@Cjnw]

**SJW detected**

[@sphenops_]

Holy shit i didnt notice the billiant in the thumbnail but the day after

[@jannarojek9365]

1 euro cent coins have different thing on them depending on the place they were minted in

[@kasianvh]

Epic Enter all euro coins have...

[@kaanmartinoytac1570]

My top 4 favourite currencies are the Kuwaiti Dinar, Euro, Saudi riyal, French franc

[@Vextrove]

Channel might take off soon, but that's just a prediction

[@KhAnubis]

It already has been. This channel only hit 4k just before November.

[@ferretzim8694]

Fun fact, the map part on the Euro has Norway on it, despite Norway not being part of the EU. The reason is one part Norway is in a trade union with the EU, and one part the fact Sweden and Finland looks like genitals without Norway. I'm not joking.

[@karelprochazka2709]

Great video, but the map at 0:05 is wrong. Czechoslovakia is split and Slovakia is in the Eurozone.

[@bavarianpotato]

Yeah it's really weird, notice how kn north america canada is divided into two seperate countries?

[@xyungeloest]

@@bavarianpotato And Japan disappeared together with South Sudan

[@bavarianpotato]

@@xyungeloest good eye, the more you look at it the weirder it gets. Although south sudan is at least excusable in the sense that it's a fairly recent country

[@bavarianpotato]

@@xyungeloest are we missing sth? How can you fuck up a map this bad, especially in the cases where they created a new border all the way through canada, but also just erased japan

[@eustache_dauger]

And both Latvia & Lithuania has been part of the Eurozone since 2015

[@somekek6734]

3:15 Dude what where you on when you decided: "yea i should put this pixel soup in my vid"

[@alexdreFalke]

0:03 when I went to Croatia in 2014 they used the Kuna as curreny

[@gamerisrbija]

And they still do!

[@gamerisrbija]

@@nemamimebezimensam8614 Yeah but the proper authorities didn't allow them to

[@szoszk]

umbrellabungee Montenegro simply uses whatever currency Germany has. There is no real way to stop them from doing that

[@orestisbe6978]

@@nemamimebezimensam8614 Greece (and I think Slovenia) also use the Euro

[@artificialgravitas8954]

And remember Muricans, this money isn't from the 18th century, this stuff is waterproof [But that's not special, only you [and some barbarians] don't do it]

[@mrbrainbob5320]

Ouch yet you people depend on us to stay relevant.

[@befer]

@@mrbrainbob5320 D e s t r o y e d

[@idk1848]

@@mrbrainbob5320 OHHHHHHHHH SHIT

[@kasianvh]

Artificial Gravitas why are you making us Europeans look bad. Why bash the U.S. for everything...

[@artificialgravitas8954]

@@kasianvh We used to use Paper as well, there it is: used to. America's issue isn't being bad, it's being obsolete.

[@picklking1119]

Did u misspell brilliant in the thumbnail on purpose

[@myst___]

The Costa Rica Colon bills are really beautiful because they are so colorful and have those typical animals on them!

[@Iknowthismeme]

Seeing M.Draghi on the Euro an then having him as a prime minister is really strange

[@caelator3549]

The Thumbnail is also brilliant

[@LeZylox]

I like the swiss franc lol :D

[@Heinrich2awsome]

Another reason the Euro has different sizes and colors for the bill is so people can tell them apart just by looking at them in a neat pile. In the USA you could easily put 100 Dollar bill at the top and the bottom of the pile and in between a bunch of 1 Dollar bills.

[@Panure]

1:17 Gauss is controversial ?

[@tipperzack]

Good voice, good writing, and good information. But get a better camera, learn to focus your items on screen, and you need more lighting.

[@prashanntdonecal5152]

You should take a look at the Rupee note from India. It has the denomination written in 20 different official languages which mostly have their own scripts!

[@SunWarrior155]

The Eastern Caribbean Dollar! Each note denomination has a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the front (It looks just like the one on the Cayman Islands Bill you showed in the video) since most (if not all) territories which use the currency were former British colonies.

[@auhbean6572]

0:04 why are the great lakes grey i mean most of all the other lakes are white like the oceans ore not on the map (exept the canadian lakes)

[@Kill_All_Politicians]

You have a typo in the thumbnail, just saying

[@user-bm8vo3sw6d]

BAI HUI it’s done on purpose. “The BILLiant” as in bill iaint instead of brilliant

[@Kill_All_Politicians]

@@user-bm8vo3sw6d My bad

[@_The_Worst_]

Yep, I gave you a like...👍🏼💯✔

[@cassif19]

In Romania we don't have controversial historical people on our bills. We have scientists, poets, musicians, historians and painters and I think they all deserve their place there

[@cbarre9937]

1:07 Why is the number censored

[@wilica1]

Australian notes (2016/17 design onwards)

[@pinquinsam]

Accually the different sizes are so when bills are stacked on top of eachother you can easily see where your 5 10 and 20 eurobill is. However this only works when you have a clean and welltaken care wallet.

[@allanrichardson1468]

Who did the artwork on the Federation Credit? Has Paramount actually printed any money as props for any Star Trek movie or series? Or are the images “fan fiction?” And if so, has Paramount authorized the design or complained about it?

[@EllaGP22]

I live in a country that uses the Euro (🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪). It’s pretty great.

[@Stefan-su5wg]

Also,the romanian leu has interesting features...an transparent window,the cultural main personalities ,an band on which are the values of the leu(1 5 10 50 100 200 500), different colors.And it's made from polyester...not paper!😄

[@studiosnch]

My favorite paper currencies would be the Australian dollar, Norwegian krone, and the Swiss franc (particularly the latest design).

[@DanHominem]

Kazakh Tenge or the Costa Rican pseo. Theyre both insanely pretty.

[@KhAnubis]

Though the currency of Costa Rica is actually the colon, I have to agree with you, especially for the colon, with its vibrant colors and animals. I also kind of like how they both have a map of their respective countries.

[@DanHominem]

I also just realized that my 10 euro bill isnt quite new enough to have the Cyrillic "Euro" on it

[@Sebeerful]

Wow it’s BILLIANT!!!!!!

[@butler3394]

Among my favorite currencies is the euro, the United States dollar, the Hungarian forint and the Swiss franc.

[@patricklarionov7119]

the Eurozone is also in the Baltics though, no?

[@Rosebakker5242]

There is a portrait on the euro, princess Europa

[@reindert144]

Haha ‘leven in een land van vreden’ in the background

[@xk4836]

I like the new £5 and £10 notes (uk)

[@gwimmer98]

As a European I have real trouble using dollar bills because they all have the same size and color. With euro bills, you just have to look into your wallet and take the bills with the right color (which you can see, because the bills have different sizes) out, but with the dollar I have to take all of them out of my wallet and look for the right bill individually

[@jozefrac4841]

Exactly. I think dollars are ugly.

[@monarkinhos]

KhAnubis, ever looked the Brazilian Real? Is older than the Euro and identical

[@sykeskills896]

dude the Norwegian krone with the wealth of Norwegian people is close to perfect Because the paper money has easy to see pictures of the economy of Norway and we got fancy colors

[@markkemeny7386]

You miss spelled the thumbnail

[@nyooom7467]

In Romania (a European Union country) uses the euro for high denominations or for trip to another European country. In Romania we use leu

[@vitcenek8611]

I think that best design have Czech Crowns, they look really nice.

[@kobeccg]

You misspelled the thumbnail

[@ImStefan]

Someone else noticed the ,,billiante“ in the thumbnail?

[@haroldweiss8695]

Australian Dollar Different lengths but not heights so still easy to grab out of a wallet. Multicolored Waterproof Different thickness of notes

[@yahyaf2132]

Don't forget that the new ones have bumps to help distinguish them without looking!

[@haroldweiss8695]

szoszk True Waterproof was the wrong term What I should have said: Euros are waterproof but they can still tear relatively easily when wet where as the Australian dollar is hard to tear no matter what. But I really like the Euro

[@TrueNoob]

cool

[@dermatze9172]

It would be nice if one site of the euro bills would have these Bridges and the other site would be individual by every EU - country

[@simonexeli7552]

Why is there a map with Czechoslovakia

[@Circletwice]

So are we just not gonna talk about the typo in the thumbnail or...?

[@christopherellis2663]

The coins are minted in the various countries, as ever they were, with issues from Andorra, Monaco, SanMarino, Vatican City : no one gets left out☆ the Kuna (Croatia ) is 'dobar skroz', all good.

[@magiceightball1442]

What is a yero

[@yourfriendlygestapo5925]

Yeah I also love the billiant design of the euro

[@juanlamaquina1125]

yo never saw the portuguese escudo bills, they look very nice

[@ramizureikat3793]

Soon it'll be... *die Vereinigten Staaten von Europa*

[@silviachristandl5874]

@Cosmo united states of europe, its a play on the fact that germany/france want to draw europe even closer together

[@artjompr6664]

Cosmo „The United States states of Europe“

[@Urmel331]

Its called Kaiserreich and its art.

[@Sereze001]

Its gonna be a 4th Reich soon enough

[@WiardMusic]

Yeah Germany is great in combining countries and keeping them that way if you know what I'm talking about.

[@NoelJasik]

I would like euro with mikołaj kopernik on one side and polish eagle on second

[@rayhill1]

Funny thing is that i've learned there exists a 200€ bill only a year ago and i live in Slovakia my whole life

[@danielstephan1908]

3:16 10/10 sharpness

[@Russ14n.]

You should see the 10000 (dunno what it’s called) bill in Kazakhstan

[@nutzeeer]

which windows do the canadians have? xp? 7? 10?

[@lars9925]

The best design of a currency is the old Roman one. Why bills, if you can carry real gold with you ?!

[@EternalMuscovite]

In germany we also have coins for every german state