Everything recorded about the first-series 200 euro banknote: 20 documented runs, each with its printing works, signature, plate, sheet position, rarity grade and GEM-UNC quotation. Search or filter the table, then read the notes below it.

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Country Signature Year Printing works Plate Sheet Rarity Quotations In Mint Condition (GEM-UNC)
L Finland Wim Duisenberg 2001 D Setec Oy D001 20 notes E1 to A4 C2 400 €
N Austria Wim Duisenberg 2001 G Johan Enschedé & Zn. G001 24 notes A1 to F4 C2 400 €
P Netherlands Wim Duisenberg 2001 G Johan Enschedé & Zn. G001 24 notes A1 to F4 C2 450 €
S Italy Wim Duisenberg 2001 J Banca d'Italia J001 40 notes E3 to D3 C2 400 €
U France Wim Duisenberg 2001 T Banca Nazionale del Belgio T001 35 notes G1 to A5 C2 400 €
V Spain Wim Duisenberg 2001 T Banca Nazionale del Belgio T001 35 notes G1 to A5 C2 450 €
X Germany Wim Duisenberg 2001 R Bundesdruckerei R001 28 notes A1 to G4 C2 400 €
X Germany Wim Duisenberg 2001 R Bundesdruckerei R002 28 notes A1 to G4 C 500 €
X Germany Wim Duisenberg 2003 R Bundesdruckerei R005 28 notes A1 to G4 C2 400 €
X Germany Wim Duisenberg 2003 R Bundesdruckerei R006 28 notes A1 to G4 C2 400 €
X Germany Jean-Claude Trichet 2010 E F.C. Oberthur E001 40 notes A1 to H5 C2 400 €
X Germany Mario Draghi 2014 E F.C. Oberthur E002 40 notes A1 to H5 C2 400 €
X Germany Mario Draghi 2017 E F.C. Oberthur E003 40 notes A1 to H5 C3 350 €
X Germany Mario Draghi 2017 E F.C. Oberthur E004 40 notes A1 to H5 C2 400 €
X Germany Mario Draghi 2012 R Bundesdruckerei R008 40 notes A1 to H5 C2 400 €
X Germany Mario Draghi 2012 R Bundesdruckerei R009 40 notes A1 to H5 C 650 €
Y Greece Wim Duisenberg 2001 R Bundesdruckerei R003 28 notes A1 to G4 C 550 €
Z Belgium Wim Duisenberg 2001 T Banca Nazionale del Belgio T001 35 notes G1 to A5 C2 450 €
Z Belgium Mario Draghi 2017 T Banca Nazionale del Belgio T002 35 notes A5 to G1 C2 400 €
Z Belgium Mario Draghi 2017 T Banca Nazionale del Belgio T003 35 notes A5 to G1 C2 400 €

Rarity on the Cartamoneta catalogue scale: C3 extremely common, C2 very common, C common, NC not common, then R to R5. Italic grades come from the catalogue itself and mark the runs it does not price. Quotations are for gem uncirculated banknotes (GEM-UNC).

How to read the table

It holds the 20 records the cleaned extract keeps for this denomination. Twenty rows load at a time; the search box and the filters always run over the whole list, so a match is found first and the rows around it are loaded afterwards.

Rarity uses the scale printed in the Cartamoneta catalogue, from C3 (extremely common) up to R5 (of the highest rarity). It is derived from how far a run sits above the ordinary level for this denomination, because the ratio between face value and catalogue reference is not comparable across denominations. Where the catalogue supplies its own grade instead of a price, that grade is shown in italics and no quotation appears.

Every quotation is for a gem uncirculated banknote — GEM-UNC, the top of the grading scale — and for no other condition. It is the Cartamoneta.com reference: the catalogue figure with the published mark-up for this denomination, rounded up to the next step. From a threshold upwards — €500 on the 5 euro, €750 on the 10, €1,000 on the 20, €1,500 on the 50, €1,750 on the 100 — the mark-up gives way to a 10% reduction, because high-value examples are placed by negotiation rather than at a premium; the 200 and 500 euro are never reduced. A circulated example is worth less, often much less. The figure is an indicative reference and not an offer, an appraisal or a statement about the condition of any particular banknote.

The 200 euro is the shortest section of the first-series catalogue. Only six printing works are recorded for it, and the whole denomination fits in fewer documented rows than a single year of 50 euro production.

A denomination that was rarely printed

The yellow 200, with its nineteenth-century iron and glass architecture, was never a retail note. Many shops refused it, cash machines rarely held it, and the Eurosystem printed it only when reserves required it. The result is a catalogue that can be read in one sitting.

Printing years in the extract stretch from 2001 to 2017, but the runs are far apart. Long gaps between batches, rather than continuous production, are the defining pattern of this denomination.

Scarcity in the catalogue is not scarcity in the market

A short table tempts a quick conclusion: few rows, therefore rare notes. That does not follow. A single documented run can still cover millions of banknotes, and a denomination that was held rather than spent survives well.

The rarity grade in the table is derived from the premium a run carries over the ordinary level for this denomination, which is why most 200 euro rows sit low on the scale despite the small number of entries.

Where the identification code sits on the 200 euro

Twenty rows are easy to read in full. Read them all before deciding that any single one is unusual.