Euro banknotes are shared across the euro area. The national sides of Germany's coins compress continuity, reunification and sovereignty into eight denominations.
Paper money
Euro notes follow an easy architectural colour ladder - grey €5, red €10, blue €20, orange €50, green €100 and yellow €200 - wherever you spend them in Europe.
The euro banknote theme is imagined European architecture rather than real monuments: windows and gateways move from classical to modern styles, while bridges on the reverse suggest connection. Cash by Country artwork is an original, simplified interpretation and is not legal tender.
The three-part pocket tour
The Gate is drawn open on purpose
The perspective through the Brandenburg Gate emphasises openness. The design turns a monument once associated with a divided city into a small everyday symbol of German and European unity.
A twig that survived the currency change
The oak motif links euro cents to the old pfennig without copying the former coin. It is a quiet reminder that a new currency can keep visual memory from the money it replaced.
Shared notes, national coins
A German EUR 20 note is the same banknote used throughout the euro area. Use our original illustrations for denomination and colour; with real cash, feel the raised print, find the watermark and security thread, then tilt for the hologram.