# Talk:500 euro note

There is something that bothers me about this section. It is said that "Spain in particular, although not initially authorised to issue five hundred euro notes". This is quoted from source 3 (a NY Times article). However, it can be seen here (http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/date/2001/html/pr011005.en.html) at the ECB site, that Spain was to produce 15.4 million 500 euro notes in 2001, which probably counts as "initially". I have, after a quick google search, only found the NY Times article and a few verbatim copies of it claiming Spain was not authorized. So I cannot help but wonder: Is it true, or not?
131.155.108.55 (talk) 11:59, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

There is little too much "guilt by association" in the crime section. "€500 are used by organanised crime, therefore €500 notes are bad". I am sure they would use €100 and €200 notes if €500 were cancelled.--BIL (talk) 10:08, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Also the part about them being called "bin Ladens" seems wrong. I have never heard them being called this and it seems like they were perhaps only once nicknamed by the media for a short period of time. The relevance of the whole paragraph is questionable. What is the relevance of bin Laden having a 500 EUR banknote sewed into his clothing at the time of his death? That belongs into a different article. --78.166.214.177 (talk) 06:32, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
21th century??? Come on. It's 21st  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.234.56.57 (talk) 07:43, 27 October 2011 (UTC)   Done – Plarem (User talk contribs) 09:31, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

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Reviewer: Vibhijain (talk · contribs) 15:49, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
Will review it in coming weeks. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ Talk Email 15:49, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
I am declaring my assistance to the nominator in improving this artcle; I will keep a close eye on the page and the GA Nomination.
P.S.: Hi Vibhijain!!! – Plarem (User talk contribs) 18:57, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Me too also I will try to do it. --Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 14:28, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:500 euro note/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.
GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 
"The changeover period during which the former currencies' notes and coins were exchanged for those of the euro lasted about two months, until 28 February 2002." should include the start date which was 1 January 2002  Done
"Their aim is to record is to ascertain details about its spread and to generate statistics and rankings for various notes." needs to be reworked.  Done
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 
Reference #9 is a dead link. Has been dead since 2012-07-01.  Done
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 


### Comment
 Done – Plarem (User talk) 12:36, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

The whole environment section smacks of ECB propaganda, as the only quoted source is an article from the ECB's website, without any third party source to back up its claims.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.123.165.83 (talk) 13:17, 8 January 2013 (UTC) 

I think it would make a lot of sense to mention that the Swiss franc has a thousand franc note. So the 500 euro note is not even the biggest note in Europe, either in worth (1000 fr ~= 833 euro I think) or denomination. However, just having a quick look, I can't think how to integrate it into the article. It's also a lot easier to get and use 1000 fr notes, than 500 euro notes. People in Switzerland buy cars with cash for example, which I think would raise an eyebrow in many parts of the EU. **** you, you ******* ****. (talk) 08:34, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

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I think that this article has too long a history section which is mostly general history of the euro and not specific to the €500 note. --Money money tickle parsnip (talk) 08:35, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Howard from NYC (talk) 01:24, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
anyone have a clue where to find out planning for 500 euro note? alternatively, if it is no longer being printed, when is approximate ending of its usage? 
after all, worn banknotes are taken out of circulation, inventoried and pulped; in USA, our dollar banknotes circulate for about 8 to 15 years (lower denomination getting handled more and thus worn out sooner) before being deemed too worn;

Agree that this article NOT is a list of most valuable central bank notes in other currencies. But f.i. there is no 400 GBP or 500 CHF bank note. Better would (if possible) a linked connection to current values in USD, CHF, GBP etc EditorÆ (talk) 20:58, 30 October 2025 (UTC)