Talk:500 euro note

The Crime Section
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) ✅ – Plarem (User talk contribs) 09:31, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Environment
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)

Swiss franc
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. &#42;*** you, you ******* ****. (talk) 08:34, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

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History section
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)

Q: future plans? end of life?
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;