A brand new €10 note comes into circulation from today. The new note is slightly darker than the current one and has a range of new security features.

Its hologram and watermark include a portrait of Europa - a figure from Greek mythology.

It also has an 'emerald number' - when tilted, the number displays an effect of the light that moves up and down and also changes colour from emerald green to deep blue.

It is part of a gradual redesign of the Euro banknotes, and follows the new €5 note which came into circulation in May of last year.

At that time of the €5 release, it was reported that ticket machines for both the Luas and Iarnród Éireann would not accept the new notes. However, the Luas operator Transdev (then Veolia) has confirmed to Newstalk that testing was carried out on the new €10 notes without any issue.

To mark the launch, a social media competition called 'Selfie with the new €10' is being held on Twitter and Instagram from today until November 30th.

New security features of the new €10 | Image: © European Central Bank

To facilitate the introduction of the new note, many measures have been taken to support the producers and owners of ATMs and authentication devices.

One initiative was to make the new notes available for testing almost nine months ahead of the launch, allowing time for the equipment to be adapted. 

The European Central Bank (ECB) has received confirmation from national central banks that they have done everything within their capacity to facilitate the adaptation of banknote in their countries.

The €10 banknotes of the first series will continue to be issued in order to use up stocks. They will circulate alongside the Europa series €10, before being phased out later.

See what is new about the new €10 below: