Euler was featured on the sixth series of the Swiss 10-franc banknote and on numerous Swiss, German, and Russian postage stamps.
The €500 note, worth around £389 at current rates, is one of the highest-value banknotes in the world, along with the Swiss 1,000 franc note (£707).
She was featured on the Polish late-1980s 20,000-złoty basknote as well as on the last French 500-franc note, before the franc was replaced by the euro.
The master of sodina performance, Rakoto Frah, was featured on the 1000 Malagasy franc (200 ariary) banknote after independence in 1960 and his death on September 29 , 2001prompted national mourning.
ZURICH, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Swiss boy who five years ago turned in a 1,000-Swiss 1,000-Swiss12) banknote that he had franc in the street can celebrate a merry Christmas after no one claimed the money.
The design for the 1,000 Malagasy franc (200 ariary) banknote first printed by the Central Bank in 1983 depicted Rakoto Frah dressed in a traditional straw hat and lamba and playing the sodina.
With electronic payments increasing and the anonymity conferred by cash causing growing global concern, banks have also been keen to see the end of the €500 note, one of the highest-value banknotes in the world along with the 1,000 Swiss franc (£720) bill.
In Switzerland, where the currency is the Swiss franc, it's not a crime to destroy banknotes, according to the BBC.
And in some countries banknotes are little pieces of public art (see the lovely Swiss franc or the New Zealand dollar).
Euro cash was not introduced until 1 January 2002, when it replaced the national banknotes and coins of the countries in eurozone 12, such as the Luxembourgish franc.
