Euro banknotes - Country letters

The notes of Luxembourg currently use the prefix belonging to the country where they were printed. Country codes are alphabetised according to the countries' names in the official language of each country, but reversed: United Kingdom Sverige Suomi Portugal Österreich [Oesterreich] Nederland Luxembourg Italia Ireland France España [Espana] Ελλάδα [Ellada] Deutschland

Country codes are alphabetised according to the countries' names in the official language of each country, but reversed: The notes of Luxembourg currently use the prefix belonging to the country where they were printed. The positions of Denmark and Greece have been swapped in the list of letters starting the serial numbers, presumably because 'Y' is a letter of the Greek alphabet, while 'W' is not. Ireland's first official language is Irish; however, in the above chart it is clear the order was based on the Engli ...

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The ECB has described some of the more rudimentary security features of the Euro note, allowing the general public to authenticate their currency at a glance. However, in the interest of security, the exhaustive list of these features is a closely-guarded secret. Still, between the official descriptions and independent discoveries made by observant users, it is thought that the Euro notes include at leas ...

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The ECB has described some of the more rudimentary security features of the Euro note, allowing the general public to authenticate their currency at a glance. However, in the interest of security, the exhaustive list of these features is a closely-guarded secret. Still, between the official descriptions and independent discoveries made by observant users, it is thought that the Euro notes include at leas ...

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Unlike the Euro coins, the Euro notes do not have a national side indicating where they're from. This information is instead encoded within the note's serial number. The first letter of the serial number uniquely identifies the country that issues the note. The remaining numbers (when added up and the digits of the resulting sum then added together again until a single digit remains) give a checksum also particular to that country. The W, K and J codes have been reserved for the EU member ...

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Somewhat hidden on the front of the note is a second, smaller sequence where the first letter identifies the actual printer of the note. The printer code need not coincide with the country code, i.e. notes issued by a particular country may have been printed in another country (e.g. some Finnish notes have in fact been produced by a UK printer). The A, C and S codes have been reserved for printers currently not printing Euro banknotes. As from 2002, the individual national central banks (NCBs) are responsible for the production of one ...

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Italy, Greece and Austria have asked several times to introduce lower denominations of Euro notes. The ECB has stated that "printing a €1 note is more expensive (and less durable) than minting a €1 coin". On 18 November 2004 the ECB decided definitively that there was insufficient demand across the Eurozone for very low denomination banknotes. On 25 October 2005, however, more than half of the MEPs tabled a motion calling onto the European Commission and the European Central Bank to recognise the definite need for the introduction of € ...

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The design of euro banknotes include several characteristics suggested in cooperation with organizations representing blind persons. These characteristics aid both persons who are visually impaired (people who can see the banknotes, but cannot necessarily read the printing on them) and those who are entirely blind. Euro banknotes increase in size with increasing denominations, which helps both the visually impaired and the blind. The predominant coloring of the notes alternates between “warm” and “cool” hues in adjacent denomi ...

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There are seven different denominations, each having a distinctive colour and size. The design for each of them has a common theme of European architecture in various artistic periods. The front (or recto) of the note features windows or gateways while the back (or verso) has bridges. Care has been taken so that the architectural examples do not represent any actual existing monument, so as not to induce jealousy and controversy in ...

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Unlike the Euro coins, the Euro notes do not have a national side indicating where they're from. This information is instead encoded within the note's serial number. The first letter of the serial number uniquely identifies the country that issues the note. The remaining numbers (when added up and the digits of the resulting sum then added together again until a single digit remains) give a checksum also particular to that country. The W, K and J codes have been reserved for the EU member ...

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The "paper" used for Euro banknotes is in fact 100% pure cotton fibre, which improves their durability as well as imparting a distinctive feel. The following member overseas territories are shown: the Azores, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Madeira, Martinique, Réunion, and the Canary Islands. Cyprus and Malta are not shown, as they only joined the EU in 2004; also Malta is too small to be shown, with the minimum size for depiction being 400km². ...

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Somewhat hidden on the front of the note is a second, smaller sequence where the first letter identifies the actual printer of the note. The printer code need not coincide with the country code, i.e. notes issued by a particular country may have been printed in another country (e.g. some Finnish notes have in fact been produced by a UK printer). The A, C and S codes have been reserved for printers currently not printing Euro banknotes. As from 2002, the individual national central banks (NCBs) are responsible for the production of one ...

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Italy, Greece and Austria have asked several times to introduce lower denominations of Euro notes. The ECB has stated that "printing a €1 note is more expensive (and less durable) than minting a €1 coin". On 18 November 2004 the ECB decided definitively that there was insufficient demand across the Eurozone for very low denomination banknotes. On 25 October 2005, however, more than half of the MEPs tabled a motion calling onto the European Commission and the European Central Bank to recognise the definite need for the introduction of € ...

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There are seven different denominations, each having a distinctive colour and size. The design for each of them has a common theme of European architecture in various artistic periods. The front (or recto) of the note features windows or gateways while the back (or verso) has bridges. Care has been taken so that the architectural examples do not represent any actual existing monument, so as not to induce jealousy and controversy in ...

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The "paper" used for Euro banknotes is in fact 100% pure cotton fibre, which improves their durability as well as imparting a distinctive feel. The following member overseas territories are shown: the Azores, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Madeira, Martinique, Réunion, and the Canary Islands. Cyprus and Malta are not shown, as they only joined the EU in 2004; also Malta is too small to be shown, with the minimum size for depiction being 400km². ...

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