Rare Euro banknote

[GWR7007]

The strangest bank note I got was a P/V. It was in a couple of notes where some other ones with P/X were. So I had a look at the shortcode and thought, well its an old German one (I write my bank notes on a list) wrote the letter X and turned the note... .
But that V shocked me! I had a lot of notes before, but no other was a P/V combination. Moreover, I never recieved another one.

I also find or H/M rare. On 2448 bank notes I must have recieved 1 and 2 with that combination. Why did Portugal print them in the UK?

[Montgomery Burns]

I believe De la Rue (the British printer) was a minority partner in the Portuguese printer (Valora) at the start of the Euro, that may have something to do with it. Those notes are from the Duisenberg days, they are indeed a rarity now (well, they were never that common, not even here).

[Elmo]

Why did Portugal print them in the UK?

Probably because Portugal was way behind schedule with its initial euro bill production, and De la Rue was lucky enough to win one tender to print one tender to print the Portuguese and another one to print the . And Portugal wasn't alone: Spain needed help from Giesecke & Devrient for its and the National Bank of Belgium for its and . Other delayed countries included France (U/P and U/T and ), the Netherlands (P/P , and , and P/H ), Ireland (T/H ), Finland (L/H ) and Greece (Y/F , Y/G , Y/G , Y/P and Y/R and ).

[GWR7007]

Probably because Portugal was way behind schedule with its initial euro bill production, and De la Rue was lucky enough to win one tender to print one tender to print the Portuguese and another one to print the . And Portugal wasn't alone: Spain needed help from Giesecke & Devrient for its and the National Bank of Belgium for its and . Other delayed countries included France (U/P and U/T and ), the Netherlands (P/P , and , and P/H ), Ireland (T/H ), Finland (L/H ) and Greece (Y/F , Y/G , Y/G , Y/P and Y/R and ).

So, there aren`t a lot of countries left, which were on time. I just see Germany, Italy and Austria, is that right?
But these delays cause funny combinations , although I didn`t receive any (except from the P/V)

[kayhh]

Found til now 27 P/V, thats much more than G/V

Greetings from Hamburg
Kay

[lahdenpera]

Today I received a H002D5 (De La Rue) L . How common is that? I'm new to this, but find it really interesting.
Which combinations are rare?
Thanks a bunch!

[ErGo]

Here a list of combinations sorted by ascending numbers of entries.

1. P/X: _11.318.203
2. L/U: _11.177.332
3. R/X: __5.633.795
4. P/X: __5.202.093
5. R/X: __4.520.894
6. L/U: __4.438.905
7. P/X: __4.214.016
8. M/V: __4.202.248
9. F/N: __4.018.928
10. L/U: __3.685.999
11. E/P: __3.543.808
12. J/S: __3.343.649
13. F/N: __3.262.106
14. P/X: __3.187.381
15. T/Z: __2.703.214
16. N/Y: __2.563.293
17. E/L: __2.517.251
18. R/X: __2.458.303
19. J/S: __2.435.174
20. M/V: __2.343.063
21. G/P: __2.217.662
22. U/M: __2.197.262
23. G/P: __2.077.654
24. U/M: __1.840.466
25. M/V: __1.760.631
26. G/P: __1.149.218
27. K/T: __1.132.374
28. E/L: __1.126.433
29. D/L: __1.102.803
30. G/P: __1.058.083
31. J/S: ____925.397
32. R/X: ____849.416
33. P/L: ____802.287
34. T/Z: ____746.972
35. G/X: ____646.694
36. E/X: ____504.446
37. D/L: ____488.121
38. P/P: ____449.210
39. P/P: ____416.510
40. F/N: ____406.274
41. J/S: ____405.481
42. G/L: ____401.396
43. P/X: ____388.833
44. T/Z: ____383.689
45. R/X: ____339.100
46. T/Z: ____327.285
47. E/H: ____316.550
48. D/L: ____314.809
49. F/P: ____302.557
50. F/N: ____299.620
51. J/S: ____280.272
52. H/M: ____260.699
53. P/P: ____210.592
54. F/S: ____200.216
55. K/T: ____196.645
56. K/T: ____186.952
57. H/L: ____181.405
58. D/L: ____172.471
59. R/X: ____163.353
60. G/V: ____157.707
61. L/U: ____144.544
62. U/M: ____142.395
63. G/X: ____141.155
64. H/M: ____137.619
65. G/E: ____135.080
66. G/F: ____119.327
67. N/Y: ____118.887
68. D/L: ____114.888
69. E/U: _____86.558
70. E/H: _____81.939
71. M/V: _____80.044
72. G/P: _____73.396
73. P/V: _____71.811
74. G/H: _____70.656
75. H/P: _____65.007
76. P/Y: _____59.066
77. F/N: _____55.789
78. G/G: _____51.603
79. R/P: _____47.246
80. P/U: _____44.749
81. T/Z: _____44.602
82. H/T: _____36.074
83. F/Y: _____35.030
84. E/E: _____34.949
85. M/V: _____33.661
86. F/N: _____30.215
87. K/T: _____26.700
88. N/Y: _____23.337
89. D/L: _____23.177
90. E/U: _____20.128
91. H/L: _____19.648
92. H/L: _____18.938
93. G/N: _____18.831
94. R/P: _____17.490
95. T/U: _____15.940
96. T/Z: _____15.553
97. J/S: _____15.362
98. G/P: _____15.274
99. T/Z: _____14.344
100. F/P: _____12.838
101. E/X: _____11.083
102. N/Y: ______9.383
103. J/S: ______8.745
104. G/Y: ______8.486
105. T/U: ______7.919
106. R/L: ______6.198
107. P/Y: ______4.710
108. D/L: ______4.499
109. E/G: ______4.340
110. T/V: ______4.261
111. K/T: ______3.951
112. T/V: ______3.913
113. G/Y: ______3.897
114. P/M: ______3.624
115. E/F: ______2.690
116. R/X: ______2.087
117. E/X: ______1.688
118. R/Y: ______1.582
119. R/Y: ________320
120. F/T: _________89

But keep in mind, that some of this combinations are very new like the E/X or R/X

[GWR7007]

Received a H/P today. The first one I got. Again a combination I did not expect .

[GWR7007]

During my service at the food stand at the Federal Youth Games in Schwalbach am Taunus:
R003A6 P0332XXXXXXX
It seems to be a rather rare one, and I got one ! But now it is a part of my collection, so I won`t spend it again.

[jonman]

that’s a good one
in germany i haven’t found any of these yet. when i was in ireland for three months in 2011 i got three r/ps (interestingly two of them on the same day )

[R/J]

As far as I know R/P only exists as R003/P033 (pooled to the Netherlands) and R003/P034 (pooled to Ireland). I have tracked exactly one, of the latter.

[jonman]

oh, i just checked again, and somehow i got things wrong.

i have one r003 - p033, entered on 2011-04-15 here in
and two r003 - p034 both of them entered on 2011-07-05 in

[Aatos99]

I found this from library in Helsinki. Spanish artist Riiko Sakkinen had hidden it and also signed and numbered it. (http://www.riikosakkinen.com/search/?in ... k.%20money" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) If someone is interested about this note,send private message to me I'm thinking of selling it.

[opalon]

I found this from library in Helsinki. Spanish artist Riiko Sakkinen had hidden it and also signed and numbered it. (http://www.riikosakkinen.com/search/?in ... k.%20money" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) If someone is interested about this note,send private message to me I'm thinking of selling it.

And make this note a hit Aatos?

[Aatos99]

It was not a hit, but let's hope some day it will be a hit