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Nothing but older series notes from an ATM withdrawal!

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I decided to withdraw some cash this morning on my final day in Riga, and went to an ATM in Old Town Riga and out came six older series €50 notes, including two Trichets and zero Europas.

Normally that won't be an issue, however, I live in the US and have only three more days in Eurozone land and now will have to spend these since I know those are going out of circulation in the next year or two in favor of the Europa €50s, which came out last year and I don't have another trip to Europe slated for at least 2 more years, bar any event that can trigger a return trip to Europe sooner than that.

Has anyone else managed to get that many older notes in one ATM withdrawal lately?
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Don't worry, in the Netherlands they are still quite common. They will remain legal tender indefinitely, just like all U.S. dollar bills, so you won't be forced to spend them right away.
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Re: Nothing but older series notes from an ATM withdrawal!

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Yeah, there are no announced dates for circulation end. Even 2002 fivers are still around. "Old" fifties, I should imagine, should remain for another fifty years. 8)
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Re: Nothing but older series notes from an ATM withdrawal!

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goldeneye wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:32 pm I decided to withdraw some cash this morning on my final day in Riga, and went to an ATM in Old Town Riga and out came six older series €50 notes, including two Trichets and zero Europas.

Normally that won't be an issue, however, I live in the US and have only three more days in Eurozone land and now will have to spend these since I know those are going out of circulation in the next year or two in favor of the Europa €50s, which came out last year and I don't have another trip to Europe slated for at least 2 more years, bar any event that can trigger a return trip to Europe sooner than that.

Has anyone else managed to get that many older notes in one ATM withdrawal lately?
Also in Finland they are common in circulation. :note-50: is the one of the old notes that I most often see in the circulation (also on my job). Still, not even half of the :note-50: seem to be old series nowadays.
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Re: Nothing but older series notes from an ATM withdrawal!

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Hey there!

In Spain and from my personal experience, "old" :note-50: are very common. I withdrew €100 from a Sabadell ATM and got two :note-50:, one first series and the other one was new. Most of the old :note-50: are Trichets and you can sometimes find them in unbelievably good condition. My best find for these was a Duisenberg :note-50: printed in Ireland. I got it last october https://es.eurobilltracker.com/notes/?id=223070448. Old :note-20: are more uncommon in ATMs, most of the time you do not get them but I got one some time ago https://es.eurobilltracker.com/notes/?id=225035488. Old :note-5: & :note-10: are much harder to find but I managed to get two :note-5: in change, both of them Trichet, one was in pristine condition and the other one was horrible hahahahahaha. Only kept it because it was the first time I had seen one in a decade maybe. I only have one single Duisenberg :note-10: that I got thanks to my aunts who manage a tobacco store and thus manage some cash.
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Re: Nothing but older series notes from an ATM withdrawal!

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I was very surprised to withdraw an old series P003/X Duisenberg :note-10: last week from an ATM in Zagreb, Croatia. The note is a bit dirty, but still very nice find.
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garfieldHR wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 6:49 pm I was very surprised to withdraw an old series P003/X Duisenberg :note-10: last week from an ATM in Zagreb, Croatia. The note is a bit dirty, but still very nice find.
Do you come across many first series bills in Croatia?
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Re: Nothing but older series notes from an ATM withdrawal!

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First series banknotes aren't common in Croatia, but with a bit of luck they can be found in circulation.

So far this year I've found:
four :note-5: notes,
three :note-10: notes,
three :note-50: notes,
two :note-100: notes.
I haven't found any 2002 series :note-20: in circulation yet.

Maybe some of these notes arrive from savings (especially larger denominations) and from leftover currency from various travels in times before the euro introduction.
Interestingly, while paying a gas bill last month (which I paid with a :note-200:) I got both old :note-100: and :note-50: as change in a single transaction.
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garfieldHR wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 4:12 pm First series banknotes aren't common in Croatia, but with a bit of luck they can be found in circulation.

So far this year I've found:
four :note-5: notes,
three :note-10: notes,
three :note-50: notes,
two :note-100: notes.
I haven't found any 2002 series :note-20: in circulation yet.

Maybe some of these notes arrive from savings (especially larger denominations) and from leftover currency from various travels in times before the euro introduction.
Interestingly, while paying a gas bill last month (which I paid with a :note-200:) I got both old :note-100: and :note-50: as change in a single transaction.
To myself in the Netherlands, that still seems quite common! From the ATM it is still pretty common to get 2002 :note-50: notes, and I have twice in the past 8 years gotten a 2002 :note-20: from an ATM, but I have never encountered any other 2002 note in circulation with the exception of 2002 :note-100: notes that are very common in casinos for some reason! We don’t actually use :note-100: or :note-200: notes here though, so they are very rare to find outside of gambling.
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