Little problem...

[androl]

short: f001
serial N290

someone?

Probably a 5€ note.

no, you cannot tell by this information.

it starts with N29, so the code is F001I2
that means it could be 5, 10, 20 or 50 Euro. From 100 Euro on, "I" isn't used.

now look at the next digits of the serial number

5 Euro F001: N**000184??? - N**017951???
10 Euro F001: N**000108??? - N**003471???
20 Euro F001: N**000110??? - N**015754???
50 Euro F001: N**000699??? - N**016920???

by these intervals you could perhaps tell the value, but if it is N2900, you cannot tell anything.

[peter_at]

Let me take a wild guess, Blueman... F001I2?

With notes from Austria it's easy to check this. Not the value, but you have your answer already.

The 3rd digit in the serial after the N is always a zero. The first digit corresponds with the 6th and last character in the shortcode. So if it's N2, the shortcode ends with a 2 also.

The 2nd digit corresponds with the 5th character. If it's a 9, it's an I. So:

N290 - FXXXI2
N110 - FXXXA1
N240 - FXXXD2
N660 - FXXXF6

And so on...

This rule is quite o.k., but there is an exception: the 5€ notes starting with F003. Here the system is shifted by one, i.e. A corresponds to 0, B to 1, and so on. Thus
N280 - FXX3I2
N100 - FXX3A1
N230 - FXX3D2
N650 - FXX3F6
if it is a 5€ note.

By the way, I have a 10€ note with serial N29XXXXXXXXX and short code F002xx and a 10€ note with short code F001xx with N36XXXXXXXXX. So I guess that the combination F001xx N29XXXXXXXXX must exist, too. I will have to ask my brother, who has much more notes.