"Europa": 2nd series of euro banknotes

[Ares]

When are the other notes slated to be released?

[tabbs]

Later.

This is a process that will take several years. The new notes will be issued "in ascending order" according to the ECB, ie. , , etc. So it is fair to assume that each year one denomination will be updated ...

Christian

[YCNZ]

Based on production figures, I believe we will also see the new 10 before December.

[guru]

Here everything is really slow. Even yesterday I paid at a cafe and the waitress told me it was the first new fiver she saw. Three weeks after they were released. At a cafe. In central Athens. Go figure.

You're right. The other day I gave one to a delivery man (souvlaki); not only had he not seen one, but he didn't even know that there were new 5 euro notes! He even asked me to pay him with old 5ers instead, so he wouldn't have a problem at the grill house (I mean the cashier there). Otherwise, the Europa are usually accepted at stores, even though they are shown as invalid by the counterfeit detectors. Of course, automatic vending machines do not accept them (tested yesterday at the Athens metro ticket machines).

[JordiJanTaxi]

Here everything is really slow. Even yesterday I paid at a cafe and the waitress told me it was the first new fiver she saw. Three weeks after they were released. At a cafe. In central Athens. Go figure.

You're right. The other day I gave one to a delivery man (souvlaki); not only had he not see one, but he didn't even know that there were new 5 euro notes! He even asked me to pay him with old 5ers instead, so he wouldn't have a problem at the grill house (I mean the cashier there). Otherwise, the Europa are usually accepted at stores, even though they are shown as invalid by the counterfeit detectors. Of course, automatic vending machines do not accept them (tested yesterday at the Athens metro ticket machines).

Vending machines?
Ha! This is nothing. My bank, "La Caixa" has ATMs for making cash deposits. The machines automatically count the banknotes and make the deposit into the account. Today, 22nd day of the "Europabill Age", the ATM in my branch of "La Caixa" still did not accept Ευρώπη χαρτονομήσματα / Europabills. Not a vending machine: a cash managing banking device!

Best regards στην όμορφη Ελλάδα από τη Βαρκελώνη / to beautiful Greece from Barcelona.

Jordi.

[melitikus]

Serial numbers on the Europa series of banknotes

The serial numbers on this series are the two numbers printed on the back of the banknote: a horizontal number printed in black and a vertical number printed in a different colour.

The horizontal number comprises two letters and ten digits. The first letter identifies the printing works – see the list below. The second letter has no particular meaning; it simply makes more serial numbers possible.
Printing works and letters
Banque Nationale de Belgique Z
Bank of Greece Y
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (Munich) X
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (Leipzig) W
Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre V
Banque de France U
Central Bank of Ireland T
Banca d'Italia S
Bundesdruckerei GmbH R
Joh. Enschede Security Printing BV P
Oesterreichische Banknoten und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH N
Valora M
Not assigned L
Not assigned K
De La Rue Currency (Gateshead) J
De La Rue Currency (Loughton) H
Not assigned G
Not assigned F
Oberthur Fiduciaire E
Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych D
Not assigned C
Not assigned B
Not assigned A



source
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[mizar]

Later.

This is a process that will take several years. The new notes will be issued "in ascending order" according to the ECB, ie. , , etc. So it is fair to assume that each year one denomination will be updated ...

Christian

ECB says a few interesting things about that:
The new banknotes are to be introduced gradually over several years, in ascending order and starting with the new €5 banknote.
The exact timing of the issuance of the other denominations will be determined and communicated to the public and cash handlers at a later stage.
In order to use up remaining stocks, the €5 banknotes of the first series will be issued for several months alongside the new €5 banknotes.

In other news:
In Slovenia the self-checkout machines of the biggest supermarket chain give out Europa , so presumably they also accept them.

My interpretation of banknote production figures: In last few years the production of was around 1100-1700 million pieces, jumping last year to 2915 million Europa . Production of also increased from 1300-1500 to 1900, but it really surged this year to 4500 million pieces planned, so I guess we'll see Europa sometime next year, while last year's notes are still 1st series. If my guess is correct, we WON'T see SI/CY/MT/SK/EE :note-10:s

[lmviterbo]

I started a blog with my ramblings about EuroBillTracker and related stuff. My last post has a nice map depicting the detailed distribution of Europa series 5-euro banknotes per printer.

Has anyone noticed how Spanish (V) notes are to be found in the North of Germany while French (U) were sent to the South? Or the specific paths and locations that Belgian (Z) and Austrian (N) notes take in Germany? Or that Italian notes can be found in Austria, but only in the National Bank in Vienna?

Here's the link to the blog post.

You may also click on the image below to browse the full interactive map on a new window:

The Eurozone in pentachrome.

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[tabbs]

Cool map! Thanks for making and sharing it.

Christian

[jonman]

thanks a lot
where did you get the data from?
i can add (uncirculated series of) v in magdeburg and leipzig and n in leipzig

[lmviterbo]

where did you get the data from?

I just picked some notes from the first-europa-notes-list kindly provided by avij. I ordered the list by decreasing number of entries, assuming that big numbers were obtained almost certainly in banks or atms. I checked each of those individual links I chose, and copied the latitude and longitude from each map image's url.

i can add (uncirculated series of) v in magdeburg and leipzig and n in leipzig

Thanks. The Leipzig area already has some N and V on the map.

This is a map of primary distribution, not of circulation. It's meant to show where notes were available to the public for the first time, where they were "born", so to say.

(jonman, since most of the notes registered by you that I had access to mentioned some backwork and not an atm, those aren't uncirculated for my purpose. Also, even those found in atms later on the month and not coming in bunches of serials were probably put there after some circulation.)

[davidzaz]

Great job, Imviterbo, thanks!!! And Zaragoza, in Spain??

[lmviterbo]

Great job, Imviterbo, thanks!!! And Zaragoza, in Spain??

Thanks.

I didn't care much about adding a lot of towns in Spain because only Spanish (V) notes were put in circulation there. I've added Zaragoza now from your series of ten notes starting here, although normally I wouldn't add it if I had any doubts, since you don't mention "atm" or "bank" in the comment (so the banknotes could in theory have been brought in a bunch by someone).

[lmviterbo]

San Marino, yeah! Now, the only country in the Eurozone still left without "Europa" tracking is the Vatican City.

[jonman]

where did you get the data from?

I just picked some notes from the first-europa-notes-list kindly provided by avij. I ordered the list by decreasing number of entries, assuming that big numbers were obtained almost certainly in banks or atms. I checked each of those individual links I chose, and copied the latitude and longitude from each map image's url.

i can add (uncirculated series of) v in magdeburg and leipzig and n in leipzig

Thanks. The Leipzig area already has some N and V on the map.

This is a map of primary distribution, not of circulation. It's meant to show where notes were available to the public for the first time, where they were "born", so to say.

(jonman, since most of the notes registered by you that I had access to mentioned some backwork and not an atm, those aren't uncirculated for my purpose. Also, even those found in atms later on the month and not coming in bunches of serials were probably put there after some circulation.)

well, if you’re happy enough with the leipzig area, that’s great
here would be my links though:
https://de.eurobilltracker.com/notes/?id=124717094
https://de.eurobilltracker.com/notes/?id=125053717
and these my flat mate brought from an atm:
https://de.eurobilltracker.com/notes/?id=125742140
if that helps you, voilà (if not, thanks anyway!)