Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)

[EddyMuseuWPM]

Eddy, your collection is interesting but, as klapotec told you three years ago, this is not a banknote collectors forum.

You just posted 16 full serial numbers, which include 8 numbers that hadn't been declared public serials here yet.

I am no moderator here but I am pretty sure that, if you post complete serial numbers one more time, you'll be banned from the forum.

There are other ways of showing your nice serials without showing them. For example, it would be just as interesting if you said that you have both N23abcdefghi and N68abcdefghi, or N23 and N68 with all other digits equal. You're welcome to post your cool numbers in any way that doesn't reveal more than 4 or 5 digits.

Yes I post 2 banknotes but with serial "invalid" not normal serial, this you don't find on the ATM

Best regards,
Eddy

[EddyMuseuWPM]

The numbers on the two Austrian 5€ show that this printing spectacular accident affected the same single sheet N**abcdefghi.
N68 = position H6 and N23 = position C2.
The few faulty bills found in Germany all have the same "abcdefghi" control number...

Thank you, it's very nice to know more information about this, type of errors, I have more from Austria with the same error

Best regards,
Eddy

[Montgomery Burns]

Noticeably off-center (top bill serving as "normal" reference).

[jazzdream]

Hello,

I don't know if it was ever displayed:
A U/U banknote with a white background under the holographic part:

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The note seems genuine: everything else checks perfectly.

Jazzdream.

[jazzdream]

Hello,

Someone privately asked for a better version of the previous photo.
I added an ordinary one to highlight the difference:

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Regards,
Jazzdream

[Mot28281]

I found a seemingly invalid 5 euro note. I don't know whether I should post it here but I'm getting invalid serial number, printer code is valid. I re entered the code 5 times I'm sure I put it right. It does have 2 letters and 10 digits

[lmviterbo]

Hello, Mot, and welcome to the forum! (And welcome to EBT, Greek users are very welcome, because there's too few of you at the moment.)

Most likely, you may have found a new plate. If so, congratulations!

For us to evaluate if it's a new plate, or a rarity, or a fake, let's start with this: can you tell us the the plate (first letter and three digits on the printer code) plus the two letters on the serial number? (Ths signature is not what is causing the trouble, but please tell us that too.)

Please do not post the whole serial number here.

[petox]

The 5 in the serial number is off...

[Montgomery Burns]

^ That's a very dramatic example I remember seeing a few in the early-ish times of the Europa series tenner. Usually the last digit, and not quite as noticeable as that one. I think I only took a picture of one:

[kt3f]

Hello,

Someone privately asked for a better version of the previous photo.
I added an ordinary one to highlight the difference:
thumbnail_1000031219.jpg

Regards,
Jazzdream

I've also encountered these strange with U serial numbers in the Netherlands. My bet is the printer released a batch by accident, though they don't seem to be actively removed from circulation. Got this worn one as change today and another from an ATM earlier

[Montgomery Burns]

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A very noticeable gap there... I don't know if it's the norm for this particular production run, or an error of sorts.

[Rotes Gras]

This time it's me who came across a really strange sprinter code.

First of all I have to admit that I do have my favourite serial numbers. One of them is starting with PC.

Normally they all have P009 as their printer code. Now I received a note which has P005E3/PC0408.

All the other P005 notes start with PB...

Does anyone have a explanation for that?

[lmviterbo]

PC notes were printed on all plates from P005 to P009, in fact, although in limited quantities for all plates but P009. Here are the quantities issued according to Guy Sohier's catalogue:

P005/PC 1,68 Million
P006/PC ? (very very few)
P007/PC 170 thousand
P008/PC 320 thousand
P009/PC 57,6 Million

For PC00 and PC01, all notes were printed on P009 (maybe with some replacement exceptions, I'm not sure).

From PC02 on, P005/PC were printed on the following ranges:

• PCnnn835-PCnnn838
• PCnnn85 -PCnnn86 (most of the range, with a pocket of P008 around PC862-864)
• PCnnn876-PCnnn878
• maybe some other very small ranges

Note that this sums only 960 thousand notes. If the mentioned catalogue's figures are closer to reality, this means there are even more PC ranges printed on plate P005, that I don't know of.