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Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2024 5:19 pm
by EddyMuseuWPM
lmviterbo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:16 am
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
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2024 5:21 pm
by EddyMuseuWPM
g.s.51 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 11:39 am
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
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 2:24 pm
by Montgomery Burns
Noticeably off-center (top bill serving as "normal" reference).
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:58 am
by 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.

Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:32 am
by 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

Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 3:13 pm
by 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
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:00 pm
by 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.
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:16 pm
by petox
The 5 in the serial number is off...
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 2:09 pm
by 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:
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 2:07 am
by kt3f
jazzdream wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:32 am
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

Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 9:29 pm
by 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.
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 8:56 pm
by 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?
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 3:27 am
by 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.
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 10:43 am
by ringo34
Hi!
I found one fancy serial number.
Its 50 euro note, RE series:
I am looking to sell it. Anyone interested maybe? or what culd be approx market price for such an rare found?
Re: Rare Euro Banknotes (Proof, Wrong Cut, Specimen, Same Serial Number...)
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 2:25 pm
by lmviterbo
Hey, ringo34
It's great that you're tracking your notes on EBT, and congratulations on finding such a rarity!
However, I need to clarify a couple of important rules regarding your post. First, this forum is not a marketplace; please do not use it to try to find buyers for your banknotes.
Second, regarding the serial number: when I previously mentioned that
we don't publish complete serial numbers here, that also applies to nearly complete serial numbers that are missing just one or two digits. EBT's
official guidelines strictly state that "we do not tolerate […] entering publicly known serial numbers."
I understand you likely posted this in good faith since the rule doesn't explicitly mention truncated numbers. However, this is not allowed because leaving out just one digit or two makes it too easy for people to guess the full sequence. There are unfortunately users who will use those partial numbers to derive the complete sequence and log fake entries, which compromises the integrity of EBT's database.
If you want to share a cool find and gauge collectors' interest in the future, please heavily mask the number (e.g., "AAaaaabaaaaa") or simply describe the pattern (e.g., "I found a note where all digits are the same except for one in the middle").
Thank you for understanding and helping us keep the EBT database accurate!
(And please delete your photo.)