EuroBillTracker

Yes, I know somebody in France who has L / H001** and H002 (both are Trichet) in his collection.
They seem to be very rare !!!

I haven't yet seen any H/L notes up here in the north ...

Today, brand new out of the ATM, G025 P190.

OK, but what is the complete shortcode.

I got my first L021 today (U**53) in Paris.

New:





V078...

Wow, H/L is a very nice new combination...

Printing of banknotes in a non Eurocountry is special, but does not feel right. Am i the only one?

Westinghouse wrote:Printing of banknotes in a non Eurocountry is special, but does not feel right. Am i the only one?

Well, to be nasty, the Brits will probably join Euroland as soon as their masters in Washington DC allow 'em to do so That is probably going to take a while yet, since for example it would have some quite interesting effects, among others the world's second largest oil exchange, the London oil exchange, would then probably have to convert to pricing in Euros instead of USD, something which probably would fundamentally alter the standing of the USD, since the demand for USD worldwide would change considerably

( This is a born cynic's view of the subject )

I don't think the US are really the "masters" of the Brits, but the Brits don't want the Euro themselves. The majority already feels too influenced by European Legislation. Fot the British people, the wish to control what's going on in the own country by themselves just counts much heavier than the pros of a Unified Europe, like improved trade and being part of a bigger community. That, together with the fact that the Britisch Pound is still strong and respected, sees to it that the British are very Europe-sceptic and Euro-sceptic.

I think GB wouldn't even be part of the EU if the majority of British people would be able to decide directly...

Westinghouse wrote:Printing of banknotes in a non Eurocountry is special, but does not feel right. Am i the only one?

I don't mind. Does someone know if De La Rue in the UK ever printed bills for any euro zone countries before the euro existed? I would be interested in knowing if that maybe has something to do with "printer H" getting involved in printing euro notes?

Anyway...getting back to new Trichets...

L022
Got my first one yesterday in change and another today out of ATM. Both U**56.

The assigned letters originate from the country they should print for, in national language and in reverse order.

I know France planned to print notes for Finnland.
It seems like De la Rue should print notes for the Netherlands.

With all other (national) printing companies this order is okay.

hadibe wrote:The assigned letters originate from the country they should print for, in national language and in reverse order.

I know France planned to print notes for Finnland.

I think Portugal

Country-NCB-Printer
UK-J-A
SE-K-C
FI-L-D (E?)
PT-M-E,U
AT-N-F
NL-P-G,H
LU-R- (H?)
IT-S-J
IE-T-K
FR-U-L
ES-V-M
GR-Y-N
DE-X-P,R
DK-W-S
BE-Z-T

Maybe.

But if you look at the tables, the E-L-combination makes more sense.
(in spite of surely some typos with E/ D)

Serial number: the letter is in reverse alphabetical order by country's name in local language, from Z for Belgie/Belgique to J for United Kingdom (except for Hellas because the letters U and V don't exist in greek alphabet, so to Greece was assigned the first common letter in both alphabets, latin and greek).
[Note that in this way the letters W for Denmark and X for Deutschland aren't in corrct order, but I don't Know why]

Printer code: the letter is in reverse alphabetical order by country's name in local language, from A for United Kingdom to T for Belge/Belgique, with these exceptions: E for French Oberthur (I don't know why); H for UK's De La Rue (I dont't know why, but I think in a first time this letter was reserved for Luxembourg's notes and when Luxembourg decided don't print its notes, the H backs free); N for Greek printer (because the letters L and M don't exist in greek alphabet); U for Portuguese printer (maybe add in a second time?).

So the correct table can be: