Foreign Banknotes

bhoeyb · Post by **bhoeyb** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 11:31 pm

By curiosity, I've calculated the percentage of foreign banknotes I've entered so far. This is the result:
Belgium: 76,9 %
The Netherlands: 11,6 %
Germany: 6,2 %
France: 2,6 %
Austria: 1,1 %
Spain: 0,6 %
Portugal, Italy, Ireland: 0,3 %
Finland: 0,1 %
Greece: 0 %

I live (of course) in Belgium, 15 min. from Holland and 30 min. from Germany. Has someone else other %s

BYE ...

Flip the Coin · Post by **Flip the Coin** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 2:01 am

My score:

74.2 % Netherlands
17.3 % Germany
03.8 % Austria
01.9 % Italy
01.4 % France
00.9 % Belgium
00.5 % Ireland
00.0 % Finland
00.0 % Spain
00.0 % Greece
00.0 % Portugal

Nico

airis · Post by **airis** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 2:33 pm

I have been a member for a month and this is my list:

90,9 % Finland
2,3 % Germany
2,3 % Spain
1,1 % Austria
1,1 % France
1,1 % Greece
1,1 % Italy

A good result considering how far Finland is from the other eurozone countries. Actually my hometown Rovaniemi is situated in Lapland and tens of thousands of foreign tourists visited Lapland this winter.

Also a lot of Russians come by car just for shopping, but

they prefer dollars.
Snow has finally started to smelt, but still a month before you can see green leaves in the trees. Thousands of Europeans will soon drive via Rovaniemi to North Cape (Nordkapp) and I am sure I'll get more foreign euronotes.

German, Dutch, French, Italian, Austrian and Belgian cars are the most common ones so I expect to get notes especially from these countries.

During December charter planes will bring about 50000 British and Irish visitors to Rovaniemi airport. Most of them will stay just for a day to meet Santa Claus and to see reindeer and snow. My changes of getting Irish notes are very good then.

airis Rovaniemi Lapland Finland

Post by **HNL** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 5:12 pm

Ok, my score:

90.9 % Netherlands

4.5 % Germany

0.9 % Austria

0.4 % Italy

1.0 % France

1.7 % Belgium

0.3 % Ireland

0.0 % Finland

0.1 % Spain

0.2 % Greece

0.0 % Portugal
After 86 days.

TC · Post by TC » Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:14 pm

hi Airis...

have good look ! there are belgian's bills in Rovaniemi...
I was in your town in march...

PS where did you found the percentage of you bills?

bhoeyb1 · Post by **bhoeyb1** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:18 pm

TC wrote: hi Airis...

have good look ! there are belgian's bills in Rovaniemi...
I was in your town in march...

PS where did you found the percentage of you bills?

Not possible on the site. You have to calculate them yourself

matt.berlin · Post by **matt.berlin** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:33 pm

I haven't got a great variety yet. Here's my percentage breakdown:

Germany - 60.6 %
France - 24.2 %
Austria - 15.2 %

I've only been in France and Germany this year, out of the current Eurozone countries though ... (for some reason I got Austrian notes from a Bureau de Change here in London). In terms of coins, I got an Italian one as change in Eastern France. Wonder how it got there!

TC · Post by TC » Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:36 pm

bhoeyb1 wrote:
TC wrote: hi Airis...

have good look ! there are belgian's bills in Rovaniemi...
I was in your town in march...

PS where did you found the percentage of you bills?
Not possible on the site. You have to calculate them yourself

WAOUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

how to make that with 2210 bills?????????????

bhoeyb · Post by **bhoeyb** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:57 pm

Just by hand

Like the others... It will be a lot of work but for a real euro freak, it should be possible

TC · Post by TC » Tue Apr 23, 2002 8:10 pm

2.12% Netherlands
3.48% Germany
0.54% Austria
0.49% Italy
6.19% France
85.79% Belgium
0.13% Ireland
0.09% Finland
0.76% Spain
0.13% Greece
0.22% Portugal

yes!!!!!!! i do it !!!

bhoeyb · Post by **bhoeyb** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 8:17 pm

TC wrote: yes!!!!!!! i do it !!!

Congratz

bhoeyb · Post by **bhoeyb** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 8:21 pm

matt.berlin wrote: In terms of coins, I got an Italian one as change in Eastern France. Wonder how it got there!

At my place, I get about 20% foreign coins already. Mostly from Holland or Germany. I'm still waiting for one from Greece, Finland or Portugal ...

pinguino79 · Post by **pinguino79** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 9:13 pm

matt.berlin wrote: I've only been in France and Germany this year, out of the current Eurozone countries though ... (for some reason I got Austrian notes from a Bureau de Change here in London). In terms of coins, I got an Italian one as change in Eastern France. Wonder how it got there!

No wonder! It simply goes through hands!
Here in north-eastern Italy I got French, Belgian and Dutch coins, among others, while German and Austrian ones are very common (for German coins only higher denominations, anyway; luckily I completed the whole German set thanks to a nice German tracker

)

matt.berlin · Post by **matt.berlin** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 10:20 pm

Yeah, but I was in a small town not close to Italy .. not even near a motorway (nor a TGV in the département). I could understand how coins from Luxembourg and Germany get to the town quickly, as it isn't too far from either. Just thought it was strange my first "foreign" coin was in Vesoul ... when I had previously been in Hamburg, Berlin and Paris and only received the "local" coins. Ah well, stranger things have happened.

airis · Post by **airis** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 12:36 am

TC wrote: hi Airis...

have good look ! there are belgian's bills in Rovaniemi...
I was in your town in march...

Hi TC!

It's nice to know there is a small possibility for a hit.

I'll keep on looking.