EUR note lifetime

Klazu · Post by **Klazu** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:06 pm

I have somewhere heard/read that for

it's something like one year and for

even ten years.

Asiamaniac · Post by **Asiamaniac** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:57 pm

Must be quite an average then. I have got hits with fivers that circulated for more than three years.

And from another source I have 2,5 years for a fiver.

q098 · Post by **q098** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:31 am

I think that the avarage lifetime varies depending of € country. I have also found that over here in Spain the notes which I have withdrawn from cahspoint are quite old.

My vision of the notes in Finland side is that they are withdrawn from use easier. I could be wrong in that because I am in Flinland only during couple days per year.

Also when I saw how the notes are treated in Ireland will influence for avarage lifetime in negative manner. The Irish people simply will break their notes even they are made of stainless steel !

Tik Tak · Post by **Tik Tak** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:09 am

Here is a Portuguese TV report on old notes: http://videos.sapo.pt/NumWlh01MRid531GLQyV

Only during 2005 the Banco de Portugal destroyed 289 million euro banknotes!!! In the end of the report the journalist shows 20.000 euro turned into garbage...