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Post by bcnumismatics on Jan 2, 2008 0:23:42 GMT 1
Here's a link that will be of interest to the Euro banknote collectors here; www.ecb.europa.eu/bc/faqbc/design/html/index.en.html . It's interesting to know that the Cypriot Euro notes will be getting the letter 'G' as their serial number prefix,& that the Maltese Euro notes will be getting the letter 'F' as their serial number prefix. Aidan. |
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Post by admin on Jan 2, 2008 1:18:57 GMT 1
That's a great piece of information. Don't you believe that the prefixes of the countries are somewhat different than you would expect?
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Post by bcnumismatics on Jan 2, 2008 1:34:22 GMT 1
Arne,when I first heard in late 2001 that the Euro notes were coming out,I originally thought that each country would be given a 2 letter code based on their name in English - 'IR' for the Republic of Ireland,for example.
Aidan.
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Post by admin on Jan 2, 2008 1:41:03 GMT 1
Arne,when I first heard in late 2001 that the Euro notes were coming out,I originally thought that each country would be given a 2 letter code based on their name in English - 'IR' for the Republic of Ireland,for example. Aidan. Yes I fully agree, it would make a logic combination and it would make it easy for people to retrieve more information from the note itself. |
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bart
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Post by bart on Jan 2, 2008 1:45:43 GMT 1
After taking a quick look at the map, I do see a few problems. What if besides Slovenia, Slovakia decides to join? Or Belgium and Belarus?
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Post by bcnumismatics on Jan 2, 2008 6:33:36 GMT 1
Bart,the country codes could have been based on the end codes of websites' domain names.
Aidan.
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Post by admin on Jan 2, 2008 11:39:53 GMT 1
Bart,the country codes could have been based on the end codes of websites' domain names. Aidan. I don't think so Aidan, for example: Belgium has domain name .BE but prefix Z on the notes Germany has domain name .DE but prefix X on the notes And there's no link between the other countries and their domain names aswell. |
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Post by bcnumismatics on Jan 6, 2008 7:22:00 GMT 1
Arne,Ireland has the domain name ending '.ie',but 'T' as its prefix on their Euro notes.I've got the Irish 2002 5 & 10 Euros with the late Wim Duizenberg's signature.Eventually,I will be getting the Irish 5 & 10 Euros with Jean-Claude Trichet's signature.
Aidan.
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Post by admin on Jan 6, 2008 16:37:13 GMT 1
I haven't seen any Irish banknotes. Here they are mostly Belgian and German.
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