Friday, April 09, 2010

Euro notes you may not want.

The supposed common currency of the eurozone within the European Union carries identifying letters of the country of issue. As collapse of the currency approaches and funds flee Greece there are clearly certain large denomination notes that savvy folk will presently avoid. Ordinary folk might also wish to avoid being left with worthless paper, the following table taken from Wikipedia, linked here, might help you to select the country of issue for your holiday spending money.... particularly if headed for Greece, Portugal, Spain and even perhaps Italy. Quote

Country codes are alphabetised according to the countries' names in the official language of each country, but reversed:

National identification codes
Code Country Checksum(1)
in English in official language(s)
Z Belgium België/Belgique/Belgien 9
Y Greece Ελλάδα [Ellada] 1
X Germany Deutschland 2
(W) (Denmark) Danmark (3)
V Spain España 4
U France France 5
T Ireland Éire/Ireland 6
S Italy Italia 7
(R) (Luxembourg) Luxembourg/Luxemburg/Lëtzebuerg (8)
(Q) Not used
P Netherlands Nederland 1
(O) Not used
N Austria Österreich 3
M Portugal Portugal 4
L Finland Suomi/Finland 5
(K) (Sweden) Sverige (6)
(J) (United Kingdom) United Kingdom (7)
(I) Not used
H Slovenia Slovenija 9
G Cyprus Κύπρος [Kypros]/Kıbrıs 1
F Malta Malta 2
E Slovakia Slovensko 3

(1) checksum of the 11 digits without the letter

  • The positions of Denmark and Greece have been swapped in the list of letters starting the serial numbers, presumably because Υ (upsilon) is a letter of the Greek alphabet, while W is not.
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