Loading ...Greece can print its own EUROS , to repay debt !
National Bank does and can Print EUROS
euro notes do not have a national side indicating which country issued them (which is not necessarily where they were printed). This information is instead encoded within the first character of each note’s serial number. (source: Wiki)
Currently in use:
- Z — Belgium
- Y — Greece
- X — Germany
- V — Spain
- U — France
- T — Ireland
- S — Italy
- P — Netherlands
- N — Austria
- M — Portugal
- L — Finland
- H — Slovenia
- G — Cyprus
- F — Malta
- E — Slovakia
- D — Estonia
However, where the banknotes have been physically printed can be determined by another number:
On each of the seven denominations of the banknote, there is a small six-character printing code which uniquely identifies the printing information of each banknote. These printing codes have an initial letter, followed by three digits, followed by a single letter, and ending in a digit, for example, “G013B6”. The initial letter identifies the printing facility, as described below. (source: Wiki)
- D — Setec Oy, Vantaa, Finland
- E — F. C. Oberthur, Chantepie, France
- F — Österreichische Banknoten und Sicherheitsdruck, Vienna, Austria
- G — Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem, Netherlands
- H — De La Rue, Gateshead, United Kingdom
- J — Bank of Italy, Rome, Italy
- K — Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- L — Banque de France, Chamalières, France
- M — Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid, Spain
- N — Bank of Greece, Athens, Greece
- P — Giesecke & Devrient, Munich & Leipzig, Germany
- R — Bundesdruckerei, Berlin, Germany
- T — National Bank of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
- U — Valora—Banco de Portugal, Carregado, Portugal