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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1980137, member: 39&quot;]The design is the same; unlike the coins which are issued by the member states, the notes are issued by the ECB, or rather the system of central banks. But each note has a short code and a serial number. Those can be used to find out more about where a note is from.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the first generation euro notes, the first character of the short code tells you about the printing company while the first character of the serial number refers to the commissioning national central bank. With the second generation notes, the first character is the same for both the code and the s/n, and refers to the printer - not just the company but also the location. I think I wrote about that a while ago, somewhere in the paper money forum. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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