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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 716243, member: 39"]Due to the pooling system, it does not really make sense to say that "this euro note comes from that country". However, you can tell which central bank in the Eurosystem commissioned the production, and what printer made it. The first character of the short code indicates the printer, e.g. the "G" is for Joh. Enschedé (Netherlands). If you turn the note, the first letter of the serial number indicates the commissioning central bank, e.g. the "U" refers to the Banque de France. This year, for example, all €5 notes are commissioned by the Dutch and French central banks only. AT, DE, FR and GR take care of the €10 notes this year, and so on. In most cases, especially when a central bank has its own printing works, the country of the central bank and that of the printer are the same. But since in DE and FR there are two printers, and in others there is none, you can get interesting combinations. Even De La Rue in the UK prints a few euro notes. When you say the euro notes are smaller than US dollar notes, you will probably know the €5 and €10 denominations only. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> With euro notes, each denomination has a different size. By and large, our notes are "less wide" than yours, but "higher" ... Christian[/QUOTE]