We can determinate the country already by the first letter proceeding the serial number.
But there is more...
There is a second code on each banknote, and that's referring to the place the note was printed.
| (Bank of England Printing Works) | (Loughton) | (UK) | (A) |
| not in use | --- | --- | (B) |
| (AB Tumba Bruk) | (Tumba) | (Sweden) | (C) |
| Setec Oy - Vantaa - Finland | Vantaa | Finland | D |
| F. C. Oberthur | Chantepie | France | E |
| Österreichische Banknoten und Sicherheitsdruck | Vienna | Austria | F |
| Joh. Enschedé | Haarlem | The Netherlands | G |
| Thomas de la Rue Gateshead UK | Gateshead | UK | H |
| not in use | --- | --- | (I) |
| Banca d'Italia | Rome | Italy | J |
| Central Bank of Ireland | Dublin | Ireland | K |
| Banque de France | Chamalières | France | L |
| Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre | Madrid | Spain | M |
| Bank of Greece | Athens | Greece | N |
| not in use | --- | --- | (O) |
| Giesecke & Devrient | München & Leipzig | Gemany | P |
| not in use | --- | --- | (Q) |
| Bundesdruckerei | Berlin | Gemany | R |
| (Danmarks Nationalbank) | (Kopenhagen) | (Denmark) | (S) |
| Nationale Bank van België | Brussels | Belgium | T |
| Valora | Carregado | Portugal | U |
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| 1 : T019G1 : Printed in Belgium 2 : M025F1 : Printed in Spain |
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| 3 : N006D5 : Printed in Greece 4: P016D1 : Printed in Germany |
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| 5 : J024H1 : ¨Printed in Italy 6 : G007B6 : Printed in The Netherlands |
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| 7 : L043H2 : printed in France 8 : L053C3 : printed in France 9 : F014E4 : printed in Austria 10 : E 005B3 : printed in France (Chantepie) |
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| 11 : L029H2 : Printed in France 12 : L027J2 : Printed in France 13 : L029J4 : Printed in France 14 : P011F2 : Printed in Germany |
It sounds logic, that the letter before the serial number (see previous post) should correspond with the letter before the printing code.
i.e. a Belgian banknote (serial number starts with a Z) should have a printing code starting with a T.
However, some smaller countries (Luxemburg) does not print their own banknotes.
In case they would do, they might ask other countries (like Belgium or France) to print the banknotes for them.
to be continued ...
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