How possible is it to find EURO consecutive serial numbers?

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Watching a video of euro notes manufacturing it appeared to me that the serials numbers were printed across several sheets, rather than on consecutive notes on the same paper, which would make it impossible to have two consecutive numbers on the same stack.

 

Also, over the years, I have tried - without success - to find consecutive serials. 

 

When getting from the dispensing machines, however, I noticed certain patterns occurring in the serials of UNC notes, as in the attached sample photos, but so far No two consecutive numbers.

 

 

Thus, my question:

 

How possible is it to find consecutive serial numbers of UNC euro notes?

Impossible: Euros are one of the few series in the world printed/issued non-consecutively.  


It is actually part of the “Security Features” called Checksum. See the Checksum entry, which explains how the notes all have unique numbers under Wikipedia's section on “Security Features”.

 

IMO: Early Euros happen to be one of the best currencies to collect since they were widely dismissed by the collector community for their “bland bridge designs.” I must admit some of the pre-Euro nations, like France, issued some awesome designs so I get that sentiment now. However, the first short-lived Duisenberg signature can be tough from certain nations & each note has a printer's code which also can make certain series very tough/if not darn right scarce to locate.

https://sites.google.com/view/notaphilycculture/collecting-banknotes

Thanks for the info and link, I guess that explains why it is common then to find the serial numbers in increments of 9 (second photo).

Could this be considered then to be then an equivalent of having ‘consecutive serials’, from collectors' perspective?

 

On the other hand, not completely sure as to the similarity of the reverse numbers in the first photo. Yes, multiples of 9 but not so close numbers for the notes to be physically together at distribution.

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