Bulgaria 10 euro Banknote? [solved]

I have just seen where Bulgaria is making their 10 euro banknote for the first time.
Serial # prefix: F (A).
Printer: Oberthur Fiduciaire AD, Sofia, Bulgaria.
In circulation since May 2019.
I didn't even know they were part of the EC yet. I know they been working on it. I saw it in Calnect, but can't find anything else about it.
Does anyone know if this is true and is it a fake?
Thanks

Uhm, since when are Bulgaria using the Euro?

Quote: "ngdawa"​Uhm, since when are Bulgaria using the Euro?

​Check out http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/EUR/EUR/EUR0021.htm

Just stated May 2019, 10 euro bill with a prefix of 'F'

Last thing I heard was that Bulgaria still doesn't meet the criteria for the Euro, as well as they in December issued a new 100 leva banknote. I don't know if things has changed since then though.

Quote: "ngdawa"​Last thing I heard was that Bulgaria still doesn't meet the criteria for the Euro, as well as they in December issued a new 100 leva banknote. I don't know if things has changed since then though.

​Same as I heard that's why I'm asking, so I looked it up. It is in the banknote museum which list every banknote made world wild. If you want just do a google search for 'Bulgaria 10 euro banknote'. It's there.

F looks like the code for Malta (see other denominations)
Maybe printed in Bulgaria, but with Malta as issuer?

I'm not into all those letters, just collect by type, but this at least sounds more logical than having Bulgaria being allowed to print euro notes

Quote: "BramVB"​F looks like the code for Malta (see other denominations)
​Maybe printed in Bulgaria, but with Malta as issuer?
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​I'm not into all those letters, just collect by type, but this at least sounds more logical than having Bulgaria being allowed to print euro notes

​Anything is possible. Well guess we'll wait and see, I do know they have not used the letter 'F' on a 10 euro bill before so either way it's something new.

Apparently they use the printer as the first letter on the 2nd series banknotes:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/design/html/index.en.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_banknotes#2nd_series

F then refers to a Bulgarian printing facility, there is also one in Poland and in other non)Euro countries (like DeLaRue in UK).

Quote: "BramVB"​Apparently they use the printer as the first letter on the 2nd series banknotes:
​https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/design/html/index.en.html
​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_banknotes#2nd_series
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​F then refers to a Bulgarian printing facility, there is also one in Poland and in other non)Euro countries (like DeLaRue in UK).
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​OK well that makes more sense to me. 'F' is still new on the 10 euro so still got to find one.

Unlike the euro coin that has a theme for each member country the banknotes are not necessarily using the same system. The banknotes are all the same and are created at several printing facilities around Europe. Just because one printing facility is in a non-EU country does not mean that country uses euro. The American Banknote Company in the past printed banknotes for many different countries. It never meant that that currency was circulated in the USA.

Quote: "blue-m"​Unlike the euro coin that has a theme for each member country the banknotes are not necessarily using the same system. The banknotes are all the same and are created at several printing facilities around Europe. Just because one printing facility is in a non-EU country does not mean that country uses euro. The American Banknote Company in the past printed banknotes for many different countries. It never meant that that currency was circulated in the USA.

​That's more less what BramVB said. Wonder who they are making them for. Malta? Still gota find one but only been out for 2 months. People need to go on vacation on bring them back, where ever they're from.

Malta used to have F, don't know how the new system works though.