Recently,I bought 3 very nice notes from a certain member from Minnesota,Alex (Friedman);]

Bahamas 2001 $1.
Bahamas 2002 $1.
Singapore 1990 $2.

I received in the mail this morning a 50p. British postal order issued on the 4th of April 2005 in Cyprus here; 'UN NICOSIA BFPO 567. 04 AP 05'.This is interesting as it is a Field Post Office issue.This is a remainder issue,because the regulations on the back include the following clause 'This Order is issued in accordance with the relevant Scheme or Schemes under Section 28 of The Post Office Act 1969.' This Act has since been repealed & replaced with a new Act in 2000.I'll get more information later.

If you have bought anything in the banknote line,could you please leave a posting (including photos,if possible).

Aidan.

Glad you like them!

Got this from a friend. Still waiting for it to come in the mail.

every week, i post scans my newest acquisitions on banknotebank. this is gonna be a slow month for me though, i replaced my car speakers and bought a new alarm remote. $500 in banknote money down the tube.


http://banknotebank.com/user_view.aspx?id=San_Miguel98

Love the Italian note, Miguel!

This is what I got today from a thrift store here, will post pictures soon as I can if anyone is interested.

1967 one peso Bank of Mexico
1968 one dollar Bahamas Monetary Authority (2 of them)
1990 one dollar Bank of Jamaica
1992 two dollars Bank of Jamaica
1991 five dollars Bank of Jamaica (2 of them)

So now someone please tell me what is the most I should have paid because I don't know anything about this currency, they looked nice and I bought them. I will blame all who have posted such nice pics of bank notes and forced me into addiction!

Oh, are the Bahamas notes really 1968 or do they all say that?

Cool! When can we see the pics?

They're "Law" 1968, but could have been printed as late as 1973.

I think I screwed this up.

Guess it worked, pics to follow not that great though.

Well thats them a little crinkled but I like them anyway.

Hey those notes are

I don't have my books but I'm pretty sure the Bahamian note books at at least $3.00 in VF...

on the notes and on the pictures.

Great banknote pictures. I went to Jamaica recently and brought back some for my collection. such beautiful use of color on those notes.

These from Ben:

Oh also, I got a fair amount of money from my dad and spent it on these! (Too many pics to post in one post...watch the next few)







Oh andI got a scanner so as soon as I have time you'll be able to actually to see my notes as opposed to the barrowed scans.

Alex,I know these are from Jordan.When were these issued? The AH & AD dates are there somewhere.

I picked up a plastic 1 Pound note from the Isle of Man last weekend.I knew that it was the Plastic Pound,as it is the only green coloured one.All
the others are purple.

Aidan.

(Mine's UNC but this is the only scan I could find)

Great notes. But wheres the crinkles? Aren't they all supposed to be crinkled?

Hey...told you these were barrowed scans! My actual notes dont have any crinkles really either. Except MAYBE the 1950s 100 Kroner (The one that looks like a giant postage stamp.) but even there it just looks more aged then circulated a whole lot.

Friedman:

That is really nice and impressive banknotes! Are you a specialized Norweigan collector? Only a 1000 norweigan crowns bank note have about the face value as a 100 and a 50 USD bill, and the collector value are much higher especially if unc.

Today I got in the mail a Macau 50patacas 1981 (presidente signature), Macau 10patacas 1995 Bank of China (in collection because of a AA prefix) and a Portugal 1982 26/10 1000 Escudos banknote.

Joakim

Not...really. It is one of my favourite areas of collecting, but its not my only country.

Your Macau notes sound nice, got any pics?

nice notes alex! i esp. like the newer notes with the hologram strips. sorta look like giraffe seahorses if you squint your eyes a little.

Here are the pics of the two Macau banknotes:



It is the front of the 10 pataca 1995 banknote from Banc of China, Macau branch. It shows a lighthouse were you get a comanding view of the city and taipa island. The houses beside are from the old portuguese fort, but now much modified.



Back of the same note. Shows the Banc of China head office building. In another topic I am going to write soon, I shall tell more about this.



It is the front of the Macau 50 patacas 1981 banknote. It shows the portuguese national hero, Luis de Camoes (he is blind in one eye and not winking as some people thinks). The banknote comes with the presidente signature.



Back of the banknote. I had to use my uncirculated 50p (without presidente sign) for this picure as the other was to dirty to get any good focus on the details (they have the same back motifs). It shows a scene over the city from the 19th century.

New stuff bought off ebay:


Greece



Nepal

Yesterday,I bought 2 banknotes from Uganda depicting Idi Amin on them.They are a 10 Shillings & a 20 Shillings,which I didn't have.The guy
I bought them off has also got a 100 Shillings for me.There are several signature combinations in the Idi Amin series.I had a 5 Shillings & a 100 Shillings.The 100 Shillings I am buying next week is one of the other signature combinations which I don't have.He let me have the 10 & 20 Shillings for NZ$15,which was just under half his marked price.

I also bought a New Zealand 5 Shillings unoverprinted British Postal Order with counterfoil still attached.It was issued at Dunedin on '6APR 1964' (6th of April 1964).I paid NZ$15 for it from my boss,who is a coin dealer I help out on a part-time basis.

Aidan.

i just picked up an original bahraini 20 dinar note of the 1993-series. here's an original note above the unauthorized version for comparison.


original:

unauthorized:


note the overall darker color, the top of the center title bar, the ripples around the center seal, and the closeness of the serial prefix letters.

From MCDOO!



Also MCDoo



EBAY

Thanks for the purchases Friedman

Alex,those are nice banknotes from Mauritius & Ulster.Both the Ulster 10 Quid notes are very colourful.Is the Northern Bank one from the new series that recently came out,or is it from an older series? The Ulster banknotes have a very strong influence from the Scots trading bank notes.A lot of people get confused between the notes from Ulster,& the ones from Ireland.The Ulster banknotes are inscribed solely in English,
whereas,the Irish banknotes are inscribed in both Erse & English.

Aidan.

Yep, it's one of the new ones. The bank got robbed by the IRA and they had to change the colours on the notes.

Here's some new stuff:





Romania - New series, from ebay.


Syria - 1973

And now... (Here's a big one!!!)


Barrwed scan, mine is JUST as nice! It's a Saudi 10 Riyals from 1961. Books at $275 in UNC.

nice saudi note! ~drool

this month's adds so far:

Well, Friedman, you bought some of KWB's more expensive notes, so today I stalked up on that end.

For example, a nearly complete set of rare and old Ethopian notes, including this one:



I'll have to add those to my stock.

today was a good monday.

I've been trying to put together a set of series one dollar bills

Wow, beautiful notes San Miguel!

Some of those would fit right in with my "weird people" collection, esp. that 50.

the French or the German?

French.

Lots of notes came in over the past few days.

Thanks to Ben for two sets of these beauties.











Also had three sets of the note below straight from Romania.

Big month for me...I think i'll cool down with buying for a while after all this.

heheh...if it's not obvious, sisu selling swede commems and his recent trip had a big influence!

Hi, here are my latest purchases that I am waiting to arrive !!

Enjoy !

Mark


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several welsh private issues:

I want that 1000 Kronor! Ooh.

I have a few of these notes.I'll tell you which ones I have got another time.

Aidan.