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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiffibunny/230527085/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/91/230527085_87c7692faa.jpg" width="500" height="255" alt="Columbia 1 Peso Oro 1966 Face" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiffibunny/230527181/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/94/230527181_6b952a998b.jpg" width="500" height="253" alt="Columbia 1 Peso Oro 1966 Back" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiffibunny/230527250/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/60/230527250_a99381a918.jpg" width="500" height="292" alt="Congo 5 Centimes 1997 Face" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiffibunny/230527407/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/90/230527407_3a3ca43511.jpg" width="500" height="254" alt="Haiti 2 Gourdes 1992 Face" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiffibunny/230527723/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/84/230527723_cf1d9be1c5.jpg" width="500" height="219" alt="Mexico 5 Pesos 1972 Face" /></a>
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That's all.

Lots of good stuff you bought there..... I like the one from Slovenia......




KFC

I had a bit of fun buying some Bearer Cheques from Zimbabwe.They are as follows;

Denomination; Issue Date; Expiry Date;

$5,000 1st December 2003 31st December 2005

$10,000 1st December 2003 31st December 2005

$50,000 1st February 2006 31st December 2006

$100,000 1st June 2006 31st December 2006

(Note; The $50,000 (purple) & $100,000 (green) both depict Victoria Falls on the back.)

I also bought a Jersey 6d. banknote,which was issued on the island in 1942.

I have got a Quebec 1935 $5 banknote that is coming on its way.It was issued by the Bank of Montreal.I was the successful bidder in an auction over here in New Zealand that closed on Tuesday,as I am buying this note for NZ$60! I'm not sure what prices are listed for it in either Pick Specialised or in Charlton.There are not many collectors of Canadian banknotes,especially the chartered bank notes,over here.

Aidan.

The 1935 $5 banknote from Quebec has arrived.It is a Bank of Montreal one with the signatures W.A. Hog & C.B. Gordon.

It is a very nice note.It was graded as Fine.My boss turned up at my place,so I showed him.He graded it as V.F.

Aidan.

I picked up these three at a local show today:

Very nice notes.

Those are fantastic looking notes. I hope to diversify my American type in Baltimore in about a month.

In fact, thanks for posting those. Its nice to see what is out there before I hit the bourse floor. You've really got me thinking.

Thanks guys! The $10 was an upgrade for the one I have that's taped. The $5 I needed for type as well as the $1. That one has a nice reverse, but the one I really want is the 1918 $2, but even if I found one today I probably wouldn't have had enough money for it! That one has a battleship on the back, one of the coolest designs for large size notes in my opinion.

Great notes there..... Ive never been very interested in US currency or coins, but those notes are some I wouldnt mind having in my collection

Great notes! Those reverses are all really neat. Is there something specific to the round motif in the reverse of the $5?

Well, I decided to be nosey and looked in my Blackbook on US currency. Judging by the picks, those notes do not run cheap. I'd probably walk out with nothing else but those 3 with the budget I have. I guess I'll have to make a cheaper list of "notes to check out"....

Hi all!

I just got back from a lovely trip to Mexico. While there, I tried to get som e Mexican banknotes. I did not have a lot of time to search for many places, as I was hiking through forests and crossing waist high rivers in the Sierra Madre Mountains, hiking up to the worlds 2nd highest (and I believe the steepest!) lighthouse, and taking tours through cities.

While I found it very easy to get banknotes, I found it impossible to get banknotes that were less than, well... filthy. I tried getting them from vendors, but they were the worst. I tried from a couple Money Exchanges, but they all turned out to be ladies who had to dig through their purses and through bags of crumpled banknotes to get me stuff that I promptly refused. I finally went to a bank in Mazatlan. I figured that they would be the best place to get what I needed. If this was true, I am sorry to say that they were not very good. They weren't as crumpled or as dirty as the others I saw, but they weren't that great either. I would up with only two denominations as the others looked so bad. Here they are - Keep in mind, these are the best I could get in three cities!

20 Pesos

http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=902588



and the 50 pesos


http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=902589


Even though I will have to obtain better pieces, I am glad that I had the experience of trying to get them in Mexico. One person I talked to said that they were going to be getting new notes fairly soon and that is likely why they are hard to obtain as the banks are confiscating some of the notes. This explained why they wanted to give me a lot of coins as well as banknotes. As I was looking through some coins in my hand on the street, I was approached by beggars asking for money. It's best not to show even a few pesos in your hand in the cities.

But there was some good news. When I returned home, I found this note from Tunisia waiting for me. Not too rare, but rarely seen - 1 Dinar from 1965.


http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=902590


- Dave

The reverse of the $5 is just a very intricate design. The text on the right side tells basically that it is legal tender, and also the prison terms for counterfeiting. Deadpoint, I wouldn't be too discouraged, after all Baltimore will likely be a huge show compared to my local 15-dealer show, so you might have much better luck finding nice notes at good prices. The $1 series 1918 and the 1907 woodchopper are more expensive notes, so you may want to look at the series 1914 Federal Reserve notes as they are really plentiful and inexpensive.

Dave, I love the reverse of the 20-peso! I haven't been to Mexico since 1992, but when I was down then in Cancun, it seemed like the Banco de Mexico was printing pesos faster than anyone could spend them (hmm... maybe that's what led to the currency crisis in 1994?). I saved a 2,000, a 5,000 and 10,000 peso notes from that trip, all crisp unc that I got from a bank I think when exchanging dollars.

Thanks, jtryka. I'll definitely keep that in mind.

I know there will be plenty of hidden treasures and cherries for the pickin' at Baltimore C&C. One problem is covering the huge floor efficiently. It'll take a few tours of the bourse to not only search for the key notes I need but to even spot some potential new series to add to my collection.

Wow... Baltimore is in less than a month. I need to start researching and preparing!

George

Well George, I did the Portland ANA in 2004 in two days, but I was rather focused on what I was looking for. I'm sure if you narrow your focus you will have plenty of time.

By the way, I checked out your "measly" collection, and the first thing I saw was a nice half eagle and eagle, then a proof walker, then a nearly complete set of Peace dollars...if that's measly, you must be aiming for an Eliasburg sort of collection!

Interesting to see that the 50 peso is still paper

Yep. I've got an efficient method of combing the bourse. But it's become necessary to change my methods because I've got 1) series I'm working to finish, 2) series I'm working to add to, and 3) series I'm thinking of starting. Noting which dealers to return to, etc, gets more complex. Anywho, I'll start mapping it all out, maybe run a few rehearsal walks in a nearby gym, and get in mental and physical shape for the hunt.



Thanks a bunch. My father passed on a few of my grandfather's gold coins. The rest are personal accumulations over the last decade. I'm a very series oriented collector which gets frustrating once the only holes are big, expensive, rare ones.

Re: Eliasburg. His (and other collectors') accomplishments have always fascinated me. I can only dream of the patience and tact it takes to do what they did. Though, if I'm not mistaken, Eliasburg inherited a gigantic chunk of his collection from his father who did a lot of the leg work.

Regardless, it's quite a feat.

Hi Dave, Tunisie 1 Dinar from 1965, simply superb...never seen this note before...hope can get one for my collection too.....the art work on the reverse side looks beautiful...good job in getting such a beautiful note for you collection.

Hi all,

Check out all the latest updates on my website...and not forgetting to sign the guestbook. I'm verymuch looking forward for all you guys to pen down your golden feedbacks. You guys are very very much senior in this banknotes collection. All the comments will be taken as positive. Tahnk you and happy surfing.

Latest Purchase:

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also visit this site: http://www.geocities.com/encyclobiography/ is a biography site of all those leaders on the portrait series note

I bought this one from Lost Dutchman a while back and sent it in to PMG with a free submission coupon I won, and I found out today it is being sent back to me graded 64 EPQ, which I think it pretty darn good!

I still have drool marks on my keyboard from when he posted an image of her a few weeks ago.

Great note you got here...i like those notes from Mexico & Bolivia.

I managed to pick up a blue 3 Piastres banknote from Cyprus.It is my first banknote from Cyprus when it was a British colony.It has the date of 18th of June 1943.King George VI is depicted in a medallion frame in the centre of the note.The black serial number is at the top of the note.

It has 'GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS' in 3 lines in a blue border on the back.

The signatory is that of the then Commissioner of Currency.

Aidan.

Post the note's photos..we all can take a look.

Naidu,I am sorry,I cannot post photos,as I am borrowing a computer,which doesn't have a scanner or a camera attached.

Aidan.

Does it look like this?

Link to Ron Wise Site

That's a nice KGVI !

Dave,that is what it looks like.

I have recently bought these notes;

Cayman Islands 2006 $1 ([L. 2004.]). The portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is the same colour & design as on the old New Zealand $2 note.The underwater scene on the back reminds me of some of the banknotes from the Bahamas.

Ghana N.D. (1965) 5 Cedis. This note has a portrait of the then President,Kwame Nkrumah,who eventually went a bit mad, up in the top right-hand corner.His portrait is also in the watermark.The Ghanaian Parliament building is on the back.

Ghana 2003 10,000 Cedis. Portrait of 6 men at right,with a hologram square,which has 'BG' above '10000' repeated on the front.Independence Arch in Accra on the back.

Lesotho 2005 10 Maloti. Portrait of King Moshoeshoe I of Basutoland at left on the front. Basotho woman on a horse with maize field & mountains in the background on the back.

Lesotho 2005 20 Maloti. Portrait of King Moshoeshoe I of Basutoland at left on the front. Basotho girl with 2 head of cattle,houses,& mountains in the background on the back.

The following are from the new issue of the Bearer Cheques that were issued on the 1st of August 2006.The designs are very plain on the front.These have an expiry date of 31st of July 2007;

Zimbabwe 2006 1 Cent. '1c' in circle with 'RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE' above on the back. The watermark is of the Zimbabwe Bird with '500' to the left.This indicates that this has been printed on paper that was remaining after the $500 ceased to be printed at the end of 2001.

Zimbabwe 2006 $1. Two native women pounding grain in a mill with a farm scene & huts on the back.

Zimbabwe 2006 $10. As $1.

Zimbabwe 2006 $20. As $50.

Zimbabwe 2006 $50. Victoria Falls on the back.This reminds me of the $50,000 & $100,000 Bearer Cheques that were issued earlier this year.

Zimbabwe 2006 $100. Mountain scene on the back.

Zimbabwe 2006 $500. Leaping fish & Kariba Dam on the back.

Zimbabwe 2006 $1,000. As $100.

If you have any British Commonwealth banknote information,including 'P' & 'PS' numbers, the names of the issuing authority,information about the signatories,& any printers' details,can you please email me,so I can add it to the relevant section in the British Commonwealth Numismatic Project,which can be found here; http://www.bcnumismaticproject.com .

Any collector of British Commonwealth coins & banknotes is more than welcome to join the British Commonwealth Numismatic Forum,which can be found here; http://bcnumismaticforum.phpbbnow.com . The Forum is associated with the Project.

Any unlisted British Commonwealth numismatic items can be reported to both me & you can report them to Krause Publications here; michaelt@krause.com .

Aidan.

I finally picked up a Singaporean $10 note from the 'Bird' series.

I was also very pleased to have picked up a Falkland Islands 10 Pounds dated the 1st of September 1986.It has the low serial number of A000209.It has a couple of small tears,but it is quite a difficult note to find.I was given it as a Christmas present.

I also bought my first New Zealand pre-decimal local postal note a 2/- (2d. poundage) issued on the 16th of April 1953 at the Manners St. post office in Wellington (which is a post office that is still open).It is a spacefiller,but a desireable note,nonetheless.

Aidan.

I took a chance with an impulse buy of Mexican Revolutionary banknotes of 5 and 10 centavos denominations. They are made of a substance called 'Pasteboard' which is defined as a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together - really just cardboard.

I was surprised at first that the notes were so small, but it makes sense, as they are Centavos, not Pesos.


The images as scanned look like these:

1. 5 Centavos 1915

2. 5 Centavos 1914

3. 10 Centavos 1915

4. 10 Centavos 1915


A size comparison image is here: [url=]5. Size Comparison[/url]

Dave,do you know which area of Mexico issued these notes? Both the Constitutionalist armies & the Conservative armies also issued their own notes,as did the banks of the various Mexican states.

Aidan.

Well, I know only a little bit about them.

The pink one was issued by the Distrito Fereral Gobierno Constitucionalista de Mexico, Republica.

The other three were issued by Gobierno Provisional de Mexixo, Republica.

All notes are handstamped which, according to Krause, designates the local authority. These were intended to indicate that they were to be accepted in local areas. Unfortunately I am not familiar with the different designations that were used. I believe them to be very common as they are the ones pictured in Krause.

Dave,you won't find those Mexican notes listed in Krause (as Krause is the coin catalogues),but you will find them listed in the Pick Specialised catalogue (of banknotes).

Mexican notes are,unfortunately,not an area of notaphily I have looked into any great depth.

I can tell you that 'Distrito Federal Gobierno Constitucionalista de Mexico,Republica' translates to 'The Constitutionalist Government of the Federal District of Mexico,Republic'.

'Gobierno Provisional de Mexico,Republica' translates to 'The Provisional Government of Mexico,Republic'.

I am translating them into English,despite my extremely limited knowledge of the Spanish (both Castilian & Latin-American) language.

Aidan.

Yeah, I know that Pick is the better term - I just got used to calling them all Krause - I should probably make that a new year's resolution. I have the Specialised Issues catalogue and they are Pick #s S697,s682,S698 Blue, and S698 Gray. Curiously the one labled as S682 is supposed to be Orange according to the catalogue, but it really is more of a pink color.

I pretty much could gleen the meanings of the Spanish as they are very close to the English in this case. Thankfully they are not like the German Notgeld with different dialects and colloquialisms which make translating uber difficult.

While, like you, I have not looked into Mexican Banknotes much and have only a few of them. These particular notes were an impulse buy and not at all expensive. I was really wondering about the term "Pasteboard" in the descriptions of both the seller and in Pick (I got it right that time!). I had not come across that term before and I think that is what really made the sell. Now I know that pasteboard is merely a form of cardboard and I feel nice and smart; I just need an occasion to use my newfound terminology and someone who is easily impressed by synonyms for paper products! Anyhow, I was really surprised to find the size so small and the quality beter than expected. I figured they'd be bigger and more delicate than they actually are.

Dave - Nice bit of information on the Mexican notes. I do learn something from Aidan and you from here. If only it is a 555555 and 888888 available for my collection, I will go further into understanding them.

I finally managed to get a 1 Cedi banknote from Ghana's first decimal currency issue (1965).It depicts the Bank of Ghana building in Accra on the back.Like the rest of the banknotes of this issue,it has a medallion portrait of the then dictator,Kwame Nkrumah facing left in the top right hand corner & his portrait facing right in the watermark area.

Early Ghanaian banknotes are actually quite difficult to find.The 1958 issue of the 10 Shillings sometimes turns up.Ghana has issued some very attractive banknotes in recent years.

Aidan.

I picked this one up at a local show today: