Paper is only good as the government or the bank behind it. I also find your comment regarding the default on payment of specie for paper interesting, because yes the government pulled a fast one and nobody complained, they just obediently followed along and took paper as money.

I would rather imagine if for instance you took an RBS £1 in to their or another bank there in Scotland and asked for a £, you are going to be handed a pound coin, or a pile of them. Sure are not going to get a sovereign, though one could wish for one.

ye i agree but who in the right mind is going to walk into the bank of scotland or any other bank in glasgow and ask for them to swap a pound for a pound, it just wouldn't happen, anyway i think we should rest this one now and put a end to it, cheers Bee

Just got a 250 + 500 New Iraqi Dinar RADAR notes serials 5397935 also 9351539

1 x 500 with radar serial 5397935 + 1 x 250 with radar serial 9351539

These 2 Radar notes are in Perfect UNC condition with no holes, marks, or dirt, just Mint Condition

Also notice how close the 2 numbers are, if they were swapped about they'd be a perfect match i.e 935 becomes 539 and then again 539 becomes 935

2 craking notes to add to my collection, i'll get photo's up shortly







top note is the 500 dinar, radar: 5397935

the bottom note 250 dinar, radar: 9351539

More Radars notes, 50 dinar: 6761676

also Radar 50 dinar note: 2908092

also Radar 50 dinar note: 6872786

I really would like to walk into Bank of Scotland and request one of these and get it:



But then this one is one of only eight known examples. Bank of Scotland bought Caledonian in 1907.

Or sashay into Clydesdale and request one of these please:



But again not likely to happen.

Several years ago someone I know happened upon a hoard of British Linen £1's from the 1950's, hundreds of them. I have a few dozen of them now, the rest dispersed through dealers all over Britain, then on eBay etc.

nice notes!!!

Romania 2000 Lei 1941



Just a very lovely note from wonderous Romania.

scott u have an eye for nice lookin banknotes

how much would a note like that cost a man like me?

Sweet did the notes get found in a drawer or something ?? you always here the stories of someone finding notes stuffed in the back of a cupboard or drawer or something, just wish it was me to find them, he he, cool notes by the way

The Scottish notes, I cannot afford them anymore. Fortunately I got them about 6-7 years ago.

The Romanian note, under $12 usually.

Oh but we can just dream of owning them LOL Lovely notes guys

I did a pare off of Scottish banknotes back in 2003, at one time I had over 400 of them. I have no idea how many I have now, probably 250 or so now, mostly older notes. I sold all but the oldest RBS, BoS, etc. but strangely no British Linens. I love the British Linen blue colour on their notes. A couple of them, the £5 and £20 from 1931 are so rare that I could never replace them. So they stay no matter what.

The Caledonian £1 is from a sheet of eight that was found sometime in the 1970's and cut up. I know the history of this particular note back into the 1980's, it was sold by Colin Narbeth to a British Diplomat stationed in Israel, and I purchased it from him in 2000. It was my most expensive banknote purchase for a long time until superseded by another that is not worth nearly as much as the Caledonian now.

The only 20th century bank I have not yet found an example of their £1 from yet is Town and County in Aberdeen, the closest I come there is a North of Scotland and Town and County £1 from 1916 which is also scarcer than hen's teeth:

I have a few Scottish banknotes in my collection no were near your number though LOL & yes two of them are Linen

THE BRITISH LINEN BANK

£1 Edinburgh 4th June 1951
A P Anderson Genral Manager

£1 5 Nov 1969
T W Walker Genral Manager

The 1951 is my earliest Scottish note to date, I would love more but the prices are somtimes quite prohibative, I shall keep looking though

The serial on that note is cool.

Thank you LOL

Some new stuff....

An assortment of Baht

A few Colombian large size notes

Some notes from Kyrzygstan

A handful of Cambodian 50 and 100 Riel notes

Some small size notes from Bhutan.

I continue to be amazed at how everyone else in the world sees money. Looking at US money, it seems rather....dull in comparison.

I found some neat stuff (on the cheap, too. always looking for bargains) that, given the snails' pace that ebay sellers usually travel at, should arrive in a few weeks time:

a lot of 5 polymers (5 New Zealand Dollar, 2x 2 Singapore Dollar, 1 Brunei Dollar, 2 Samoan Tala) for 6.50 (!)
a set of 5, 10, 20 and 50 Nigerian Naira (New for 2006) for 5.10 per lot (bought 3)

Just added these to my collections

Bahamas
$3 1974
Purple/Yellow/Blue
Governor W C Allan
Front Value in corners, People on beach, Map, HRH
Rev Value top Corners, Sailing boats, Coat of Arms
p44

Cayman Islands
$1 1985
Blue/Gree/Purple
Chairman ?
Front Fish, Treasure Chest & Coat of Arms, HRH
Rev Value, Reef & Doctor Fish, Value above blank cachet
Security Thread
Watermark Turtle
Series A
P5b

New Zeland
$2 1988/92
Mauve/Green/Pink
Governor D. T. Brash
Front Geometric pattern, QEII
Mistletoe & Rifleman Bird
Security Thread
Watermark Capt Cook's Head
P170

$1 1988/92
Brown/Green/Yellow
Governor D. T. Brash
Front Geometric pattern, QEII
Rev Clematis & Fantail Bird
Security Thread
Watermark Capt Cook's Head
p169

USA
$5 2001
Green
Signed by Treasurer of the US R Marin
Sec Of the Treasury P H O'Neill
Front A Lincoln
Rev Lincoln Memorial

Also A China & two Polymer that I have listed in there own threads You can see them all by clicking on the link in my sig & comments would be appreciated Also a quick question for all members LOL any one recomend a good book or books on Chinese banknotes?

cool notes

I just got a bundle of 100 x 200 Viet Dong 1987 notes

Thanks appreciated and todays offerings are LOL

East Caribbean

Montserrat
$20 2003
Multi
Governor K D Venner
Front Fish, Turtle, QEII, Silver foil Butterfly & ECCB
Rev Goverment House, Map of Eastern Caribbean, Nutmeg
Security Thread
Watermark Queens Head

Antigua
$5 2003
Multi
Governor K D Venner
Front Fish, Turtle,QEII, Silver foil fish & ECCB
Rev Admiral House Antigua & Barbuda, Gold fish over map, Trafalgar falls
Security Thread
Watermark Queens Head
P42a

Montserrat
$5 2000
Multi
Governor K D Venner
Front Fish, Turtle, QEII, Silver foil fish
Rev Admiral House Antigua & Barbuda, Gold fish over map, Trafalgar falls
Security Thread
Watermark Queens Head

I realy like the $20 unfortunatly as there is no Montserrat listed on Banknotebank I had to list them under Antigua Any how to view them as allways just follow the link in my sig

just to let you no the new 2007 royal bank of scotland notes are going to be auctiond shortly, you can get uncut sheets, special number AA44444, AA123456 and so on AA01010101

Also Special lots of the 1995 "Tercentenary" notes series – issued to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Bank of Scotland - including serial numbers like FX1000000 and AD99999, will also go under the hammer

The auction will be held at the Mound, Edinburgh, on Monday 17th by the bank of scotland and Spink Auctioners

if your interested check this out

http://www.hbosplc.com/media/pressreleases...asp?section=bos

Also Spink http://www.spink.com

i'm home!

to help celebrate, i present my newest pride and joys...







more additions on: http://public.fotki.com/sanmiguel/

nice notes!!!! and welcome back!!!

The Portuguese India and Panamanian notes are exceedingly rare to begin with, and then add the element of their not being canceled and being in uncirculated. Congratulations on their acquisition.

Welcome Home! I hope you're back for a long time!!!

You certainly have a great set of new notes going on there! It's always a treat to see what you've added.

Yipee just went and got a brand new £20 pound english note with the serial 444444 wicked now you dont see these very often, i'll get a photo up shortly just waiting on it being deliverd but here's a photo of the serial part of the note, cool cant wait to receive it

Nice notes

!!!!! nice 2 c an old note in such a neat shape ^_^ eheheh

Gorgeous notes (ESPECIALLY the Panamanian), SM! Welcome back.

What do you guys think about currency slabs? Hate them more or less than coin slabs?

Welcome back SM & some great notes you have brought with you LOL I do like the Panamanian pixelpages nice find I am sure Derrick would like to see it shame it was not a solid 5 then he could realy drool LOL

Also would like to shre these two with you all

East Caribbean Authority

Montserrat
$5 Dollars 1965/85
Green/Ocher
Chairman ?
3 Directors ?
Front Map, Geometric design with value above a fish, Young QEII
Rev A town by the coast
Security Thread
Watermark Queens Head
P14n

Mexico

50 Pesos 2004/06
Pink/Yellow/Blue
Chief Cashier G O Martinez
Deputy Governor M E H H Barba
Front Value below Butterfly, Coat of arms, Portrait J M Morellos, Value above Catapillar in see through window
Rev Value above Catapillar in see through window, Bank Seal, Butterflies in front of the De Morelia Mich Aquaduct, Value below Butterfly
Serie A

Please click on the link in my sig to view

thanks guys! it's good to be home.

i used to think the bahraini 5 was the toughest note to find for bahrain...but now i'm realizing it's only the second toughest. once i track down a p-22, it'll be smooth sailing. i'll just be a few design variations away from having a complete set of every bahraini note ever made! p-22 is one tough mama-jamma, i gotta say.

picking up the panama opened up a can of worms for me. besides the exceptions i made for american, confederate, and republic of texas notes, i pretty much stuck to 1961-date moderns. now i have a few greenlands on the way, and i'm on the lookout for a nice palestine. i think i'll finally be needing the pre-modern volume of the standard catalog. u.s. large size is my last frontier...

as for tpg's, 50% of all of my u.s. currency came to me in PMG/PCGS note slabs. i cut them all out. i don't care much for slabs, but i think panama will be staying in it's plastic. for the most part, i like PMG & PCGS's exceptional/premium paper quality designations. as a buyer, it helps me find notes that are original and unmolested without having to travel to see the note in person. otherwise, currency tpg's are full of drama.

u mean the purple 20 dinar? anyway you need any help ask me ill keep an eye out for you . Im goin 2 the big dealers in yateem center (u lived in bahrain u might know it ^_^) if they have it ill try an bargin with them ^_^

yep! the purple one with a hologram. it was released only for a short period before the fakes started showing up, and it was quickly replaced with the peach notes. very hard to find! i've never seen one for sale in any grade, but managed to snag this picture from ron wise's site. if you can find one for me, i'll be forever grateful!

kk ill try my best i actually asked my dealer last time he said he only saw 1 which is in his collection but ill try other dealers an tell em 2 hold on 2 it an call me if they found 1

Just arrived this morning

ECB
Montserrat
$10 2003
Governor K D Venner
Front Fish, Turtle, Goverment House, QEII, Silver foil fish & ECCB
Rev Admiralty Bay, Map, The Warspite, Pelican in flight, Fish
Security Thread
Watermark Queens Head

Also another Polymer that I will post in my polymer thread

Here we go guys and gals my new Bank of England £20 pound note with Solid serial 444444, Just arrived this morning and i love it:-)



hope you like it as i love it, yipee

http://images22.fotki.com/v810/photos/1/12....jpg?1187271236

My 2 old £1 pound notes i just got signed cashier Jo Page

Actually I do like it, it is remarkable that HRH haven't aged a day over 50 nayther, not bad for an 81 yr old! But at least she doesn't wear drapery in her hair in her evening years like Victoria did.

i wonder what age she'l actually get to stay on the notes till, would be funny seeing an old 100 year old on the note especialy if she looked all crinkly but i suppose they'd just use a old engraving like the ones abuve, :-)

Well QEII has stated that she has a lifetime job, and thanks to her indominatable Queen Mother, hopefully the genetics to make sure that she best her Mother in the longevity, by say living to 102 years of age and then Charley can become queen(in more than private matter) when she is like 80 years old.

Long Live QEII, very long live - VIVAT REGINA!!!

These two arrived today Whilst the Indian one is not in the greatest condition I am still very happy to add it to my collection

Bahamas Goverment
$1/2 1965
Multi Minister of Finance
Commissioner of Currency G Higgs
Front Value in corneres QEII,
Rev Yellow elders, Straw market, Coat of Arms
Watermark
P17

India
1 Rupee 1940
Blue
Governor, Sir James Taylor
Front Value, King George VI
Rev Value & date
Watermark King George VI
P25

To veiw please click on the link in my sig

Just got a New NORTH KOREA(1992) OneWon Specimen Banknote: Prefix 000000

http://hotimg5.fotki.com/b/81_99/132_35/100_0717.jpg

TO THE ADMIN: WHY ARE MY PHOTO'S BEING TAKEN OUT ??????


i cant even upload photo and there under 100k also any link i add to my photo's you take them out so what's the deal, WHY are you takeing my photo's out ?????????????????????????????

Just got a new Sadam hussein full uncut sheet of 15 notes, wicked, hopefully this photo will stay up now




http://hotimg6.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/sadam-s.jpg

i think cause your pics r 2 big ...maybe i don know works fine for me

but then my links get taken out, just now i just put another http link on the listing but before it had been taken out, there isn't even a photo on this page so why take out the link that goes to a totaly separate webpage, ?? weird

i get the point takeing the picture out if it's to big for this site, but that's not what's happening, i cant even upload a file under 100k which is the limit for uploads, i made photo's a 60k and i still cant upload them either now also tried a 30k file, still cant upload it, it's as if i've had upload refused or barred somethings happening anyway

who is the admin by the way as i need to get this sorted out, cheers buddy

ahh upload i cant do that either i use photobucket an get a link later i use that link (just copy paste it here with like this say your pic is www.pixel.com/banknotes/iraq.jpg ......paste it here like this [IMG] www.pixel.com/banknotes/iraq.jpg [/img ] ) an the admin is akdrv

hi ye i was doing that also, just including the www.pixel.com in the [IMG] tag but they have been getting taken out also, and just typing http:// as normal and including it in my wording, that has been getting takeing out aswell. go figure.

realy weird but any option i think of somehow the photo's or the links were getting taken out my listings, i'll need to contact who you said was the admin and figure out why this is happening, cheers dude

anytime

Ye just received the Auction Catalouge for the new bank of scotland banknotes that are going on sale at spink, the book is great full photo's of all the notes up for sale, full sheets of notes 45 x £5 = estimate £1000 to 1500, single note AA000001 estimate £4000 to £5000 grand that's for a full set of £5, £10, £20, £50, £100- AA000002 500 TO 800 - AA000011 £100 to 120, the book is brilliant, will get some photo's up of all the notes that are going up for sale, if anyone wants any info or how to bid for notes or to get the new notes from the bank in special sets give me a shout and i'll tell you how to get them.

here some photo's from my book they might take a few secs to load though as quiet big photo's

http://hotimg2.fotki.com/b/81_99/132_35/100_0726.jpg

http://hotimg6.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/100_0729.jpg

http://hotimg6.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/100_0731.jpg

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http://hotimg8.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/100_0735.jpg

http://hotimg6.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/100_0736.jpg

http://hotimg6.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/100_0737.jpg

http://hotimg2.fotki.com/b/81_99/132_35/100_0738.jpg

http://hotimg5.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/100_0739.jpg

http://hotimg2.fotki.com/b/81_99/132_35/100_0740.jpg

http://hotimg5.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/100_0741.jpg

http://hotimg5.fotki.com/b/81_99/132_35/100_0742.jpg

http://hotimg8.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/100_0743.jpg

http://hotimg8.fotki.com/a/81_99/132_35/100_0744.jpg