If you have a banknote with QEII Portrait, why not post it in this topic. We can showcase an extensive World QEII collection from members of CoinPeople. Whether it is a solid number or an ordinary serial number QEII banknotes, all are welcome to post and write. Do write a little interesting story behind on how you got the note into your collection. Let me get the ball rolling.

Here is an extremely rare 1953 $1 Malaya and British Borneo solid 555555 QEII Portrait in perfect uncirculated condition. So far there is no sightings of any uncirculated piece in any private collection, world auction houses in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. This note was once circulated in these few countries during the 1950s. This piece was acquired in 2006 from a Brazilian ebay seller. Unfortunately, I lost the auction bid and a fellow Singapore collector won it. Not sure how true it is, later the Brazilian ebay seller wanted to buy it back from the collector. In the end, I managed to acquire it from the fellow collector. This is also my most expensive banknote acquired in recent times.

I have more QEII on banknotes than any other person save George Washington. But right now I don't have a lot of them imaged so we will start with Canada.

No story for these but plenty of Queen Elizabeth II notes

Belize


Bermuda


Bahamas




Isle Of Man



Jersey

Part 2

Canada



East Caribbean Islands


St Helena


Cayman Islands

Part 3

Bank Of England

Series C




Series D




Series E MkI




That's all for now

I almost forgot to tell the story about these two notes. Both have prefix A/71 555555. A perfect match. The QEII $1 is the last piece of banknote with the British Queen portrait. It was also the first piece of $1 with the QEII Portrait. The Singapore Ship $1 is the last $1 note used in the Singapore Currency. In 1987, Singapore started using the $1 coin.

Here is the story of my first purchase from ebay in 2004. It's a 1962 1 Pound 888888. I did not know that it was a highly sought after note at that time. Paid only a 3 figure amount. It was considered reasonable although I did not know much about solid at their market prices. I was hoping to find a 555555. Somehow, when we wanted to find a note that we wanted, we just cannot find it. In the early 2006, I managed to find an Australian seller who has a 555555 with the same design but a much later issued date with a Page signature. The 888888 was a Hollom signature which was supposed to be scarcer. I paid 555555 at a three figure amount and later sold off the 888888 for a 4 figure amount. It was a relatively good deal since I get to keep the 555555 note for my collection and at the same I have some spare money to buy other notes for my collection. That was the most profitable note that I have ever bought and later sold off privately. It was indeed a good solid 888888 with a good rare signature. The note is in perfect original condition. That's the story of these two QEII notes.

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Well! I guess I had more than I thought! Amazing really.... I wonder if anyone has ever come up with a list of how many different notes she has been on? Too many to count, I'd bet!

Neat thread, See323! I enjoyed seeing the changes in her from long ago to just yesterday. I don't know of too many others whose portrait is on coins or notes that show such a lifespan.

the C series notes are my favorite on the whole. I also love the centennial dollar that everyone on CP seems to have.

The three Scottish note issuing banks have each come out with too many commemoratives in my opinion, but Royal Bank has issued two very significant commemoratives, the first for the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and then for the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's reign. However, reference to Queen Elizabeth in Scotland by her regnal ordinal is a bit of a touchy subject, many do in fact take exception to her being referred to as Queen Elizabeth II. There never was a Queen Elizabeth I of Scotland, and Queen Elizabeth I only reigned in England, whilst her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots reigned in Scotland. So for this reason, note the tactful and non-controversial omission of the regnal ordinal on this particular reverse. One of my only two favoured Scottish banknote commemoratives, with a very important and worthwhile commemoration.

Another Queen Elizabeth, and many people's favourite Royal:



Royal Bank £20 commemorating the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 2000. One £100 note was also printed for presentation to Her Highness on the occasion of her birthday.

I don't have one

EDIT: Got one now

Interesting, those notes are the closest the Queen has got to having an American style note

Maybe can enlighten me on the C series notes ? Post a photo of it here in this thread.

When I started collecting in 1986 which focus on Straits Settlements and Malaya banknotes, QEII portrait appear in the 1953 issue of the Malaya and British Borneo banknotes. At that time, it was quite cheap especially for the smallest denomination of $1 ( The first banknote listed on this thread ). I bought them in stacks ( 50 pieces in running and one stack was 93 pieces in running number ) and later sold them away in one of the coin convention to USA and other foreign dealers. I kept some and over the years, sold them away bit by bit. The Queen Portrait was one of the most beautiful among all her other portraits. The other denomination are $5, $10, $50, $100, $1000, $10,000. Those $1000 and $10,000 only exists in specimen, proof pieces which once in a while appear in international auction all over the world.

The $100 is the most difficult to find in nice condition even 20 years ago. There are quite a number $50 around but they are most in VF to AEF condition. If you buy them today, they may be pressed, washed and graded AUNC. This apply to even $5, $10 as well. I once help a friend to sell off a set of these notes. He paid high for them as he did not know that they were washed and pressed. When I examined the notes, they were indeed washed and pressed. I do not sell washed and pressed notes. If I do sell them, I will state them clearly. They look good in their sealed plastic sheet. But when they are opened and take out from the plastic sheet, all truth were revealed. Some even started to curl up slowly and show signs of heavy water-pressed notes. They are also very thin. Be exceptionally careful when purchasing them. If you think that it is a good buy with such nice looking note and such good price, you may be taken for a ride.

Here is a popular special number note which I acquired 3 years ago. It has been pressed ( I do not mind ). I go for the special number solely for my collection since I won't be able to find another one with such suitable number for my collection.

Here is my earlier collection $10 in original uncirculated condition.



This $50 earlier collection is in original EF condition. It almost look like an AU.



This $100 earlier collection is in VF to GVF condition. I was never able to find a better condition than this one. Unfortunately, the prices of truly original high grade condition have risen over the years. Even for this piece, it is still very expensive in today's market. Serious collectors only go for original condition pieces. The truth is that when you start selling them away one day, you won't get a good price for it. A one hundred bill is terribly huge in the 1950s. In those days, not many people have seen and let alone use a $100 bill in their daily transactions.

For those who have not join in the fun to showcase your QEII Portrait banknote, you can do it right away. Get the QEII Portrait banknotes to have a big party in CP. Who knows, CP members collection may even be better than the book written on QEII banknotes.

The earliest note with a portrait of now Queen Elizabeth was a Canadian $20 from the Bank of Canada that was issued in 1935 during the reign of George V. Then Princess Elizabeth was not even then a direct heir to the throne as the next in line was Prince David, better known as Edward VIII when he assumed the throne. Only his subsequent abdication in December of 1936 brought Elizabeth into the direct line for the throne.

From the Bank of Canada site:



The issued note of this series was issued a full eighteen years before any other banknotes with Elizabeth's portrait were released, and is the only one with her has a then 9 yr old child.

You'll have to wait for others to enlighten you because I only know what the captions say

I think all of these are QEII. If not, please let me know who they are.

They are indeed QEII Portrait on banknotes. Which one is the prettiest of them all ?

These are the Series C Bank Of England notes:






The 10/- & £1 notes were done be one designer & the £5 & £10 done by another, hence the different portraits

EDIT: £10 note now added, I finally got one

great looking notes! heheh...i barely have any series left that haven't been posted yet.

young queen = hottie

IMHO, of the ones I posted...this one is the prettiest.

Another QEII, this time the very very common Hong Kong 1c note

Nice thread, very very interesting.

At one time, I wanted to collect and keep one of these one and only world note with young Queen EII Portrait. Most of available ones are expensive and in very poor condition.

If you would have noticed before, QEII Portrait used in both New Zealand and Australia are unique. They are not been used in the other Commonwealth countries such as Cayman Islands, Belize, Gibrator, Mauritius etc. Even the Canadian ones ( famous devil hair in 1954 series ) are also unique and are not been used in other countries. I believe they actually use their own photographer to take a picture of QEII and later based on the photograph to be engrave onto the banknotes. Below are the pieces in my collection.




In the case of earlier colonial countries of British Empire such as the Malaya and British Borneo pieces that I have in my collection, they actually took from a series of QEII photographs taken from one session of phototaking for use in the banknotes. I cannot remember the photographer. If you have seen my Straits Settlement and Malaya flash show ( http://www.notepassion.com/Straits-Notes.html ) , you would have notice a QEII portrait ( See below ) This portrait was widely used in the earlier time. It was also used in the early Cyprus QEII banknotes and many other countries. It is also my favourite QEII portrait.



That's all for now. Contribution from others.

I gotta see this!

same here! i've heard about the devil hair, but everytime i look at one i can't find the face.

The 1954 $5 that I have in my collection is a modified Devil Face or Devil Hair. In 2004, when I started my world 555555 collection, I was very curious with the Devilish thing on the Canadian note. There were many reports on Devil face etc on the internet with a number of authors have writing on it but never one person try to explain how to identify it. After I acquired the whole set of 1954 $5 solid 1111111 to 9999999, I started examine further on this modified set and devilish pieces. Sidetrack abit. Sometimes it is beginner luck as I was determine to get hold of the 1954 $5 5555555 for my collection. Coincidently, I found and bought the whole set ( 1111111 to 9999999 ) from a USA dealer at a 4 figure amount (US$). It was a sure bravery since I told myself that I only want to keep the $5. The other eight pieces of solids were sold over a few months. I got back a huge profit ( most profitable set that I have ever sold ) many times of what I paid plus some bonus rare piece of solid 555555 from exchanges with fellow collector friends and customers. Even today, the value of Canadian 1954 solids are rising and better priced than in 2004. If you are looking for investment, go for the Canadian 1954 solids.

Back to devil hair. It is actually the hair that curl like a ear. The upper part of the hair above the ear. The devilish protrait appear in the earlier series of the Canada 1954 $1, $2, $5, $10, ....etc...They are scarce as the demand exceed supply. Do expect to find a UNC piece for it as they will be extremely expensive. Some collectors are still looking for replacement and solid number Devil face notes. This will add further into the overall value of the notes. I should say it is quite impossible.

QEII Portrait changes with period / fashion notably the hairstyles.

Few Lizzies I recently recived

nice pieces from more exotic countries.

The first prefix A555555 5 Pounders from Guernsey was acquired in 2004 when I first started with World Solid 555555. It was a very good acquisition for my collection. A good friend from Canada help me to acquire it from a friend from Guernsey. The friend in Guernsey is now my friend. The QEII Portraits is the prettist at an older age. Should easily qualify the QEII as the prettist Queen on world banknotes.



The link to Guernsey solid collection is at : http://www.notepassion.com/NP-BN-WS-555555-Guernsey.html

A trio of Lizzie's two of which I think have already been posted in this thread & one which hasn't yet

One of my recent favourite QEII piece in solid 555555.

I was going to say don't let See323 see this, or he will be distraught, but then I realised he was the one posting iit

That's a good and witty one. I like it.

Another Lizzie, this time Falklands Islands 50 pence and oen of my favourite designs ever issued with her portrait

I always love to have one of this in unc but never manage to win one in ebay.

Suprisingly it is in aUNC condition there is an ever so light bend to the note lengthways but it's hardly noticable at all unless you hold it at a certain angle

Most of the time, lightly bend banknotes cannot be seen when you scan the notes. If you use a digital camera to take the surface of the note at an angle with light falling on it, these bends will be seen quite clearly.

There is still a differences in value between an uncirculated and an almost uncirculated note.

[Here is a nice informative website featuring banknotes with QEII Portrait

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/trev.rh/Notes/qeii.htm

Two more QEII's which I already posted in another thread. Two on that thread were Australian ones, although they have already been posted in this topic.

The other two are:

Hong Kong



Single sided 10c

Bank Of England



My Series C collection is now complete

How could I forget this great note

Don't forget,Rhodesia also issued some banknotes with Queen Elizabeth II on them between 1964 & 1968.Zambia also had a Proof banknote depicting Queen Elizabeth II,as did Ceylon.

The East Caribbean Bank's banknotes are actually issued for different islands.The suffix letter at the end of the serial numbers indicates which island the note was issued on.The Dominican issues still depict the Queen,even though Dominica became an independent British Commonwealth republic in 1978.

The Pick catalogue has a list of the code letters,& which island each letter has been assigned to.

Aidan.

i finally found the face! heheh...i outlined it here using my uberdocious art skills.



spooky.

Nicely illustrated