Today, I got a fat package of banknotes, 3 lots from an eBay seller in the UK.

The first lot was a Bulgarian lot that was discussed previously. Indeed, I did get the 1951 1 lev, as was pictured.


A few other notes from that lot include this 1943 20 leva (I have 2 additional, if anyone is interested)


Also included in this lot, although not Bulgarian, was this piece (actually, 2 of them, but the other has corners missing. I can scan it, if anyone wants to see it)


The second lot of the group was a Croatian lot, that I grabbed for 1 particular note, this one.

Besides the quantity of 1,5,25 & 100 dinaras included with this one, there also was a pair of 500 dinara and a pair of 5000 dinara notes, both of which are not seen as often as their smaller cousins. (anyone interested in them, LMK)


The final lot was a Yugoslavian lot, that turned out better than I had thought. I went for this lot for the 3 "novih dinara" notes that I didn't have.



Besides these 3, I also picked up 2 new pieces that are different dates than what I had (P#82b & P#83b), and a trio of upgrades. I also scored a replacement for the 5000 dinara Tito note that I sent to Art for the short-snorter.

Very nice purchases.

Very nice banknotes!!!, Kuhli !!!

Today's shipments were 2 small packages (1 note, each)

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This is compliments of Art. An addition to the CoinPeople currency. Image already added to my thread on these in the Banknote Virtual Museum.

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This note was part of a bigger purchase last week. Unfortunately, the seller mistakenly shipped a 1951 100 leva, instead of this 1993 100 leva. He was very quick to apologize and got this one in the mail the same day that I contacted him.

MONDAY's arrivals

A group of notes from Srpska Republika Krajina (Croatian region). This puts me at about 50% of the first series (I have the majority of the rest of them enroute to me, should arrive by the week-end)

R1

R3

R4

R6

And a single addition from the second series, which leaves me with just one hole to fill. (R31)

R22

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A large group from Republike Srpske (Bosnian region). This addition leaves me with just one hole to fill (P140)

P136

P137

P138

P139

P142

P143

P144

P145

P146

P147

And a group that completes the second series for me (there are 3 more, but they were never "issued", so I am unsure whether I will try to get them)

P150

P152

P153

P155

Nice notes. You've got quite a collection going. Thanks for sharing with us.

<center>WEDNESDAY's arrival</center>

<P>A single note from Bosnia</P>

P39
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899785"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899785A.jpg" width="275" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899785B.jpg" width="275" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>


<center>FRIDAY's arrivals</center>

<P>This first note is a new date to add to the series (1981)</P>

P87b
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899784"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899784A.jpg" width="275" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899784B.jpg" width="275" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

<P>And this final note, which was part of a group that included the above note, is a ZA (replacement note), only my second.</P>

P88a
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899786"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899786A.jpg" width="275" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899786B.jpg" width="275" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

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And I thought I collected coins.

<center>THURSDAY's arrivals</center>

<P>Yet another group of notes from Srpska Republika Krajina (Croatian region). I am down to needing less than 10 (out of 34) for the full run, and I have put these as a high priority, so I should fill out this set in the next few weeks.</P>

R7
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899816"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899816A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899816B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>
R8
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899817"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899817A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899817B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>
R9
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899818"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899818A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899818B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>
R10
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899819"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899819A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899819B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>
R15
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899820"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899820A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899820B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>
R19
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899821"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899821A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899821B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>
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<P>I also received a nice selection of Yugoslavian notes to add to my collection. These additions include P#77a, 80a, 81a, 82a & 83a (all of which can be seen in my <a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=kuhli">BanknoteBank<a> collection.

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<P>And just to re-assure you (and myself) that my primary interest is still coins, I offer these few additions that arrived today:
<a href="http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=908808"><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/908808.jpg" width="500" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>
<a href="http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=908809"><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/908809.jpg" width="500" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>
The difference between the above 2 pieces is the small "N" in the right diamond, which designates the coin as being for Numismatists. (the piece below also has the "N")
<a href="http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=908810"><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/908810.jpg" width="500" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

<center>TUESDAY's arrivals</center>

<P>A nice package from the UK arrived today. Included in these lots was an addition to the ever-growing Yugoslavia hyper-inflation notes of the early 1990's</P>

P#124
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899914"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899914A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899914B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

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<P>And as I slip further into the obsession that is collecting, I have ventured into an uncharted area for me... specimen notes. My first foray into this field is a nice set of 8 Slovenian notes from 1990-92. (the first 2 digits of the serial number is the year of issue). This is the first series of specimen notes, which have the Slovenian overprint "VZOREC", and has full serial numbers. The second series of specimen notes have the English overprint "SPECIMEN", and the serial numbers are "00000000", with a control number overprinted on the obverse. (I am beginning to casually start looking for a set of these).</P>

P#1S1
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899906"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899906A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899906B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

P#2S1
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899907"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899907A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899907B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

P#3S1
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899908"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899908A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899908B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

P#4S1
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899909"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899909A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899909B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

P#5S1
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899910"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899910A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899910B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

P#6S1
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899911"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899911A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899911B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

<P>Note that there is no P#7S1, as there was not a type I specimen issued. There was a type II specimen for the 200 note.</P>

P#8S1
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899912"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899912A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899912B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

P#9S1
<a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view.aspx?id=899913"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899913A.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"><img src="http://www.banknotebank.com/notes/899913B.jpg" width="250" border="4" bordercolor="green"></a>

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<P>And advancing yet another step deeper into collecting, I have added the following, "printers' proofs".</P>

5 kuna design, which would become P#28

obverse proof (uniface)
<img src="http://coins.sdsimon.com/IMAGES/HR_notes/5K-o.JPG">

reverse proof
<img src="http://coins.sdsimon.com/IMAGES/HR_notes/5K-r.JPG"><img src="http://coins.sdsimon.com/IMAGES/HR_notes/5K-r2.JPG">

20 kuna design, which would become P#30

obverse proof (uniface)
<img src="http://coins.sdsimon.com/IMAGES/HR_notes/20K-o.JPG">

reverse proof
<img src="http://coins.sdsimon.com/IMAGES/HR_notes/20K-r.JPG"><img src="http://coins.sdsimon.com/IMAGES/HR_notes/20K-r2.JPG">

AHA! That bottom one looks very familiar! I have one of those. I love it.

Yep. I looked through BnB, and yours is the only one listed. I have been seeing many of these recently on eBay, and I am thinking of picking up a few more. I have seen them as singles, pairs (like above), and even a few sheets of 4 (2X2).

Today's delivery was a trio of Romanian coins coming out of Canada, thanks to Daggit!!

Today's delivery was a trio of Yugoslavian notes, from 1994.

P#141
5,000 dinara



P#143
500,000 dinara



P#144
10,000,000 dinara
(1994 overprinted on the 1993 issue [P#122])

That 500,000 dinara sure is bright!

Nice notes you have there. The Yugoslavian notes are very attractive.

This has been a slow week for me. I am saving a little money to buy a couple new books:
#1. Metalni Novac, 4th edition, 2006, by Ranko Mandic. hardcover, 368 pp. (which now also lists all the Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian & Slovenian coins, so it is basically a catalog of my dream collection)
#2. Banknotes of the States of the former Yugoslavia 1767-2002, by Borna Barac. hardcover, 280 pp.

But I did receive a package yesterday from chervonets.com (when did Greg move to IL??)

I finally got my pretzel, who's got the beer??


And yet again, I find myself drifting into new collecting territory, with what I hope is only the first of many Ukrainian coins. This is a 2005 1 hryvnia celebrating 60th anniversary of the victory in the Great War.


And also added a Russian circulation coin that I needed. (I had the Moscow mint, with this I add the St. Petersburg mint)


Also added a few new notes (nothing from the Balkans, this time!)

From Latvia, I doubled my collection with these 2 pieces (I already had the 1 & 2 rubli)



An addition from Kyrgyzstan


As common as this note is, I only had a poor, tattered example, which I upgraded with this UNC piece



and a surprising bonus note Greg added to my order

I like them all but the pretzel is outstanding. Thanks for sharing.

I finally did a BiN on the new Yugoslavian coin catalog (#1 in my list above), expect it to arrive in probably 2-3 weeks. Later this week, I will go ahead and order the banknote catalog. Somewhere or another I have the information (author, title, ISBN#, etc) of a great Croatian reference book, but I have not been able to locate the book anywhere on-line. I may try to contact some associates in Croatia to see if they can locate one for me (the seller of the banknote catalog is in Zagreb, so that may be a possibility). It may take a few weeks to find, which will give me time to re-build my "literature fund"

As I mentioned, I have limited (not eliminated!) my purchasing, but sometimes, I just cannot refuse. First item was a piece I really liked, but was hesitant to get into a bidding war, so I let it go. The seller gave me a 2nd Chance Offer, which I took advantage of. I also picked up the other 2 pieces from the same seller, via his web-site

This is a "notgeld" piece from Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia), dated 1919, which was during the transistion period after WWI, from Austrian rule to Kingdom SHS (Serbs, Croates & Slovenes)



And a couple more notes for my Macedonian collection, which is probably my weakest of the former Yugoslavian states.







I still need the 2 notes between the above (100 & 500 denar)

That notgeld is superb. A great purchase. I like the other notes too.

Do not have a clue what this is, but I just had to have it. And thanks to some assistance from Christian, I now have it!!

What I know about it:

obv: P.J. / KLEFISCH - / JAGODINA
rev: DINAR / 1

29mm
brass?
thin planchet
plain edge
coin alignment

Jagodina is a town in central Serbia, mid-way between Belgrade and Nis.

If I had to make a guess, I would say that it might be a "notgeld", but from what period? During the modern civil war periods, the hyper-inflation was so extreme that there was no use for a 1 dinar piece, and most of the "emergency" money of that time period was paper "BON" notes, issued by many local governments as well as industry stores (steel-factory stores, coal-mine stores, etc)
I thought perhaps German occupied Serbia during WWII, but then I question whether there would be brass available during this time?? Official coinage was done in zinc, as was the practice throughout a large portion of Europe.

I would venture a guess at pre-WWI inflation time. I believe a lot of the notgeld coins issued at that time were brass. I recall reading that many were issued simply because the central governments were out of money and would not issue coins without the necessary backing.

Its like visiting "The Bank Of Kuhli"! Nice pics!

A company token perhaps?

Today, I received 3 packages.

#1 was from our own Dockwalliper, with some Lincoln cents I traded for that I am passing on to a European customer of mine. He won several auctions from me (well, actually a few more than several, at a total of 98 coins). He asked me to help him fill some holes in his US penny collection, so I am trying to get them for him. He agreed to pay me in euros, which I thought would be great (at first), then I would have some € to use to make some small purchases from some German dealers I watch on eBay.de.
#2 Unfortunately, he did the unexpected, and I am now the proud owner of this [attachmentid=1197] (which means I guess I will make 1 larger purchase, or else figure out how to exchange it).
#3 I have been getting lucky recently with buying group lots off eBay, and cherry-picking some better items that are obscured in these groups. Today I got a group of 4 Yugoslavian notes that cost me a whole $2.75, delivered from the UK. 2 of the notes were extras, 1 was an upgrade from my G to an EF (1965 5 dinara lg date, P#77b), and the 4th note was this one, which although well worn, is still a somewhat uncommon note that I seldom see offered in any condition (1955 500 dinara, P#70), and one that I needed. And for less than 3 bucks, how could I go wrong.

Good purchases. I like the 50€ note, but would have the same concern of what to do with it.

I can break the 50 for you if you need.

Threw out some low-ball bids on a bunch of Bosnian notes from a seller out of Sarajevo, just for the heck of it. Never expected to win, and gradually, I was out-bid on several of the lots. Did manage to win 3, which was a big surprise to me. I think I paid about $8 delivered for this trio, and got a cool Bosnian stamp as a bonus.

P#22
20 dinara



P#25
500 dinara



P#27
5,000 dinara

A few more from the Serbian Republic in Croatia (Republika Srpska Krajina). With these 3 additions, my wantlist is down to 6 out of series of 34. Hopefully I will get them done soon, and can move on to other areas.

P#R11
5,000,000 dinara



P#R12
10,000,000 dinara



P#R14
50,000,000 dinara

Nice notes.

Got this big blanket note in yesterday's mail. (note is 4.5" x 9" wide!!!)




I also got a couple Kazakhstan coins, and another Yugoslavian note that I haven't gotten scanned and uploaded yet, pics will follow probably tomorrow evening.

I've got a few of the large Russian notes. I like them. Nice purchase.

This is the other note that arrived late last week. 1994 5 novih dinara, featuring Nikola Tesla, one of the most famous Serbians.




Today also brought a pair of notes, both of these from the 1944 "Partisans' series".








Also got a trio of Czech Republic coins from SP1, which have been delegated to the "coins to scan" pile, which is steadily growing. May take an evening and just scan everything to get myself caught up.

Very nice Kuhli!

Had a full mailbox today, but only one scan, so far.




My wantlist is getting smaller and smaller. I think I have 3 more Yugoslavian notes in the mail system to me right now, and then I am going to re-write my wantlist, so I can see exactly what I need, and keep from buying too many more duplicates.

Besides the above note, I also got a very nice slabbed Yugoslavian coin (NGC MS64 1938 1 dinar), which I am clueless on how to scan decent. Also got a very nice proof 1986 UK £1 as a gift from a dealer over there that I help with his e-mail. And a package with 4 lots of stamps (about 60 total).

Now there's a real 1 billion denom note!

Scanning slabs is very hard. My scanner won't do them no matter what I try.

Terrific notes. I get horrible results try to scan coins. The notes are great on the scanner.

Lots of goodies in the box today. First off is the single note, which finishes out the 1990 issues for me.




Next was a single coin, filling in an aggravating hole that I really wanted filled.



Then came the pair of new issues from Bosnia




And finally, this Macedonian piece, which I have never seen before. The obverse is same as KM#9, but the reverse is the same as KM#2. A mule?? An unlisted type?? Or maybe just not in my old 2002 Krause??



Besides the above, I got a nice Russian silver coin from Unk. for an AuctionMonster win, and a group of nice stamps from Yugoslavia.

Very nice

As I broaden my collection to encompass a wider variety of fiscal collectible items from the region of Yugoslavia, I felt I needed a couple representative pieces of the petrol bons (fuel ration coupons) issued throughout the modern history of the area. Contrary to common mis-conception that these items were a bi-product of the multitude of civil wars in the region during the early 1990's, the usage of these fuel coupons preceeds the wars by many years, with a good variety of available pieces from throughout the 1980's, when the early stages of the post-Tito power struggle created a steady inflation and worsening economy.

nice yugoslavian petrol cupons,Kuhli!!!

Just a single item in today's mail, but it's definitely a beauty!!




Large brass medal commemorating President Josip Broz Tito's 80th birthday.

When I saw this, and read the description, it said that it was 47mm. It never really dawned on me just how large 47mm really is.



If you notice the legends on the obverse look a little blurry. The reason for this is that the bust of Tito is such high relief that the rims of the medal do not even touch the glass of my scanner.

BTW, cost me a whole $12 delivered from Austria. This is why I love browsing the non-US eBays.

Very nice. Good purchase too at that price.

A single coin, but it's another hole filled, so I am very happy with it. Found it in a lot of 5 coins from a seller in Germany. And with this acquisition, I owe Tabbs yet again for an assist with getting payment to the seller.




Also, finally got my new Mandic catalog of Yugoslavian coins. Only took a little over 3 weeks for it to get here. Postmarked 09-Mar-06, arrived 31-Mar-06 (with a big red rubber stamp on the front that reads "received in damaged condition" - the book is fine, but the padded envelope has seen better days). Just browsing through it, I already discovered some new coins that I was unaware of, and will need to see if I can find.

Very nice. Enjoy.

Another mailbox full of goodies, yesterday.

To start with, there was a package with 4 lots of stamps, found several keepers in there.

Next was a pair of Yugoslavian notes, from a seller in Belgium

P#86 - 1974 - 1000 dinara



P#91c - 1986 - 500 dinara



Then a Macedonian note to fill another hole.

P#4 - 1992 - 100 denar




And the final piece is a "bon" from NaMa - Narodna Magazin (National Storehouse), which is a large robna kuca (department store, or emporium), located throughout Yugoslavia, founded in 1946. This particular piece has a counterstamp on the reverse, dated 1958. I guess you could call this piece an early gift certificate.
The seller that I bought this from has told me that he also has a couple more of higher denominations, and I am waiting for him to find them and offer them to me.

This past week I got several packages of notes to add to the collection.

P#113 - 1992 - 500 dinara



P#89b - 1981 - 50 dinara



P#115



P#122



P#125

And some replacement notes. All Yugoslavian replacement notes have the serial numbers that start with "ZA" or "ZB".

Finally, a coin to show!! Been getting lots of stamps, but haven't been finding many new coins to add to the collection. Just happened to stumble upon this and got in a good snipe bid to bring this one home for less than melt value.

All very nice.

I actually like it!

A couple packages of notes arrived today, with lots of nice additions to the collection.

First off was a single Yugoslavia piece.

P#100 - 1989 - 2,000,000 dinara



Next was a pair of Macedonian notes that fill some big holes.

P#12 - 1993 - 100 denar



P#13 - 1993 - 400 denar




Then came the Bosnian flood.

P#21,23,26. Filling out this series, now looking for the 100 dinara and then the 5-digit values.





continued.....