Amateur_Collector1992

11 hours ago, thedeadpoint said:

Sharp eye. Instinct is the best tool we have in this hobby.

Very True!!

I'm still new to the banknotes side of things atm, trying to find a way of storing them better, But the Bloody German ones are a pig because of there size :/

Out of curiosity, When did the American's start putting the shredded coloured paper into there notes?

I'll get some Snaps of the Notes and Post em too.

19 hours ago, thedeadpoint said:

What makes you think they are not genuine?

The Quality of the Image on the notes themselves, they look very thick, and looking at images of these notes, the signatures are hand written where as on the notes I have they are printed

Hi Red, thanks for responding, It is a Chinese dud and have kept it in my collection, It's a very interesting piece

Good Evening,

I need some help with some banknotes, I came across these after inheriting my Late Fathers Banknotes.

He believed that these were not Genuine, I've had a look at some images of the questionable banknotes online and also believed that these are not Genuine

Images are Available upon requests.

It's a banknote of sorts. This is one of many, many "miniassegni" notes. During the mid and late 1970s coins in Italy were in short supply. So the banks were authorized to print these low-denomination notes from 1975 - 1978. 50 and 100 lire notes are the most common, however you do see them in 50 lire increments up to 350 lire. There were 50-60 banks that issued these notes. You might call them a modern form of the notgeld common to 1920s Germany. They circulated alongside the national currency.

 

In fact, it is the miniassegni where you can find the only two notes from San Marino issued in 150 and 200 lire denominations in 1978 from the Cassa di Risparmio Della Repubblica di San Marino. Unfortunately you won't find these notes in Krause (SCWPM) in any of the editions with the exception of the San Marino duo. In general they're quite common and inexpensive, especially in grades below UNC, however, as with anything, there's exceptions to the rule for particularly rare notes.

These were issued by private institutions under approval of the central banking authority for a very specific time, value, and purpose. The main Krause catalogs only list notes issued by the national banks or note-issuing authorities. They should probably be listed in the Krause Specialized catalog, but they're not. Like many other notes. I can't speak to the inadequacy of Krause - it's a mess of a catalog these days in terms of its completeness, but it's a good general resource. Honestly, due to the number of them, like German notgeld and US Obsoletes of the mid 19th century, and even US national banknotes, there's so many varieties and types that it's impractical to list them all in Krause.

 

The miniassegni are similar to U.S. obsolete notes, also not listed in Krause. They have their own catalogs, notably Haxby. Russian revolutionary notes also aren't completely listed in Krause and have their own catalogs (probably Ryabchenko is the most known, but a newer one I think by Denisov is pretty good too). The miniassegni ALSO have a separate catalog, titled Catalogo Unificato dei Mini-Assegni.

 

@Rbethea Wow, thanks for the info, that really puts it into view now.

So if this are legal notes, then why are they not in any of the Standard Catalogues Of Paper money and other/older Books?

That's why I am questioning it, as I am not sure what it is.

I can not find ANY Information about it Anywhere

Can someone help me with this please, it's bugging me and it starting to get annoying, Is it Italian?

Looking at the writing on the coin, it seems to be Hebrew, country wise I'm not sure, maybe israel

Good Morning & Happy New Year,

I found a two pound coin in my change last year and I recently reviewed it & I noticed that it has two pound On Both sides, so i don't know whether this is an error or a dud, I've contacted the Royal Mint, But have not had a reply yet.

Would you guys be able to help?

Good Evening And Happy Christmas To All,

Long Time No See People, Hope All Are Enjoying The Festive Period And Spending Time With Loved Ones Telling Them How Wonderful Our Collections Are

Now To My Reason

I have noticed on all of my Swedish Coins have a "Crowned Head" or "St Erik's Head".

Is this a Mintmark? and What mint does it signify?

Some sites are suggesting it's a Mintmark For Stockholm, but would like to ask you guys.

Thanks,

And Have A Lovely Christmas And New Year.

Amateur_Collector1992

Well hello there, my it's been a long time since I last posted on here and I'm back to have Fellow Coin Collectors tackling another Issue

I've Recently started to Work on my collection again after a short break.

I have 3 Slovakian Coins, After the Break up of Czechoslovakia

Under the Mintmark there is a SMALL Letter, Does Anyone know What they are?

Thanks

Evening People,

Does anyone know anything about the Royal mint coin club?

I Think i'll leave franco coinage in Nationist

Hey Chaps, I'm confused, according to Standard Catalog Of Worlds Coins 2013 - Francisco Franco Coinage is under monarchy, but wasn't he nationalist, because i'm currently organising my Spanish collection and I was wondering if I should leave Franco coinage in the nationalist "pocket" or the monarchy "Pocket"

Could someone help out coz this is really bugging me now

Thanks

Does anybody know the reason for the period on these coins?

Well Hello Again Boys and Girls, I bring to you another interesting coin from my collection...

I have Three Croatian Kuna's

1. 2007 - 1 Kuna

2. 2007 - 2 Kuna

3. 2004 - 5 Kuna

All of these coins have a "Period" at the end of the date, but I don't know why, so hence, I've come to you guys

These were mixed in with Slovenian coinage thinking they were part of their coinage till I saw it in my standard catalogue LOL

Enjoy...

Thanks Art, I like doing little things like that I'm happy with result I got, I really am :-D

Thanks a lot guys, this feels good, but like I said, I have some more tokens that I know jack all about so I'll take some snaps and send them to your good selves.

I'm very happy, with how this has turned out, I thought I wasn't going to get anywhere with it, I have a few more token that I need help with, so at least I know where to come :-D

This is the reply i've had from the BP Archive Department:I’ve had a look through the archives and have found a snippet of information in a BP Car Wash Manual dated approximately 1971. In it there is information on all sorts of things to do with the car washes on BP sites and it gives a little bit of information on Freeclean.

Freeclean was a promotion running during the late 60s and early 70s. The offer was a free wash with every 4 or 6 gallons of petrol purchased (this was still being sorted in 1971 so I cannot tell you which one it was). The petrol station would give out a printed voucher for every gallon bought and then the customer could exchange 4 or 6 vouchers for one Freeclean token. This could be then inserted into the dual coin acceptor to obtain a free wash. Alternatively the person would spend 20p on a wash.

Unfortunately I don’t have further information on how the promotion went or any images of the use of the tokens, however I would say that the item is more than likely one of these.

I've had another reply from BP, it is going to be fowarded to there "Archive" Deptartment

Hey ccg, yeah, i was thinking that too but you never with half this stuff i collect lol, i mean i have a WW2 token that was stuck to a french 2 Francs, but it is in good nick, luckerly i had stuff too unstick both of them

i've contacted BP to see if they have any information about them