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  1. I found your photo using photo google search. I have almost the same token design but without year. Have you found some more info?
  2. One nice banknote I got recently. netherlands1000g
  3. Just won two great banknotes on ebay. Portuguese 5000 reis 1901 P80 and 500 escudos 1922 P130. The 500 escudos type was involved in the (in)famous Angola and metropole fraud by Alves Reis. Here is the story about it: http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/21/burton.php
  4. I am so happy to now have got my most wanted banknote A Macau 10 pataca banknote of the first type (P3 in world paper money). It has been through a lot and has been restored, but what a historic and difficult banknote to have! This banknote purchase also means that I now have all 10 patacas banknotes that has been realeased (all types and years) including one that is not in the WPM. Well I have not all years of the P3 but that would be to much to aim for. My Webpage
  5. I found yesterday a Us. state quarter (New Hampshire) in my pocket change. Perhaps not so exciting you may think, but this happened were I live, in Sweden. It must have been misstaken for a swedish 1 krona coin although they differ somewhat. It has some signs of circulation, so it might have passed some hands in Sweden before I got it. As it is a missing piece in my state quarter collection I have singled it out for keeping. // Joakim
  6. The reason that our swedish 20kr (first issue) and the 100kr and 500kr banknotes (without the foil strip) is being invalid, is to narrow the range of valid issues. This will make it easier for the public and the banks and shops. There has also been a lot of forgeries of the older 500kr banknote. But do not be troubled, all swedish banknotes with the denomination krona(or) can be redeemable at the swedish riksbank, even the lowly 1kr banknote.
  7. This site is a gigantic database, were the members give information about their euro banknotes (and coins), and then put them back into circulation. Also when you give the info about the banknote, you get to know how many simillar banknotes that have been posted. If you are lucky someone else get your banknote, or you have picked up another members. This has actually happened sometimes. Here is the link: http://www.eurotracer.net/information/notes This site has also interesting info about euro banknotes.
  8. Actually known counterfeits were sometimes accepted by people. For example, in Rome during its later empire days, when small change were rare, crudely made obvious counterfeits were accepted into daily trade. I can think of buying copies. This because you then get the feeling how they appear, so you do not make otherwise costly misstakes.
  9. bifrost

    How long?

    For coins 1999, and banknotes 2002, when the euro was firmly in place in Euroland. To bad I did not start earlier when the national currencies were in place
  10. Covington: Check this site: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/french.html It has some information about the shiping line that is mentioned in your medal/token.
  11. French banknotes and their colonials are some of the most beautiful banknotes there are, in my opinion. Collors, artwork and the big size is fantastic. Yes, it is difficult to find binders to protect theese banknotes, and sending them via mail can be a bit hard. My father, who collects them (especialy the colonials), has to use big albums and only one banknote per page for many of them.
  12. In the mid eighties the bord of directors of the BNU bank (Banco National Ultramarino) gathered for a special meeting. The economical expansion of the Macau market had risen so much so a new high denomination banknote had to be released to the market. For the first time the high denomination of 1000 patacas was descided to hit the streets. One important thing was to show China that the portuguese were preparing for the handover 1999. This has also to be shown on the next series of banknotes. Also a date for the release had to be descided. A very special date was approaching and was therefore choosen. This was the 8th of August 1988. What is so special with that date, you might think? In China numbers and numerical combinations has held the interest of lots of people, in symbolism and folklore. It is easily seen in eBay, were a lot of deals of asiatic banknotes with special numbers are done with chinese people, both as buyers and sellers. Well, one more dimension to that is that chinese language can give with almost the same pronunciation very different meaning words. The number 4 has almost the same pronunciation as the word death, and is not very fun at all (for example asiatic hotel staff do not give rooms on the fourth floor to chinese or they can get insulted). The number 8 on the other hand is sounding simillar to the word wealth, and is therefore the best number. A banknote with numbers 88888888 is king, but can actually be beaten. If you put number 1 in front of 8 you get the meaning be rich, but only in that order. In other meaning 141414 is very bad. Well back to the date. 8/8 1988 is as you now can see a good and realy rare date. The front of the banknote shows a chinese dragon, a powerful symbol. It is big with the dimensions 163 X 81.5 mm. This is the first Macau banknote that does not show any portuguese symbol (the series before shows the portuguese republican arms), which was a very important mark, to show to the chinese goverment. The back shows a view of the Macau city and the Macau-Taipa bridge. I shall describe more about that, a bit later. The BNU bank had for a long time been the only big and important bank in Macau. But 1991 the BOC (Bank Of Cina, Macau branch) made a big impact when their HQ building in Macau were finished. 160m high with 38 floors, and a rocketshape, it is a dominant buiding on the Macau skyline. Here it is shown on the back of a 1995 BOC 10 patacas banknote. The bank building is situated rather close to the waterfront and suprise, suprise, close to their rival the puny (at that time) BNU HQ. Well it did not take long time for the BOC to demand more power over the Macau finances, including the right to make their own banknotes. In an effort to appeace the BOC the BNU descided to make some adjustments to the then (1992) newly designed 100patacas banknote, which would be followed on the 20p and the 50p. Here is the back of the BNU 100p banknote. It is also showing a view of the Macau city and the Macau-Taipa bridge. Se if you can spot the differences between this one and the 1000p and then read further on. Well, it is basically the same view, with only a slightly different angle. Some of the buildings are simillar, but one that should now be familiar is only showing on the 100p. It is of course the BOC HQ, situated as I said before, close to the waterfront. The BNU changed the back of the newly designed banknotes to show that. But it was of no help. 1995 the BOC was allowed to give out banknotes at a fifty-fifty basis to the BNU. As a reult of that (maybee) the 10P, 500P and 1000P backs were not changed, and were continously released with the old skyline. Also, the small BNU office was upgraded to a skyscraper with flashing neon signs on the top. It is a realy interesting building as the old structure is still standing at the bottom, but overbuilt by a hugh glass structure. To end the story, it can be said that until 2010 the BNU and the BOC is jointly releasing banknotes for Macau. My sources at the BNU say that they have got confirmation until 2049 for BNU releases, but are not completly shure.
  13. Here are the pics of the two Macau banknotes: It is the front of the 10 pataca 1995 banknote from Banc of China, Macau branch. It shows a lighthouse were you get a comanding view of the city and taipa island. The houses beside are from the old portuguese fort, but now much modified. Back of the same note. Shows the Banc of China head office building. In another topic I am going to write soon, I shall tell more about this. It is the front of the Macau 50 patacas 1981 banknote. It shows the portuguese national hero, Luis de Camoes (he is blind in one eye and not winking as some people thinks). The banknote comes with the presidente signature. Back of the banknote. I had to use my uncirculated 50p (without presidente sign) for this picure as the other was to dirty to get any good focus on the details (they have the same back motifs). It shows a scene over the city from the 19th century.
  14. Friedman: That is really nice and impressive banknotes! Are you a specialized Norweigan collector? Only a 1000 norweigan crowns bank note have about the face value as a 100 and a 50 USD bill, and the collector value are much higher especially if unc. Today I got in the mail a Macau 50patacas 1981 (presidente signature), Macau 10patacas 1995 Bank of China (in collection because of a AA prefix) and a Portugal 1982 26/10 1000 Escudos banknote. Joakim
  15. The last one: It is a Macau 50 patacas 1992 banknote seen in regular light. It shows a lion dance figure, traditional from chinese festivals. Under UV-light a yellow-green, lilac and slightly red stylised figure of The Lion dance appears. This one is my favourite UV banknote.
  16. Next one in the line: It is a 20 patacas from 1996 in regular light. The building to the right is the old head office of the BNU bank (Banco National Ultramarino), which is one of the two emissors of banknotes in Macau. The same banknote under UV-light. A strange bird figure is seen in yellow-green light.
  17. I am happy that you like them. I have first now been experimenting how to take the pictures, and have had some troubles. You have to balance the right amount of lightning against the right amount of UV-lightning and angle it as good as possible. The 100kr is also nice under UV, with a hidden text showing up in green I think. Here is some more results from my photography: This is a Macau 100patacas 1992 seen under regular light. I am sorry about the blurring. The same banknote under UV-light. A map of the city of Macau is lightened up in a yellow-green colour.
  18. There are a lot of interesting details in banknotes, some are hidden to the eye. Here is a nice example that is revealed under UV-light Normal light Sweden 50kr 2003. Musical lines lighted up in a nice red colour. Se one more example in my gallery
  19. Here is a site with many interesting bank note related links to go through: http://webhome.idirect.com/~mjp/mjpwww.html
  20. Thanks for the information. It is good news, and as I hoped.
  21. Former Yougoslavian Republic of Macedonia douze points! (As the speakers has to say fast, in the Eurovision song contest).
  22. I have recently bought three banknotes that have been cancelled. Two of them have been cancelled by making big holes in either side of the banknote, and the last has been stamped several times with the word INUTILIZADO. Should I grade the banknotes according to the damage done during the cancellation procedure or not? Or perhaps an overall subjective grading? The grading dependend on the answer, can vary as much as G (missing parts)to VF, if one follows the IBNS grading system.
  23. Portuguese banknotes are interesting to collect. They have a lot of historical scenes to show and are beautiful too. The only drawback is that most banknotes before 1960 are soo expensive. Their value has gone up a lot and are much higher than the prices listed in World Paper Money. Good luck with your collection whichever path you may choose! Joakim
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