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And while we're at it, here's a 1932:
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It ain't pretty and it ain't rare but it's a 1933...
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French India - 1945.
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1952...from Bermuda!
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...And 1964.... (back to British colonial, while we're on colonials !)
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Here's 1965:
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Here's a trio of Guinea-Bissau notes from 1975
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1979 - from Cyprus:
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Soviet & Imperial Russian Notes - Prices shooting up??
rbethea replied to Rhino's topic in Banknote Forum
Yeah, it's definitely cheaper here in the States, although you are absolutely correct that the prices have SOARED in the past 2-4 years. Check out the December auction from Aurea (in Prague) and you'll see what I mean. I think this is a function of new Russian wealth (I've heard some stories about the new wealthy sending agents to buy no matter the cost) as well as renewed nationalism from "the Putin effect." Scottishmoney's correct about even the worthless currency. The 1000 ruble notes, for example, from 1993 are even selling, in unc condition, for $5-$10 in some places. It's crazy. Even the 1991 1000 ruble note, in UNC condition, catalogues (in the Russian catalog) for $140 (5000 rubles). The rarest stuff, there's no telling. If you have two titans, the sky's the limit. -
Is a $100,000 dollar note illegal to have?
rbethea replied to curiousnewbie's topic in Banknote Forum
The only way we can tell is if we see an image, however, as the others have said, you would be the luckiest man on earth if you did have an original one. Since they were only used between banks I would hardly believe one would make it to the Philippines nor can I imagine a reason it would be flying over eastern Asia. Regarding the gold bar, whoever said you need to melt it down is horribly mistaken. You can take a small scraping off the surface to determine if the outside is gold (it would make an indistinguishable mark). To tell if it is SOLID gold, you would need to make a very small drilling through the center. Take the shavings and melt just the shavings down to determine what the center material is. There may be other ways to do this that I am not aware of. But bottom line is that you don't need to destroy the bar to determine if it's gold or not. First and foremost, regarding the bar, take the dimensions, determine what it SHOULD weight (use the density of gold to turn volume to weight) and then actually weight it. If it's even close, then you'll have to do the other tests, as some metals weight very close to gold (I think Tungsten is a common fake gold material). -
The year of my birth, 1986:
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These are quite common on freshly printed notes where the embossing is very strong. They don't really carry any premium unless it's the entire side. That portion at the top of the obverse sees this frequently.
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Love that 2000 kronur note, Dave. Here's two nice notes I got in January.
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Does no one have a 1996? - here's one...
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It's kind of hard to see it, but the date is right above the signature. 1997
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Here's a tough little note - Pick 197a from Russia. 3 Chervontsa from 1924. Blank reverse. Also a Bahamian Pick 37a 5 dollar note from L. 1974.
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Ah, yeah, good point. It actually still says 10,000 (десять тысячь) right on the front - missed it! By that fact and since the guilloches with "100,000" on front look okay, I'd say these are counterfeit and amend my previous statement.
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Just looking at them, they look real, but they're not the general Russian issue, they're a special regional issue. I don't have a specialized catalog to reference to give you the number/location, though.
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Here's a neat note. Didn't pay too much for it, due to the missing corner, however I've only seen two others for sale (by the same dealer) and the cheaper one was up for 1100 euros (with a big center hole). Anyway, a neat surprise to find in a brick and mortar store! It's Tahiti P-2b. Also got this for under $10. A nice example that goes well with my other KGVI from 1952.
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Thank you for the information. I am familiar that the Denisov books exist, although I haven't had the time yet to actually acquire them or read through them. My knowledge of Russian is working, but by no means fluent. One-Kuna - I've been all through the fox-notes.ru forums as well as some of the bonistika.net forums - I'll do a better search of the latter and see if anything pops up. Thank you again - I'll check out those resources you both mentioned.
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Hello. I sent that note to Steve. Thanks for putting it up here and providing me a link. Below are the 5 ruble and 1000 ruble notes from 1895. They all look more or less the same except the dates on the reverse are changed and some of the text on the obverse is changed to match the years. They printed a 50 and 100 ruble set in 1876 with the 5 to 1000 ruble series in 1886, 1895, and 1896. Images of the 1895 series are more or less out there. The other three years, though, are impossible to locate. They all feature the образецъ stamping. I'm hoping to find out more about what these were used for (is it as intuitive as the title of the notes would suggest - metal deposit receipts?) and to find images of the other three elusive series (1876, 1886, 1896). Thanks again for your help!
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Wow, Scottishmoney, this is right in your wheelhouse! Isn't this your collecting genre?
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Very nice website! Which is your favorite note? Or the one your most proud of?
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please evaluate 'banknotes' part of the collection
rbethea replied to dmi3's topic in Banknote Forum
I would, unfortunately, tend to agree with MMMM on this one. -
This was issued in Morocco. By the Pick reference, it is P-41 issued in 1944. It is a WWII issue - probably an emergency issue. A pretty neat note and a nice image for such a small note, but this is not a particularly rare note. Edit: They also issued notes similar in size in the 1 franc (dark green) and 2 franc (dark maroon) denomination.