Grant Ness

If you find yourself in Orlando, a couple of the malls there have foreign exchange booths in them: - Florida Mall - Mall at Millenia I've gotten stuff from both places before. Usually the very nice weekend girl at Florida Mall will take the time to search for better condition notes, if you ask. (and it's not busy)

Bhutan: Bundles of 1 and 5 Ngultrum Sri Lanka: Bundles of 10 and 20 Rupee Some loose low denomination Ngultum Three different versions of the Hong Kong 20 Dollar Bills: Courtesy of a traveling friend. Not exactly UNC, but still really cool Everything, all together.

Busy Month for me. My side job is booming, so I figured why not be nice to myself? Besides, the dollar (US that is) isn't what it used to be, so buy while you can, right? Some new Venezuelan Bolivars (pegged at 2.15, but black market around 5:1) Some new Saudi low denomination notes New Colombian small size 1000 and 2000 Peso notes Trinidad and Tobago: Small denominations. These photos do not do them justice. I just want to accumulate more of these. Haiti: another place with beautiful notes. They almost feel like canvas paper. The Yuan: Maybe headed for parity someday with the dollar? These were an odd find...at my local flea market we have some chinese merchants who put them out for 2/1.00 US. I managed to haggle them down to 6/1.00 US. At today's close: 6.99:1 Malawi: Bundles of 5 and 10 Kwacha

I was able to get mine from a Travelex at the airport. I called ahead and asked what they had, and if they could hold it for me so I could get it. My cost: 30 minutes parking at the airport, the face value of the notes + their commission cost. (I think it was a 5.95 charge, but after I came back a second time, she waived it for me.) I don't know where you are, but the Tampa airport always seems to have an abundance of UNC notes on Mondays.

I got most of these a while ago, but never posted. After taking pics of the items I have for sale (go check it out!), I took these as well. The only brand new item is the new Venezuelan notes. New Venezuelan Bolivares Notes Some Bundles of Serbian Dinar. (these were cheap! =D) Some Bundles of Zambian Kwacha. A handful of Iraqi Dinar. Believe it or not, a local exchange place buys them back. >_<

After finally clearing out all the tech extras and parts I had, I was able to buy a *whole bunch* of stuff with the proceeds. Hooray for clearing clutter and profiting from it! Croatian 5 Kuna (x21) Croatian 10 Kuna (x9) Estonian 5 Krooni (x30) Estonian 10 Krooni (x10) Slovakian 20 Koruna (x10) Slovakian 50 Koruna (x10) Jordanian 1 Dinar (x8) Maldivian 5 Rufiyaa (x20) Zambian 500 Kwacha (x13) Ethiopian 1 Birr (x4) Serbian 10 Dinar (x33) Serbian 20 Dinar (x15) Serbian 50 Dinar (x11) Nepal 1 through 20 Rupees Set (x5) Bank Bundle of Serbian 10 Dinar (100 ct) Bank Bundle of Bhutan 1 Ngultrum (100 ct) Australian 5 Dollar (x10) New Zealand 5 Dollar (x5) New Zealand 10 Dollar (x5) 3 huge lots of Bimetallic Coins (seems to be mainly Portugal Reis and Escudos, French Francs, and Ecuador Sucres) A huge lot of Mexican Silver Coinage, for way, way under spot. (i paid .34c a coin, BV is 12.00) Argentinan 1 Austral (x80, VF), 5 Austral (x60, VF), 10 Austral (x50, VF), 50 Austral (x40, VF) and 100 Austral (x20, VF) I don't usually go after old silver or outmoded notes, but the silver can be re-sold, and my poker compatriots prefer using outmoded notes to chips (as do I, it's just cooler) Oddly Enough, some of this stuff came from a bank, in UNC shape. I was shocked. It's a lot to scan, so it might be a while before I scan this. More to get later this week, after I move the silver lot at the coin shop! =D

Dbang - Yes, those coins are probably counterfeit. I'm no coin expert, so if another coin expert pops us and can tell me more, great. Superbeast - I'm a bit of a hoarder when it comes to the notes I like (like the slovenian ones), but I can part with some. How many are you looking for? I also have some new additions: Courtesy of Spain No 1. Thanks Alfonso! More of the Surinamese Birds. I love these notes! I just want to buy them all, hoard them, and when I someday start my own island nation (lol), i'll use them as the currency.

Rummage Sale Stuff (from a local flea market) 39 UNC 5 Nicaragua Centavos Notes, Unknown year. Picked these up for a couple bucks for the whole lot. A half bundle of 1 Chinese Yuan Notes, most are AU-UNC, about 15 bucks. A whole mess of used and circulated Slovenian Tolar (20, 50, 100 and 500 Tolar), picked up for 5 bucks (!) I know this isn't the coins forum, but I found these today too. 4 Silver Eagles, and a Silver Buffalo (bought for well below melt!) Some old Churchill Commemoratives from 1965 Some old chinese coins in the 4 for a dollar bucket. Can't identify these, but they probably arent anything special.

Recently Arrived: 20x 5 Malawi Kwacha (perhaps the oddest shade of green i've seen on a note) 5x Croatian 5 Kuna 3x Croatian 10 Kuna 5x Kenyan 50 Shillings 3x Kenyan 100 Shillings 20x Iraqi 50 Dinars (very colorful) 10x Iraqi 250 Dinars 5x Uganda 1000 Shillings 10x Estonian 5 Krooni 20x Indian 5 Rupee 10x Indian 10 Rupee 3 Sets of 5, 10, 20 and 50 Nigerian Naira 10x Macedonian 10 Dinara 5x Macedonian 50 Dinara 3x Macedonian 100 Dinara 5x 1 Sudanese Pound 2x 2 Sudanese Pound

Some new stuff.... An assortment of Baht A few Colombian large size notes Some notes from Kyrzygstan A handful of Cambodian 50 and 100 Riel notes Some small size notes from Bhutan. I continue to be amazed at how everyone else in the world sees money. Looking at US money, it seems rather....dull in comparison. I found some neat stuff (on the cheap, too. always looking for bargains) that, given the snails' pace that ebay sellers usually travel at, should arrive in a few weeks time: a lot of 5 polymers (5 New Zealand Dollar, 2x 2 Singapore Dollar, 1 Brunei Dollar, 2 Samoan Tala) for 6.50 (!) a set of 5, 10, 20 and 50 Nigerian Naira (New for 2006) for 5.10 per lot (bought 3)

Got some new stuff. 10 Swiss Francs - Courtesy of jtryka. Thanks for the great sale! These are the aforementioned West African Francs. I'd love to get more of these. Indian Rupees, without the requisite staple holes. Some Philippines small bills. These feel nice to the touch. Some Honduran small bills. The design looks old on these. I just cleared out my tech bench (anyone need computer parts? PM me.) and am going to have a garage sale to clear em out. After that, i'll order some more stuff.

Bought a 10 Swiss Franc Note from Jeff. Arrived promptly, as described in UNC shape. Great Seller!

The winnings of a few auctions just arrived today: 3x West African States 1000 Franc (2003) F 2x West African States 2000 Franc (2003) A 1x West African States 5000 Franc (2003) A 4x India 10 Rupees (2006 issue) I also found a neat import/export place local to me that gets stuff from time to time. They have a whole bunch of lesser known circulating currencies for dirt cheap. Saving up for a big buy there later. I'll scan those three WAS notes in later, going on a mini vacation this weekend.

Estonian Small Bills Russian Rubles Rwandan Francs Brazilian Reais Canadian Dollars - UNC from a Travelex Kiosk! Chinese Yuan Remnibi - Someday at parity with the USD? Armenian Dram - Nices looking notes from Central Asia, IMO

Yet more stuff came in today. Woo! I need a better storage container A bundle of those really nice Suriname notes from 2000 A Scottish 5 Pound Note - Jack Nicklaus version 3 of the 4 20 HKD Notes A metric ton of notes from Indonesia Congolese Francs