Scottishmoney

This is undeserving of a fine collection as yours, but my numismatic harem will gladly oblige you, and take this off your hands.

Almost forgot this one from Ghana.

Togo 2000 Francs. Togo 2500 Francs

Japan 5,000 Yen Colombia 10,000 Pesos Togo 500 Francs

Estonia 100 Krooni, 2007 Guinea 1000 Francs Indonesia 10000 Rupiah, 1998

Bulgaria 50 Lev Cameroun 500 Francs 1983 Czechoslovakia 10 Korun 1960.

Like Eddie the III'rd, I may have to get a really really nice one of those once more, I had one years ago but pillaged it off on the fleaMarket.

The German Rentenbank was launched in 1924, it translates as the Stabilisation Bank, and older inflated Reichsmarks were exchanged 1 Billion : 1 new Rentenmark. This 5 Rentenmark note was issued beginning in 1926, and saw issue up through 1948, even though the Nazis were printing a 5 Reichsmark dated 1942 with a different design. This note features the vignette of a rural farm girl and is P-169, it is a note which is surprisingly scarce in VF or higher but common in lower grades.

They are on the way as we speak, I bought a load from Togo, Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Ghana etc. But you can appreciate when you get into the 1950's and 1960's it is practically non-existent in collectable grade, when you can find it the prices are phenomenal. Currently for my collecting theme I am expecting notes from Spain, Cuba, the USA(15¢ Fractional), US MPC's - huge load of those, including $20's, more from Northern Ireland, Czechoslovakia, Colombia, Estonia, Bulgaria and Indonesia. I just got one today from Germany, the 1926 5RM with the girl.

I like those Djibouti and Madagascar notes, I can say you inspired me to venture into these African countries notes. Just such colourful notes with great designs, and quite scarce

Yeah, it kind of does make you wonder what Guthrum or Gundred was thinking whence he created the die for the piece. Dontcha wish sometimes you could go back in time and check out old mints from thence:)

Wonder if some leftover and unsaved Pagan put the star on the die, instead of the usual obligatory cross of subjugation?

What is the deal with the cross in the centre of the coin? Looks like it was double struck, as this should be a cross, but I see no doubling on the letters.

Being found with the Villa note in your possession by the opposition could have gotten you a death sentence in 1916 Mexico. The Netherlands Indies note is neat, I have seen those in my Netherlands searches. Nice CSA note too, those have appreciated well in value lately.

The price range on uncirculated notes range from $25-$300 depending on the series. Post what the series is, and I can give you a price range on it, I have the new Friedberg sitting in my file cabinet.

I think a cross check thing for vignettes from ABN would be so cool. I just know stuff from having collected and researched the vignettes, of course my main interest is attractive females, so I remember the best ones.

The Russian note is lovely, and the prices on that series have been moving up significantly lately. It is an ABN printed note, and curiously the vignette, sans the double headed eagle, has been used on some Latin American notes also. The same with the other vignette on the other denomination, I think it was used on an Ecuadorian charter banknote, and also one from El Salvador. Many of the ABN company vignettes were used on several nations currencies, the reverse of the 5.000 Czechoslovakian from 1920 was also face on the 100 FF French specimen of 1918.

Poor George Bush, sends out the funds, and we go and spend it on foreign relationships monies, he even googlered it on the internets.

Didn't I once buy some Thai notes from you? I have a fairly decent Thai collection going now, they have some of the best commems around.

That narsty golden addiction came my way yet again today.

One I have to admit was a very very fortunate eBay purchase, one I had not even watched, but happened upon one evening looking for bargains. This note is one I have wanted for awhile, it was the inspiration for other SE Asian notes that were issued later in Laos. It is one that is very difficult to find in nicer grade, ie above VF and usually when it is found it is in very heavily circulated condition. Many lovely young ladies appeared on the colonial French notes issued for her far flung possessions around the world, unfortunately early on, most of them were French. Later on, with greater agitation by nationalists in her colonies, France began to issue paper money that showed the people from her diverse possessions instead of French women. This lovely note was issued in 1954, was issued in Cambodia, the reverse of the note has an image of Angkor Wat, but similar notes with different reverses were issued in Laos and in Viet-Nam. The three ladies are emblematic of the ethnic diversity of French Indochina, in this case represented by a Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese women. This note is P-97. BTW Dave, I am going to ask you not to post anymore African notes, I really have to like the colours and designs of them, they are so tempting, but would cause me to stray again from a hoarding theme.

I have people on the inside in several of my banks, spesh the one where I got the 1934 $C note. She has been a very very good person to have, she has an eye for good stuff coming through and always saves for me what she doesn't want first. In the last week I have gotten over $300 in older style bills from her, the C note was the best though.

My most recent acquisition that has arrived anyway. Northern Ireland, Bank of Ireland £5 1958. Now I just need the £10 from this series and I will be a happy camper.

The subject of the 20 Bolivares fuertes: In late 2007 Venezuela revalued the Bolivar, 1000:1, the new currency is referred to as the "Bolivar Fuertes" ~ literally "strong Bolivar". The subject of this 20 Bolivares note is Luisa Caceres de Arimendi, a heroine of the Venezuelan struggle for independence from Spanish rule early in the 19th century. At the young age of 16 and pregnant, she was imprisoned by the Spanish in an attempt to extract information on her husband, General Juan Bautista Arismendi, a freedom fighter and contemporary of Simon Bolivar. Despite her imprisonment, she never revealed whatever she knew about the freedom fighters, and was subsequently freed by the Spanish. She died in 1866.