Dave

Nice note, Baxuss! These notes certainly have a lot of history to them. I've read a little about some of them and there are quite a few that have some interesting history. I remember reading about a guy who was had to get some printing plates smuggled in by submaring, then hike through the jungles for a couple weeks, avoiding Japanese patrolls, and going through the heavy forest just to deliver the plates. Thanks for posting!

That's some schedule you have there, Mike! But it sure beets having nothing to do. Also, kids grow and change.. Me too, only my growing and changing is in the middle these days. But thanks for reminding me about an important fact that I overlooked and in my haste have forgotten to rectify more than once: This isn't just for US holidays, nor just for Christian holidays. Hannukah, Ramadan, kristalnacht, Japans Emperor's day, Bastille day, you get the idea... This should be open to all holidays the world over. Guy Fawkes day is comming up quick on November 5th. That said, let's get on with some more posts.

That's awesome, Art! I've never seen this one before.... guess I'd better expand my collection to 10,000, huh? hahahaha (ad infinitum)

Well, Hallowe'en is over at my place. It was a decent run with those little Trick or Treaters, but the first of the big three holidays in the US is over and now we're going onto the next one, THanksgiving. Our good friends to the north in Canada have already had their THanksgiving, but we've got another three weeks to go yet for ours. That should give us enough time to place a few nice images from banknotes that have even a slight reference to the big day. Cornucopias, banquets, Native Americans, Pilgrims, Ships, etc, should be easily found on broken banknotes. For me, I'll start this off with a nice $5 note from 1914. On the reverse there are two vignettes, one of Columbus sighting land (should've started this for Columbus day, eh?) and the other is a depiction of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth. There is another note with a nice vignette of the pilgrims landing - a National Banknote from 1902 - anyone have one to post? 1914 $5

Nice set Dave M.... Never seen that last one in a collection before. Great notes!

An Amazing note Madison! That's a great addition to your collection - Congratulations!

Beautiful Austro-Hungarian note there, Saor Alba! From what I could tell, it's from 1881 ... scarcely seen note from my perspective, anyway. Congrats on the purchase, and thanks for posting it!

Well, it appears that there's not much interest in this thread after all. Well, be that as it may, I'll give it a few more injections before it fades away. Again for Hallowe'en, there's a great note - This banknote is not mine, though I wish it were. The image is from Ron Wise’s website and the scan was donated by Todd Hunt. This is a Swiss 1000 Franc banknote from 1971. The reverse depicts “The Danse Macabre”, or the Dance of the Dead, which is a depiction of death gathering souls to dance along their way to the grave. There were many paintings of the Danse Macabre done throughout history, the first being in 1424. Over the years, these paintings were intended to instill into people who saw them the sense that life is fleeting and that you should not waste your life on vanities and frivolity. Death leads the dance for everyone: the rich and the poor, the pious as well as the heathen, both the young and the old, the ugly as well as the beautiful. Like the Pied Piper, he leads us all to our eventual fate. Boo!

Got these in the post today. 2010 Congo 500 Francs commemorative of 50 Years of Independence 2007 Nicaragua 50 Cordobas 2010 Nicaragua 50 Cordobas Commemorative of 50 Years of the Central Bank Polymer

I do not. I would suggest that you might try searching for past/ended auctions on sites such as Heritage, Bowers and Morena, etc. Do you have the note, or are you looking to sell. It is a nice one to have, that's for certain!

Very nice gift from Egypt! All nice notes!

Nice Bird - Beautiful Plumage! But is that Bambi and Thumper on back? If so, I gotta have it!

Indeed! Those are nice New York sawbucks. To me Hamilton looks a bit younger in the newer note. Must have something to do with his hair.

There's just something about these that a lot of us like. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that it's so vivid and that the one yak is pink too.

Got all my shipments in today. A lot of scanning, but it's a lobor of love.

I've been asked to make a thread about this and I thought that I would make it for all holidays so that it can encompass much more than just one holiday. We're starting this one off with Hallowe'en as it's the beginning of the three favorite holidays (at least in the US). I'm not certain that I have much, but I thought I would add some odd creatures and other typical images that are at least associated with the holiday, even though it is certain that they do not have anything to do with Hallowe'en itself. I suppose this may be true of the other holidays as well, but nevertheless, here goes! Germany has about the best notes for Halloween that I have found. THey have perhaps the only note with a monster name: The Vampire Note: This was from an image in a painting depicting a young german man with a hidden image of a vampire at his neck. Supposed to be a symbol of the WWI War reparations and how the French Government was sucking the life blood out of Germany. Again with the German notes, but this time with the Notgeld Issued called Serienschein (series Notes). These local notes were meant to be collected and were not typically used. They depicted a whole host of images, many of them dealing with the folklore of the local areas,which as we can tell from the following notes also encompassed some of teh tales of witchcraft and, I believe, a telling of the story 'Dr. Faustus' featuing the ol'e devil himself as Faustus sells his soul. I'm not quite certain what it is that's happening in them all, but we can get a glimpse of what's going on. Romania falls short with it's obvious ties to vampires, but it does have a depiction of a type of sea serpent, the context of which I am unfamiliar, though as it falls into the Monster category, it goes in here: As with the last one, I have this one with a great 'monster' on it from Indonesia. Again, I'm not sure of the context, but I'm putting it here because it has fangs and skulls. I use this one as my avatar on a couple of other sites as well. And that brings me to Portugal. I've seen some great notes from here - some of the most beautiful ones in my collection, in fact. But this one has a type of demon looking creature. Anyone out there who can tell us exactly what this is? How about anyone else? have a coin or paper money that has something that could fit into this thread?

Here's the original stuff I wrote: Supertitions I've always found them quite fascinating. But as for Hallowe'en, We could also post images of notes or coins with monsters, creatures, etc, too I suppose. Might be a good thread, no?

Wow - Nice set of consecutives! Great pair of notes there!

WHenever I see this portrait of Simon Rodriguez I have the same thing run through my mind: "Has anyone seen my glasses?" But it is a nice note, and I too love the parrot on the reverse.

Very Nice! I like this one a lot. The vignettes are great, and the fact that there is a scene depicted for the region as well is a plus. Any idea on who the woman was, or is it just an allegorical representation?

Your flock is multiplying rapidly! Nice new notes. I espescially like the Ukrainian one - It's hard for me to locate modern issues of Ukraine notes, and I think their designs are quite nice.

Nice Tatarstan Note. I've always thought they were neat.

Three new Hansatsu came in today.

Well, when I got home the Postman stopped off and was nice enough to hand me this so I would n't have to go fetch it from the post office tomorrow! Thought that was very decent of him. Michigan, Bank of Chippeway 2 Dollars dated 1838. My first 'broken' or 'wildcat' banknote. Think it may be a remainder, but I couldn't pass it up.

You know, I had just seen a blurry photo of N. Koreas Kim Jong Un, and when I first glimpsed this note, I thought "Wow! They've wasted no time!" But then quickly realized my mistake. Then I saw the nude in what at first seemed to me like standing on a balcony with arms spread out to several sombrero wearing guys, and then I quickly realized it wasn't..... Maybe I need glasses? Maybe it's better without? Nice note though, Saor Alba. When my eyes adjusted properly, I could appreciate it for it's intended design, instead of my temporary fabricated myopic one.