Dave M

Two wonderful notes, Madison. I just love the Schoelcher note, especially the back. The great art deco lettering and bright colors... wow! Dave

Ah, good catch. Oberthur has printed many recent notes. Unfortunately most don't have that "French look" and personally I haven't decided whether to start collecting them. But they certainly extend the scope of a French-printed banknote collection! Thanks Dave

Interesting, thank you for the link. Looks like another book I should have! Dave

Madison, thanks for posting all the pics, you've got quite the collection there... Here's my new Yugoslavia note: Artist is Clement Serveau, engraver is Deloche, printed Banque de France. Can't get much more French than that Dave

bg: Is this a Bulgarian note? And is it printed in France? I can't find reference to it. Dave

I don't know, actually. Yugoslavia's gone through a lot of turmoil right around that time, so perhaps they had the printing presses running overtime... Here's a new note for today (obviously not the one from Yogoslavia that I'm still waiting for). This one from Germany, and the other note in the set, are the last notes printed by Banque de France outside of her ex-colonies (for which notes are printed to this day). Dave

Why its just a *fraction* of the size of that dollar! Dave

Beautiful notes, Madison! I've got a nice Yugo note coming in the mail, I can't wait for it. Will post a pic up when it gets here... Dave

Nothing says it can't be cool and insane at the same time Obviously I picked one of the cheapest notes for this project, so it won't kill me financially, and I can comfortably grab pretty much any of these as they surface, with the hopes that some day I might have that seriously rare collection. Dave

Wonderful! Those are some real nice notes, the African ones always seem to tell a nice story of local life. Here's a new project of mine, it may possibly be the project from hell. But so far the hunt has been fun: http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/WAS110.php Dave

Beautiful test notes, Dave. Does the cover say who printed them? Dave 2

Another note I've been looking for, a long time. The 100dr Greece note, for some reason seems to be a lot harder to find than the 50dr or the 1000dr. Dave

Here's a note I've been looking for, for quite a while. French West Africa P-27. I see many of these in well-worn condition, but this is the best I've found (probably grades AU, as it has a flattened fold down the center).

A new purchase - Algeria P-125, this note was nicer (and bigger!) than I had expected. The detail at the bottom is just great.

Thank you sir! It's been a long time collecting these, many were purchased when prices weren't so high... Here's my latest French-printed note: From Montenegro, yep Banque de France printed this - note the similarity to many of the early French Colonies notes with the oval frame, anchor, etc. Dave

That's a beautiful note. I hadn't seen the version with red on the sides, it's quite stunning. Dave

I've made some additions to FrenchBanknotes.com over the last couple weeks. Several new Comoros notes, making it tempting to try to "complete" the country, a couple from Romania, and several from West African States. I've also started an attempt to get a note from every country and date code for the Shepherd with Zebus 500fr Central African States note. That collection is embarrasingly small at the moment, but I'm looking forward to chasing down more of these. Dave

Thanks! Hopefully it was just some glitch with the site, it seems fine to me. Try it again? http://www.FrenchBanknotes.com/ Dave

Cool, I'll look forward to finding a few notes on this site. I'm doing the same thing with the various Africa note - one of each type is good enough for me right now (and most likely the cheapest one of the bunch). Dave

Thanks Dave, glad you like them! I've been slowly going through folks' web sites, and have to say your French-printed notes in Africa were the ones that made me join the site and engage in a bit of discussion. I am curious if you and the other Africa collectors are actively looking to get all the banknotes from W.A.S and C.A.S., with just the different branch codes for each country, or whether you're satisfied with one of each image. I also wonder how often multiple folks from this site may be bidding on the same note on eBay, while yet another member is the seller For those that are saving bookmarks, note that I grabbed the domain http://www.FrenchBanknotes.com and moved my collection over there - it sounds so much more prestigious Dave

Thanks folks, it's a labor of love, I guess. And it will certainly never end, my wallet is not thick enough! Dave

Hi All, I've been looking for a banknote forum, this looks like it! I went back though a lot of posts and enjoyed the photos very much. Makes it nice to see some of these notes, and pencil down a future "I NEED that NOTE" comment on my list. So I'll offer up my banknote collection, or at least the part of it that's online, for your enjoyment and comment. It is France and French-Printed notes and I've been putting it together for quite a few years. I just recently reorganized and added greatly to the web site. I am particularly interested in additional resources and documentation on details of printing and what-not for these notes, if you have any links or books I should have. I am not exactly sure, for example, that the notes I have listed as French Printed are actually such (and am certainly open to correction). Thanks Dave