Balaji Murthy

Tom, my sympathies are with you . You should probably add this link to the bottom of the page

http://moneyfactory.gov/100000goldcertificate.html

My birthday wishes to one of the most erudite posters on this site!! Happy Birthday!!

Like those Government of India notes. They cannot be very common. 20 rupees was even more than a gold Mohur, I believe a mohur was 15 rupees?

Yes Mohur (which literally means a seal) was a Gold coin worth 15 rupees. The Green underprint issues are a bit rarer than the later red underprint ones. Here is an example of the red underprint note (this type is easily available)

And here is an 1899.

And here is a 1901.

Finally, a note I can post . Here is a 1902.

Love to post a few on this thread, but every time I think, there is a something I've got, I am too late . Nonetheless, a great idea for the thread.

Banknote are usually too large to handle with tongs, tongs can easily put a fold in them if you are not careful. Tongs are best with something small like stamps. I agree with both TDP and Dave above that you should minimize touching the notes, but clean hands are usually good enough. Like TDP above, I touch my more expensive notes only on the sides/let them rest on my palm lightly, if they are out of sleeves.

Thanks.

Since Web Notes didn't really have the sheets that are used for generally printing currency, were there ever Uncut sheets with web notes?

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Very nice, congratulations!!

Her Majesty is also my 8 year old daughter.

One of the best posts I have read today!!!

It appears that the redesigned US $100 bill will finally be in the hands of the public this fall.

http://www.federalre...r/20130424a.htm

Let's hope this time the rollout is successful, unlike the big problem it became the last time this was tried.

http://www.coinpeopl...dollar-problem/

- Balaji

nice haul i Like the 1934 $50 with lime green ink error

I don't believe the light green seal/serial number are any error, that was a type. Both light green and dark green were issued.

I am amazed at and impressed with Scottishmoney's circulation finds.

I finally got around to reading the article. My compliments as well!!

They issued this series in two different versions, one in Serbian (Cyrillic), one in Bosnian (Roman), as I recall. In this Serbian issue, if you look at the name of Ivo Andric, they used the wrong letter to spell Andric's name. My understanding is that this was very offensive to the Serbian-speaking population of Bosnia.

 

 

The last letter, which is written on the note as ђ should actually be ћ. They are two completely different letters.

 

The 5 convertible mark note also has an error, although it wasn't this blatant. On the reverse of both language notes, they used only the Roman spelling of five, "PET" rather than "PET" for the Bosnian and "ПET" for the Serbian.

 

Thanks for the explanation. This would qualify the former note be an error issue then?

Congratulations. I enjoy your posts in the Banknote forum, so hopefully get to see more of that. Best wishes on your move.

Thanks for the response. I didn't notice that button, will do so in future.

Hello Admins,

Looks like there is a new spammer here. He/she registered on Dec 11th and already has 93 identical posts in several forums.

Needs to be taken care of.

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I have one of their coins, but no notes, sadly. And on that note, does Palestine (PLO or whatever their governemnt is called) issue money? I have Palestine stamps, but it probably is from the British mandate period.

Palestine doesn't issue any currency. I don't know the history too well, but I think after the British left, they likely stopped having their own currency and the Israeli currency came into being. Today the official currency in Palestine is the Israeli Shekel or the New Shekel. Recently, in the last couple of years Palestine has been seriously thinking about resurrecting the Palestinian Pound, but nothing has materialized yet.

But they didn't declare independence (yet?). There is also the Republic of Texas notes; I don't think they were recognized at all.

 

Well, how about the most interesting of them all then, Taiwan?

I really want a Saddam and Gaddafi notes, but I can never find them.

This cannot be a serious statement. Where are you looking? Many dealers have them. And especially on ebay, there are tons of both.

Being from India, that could have applied to me (ethics of collections related to oppressing regimes) collecting British currency and especially British (and Portuguese) Indian currency. As I said, from a collecting point of view it still is an important area.

Strictly my opinion. If one is into collecting, one cannot make judgments about the subject. Quite often the moral aspect is really unclear depending on what side of the argument you are on. Collecting "dictator" notes seems to be a fine theme, go for it. Even if you make a moral judgment, you can easily showcase that collection from that point of view.

Thank you. So of unrecognized countries only Transnistria and Somaliland have their own notes? I can't find from other declared states.

Off hand, I can recall Cook Islands and Faroe Islands that have their own currency.