Balaji Murthy

I thought I would do a facebook on coinpeople today by "liking" Scottishmoney's impressive responsive, but failed miserably

and this was my first (ever). Apparently, I am not authorized to send any positive vibes on CP .

As always, I am amazed and impressed with the breadth and depth of knowledge of some members here, with Scottishmoney at the head of that list.

Actually, I think rbethea's advise is sound and still holds true. If I were a collector of straps or stacks, I would still take a nearly intact one, especially, if that stack is reasonably uncommon.

I agree with the recommendation above, especially since Mavin are the official MAS auctioneers as well. Good luck.

From what I understand they were made by Komori Machinery Printing in the 1980s. This is a pretty obscure note though, I have the only one I have ever seen for sale.

Thank you. This is the first and only type I have seen related to India.

Here is one printed by Komori Machinery Printing of Sussex UK:

 

 

Presumably this is an advertising note for the Indian market - notice the numerals in the serial number are very similar to those used on Indian banknotes.

 

Scottishmoney, do you know the vintage for the notes with the India numbering format? And yes they are distinctly Indian. I recall seeing these or similar notes a few years ago, but they weren't available for sale.

I think that is a fair comment. I wasn't making a judgment on the issue itself, rather just highlighting that after relatively for a long time, the new series seem to be beset with needless controversies. First, the reaction about the Vimy memorial on the $20 bill, and then this.

BoC purges image of Asian-looking woman from $100 banknotes

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.c...7#ixzz246ztADAM

To Dave M. There could be two possibilities. One, the person owning the above website simply appropriated the images from your website and attached a blanket acknowledgment and considered that good in case you or someone else complained about the stolen images. Second, he/she pulled the images from a third website (e.g. Ron Wise's) where you may indeed have donated the scans and retained the attributions from that site.

I saw the images of the note. This is an attempt by a very ignorant journalist to stir up some sensationalism, nothing more. People should completely ignore it. It looks like a lot of thought has gone into the design of the note and some very appropriate imagery has been incorporated.

I am curious! What is a coinstar collection?

Try the following links, very brief, but should be a good starting point.

http://www.uspapermoney.info/general/chron_s.html

http://www.uspapermoney.info/general/deliv_s.html

I am not much knowledgeable about US currency, there should be people here who can certainly add to this.

Hope this helps!!

Yes, these are fake.

That's one fine Italian note there, MauMau. But as I am not familiar with the painting, I have to ask: Is the fellow at the far right a blue Hindu God or a Zombie? Looks more like a zombie to me. Just kidding, of course, but if you do know, I'd be interested in the answer.

Usually, I enjoy the posts on this forum, however, the above post was in poor taste. I realize no malice was intended instead perhaps humor was, unfortunately off color and it speaks of general ignorance and stereotypes. BTW, there are no Hindu gods to be found in Classical Italian art.

Thank you very much Saor Alba.

 

I love this banknotes and I see that Dave and Madison Have got very fantastic banknotes!!

 

are you are also a african collector ?

 

Thank yoy Saor !

I used to wonder what his main interests are, now I don't know what he is not a collector of . Usually, he has insightful comments about most areas even if doesn't actually actively collect everything.

It's interesting to note that the 250 ruble note on the previous page of posts has a swastika on the reverse! (I've had one for quite some number of years.) It was issued by the Provisional government in 1917, well before the Nazis stole the symbol. Before it got trashed by association with them it was a "good luck" sign, originating in India (though I've also seen it on American "Indian" petroglyphs). There is a town in Ontario by the name of Swastika, founded in 1908, and they refuse to change the name, despite a lot of pressure from the provincial government in WWII and derision today. I rather admire that, actually: It's not their fault the symbol was so famously misused. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika,_Ontario

Compare with Microsoft who included it in one of the symbol font libraries a few years ago and under pressure from some groups wimped out and issued a "patch" to take it out, without ever specifying the change or the reason.

Swastika is indeed a very old symbol. In fact, if you ever get a chance to visit India, you would be probably surprised at how ubiquitous it is.

I am guessing Tunisia? I would like to see larger images of the notes - lots to see that is not apparent in the mini images.

No, this is Algeria!

Interesting, I didn't know that at all! Thanks for the info. Wonder why they put that language on money meant to circulate in a different continent. I have the Rs.50 and Rs.5 from the 1967 Mauritius series (the ones with the Annigoni portrait of QEII). The fiver is one of the first notes I had in my collection.

There is a substantial Indian population in that part of Africa (East Africa) dating back to late 19th century mostly taken there by the British. As a result several countries used Rupee (or a variant) as their currency (including areas under Germany and Italy). The ones with larger populations had Indian scripts in their currency, viz, British East Africa (used Shilling as the currency), Mauritius and Zanzibar. Mauritius still uses Tamil and Hindi and is still on Rupee. Even today Rupee is a reasonably widely used currency.

New here, picked up this pair a month or so ago. The scan seems to muddy it up a bit maybe because I left them in the sleeves. Anyone else here collect QEII notes?

 

Nice looking notes. These are of interest to me, not because of QE II, of course, but because it features an Indian script (Gujarati Alphabet). Similarly, of interest to me is also the currency from Mauritius, which features the Tamil script. Mauritius, also because it is Rupee.

Specimen banknote, actually noted as "Presentation" by National Bank of Ukraine:

 

 

This features portrait of Ukraine Nationalist Panteleymon Kulish. This note has variable optical inks, and spark technology which will likely be incorporated in new Ukraine notes issued in future.

A beautiful note!! No denomination?

Uganda 2010

 

Wow! These Ugandan notes are beautiful. I should probably expand my interest to African notes.

Nice solids See. The lions are not just prominent in HK, but also in China - even in jadeite, bronze, granite etc - they are regarded as good omen for business - like prosperity insurance in the form of integrity. I remember seeing them in various places like hotels, banks etc.

P.F.Chang's

No, they are not from Mavin.

OK! I just assumed as I also saw the MAS issues as your recent purchase! Maybe that is not from Mavin's either!!

Didn't mean to digress from the fact that these are great notes!

BTW, I do believe I have seen you and a few others here post on r.c.p-m in the past. Certainly I recall an exchange where I mentioned the common availability of Indian solid banknotes!!

Waiting to receive three new HK notes for my collection early next week.

2005 HSBC $1000, HSBC $50 First Prefix and BOC $100 (no pic).

 

 

Darn, I missed the Mavin's completely, there were a couple of lots I had my eye on!!

Good catch on the solids there!! I assume these are from Mavin's auction!

That's a scarce note.

I collect only the small size in US Currency, and this was nearly the toughest note for me to acquire. But the prices have really climbed since I got mine a few years ago.

The ethnicity series is really well done. A few years ago I happened by a booklet of uncut notes for the whole series. I am attaching a pic of the 5 jiao note. It is not a scan as my scanner is not big enough for this. Hopefully it come through OK.