Saor Alba

Traditionally, under the Straits Settlements, Malayan and British Borneo , they already have such huge denomination notes. These notes were only used between banks and large corporations. A lot of these notes have pinholes on them as they usually pin them together with the settlement documents. I think the traditional have been carried down until today except for Malaysia ( If I remember correctly ). I think it is a useful note especially for coins and banknote dealers when they visit coin and banknote convention. Just pay on the spot cash ( I think dealers loved CASH transaction). No need to worry whether they will received a bounced cheque.

Does make for nice collectable conversation pieces if you can want to have that $10000 from Brunei on it. I wonder that the Sultan has most of them in his personal collection?

Oh no, earlier yet, ie private banking era.

Nice Rhodesian note - coincidentally I hope to get a very early Rhodesian pound note soon.

Nice note and SN# See323. Lot of dosh in one bill too, I wonder why there in Singapore and in Brunei there is a need for such large denomination notes, even $10K notes at least in Brunei?

I had to "quote" JT's post and cut and paste the URL of the image to be able to see it, and then afterwards it appeared just fine. But the host where he is posting from seems to have some block on viewing the image from other sites.

Thank you sir! I have recently had a nice gentleman offer to translate the site to Polish! So now it's available in English, French and Polish... I think that's pretty neat. He did a great job, with tons of content to translate.

 

Here's a new note from me. I've never seen this note in Unc, this one's about an AU.

 

 

 

Dave

Usually when they are better than VF they have specimen punch holes in them. So far I am not having a lot of luck finding the 500 Franc note from ca. 1939. This is a lovely note and a great addition to your collection.

Algeria 1960 Solid 666

The note is otherwise known as the beast

Ah, See323 is getting bitten by the French bug

The French locomotives of that era with their smoke lifters etc were some of the most attractive locos around. With the Mallet compounding they were also some of the most efficient in terms of energy being used - they effectively used the steam twice over as opposed to just once.

Curiously Monnaie de Paris still has a medal with the same obverse but different reverse in their catalogue that commemorates Science and Industry - I know because I bought one in their boutique at Quai de Conti a few years ago and it is sitting in my china cabinet.

My guess on the Chinese note is that it is late 19th century or very early 20th century. I like it because unlike so much of what came from China during that time it is really Chinese and not something printed by and or for a western bank operating in China.

1972 Canadian cent and a 2007 Canadian cent.

Nice HK notes See323, I really like the HK series of banknotes.

The other day I found about 10 or so pre-1982 cents, and a couple of YH Canadians waiting for me.

Nice medals, espesh the first one.

Nice Singaporean notes, Monetary Agency is new issuing authority?

Ex Chet Krause collection.

Wow - I didn't know there was a 1928 red seal $1!

 

The deuces on the other hand I run into now and then here, usually in very low grades.

They were printed in small numbers as noted above, held in the Treasury for years and then released into circulation mostly in Puerto Rico in the 1940's. Most people in the continental USA would have never seen them.

I like the red seal - nice note and so so rare and pricey. I would like to get one myself, along with the 1917 and 1923 LT's.

Nice pick up on the Ukrainian note, curiously they value the karbovnets on that at the same rate the old imperial ruble was in gold.

More rares, two USA and a Swiss - pics later.

From an old programme on the TV - "Different Strokes"

Saor Alba = Scottishmoney

Whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis?

Shamelessly lifted from that previously mentioned Scottishmoney website.

One city that I really really want a coin from is from Tyras in Thrace. Coins were issued there from the Greek era in the 4th century BC until the 3rd century in the Roman era. I have seen them in a museum in Odessa, but aside from that I have never seen one for sale.