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  1. Wow, nice 54s. Wonder how that set got put together. Some BoC official must've plucked them off the presses, you'd never assemble something that awesome from circulation or even from a bank. Either way, congrats on picking them up!!

     

    Thanks William. This set was kept in Singapore for a long time. No foxing. All in perfect condition. Interestingly, Canadian collectors were wondering where are all the $100 solids. Only 4 pieces surface in the public including mine. According to a Canadian collector, there should be 19 pieces of $100 solids. Nobody know how many exist in collectors' hands or how many survive the circulation. An earlier $100 piece also came from Singapore and was put up in an auction. :unsure:

  2. The 2001 (yes, rather outmoded) Charlton lists the following suggested values for solid serial number 54 series:

    $1... 400

    $2... 450

    $5... 500

    $10... 550

    $20... 600

    $50... 700

    $100... 800

     

    Current catalog price are all above $1k CDN. Only 4 pieces ( including 5555555 ) of $100 solid ( 1s, 2s, 5s and 7s ) appeared in the public. Market price for $100 can go up to 10K CDN or more :bwink:

  3. Thanks Saor Alba, Dave. This set has missing denomination - $1000 ( can forgot about it coz it will be an impossible task to find one with a solid ), $10 ( There is still hope), $50 ( Must be very patient ). I was first attracted to this set by the $100 solid. According to the Canadian forum, there seems to be only 3 or 4 solids known $100 denomination. I wonder how true is that. Moreover, the Canadian Charlton catalog do not list down the market price of the $100. That was what I was told.. Anyone here have the latest Canadian Charlton catalog to check on the 1954 $100 pricing and if possible check on the rest of the denomination as well ? Thanks.

     

     

  4. I am sorry, but the portrait of the Manchukuo note shows the god of fortune, 趙公明 = Zhao Gong Ming.

     

    In the book "AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE FINANCE AND CURRENCIES OF THE PUPPET REGHIMES IN CHINA UNDER THE JAPANESE - MANCHUKUO VOLUME" (Chinese and English) by Wong Hon Sum all these notes and their history are described in detail.

     

    Other portraits are of Confucius and Mencius.

     

    Erwin

     

    P.S.: I know that in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money it is said, that "Ch'ien Lung' is pictured on the note, a remark that was taken from Fred Schwan's and Joe Boling's famous book "World War II Remembered", but it is wrong...

     

    I think I will get the book written by Mr. Wong who is NSA chairman ( I joined as NSA life member two to three months ago ). I didn't know it was also written in English as well. Thanks chinnotes. :ninja:

  5. See - your note is from a Japanese Puppet Bank set up in China during WWII. Your note is P J137 issued in 1944, and it has a similar cousin (with a different back) which is P J132. The Emperor depicted on teh front is Emperor Ch'ien Lung, the longest reigning emperor in China: Wikipedia Link

     

    Nice note! I haven't seen many from this series.

     

    Thanks Dave.

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