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I like to know when was this Afghanistan 1000 Afghanis issued. From what I gathered from Ron Wise website, there seem to be a 1979 and 1991 issued banknotes. Can I safely conclude that this series was from 1970s to 1990s. Unfortunately, I still have not got hold of Standard Catalogue of World Paper Money. Would appreciate that someone can furnish and confirm the year of issue. This piece has a solid 4000000 serial number. Thanks.

The Afghan solid 2's is lovely. Great purchases.

Yes, I agree on that. I have not seen another piece of solid number from Afghanistan before. Unfortunately it is a 2s and not a 5s but I will still keep it for my collection.

As for the Philippines 500 Piso, I am only interested in matching the AF555555 with my Singapore Ship $2 (Purple) AF555555. Therefore it is not important to have a complete AF set.

Those Ireland solid (1 Pounds and 5 Pounds ) are also quite scarce. Hardly find them around except once in ebay for the 1 Pound.

The Pakistan large denomination RS500 is also quite scarce for a 8s. Solid 8s are mostly sought after by Asian collectors from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese collector from South-East Asia countries.

Philippines 500 Pisos Solids

Just received today another batch of solids from Pakistan, Indonesia and the rare Afghanisation for my collection

enjoy...

Nice notes. That's an interesting form of collecting. I would imaging they are difficult to find.

Time, money and contacts.

Yes, most world banknote dealers buy and sell them. There are also many hardcore collectors and investors who buy them. Solid Numbers banknotes are hot specialized collectors' items. Prices depend on the scarcity of the notes. A good example of scarce solid numbered banknotes are from Guersney. They are scarce and expensive and not easily available for sales. Prices will depend on the year, series, number ( 888888 is the most expensive ) and denomination. Cheap ones are from India, Philippines and Indonesia as there are plenty of them.

Here is what I got from a local dealer today. A scarce pair of 1980s Ireland 1 and 5 pounds solid 111111 and 999999. Hardly come by.

Just received today - Solids from Guernsey, Thailand and Taiwan.

Just received this beautiful Pakistan 10RS solid pair.

Where did 4 and 6 go?

Smile Don't have so much money. Only buy what I wanted

Turkey 5 Liras low serial number 0000002, 0000003, 0000005, 0000007.

It's like a hidden world inside the banknote. Very similiar in comparsion to those unknown creatures in the deep sea which we see for the first time.

When taking such photos, time exposure technique can be use with camera mounted on a tripod or stand. Flashlight cannot be use in this photo take. I have yet to try it out myself. I will need a UV light bulb.

Singapore 2006 Portrait Series (Paper), First Prefix, Lee Hsien Loong Signature $2 pair.

(1) Fifth note issued under Lee Hsien Loong signature - 1AA 000005

(2) First Prefix Solid Number under Lee Hsien Loong signature - 1AA 555555

Just got this New Zealand 1980s low serial number $1 from my cousin.

Hi Brett and AKDRV,

I have revised my Straits Settlements and Malaya Collection flash show. Click on the image (or thumbnail) below on "Kings and Queens" under my signature if you have not seen it. It takes a while to load as it is a big file. Speakers on...enjoy.

very interesting.

You are right about the new Portrait $2 Polymer note with signature of former PM Goh Chok Tong. Since Lee Hsien Loong have taken over as PM, it now bear the signature of Goh Chok Tong. You are well-informed.

Have you ever noticed that most of the Singapore money changer are mostly Indian. Traditionally, as far as I can recall, Indians usually operate the money changer trade. Yes, they are trustworthy. Reputation is important to their trade especially when dealing with money. The most famous place in Singapore where money changer is in abundance is at Arcade building at Raffles Place. You won't miss them when you are there. There is a keen competition among the various small shops. Everyone offering a competitive rate. That's good news for us. Money Changer are governed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Singapore is known to have very strict monetary laws. Our current Prime Minister used to be in the Monetary Authority of Singapore. I'm not sure whether he is still the chairman at this moment.

When I started venturing into collecting world solid number almost 2 years ago, I had this misconception about which US currencies are most widely used and circulated. As I do not stay in US, I do not really know much about the usage of the various currency notes. I thought it's the $100 bill which is most widely circulated. Later, I found out from a US dealer that a $20 is one of the mostly widely circulated denomination. On why I think that $100 bill are most widely circulated. The answer lies with the money changer. It was silly of me to think that $100 is widely circulated since the money changer mostly carries $100 bills for their trade. How silly of me.

At times, I do need to exchange some US currencies. Most of the times, I noticed that the Singapore money changers only carries large denomination of $100 bills. Yes, they do have chop marks on them but not all of them have chopmarks. As the money changer do not carries $20 or any other denominations, I do not know whether they are chops on them. But so far, I have not seen any $20 bill with chops. It is relatively true to say that these chop marks does come from overseas. I believe local US currency users do not put a chop marks on them. While these US notes return back to US in the ciruclation, they bear these chop marks. When they return, they are probably carried by tourists from overseas to USA.

With all these chopmarks, it would have deface the notes to a certain extend. I believe most countries currency issuing authority would not like this acts to happen. Imagine having a banknote with all the chops marks. But so far, I have not seen a banknote with so many chops that fill up the whole banknote.

Another interesting thing is that why is it only happening to US currency. So far, I have not seen any of my country's currency with all these chop markings. I guessed US currencies are widely used in most of the countries since there is a demand for them. And the local country currency exchange dealers also work double hard with their chopping skills. Maybe sooner, there will more elaborate design of these chop marks appearing on the currency notes to have better differentiation among the chops marks.

I am not too sure but I believe these are done by currency exchange dealer. They chopped them to certify that the note is genuine. I believe if ever they do come across the same note with their chop, they would not have to spend time verifying it again and they can safely use it or make available to their customers. Early days, silver coins such as US Trade dollars, British Trade dollars and Chinese Dragon Silver dollar have chops marks bearing pawnshops, businessman etc. I guessed they are applying the same concept. I hope I am right about this.

Very well done. You've assembled an impressive collection. What is the significance of 5's and 8's. Is it just your personal preference?

Just personal preferences. Nothing special.

I got this one last week from Blackhawk:

 

I really hope to get one of this large US 1899 Eagle note in solid number. They are really beautiful old notes.

Thanks Brett. I am still doing a snail paced effort to do up my website. Thanks for your help in searching for straight numbered world notes. I really appreciate. Meanwhile, regret that I did not come into this forum earlier. I see great participation among world collectors in this wonderful forum.

Hi, I am new here. I collect world solid number banknotes such 555555 and 888888. I am looking to share my experiences with fellow world collectors. Thanks to one of the forumer here who suggested starting the collection of world solid number banknotes. So far, I have more than 34 countries with solid number 555555 after an almost two-years collecting. If you have any 555555 and 888888 from any countries for sales or exchange, I would like to hear from you. Meanwhile, share your views on this interesting topic of banknotes specialization on solid numbers. Yes, Singapore auctioned their solid number or fancy number banknotes through the Mavin Auction. Mavin International is a privately owned auction house which is given the authority to auction out Singapore solid number banknotes. Today, we just ended our Mavin auction. In fact, you can bid to win in ebay. All items in the Mavin auction are listed in ebay as live auction where the actual public auction are happening and ebay bidders can also participate in the auction. I have also just created a slide show of some of my banknotes collection. Here is the link : CollectionSwitch on your speakers and Enjoy..Derrick

Hi Aidan, you are here. I am new here.