thedeadpoint Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Boy, do I love silver certs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegwin Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Where do I get information on what Coin/Note shows are happening around the world. Obviously I am more interested in shows in the UK as they are easier (and chepaer) to get to. Also I recently returned from Vacation to Southern Africa, and I went to Zimbabwe while I was there. The currency has gone to pot in that part of the world now, that they have resorted to using bearer cheques instead of real notes. The OFFICIAL government exchange rate is Z$250 = USD1 I have attached a copy of the Z$1000 note which is about US$4.00. The wired thing about the money, is that they have a Z$1 note as well... cant buy much with that at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Work Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Chris,Zimbabwe has got Bearer Cheques as low as 1 Cent.The 1c. to 50c. values are on paper that was left over from when the $500 notes were printed at the end of 2001 (or 2003,according to an unconfirmed report).The $1 Bearer Cheque is significant,as it is the first time that Zimbabwe has ever had a $1 note. I have got all of the new Zimbabwean Bearer Cheques,except for the $10,000 & $100,000 ones.I can guess that I will have to wait until next year's Pick catalogue comes out.The prices that some vendors on eBay want for these 3 notes (including the 2 types of the $10,000) is absolutely ridiculous. Aidan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Work Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I picked up these nice notes; Ghana N.D. (1965) 1 Cedi. This has Kwame Nkrumah's portrait facing left in a medallion in the top right-hand corner & his portrait facing right in the watermark area.It depicts the Bank of Ghana building on the back. Hong Kong N.D. (1941) 1 Cent. Government of Hong Kong.Brown on the front & red on the back. Signature of R.R. Todd as Financial Secretary. New Zealand 1968 54c. on 5/- British postal order (4c. on 4d. poundage change). Issued at Wellington on the 19th of December 1968 & paid at Wellington on the 29th of November 1978. No counterfoil. Aidan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I picked up these nice notes; Ghana N.D. (1965) 1 Cedi. This has Kwame Nkrumah's portrait facing left in a medallion in the top right-hand corner & his portrait facing right in the watermark area.It depicts the Bank of Ghana building on the back. Hong Kong N.D. (1941) 1 Cent. Government of Hong Kong.Brown on the front & red on the back. Signature of R.R. Todd as Financial Secretary. New Zealand 1968 54c. on 5/- British postal order (4c. on 4d. poundage change). Issued at Wellington on the 19th of December 1968 & paid at Wellington on the 29th of November 1978. No counterfoil. Aidan. Can you post a pic of the Ghana note? If I remember the last Popular Note Comp correctly, some Ghana notes did well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Work Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I am sorry.I cannot post photos,as I don't yet have either a scanner or a digital camera.The Ghanaian banknote is pictured in the latest Pick catalogue.I think it has the catalogue reference of P5.Can anyone please confirm? Aidan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegwin Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I just collect whatever I can get. I am going for the "collect the world in banknotes", I think it would be fun to have a banknote from every country in the world. Preferably the whole set like £5, £10, £20, £50 in the case of the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Work Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Chris,I found trying to collect the world far too difficult,which is why I now specialise in the British Commonwealth,including Ireland,Zimbabwe,& Somaliland,but not Cameroon or Mozambique (which are foreign countries that should never have been allowed to join up in the first place). You'll be pleased to know that from later on this year,England will be issuing a banknote depicting Adam Smith on it.Who would believe it - a Scotsman depicted on an English banknote.By the way,only 3 countries of the U.K. are issuing notes.Wales stopped issuing notes in around the mid 1970's.Scotland & Ulster are still issuing their own notes.Cornwall also had their own notes for a short time as well. Aidan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I am sorry.I cannot post photos,as I don't yet have either a scanner or a digital camera.The Ghanaian banknote is pictured in the latest Pick catalogue.I think it has the catalogue reference of P5.Can anyone please confirm? Aidan. This is Ghana 1 Cedi P5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 This is Ghana 1 Cedi P5. Very nice. I need one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifrost Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Just won two great banknotes on ebay. Portuguese 5000 reis 1901 P80 and 500 escudos 1922 P130. The 500 escudos type was involved in the (in)famous Angola and metropole fraud by Alves Reis. Here is the story about it: http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/21/burton.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naidu54@hotmail.com Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I bought all this notes on last year november. It cost me only USD27.08 Bought it from Mississippi Banknotes from ebay. I was too buzy to post them on the forum and haven't update all the notes on my website, need more time. Here are the List for my latest purchase Guinea 100franc 1998 unc Burundi 10franc 1997 unc Mongolia 10,20,50 1993 unc Kyrgyzstan 1,10,50Tyin 1993 unc Tajikistan 20Dirams 1999 unc Azerbaijan 50Manat 1993 unc Uzbekistan 1,3sum 1994 unc Kazakihstan 3,5Tenge 1993 unc Yemen 10Rials 1992 unc Maldives 5Rufiyaa 2000 unc Trinidad Tobago 1Dollar 2002 unc Honduras 2Lemp 2003 unc Belarus 50Kopeks,50reblei,100rubles unc Slovenia 20Tolarjev 1992 unc Estonia 1,2 kroon 1992 unc Macedonia 10denari 2005 unc Bulgaria 3,5 leva 1951 unc Suriname 100gulden 2000 unc Suriname 25gulden 2000 unc Suriname 25gulden (olympic) 1998 unc One of my best purchase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
see323 Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Just won two great banknotes on ebay. Portuguese 5000 reis 1901 P80 and 500 escudos 1922 P130. The 500 escudos type was involved in the (in)famous Angola and metropole fraud by Alves Reis. Here is the story about it: http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/21/burton.php I really like the story about this Portugal note although it is a bit confusing when I first read it. I will put this into my website under the article with both the article and the link to the orginal article. Is there any other good story relating to banknotes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 I just got these two in the mail today to complete my large size FRN type set: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 congrats on the complete set. where can i see it all together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Nice notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hispania Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Really nice notes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hmm...you can probably see all of them in this thread! I should put them together someplace though, any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny 1989 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Interesting $100 note, never seen one with a side portrait before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 excellent notes! i especially like the reverse of that c-note. it's notes like these that are getting me to focus my collection a lot more to the u.s. side as opposed to the rest of world. i'm slowly crossing over...maybe temporarily, maybe not. as for display recommendations, i've been using fotki.com. i found it several years ago and liked it so much i decided to upgrade my free account to a paid one. it lets me show public photo galleries, password-protected galleries, and hidden private galleries. with unlimited account space, i loaded my entire collection to the public area and use my private area to host pictures for use other websites...like my avatar and signature bar. they also just added a new feature allowing for video. http://public.fotki.com/sanmiguel/world_banknotes/ another popular site i've seen in use is flickr. i've never used them, so i can't really comment on their features. but from what i've seen....it looks pretty snazzy! http://flickr.com/photos/tiffibunny/sets/72157594222116556/ also, there's always good ol' banknote bank! http://www.banknotebank.com/user_view.aspx?id=UkrainaDvi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 I guess some weekend when I have some spare time I'll look into those San Miguel. The $100 is the only FRN with a profile image of Franklin, and although these are still available, they are getting a bit harder to find without major problems (this one has one pinhole on the margin). And yes, the large size FRNs had some of the best designs the BEP has ever produced! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny 1989 Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Here are my latest purchases in the last 7 days: Isle Of Man £1 Jersey £1 USA $2 And a note I've been after for a while Series D £10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Here are my latest purchases in the last 7 days: ... USA £2 huh... I didn't know the US had 2 pound notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
see323 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 huh... I didn't know the US had 2 pound notes. We make mistakes some times. You can be an auditor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 maybe it's his keyboard/computer. u.s. keyboards are defaulted to show the '$' symbol, korean pc's show the won,and japanese show the yen. makes sense that a british one shows the pound. to use a different symbol than the default, you'd have to look up the code, like alt + 0163. sometimes i get lazy and just write out 'pounds' or 'euro' rather than look up the code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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