Latest Banknote purchases.

[jtryka]

Try it now.

[Saor Alba]

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.

[thedeadpoint]

Looks good! Is this part of a particular set you're working on?

[jtryka]

No, just a random purchase.

[Art]

Beautiful note.

[see323]

My lastest weekend purchase. High Denomination Singapore 1999 Portraits Series $1000 First Prefix Fifth note printed - OAA 000005. This note first appear in the MoneyWorld Singapore.

 

[Saor Alba]

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?

[see323]

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?

 

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.

[see323]

Rhodesia 1977 $2 Short Ladder 023400 Original Unc with sheen. Beautiful condition.

 

[Saor Alba]

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

[see323]

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

 

You meant those with QEII portrait and in pounds denomination. They are now quite expensive.

[Saor Alba]

Oh no, earlier yet, ie private banking era.

[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?

[MauMauNotes]

sweet 1000$

[Saor Alba]

This note has a stirringly mysterious vignette of a peasant with bundled sheaves of wheat in the background, rather haunting and ironic in effect. In reality the Germans managed to pillage most of the grain grown in Ukraine during their occupation and very little actually went to the local population.

 

When the Germans overran Ukraine they imposed a whole new monetary system on the country, the USSR rubles were removed from circulation at a rate of 1:1 vs the karbovnets denominated currency that they issued. The karbovnets was valued at 10:1 to the German Reichsmark. Curiously, but tellingly the Germans issued this currency with only a small amount of Ukrainian langauge text - on the bottom reverse of the note - in effect letting the Ukrainians know where they stood in the situation. The first notes prepared had all of the text in Ukrainian, but they were rejected by the German run "Central Emission Bank". One wonders why they even bothered denominating the currency in a name familiar to Ukrainians, they might just as well as referred to the new currency as marks given the presence of mostly German language on the notes.

[Rhino]

This note has a stirringly mysterious vignette of a peasant with bundled sheaves of wheat in the background, rather haunting and ironic in effect. In reality the Germans managed to pillage most of the grain grown in Ukraine during their occupation and very little actually went to the local population.

 

When the Germans overran Ukraine they imposed a whole new monetary system on the country, the USSR rubles were removed from circulation at a rate of 1:1 vs the karbovnets denominated currency that they issued. The karbovnets was valued at 10:1 to the German Reichsmark. Curiously, but tellingly the Germans issued this currency with only a small amount of Ukrainian langauge text - on the bottom reverse of the note - in effect letting the Ukrainians know where they stood in the situation. The first notes prepared had all of the text in Ukrainian, but they were rejected by the German run "Central Emission Bank". One wonders why they even bothered denominating the currency in a name familiar to Ukrainians, they might just as well as referred to the new currency as marks given the presence of mostly German language on the notes.

 

Coincidentally, I just got a 200 Karbowanez note about a week ago. Thanks for the background info, I did notice right when I got it that it had a very weird feeling to it, with a picture of a Ukrainian peasant woman surrounded by German text, even the note reflects an occupation.

[Saor Alba]

 

 

 

The first vignette on the left of the note is rather famous in Mexican banknote collecting annals, La Siesta is the title of this work that graced the $50 denomination for this bank. High grade, issued, banknotes from this era of Mexico are difficult to find as they were called in and redeemed when Banco de Mexico became the sole issuer of paper money in the 1920's. As with most Mexican banknotes this note portrays lovely colouring coupled with deeply embossed engravings - in this case proprietary images to Banco Nacional. The lady on the right of the note appeared on all denominations from this bank.

[Dave]

Nice note - makes one wonder if the peasant girl was even Ukrainian.

 

 

*edit* I was slow in my post... nice Mexican 50 Pesos there too. 1st time I've seen that one I believe.

 

Rawr!

[Dave]

Arriving this afternoon was this rather hard to get (in a decent grade) 10 Franc note from French West Africa. It's smaller than I had expected, 3-7/8 inchesX2-3/8 inches (9.7x6cm) but it is the best grade I have ever seen.... and less than half price of one in a full grade below, so I'm pretty happy all around. Plus it's a nice solid serial number - even if it is that bad ol'e 666 - so I suppose that might be an added plus. Now I'm on the search for an AUNC to UNC 100 Franc note..... hard to find in that condition, though.

 

[boydle]

This is a nice looking note, i will have to do some digging around it would make a nice addition to my collection.

 

This note has a stirringly mysterious vignette of a peasant with bundled sheaves of wheat in the background, rather haunting and ironic in effect. In reality the Germans managed to pillage most of the grain grown in Ukraine during their occupation and very little actually went to the local population.

 

When the Germans overran Ukraine they imposed a whole new monetary system on the country, the USSR rubles were removed from circulation at a rate of 1:1 vs the karbovnets denominated currency that they issued. The karbovnets was valued at 10:1 to the German Reichsmark. Curiously, but tellingly the Germans issued this currency with only a small amount of Ukrainian langauge text - on the bottom reverse of the note - in effect letting the Ukrainians know where they stood in the situation. The first notes prepared had all of the text in Ukrainian, but they were rejected by the German run "Central Emission Bank". One wonders why they even bothered denominating the currency in a name familiar to Ukrainians, they might just as well as referred to the new currency as marks given the presence of mostly German language on the notes.

[Saor Alba]

Arriving this afternoon was this rather hard to get (in a decent grade) 10 Franc note from French West Africa. It's smaller than I had expected, 3-7/8 inchesX2-3/8 inches (9.7x6cm) but it is the best grade I have ever seen.... and less than half price of one in a full grade below, so I'm pretty happy all around. Plus it's a nice solid serial number - even if it is that bad ol'e 666 - so I suppose that might be an added plus. Now I'm on the search for an AUNC to UNC 100 Franc note..... hard to find in that condition, though.

 

 

 

An amazing note, and no small challenge to find such a nice example of as I am finding with African notes. One unfortunate thing I have noticed with several of the French West Africa and Belgian Congo notes is that you can identify characterisations on the notes, particularly beginning in the 1930's and through the 1950's that would cause an uproar these days. That fact alone makes these highly collectable as testaments to a brutal colonial era.

[see323]

Arriving this afternoon was this rather hard to get (in a decent grade) 10 Franc note from French West Africa. It's smaller than I had expected, 3-7/8 inchesX2-3/8 inches (9.7x6cm) but it is the best grade I have ever seen.... and less than half price of one in a full grade below, so I'm pretty happy all around. Plus it's a nice solid serial number - even if it is that bad ol'e 666 - so I suppose that might be an added plus. Now I'm on the search for an AUNC to UNC 100 Franc note..... hard to find in that condition, though.

 

 

Wow...Dave...I love it. Beautiful note and beautiful solid 666. Congrats on your good find. My French and French printed notes 333, 030 and 005 should be on the way. Also waiting for 1975 HK HSBC solid 555555 on a $5. Pretty scarce solid.

[MauMauNotes]

Just picked up this set of New Zealand notes from 1992, they have matching serial numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

didnt know there were different notes (well now i know)

first paper

second polymer?

 

[Saor Alba]

Yes! A nice early Rhodesian Pound note from the commercial banking era on it's way along with something early from Scotland too.

[see323]

Straits Settlements 1930 $1 Fancy Number Repeater 27272

 

This is my worst condition note in my Straits Settlements Collection but it is also the nicest serial number among all the SS notes.

 

Extremely difficult to find nice fancy numbers such as repeater, radar, solids for any Straits Settlements notes.

 

Nobody collect fancy numbers during the early days in this region.