Saor Alba Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Not quite so recent as should have been, just getting around to posting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
see323 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Nice Rhodesian note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Those are two very nice notes there! These specialized issues are rare sights, at least for my eyes! Congrats on the pick ups - I like them a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
see323 Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Blangahdesh 20 Taka Solid 555555 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Very neat notes! I don't think I've seen Standard Bank before either. (only post-merger) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
see323 Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 New Zealand 1990 $10 Commemorative CCC 000666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Got this today. Not the greatest, but a very nice AU anyway. One of those I couldn't let pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauMauNotes Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Got this today. Not the greatest, but a very nice AU anyway. One of those I couldn't let pass. lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 won this some days ago from BH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Nice Silver Cert! Looks to be in great condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 35 D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Nice FRN Dave! Is the 35 D a good one? I am so clueless on small size notes! I did get a solid pack of series 2003 A $1 notes from the Boston Fed that included a radar note on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
see323 Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Found this in a pile of notes in a local numismatic shop. As usual, I was attracted by the serial number. Need more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Central Bank of Manchuko? Definately unusual. I wonder who that guy is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
see323 Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 That's Qian Long?! I wouldn't had guessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinnotes Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Wonderful notes everyone. You certainly can create a "thirst" for some new world notes for my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
see323 Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 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. Perhaps I shoudl get that one too! I did use the SCWPM to make that dertermination. While I did notice that there was a slight difference in the appearance of the one now known as Zhao Gong Ming and the paintings I've seen of Ch'ien Lung, I attributed it to their being from sifferent stages in life and the artistic licensing granted to ancient persons. Curiously, I've just learned that there is an older series of African banknotes which has an ongoing dispute over whether the painting was of the correct person! Ah, synchronicity - Gotta' love it! Thanks for clearing that up Chinnotes. Have you emailed G. Cuhaj about that change in their catalogs? Mine is a couple of years old, so I do not know if it's been updated or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
see323 Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Hong Kong HSBC 1998 $20 GA 555555 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMMM Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Hong Kong HSBC 1998 $20 GA 555555 Nice one, I like how they did the HSBC Lion. I wonder if it has a name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinnotes Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 These lions have no individual names. Originally the entrance of the main Building of the Hongkoang and Shanghai Bank had two bronze lions, they were cast in 1935 and were very famous. One of them is now in the Shanghai Museum of History (I have seen it). In the same year (1935) two similar lions were cast and brought to Hongkong, they were placed at the entrance of the main Building of the bank in Hongkong. During world war II these bronze lions were taken to Japan for melting down. But they were detected unharmed after the war and brought back to Hongkong. They can now be seen near the entrance of the main building. One of these two lions still has traces of bullets from world war II… Erwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMMM Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 I came accross these articles on Wikipedia. There were two pair. One of the sets according to the articles are named: Stephen and Stitt. You would have thought that someone out there would have named the other set. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Building,_Shanghai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Main_Building,_Hong_Kong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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