Mila_cent Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Here's the post that started this subject. Sorry I forgot to move it when I split the thread. Hi Guys,My collecting passion has been coins and never really payed much attention to banknotes. I recently received my first polymer banknote from a employee of my landlord who's country is Nigeria. He gave me a 20 naira. amoung two others that were of 'paper'. I've also discovered the thread 'Banknote Forum' here and was looking at all your banknotes. They are absolutely beautiful ! ! ! My attention was drawn the the 20 naira because it was 'shiny', 'plastic like' as well as 'colorful'. From my research I found these notes to be the polymer banknotes and found many other countries have changed to these type of notes. And I fell in love ! They are the most beautiful design I have ever seen, so now I am hooked and I want them all ! My goal is to collect each denonmination of all countries that has these polymer banknotes. I really don't want to go the ebay/auction way. Maybe a dealer? My question to you is where can I find these 'polymer notes' at a reasonable price? Thanks for your help. Vfox, Thank you. I am in NYC. I am not interested in bulk I'm just looking for one of each (lower )denomination, I doubt I would be able to afford the larger - 100's and up. I am not familiar with 'bank exchange'. If I was to find/ go to a bank (in lower Manhattan) would they exchange US banknotes for foreign notes? Would it be so easy? Do you know of any banks in the city that does this? Again Thanks Maybe I should have created a new thread for this. Sorry. If a moderator could do it would appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 This is a bit off topic, but as long as we don't stay just on this, and return to our banknote purchases we should be fine. Banks will not carry foreign currency or coins of any sort on purpose, they only get the occasional Canadian coins now and then. You will have to use a dealer, ebay, or someone on here to be able to purchase what you want. Also, don't be afraid of purchasing higher denomination notes, exchange rates are funny like that. A 200,000 Dong note from Vietnam is really only worth about $13 US in exchange, granted you may have to pay more than that from a dealer. Check out http://www.xe.com/ucc it's a free and up to date currency exchange rate converter. Live rates at 2007.06.12 05:47:16 UTC 200,000.00 VND = 12.4224 USD Vietnam Dong United States Dollars 1 VND = 0.0000621118 USD 1 USD = 16,100.00 VND Good luck on your quest, keep us posted Mila_cent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mila_cent Posted June 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Thank you Vfox I sent an email to a moderator maybe he can straighten this out for me. Thanks for your help. New thread created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mila_cent Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Come on guys, help me out here! Please I need to find where I came get polymer notes and not the ebay way.. but a direct supplier who sells singles. (and maybe bulks..depends) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topher Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Go to a currency exchange place, like Thomas Cook. You'll get them at just over face value, and they'll all be current. I lived in Australia for 4 years and found that even the circulated polymer notes were in great shape, especially when compared to paper notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Go to a currency exchange place, like Thomas Cook. You'll get them at just over face value, and they'll all be current. I lived in Australia for 4 years and found that even the circulated polymer notes were in great shape, especially when compared to paper notes. Is there a place in the US that does currency exchange like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 try here: http://www.pagescoinsandcurrency.com/polym...e=1&sort=2a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mila_cent Posted June 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 San Miguel98 ! ! ! Thank you so very much for answering my question of this post. Exactly what I have been searching for. God Bless you, mila_cent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topher Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Try any one of these to get polymer notes at close to face value, and without the shipping cost. Just find one close to you. http://www.citidex.com/2514.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 no problemo! almost every dealer i've seen charges twice face value for uncirculated, but i i find it easier to go through them, especially if it's just going to cost a few bucks. i've been to several currency exchanges in california, and my experiences were more or less the same. i had to spend a minimum of $20 per country, each country was a "transaction" and i had to pay $5.00 per transaction, only 13 major currencies were on hand, and none of the notes were uncirculated except for a few high denomination canadian notes. hotel front desks might be a better place to pick up foreign notes at face, since they don't have minimums or fees. never know what you're gonna get...sorta like asking banks for halves/dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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