Vfox Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 I am looking to purchase Zambian Kwacha's and I would like to find a good source that is cheaper than eBay. I am looking for the newer design with the eagle (like my avatar). I would like to purchase packs of 100, and single higher valued notes. If anyone has a source for these I would REALLY appreciate it if you let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Hmmm... Did you put a jinx on this or what? - just kidding, but as it happens, I went looking for my African Banknote dealers and guess what? several have gone away. It's odd and strange that they'd go away within a week of each other, but they did. The only African banknote dealers I have on file are those who sell $pendy $tuff. I'll keep a look out though, and if I find one that handles Zambian ones (and who isn't on Ebay) I'll let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Thanks very much! If I can get it close to exchange rate (depending on your dealer) I will certainly want a giant heaping pile of it, lol. Otherwise if it's at least cheaper than the people on ebay I will still want a nice stack. Also, when you say "$pendy $tuff" do you mean circulated and cheap, or really really expensive? Because I am also interested in cheap circ stuff. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 No, to me "$pendy $tuff" means circulated and expensive - the stuff I am mainly interested in is in French design influenced African notes - which a lot of others are evidently interested in as well it seems. Like the saying goes, Champagne taste on a beer budget! Have you thought about a money exchange site for the circulated and cheap stuff? I remember looking into this online when I started, but they wanted something like $200 minimum from the country you were looking to get from, and only one country at a time. There is one exchange just across the border in Canada that let me exchange in person just a few notes and no minimum, with only a few dollars for the fee - AND they went looking for the best Euros they could find as well. Might be worth a shot for you. Thanks very much! If I can get it close to exchange rate (depending on your dealer) I will certainly want a giant heaping pile of it, lol. Otherwise if it's at least cheaper than the people on ebay I will still want a nice stack. Also, when you say "$pendy $tuff" do you mean circulated and cheap, or really really expensive? Because I am also interested in cheap circ stuff. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Since I live near Baltamore and DC, about 2-2.5 hours from either, I'll have to check it out. Those two cities would be my best bet. BWI has a place like that, Travelex or something, and since I will be dropping off my sister in law there mid July, I'll have to ask around. Although it appears they do not carry anything from Zambia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Ness Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 vfox, I bought a bundle each of the 50 and 20 ZMK notes from a guy on ebay called "noteshobby". He shipped in a decent amount of time (2 wks from Thailand to the SE US) and was cheap...I think both bundles were 17 bucks each. Nowhere near face (last i checked, ZMK 4800 (!) to USD 1) but cheapest I could find online. Page's (linked by San Miguel earlier) has some decent prices on stuff. As for exchanges, I wouldn't expect you'd find Kwacha or anything really outside of ZAR or EGP at a US exchange, maybe if you were in J'Burg, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam or what not. If you decide to go the exchange route, call Travelex ahead of time, and go on a Sunday (before they dump all the odd stuff and restock the 13 majors). If you find a nice one, they'll only charge the 5.95 once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 i did a little searching, and the only wholesaler i could find was pomexport.com. but of the zambian notes you wanted, he only had one in his inventory - the 1992 20 kwacha. it's listed for $0.62 each for a quantity of 50, for a total of $31.00. i agree with grant about noteshobby being an excellent seller on ebay. i made a large purchase from them a few months ago and was very pleased with the transaction. also...they're selling bundles of 100 of the same 20 kwacha notes I mentioned above for $32.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I did check them out, they seem promising, and with what you guys say I may have to try eBay after. Thanks for helping me in my search, I will post some when I get some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zimpeto Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I have a friend who lives in Tanzania and he sell on Ebay as Bwananick. He have a lot of stuff from Southern African Countries, including Zambia. http://myworld.ebay.com/bwananick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I have a friend who lives in Tanzania and he sell on Ebay as Bwananick. He have a lot of stuff from Southern African Countries, including Zambia.http://myworld.ebay.com/bwananick Hey, you know this guy? Neat! he has always been highly recommended. I have seen that he has nothing for sale lately, though. I hope he doesn't decide to quit, or if he leaves Ebay, I hope you will let us know if he puts up a regular site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San_Miguel98 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 heheh...he's the first person i thought of when i first read this post. didn't mention him cuz his store was empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Ness Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 I have a friend who lives in Tanzania and he sell on Ebay as Bwananick. He have a lot of stuff from Southern African Countries, including Zambia.http://myworld.ebay.com/bwananick I had him bookmarked to buy from but he's not selling anything currently. =( It's a shame, I was after some money from Malawi and Tanzania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 I just made a somewhat large purchase from emiro50 on ebay, he has many MANY single notes for sale at fairly reasonable prices. I will let you guys know how he was in shipping and whatnot from Italy. But with 700 some feedbacks at 100% I doubt it should be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted July 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 I got the notes on Saturday. About 15 days to ship from Italy is about average, so no worries. He sent two packages for some reason though, I guess for safety and package size? Either way shipping only cost $6.00, and they both came on the same day. I am very pleased with my purchases. All the notes are Gem CU, and almost every single note is sequential in number. I am surely going to make another purchase from him when I get some extra cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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