Friesland €5 2009 - Page 2

Billy Kingsley · 10-30-2009, 04:09 PM

When I was coming home from Lake George, NY (my favorite vacation spot) in September, while crossing the Mid-Hudson bridge in Poughkeepsie, the recreation of Hudson's ship was sailing up the river. I tried to get a picture but it's nearly impossible to photograph boats while crossing the Hudson. Very cool to see...

Where I live was once part of the New Netherlands.

north49guy · 11-08-2009, 10:39 PM

I just got mine, serial #1700 (50 away from yours lol) and is it just me or is the print job really crappy?

scottishmoney · 11-09-2009, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by north49guy

I just got mine, serial #1700 (50 away from yours lol) and is it just me or is the print job really crappy?

I thought the print job was okay, but it is definitely a lithograph job and there is no intaglio printing. As far as I have determined this note has no official sanction from the Friesland province, and I find it rather interesting that the whole text is in English and not one word of Dutch. Most everybody in Netherlands speaks English, but common we all have our mother tongue.

But then you factor these are usually selling for 99 cents each on fleeceBay with a $2 postage and then you figure someone there is just trying to make something interesting - and make a very little bit of money after all the fleeceBay, payPoo, and postage fees.

chrisild · 11-09-2009, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by scottishmoney

I find it rather interesting that the whole text is in English and not one word of Dutch.

Right, see my previous reply (#13). Well, actually there is one non-English word: "Amerika".

Apart from that, nothing in Dutch, and not a single word in Frisian. ("Friesland" is English and colloquial Dutch; in Frisian and official Dutch use it's "Fryslân".)

Of course this is not in any way "official", and it is quite obvious who this thing is aimed at. But as a souvenir, why not ...

Christian