Old Foreign Bills

This is 3 bills that belong to my son.They are foreign,and may not be worth anything,however we were just wondering if they have any value.The first is from China it has written on it,''The Central Bank of China'' also has ''Ten Customs Gold Units'' Shanghai,1930,on the bottom is written American Banknote Company.The others both have Berlin,one has 1914,the other is 1906.We were just a little curious.

Thanks for any help,God bless,Keith

 

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some nice looking notes, but notes i dont think have much value. In higher grades, maybe. I believe i have the last note, but i also remember there were several notes with similar designs listed in the SCWPM.

I really like the china note! I really love the designs on them!!

 

Agreed, I also like how the eastern nations design their bills.

 

The value of the first note depends on the grade of the note and the signature, and ranges from $3 to $60.

From Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, General Issues, 1368-1960:

1930 Shanghai Customs Gold Units issue was primarily intended to facilitate customs payments, but during and aftern Worl War II the notes were used for general circulation. The 1930 issue was printed into the 1940s.

Obverse: Dr. Sun Yat-sen, President of the Canton Government from 1917 to 1925.
Reverse: Bank building

 

OK not worth lots but still very nice notes to own :thumb: I love the work of the AB Company and some of the stuff they did in China is superb









Again with Germany you can pick up some realy wonderful notes for not a lot of money :smile

 

the artwork/scrollwork on those notes is superb! I really like them. 'worths lot' is unimportant

 

Wow, those notes are beautiful De Orc! That red is vibrant!

 

The blue and green accent on the front really make it pop. Nice notes!

 

2 Old Banknotes one Mexican and one Cuban Banknotes from my collection,both printed by the American Bank Note Company.

 

Check out this old Cuban note printed by the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

 

Very nice...like the blue reverse.

 

German Half Mark with writing on note.

 

Dominion of Canada

Dominion of Canada 25 cents Fractional Currency.

 

OLD Russian Banknote

Russian Vignette depicting Shipping trade and St. Petersburg,beautiful engraving work.

 

I don't believe that is German "exactly", it appears to be WW2 Allied Military Issue,

They were printed in the US and in the Soviet Union for use in the German theater, VERY NICE NOTE, I love AMC notes.

 

Thanks for solving a debate with my brother who thought it was German & me who thought it was German Military Currency,we were both wrong !

 

No problem, here is an example of one that was used in Japan.




Here is another one that has writing on it also from the war..




The writing on the front in the margin says "Dr.Hamman 12/30/1944" who knows, could have been a late Christmas gift or payment for services performed. The cool thing is about a lot of the foreign notes is that they were printed in the US. This one, for example, was printed by E A Wright Bank Note Co. in Philadelphia. I BELIEVE this is a private company that printed bank notes. If anyone knows more about them.... id love to know.

 

It seems writing on these notes was common,I guess sending them home w/ a message was faster then Message in a Bottle ..lol. You wonder if the author ever came back home to his loved one ? It really a piece of WW2 history ,that's another reason I'm hooked on currency & coins...great hobby !

 

Although E.A. Wright printed stamps, checks and other security documents, it only printed paper money during WWII. Most of the notes it printed were for French territories. Fred Schwan, the author of the MPC catalog, is an avid collector of E.A. Wright material. He wrote a short book on the company a few years ago.

 

Well, most (if not all) of the Pjhillipines currency was printed in the US (Phillie) when it was a US territory, and I have read where the US and British would print phoney Japanese Invasion Notes to pay mercenaries in the region, belittling the local economy. I have one such note (British printed), I don't have it scanned at the moment though.

and BTW here is some more AMC notes I have
http://r3.myphotos.cc/ww2-study/Allied - Military Currency/index.html

Not many, but if you're into it.