Friesland €5 2009

Not quite sure on the legal authority issuing this, but it is from Friesland, a Dutch province north of Amsterdam:



At any rate a fairly interesting note and I wonder if it might cause some stir in €uroland.

 

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i love the vingettes on that note! the back left is familiar, but the back right is not! Also the 'coin' on the face is pretty cool :thumb:

those back vingettes look like images!

 

Lovely ...... Where can I get one of those Scottishmoney ???

 

Is the statement about being the first true? Sweet note! I also wonder where to obtain one of these. Thanks for posting it.

 

It seems as though Netherlands and Morocco both claim to be the first to recognise the United States and is disputed to this day. Other nations, like France and Spain recognised the United States, but would withdraw it later during wars.

 

Beautiful Note being from NYC you can still see the Dutch influence on housing in downtown Manhattan & on Governor's Island where many of the Dutch Buildings still stand.
I also would like to know where I could get one of these beautiful notes.

 

i want that! how could i get that one?

 

A search for "Friesland" on eBay in the Paper Money:World section gives 14 results for the note.

 

I love that note, bidding on one right now!

 

I hate e-bay...

 

many do - but it does have its place in the hobby, unfortunately

 

Yeah, fleaBay is kind of like an enema or a shot, you hate it, but you need to do it occasionally. Just to engage in a bit of sadomasochism from time to time.

Lately I would say I strike out on buying about 1 in 10 times, I had a situation in Sept - October that was ridiculous and I ended up negging a seller - the first time I had done that in quite awhile. But I love the no communication no thanks, no feedback no bother sellers that seem to be predominate on fleaBay lately. It is funny, I buy a lot of Russian music CD's and I never have bad experiences - but coins, hit or miss.

 

Quite a bit north of Amsterdam actually. Interesting that this supposedly Frisian thing is in English only. Apart from "Amerika" which looks odd in an English context, I don't see any Dutch or Frisian text ...

Christian

 

I really like that. I think I will have to add one to my collection.

I really like the crests on the obverse as well. I recognize some fo them but not all of them. (yet). Odd seeing America with a k in it...Not used to that but I am taking it that is because of the Dutch background...?

 

The Dutch have returned after 400 years in Brooklyn,NY in a big way,The Dutch influence in NYC is seen on many Bars named "Breuckelen" meaning "Broken Land".
A very fitting description of the borough of Brooklyn before the building boom of condos & co-op apartment buildings.Greenwood Cemetery has the original landscaping of the hills & valleys of old Breuckelen

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

If money can be made printing fantasy notes for Antartica, why note a Dutch province?