Specialized Banknotes Collection

Quite the collection of notes. How much time and effort does it take you to find the solid serial numbers like that? I'm sure it takes a bunch of time and research.

 

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Well, it takes a lifetime effort and money to gather them together. I started the world collection only in 2004. My Singapore collection was started in 1986. It is fulfilling, exciting and does produce a unique world collection.

 

I have two notes from Singapore that I picked up in the early 1990's on my visits there along with a bunch of coins. The notes are in okay shape. One is a Singapore $1 with the Sentosa Satellite Earth Station on it. The other is a Singapore $2 note with the Chingay Procession on it. Guess they are what sparked my interest in collecting world notes.

 

I believe what you have said so far would have make any Singaporean collector very happy. The two Singapore notes definitely work out some inspiration in your collection of world notes.

Keep the hobby alive and growing....

 

Just add two Antaractica 2007 $1 with first prefix solid A5555 and super solid number E5555.





The 2007 series is in polymer and celebrates 10 Anniversary from 1996 - 2006.

 

Derrick,I didn't know that there are still notes being issued for Antarctica.I'd rather stick to collecting banknotes from the Falkland Islands though.I do have all the Jason Islands banknotes in my collection.

Aidan.

 

LOL I have been toying with picking up some of the Antartic ones just for those Penguins, they are cute :hug:

 

Those notes from Anartica are very cool. Are they hard to come by? How would you go about getting them? Ebay?

 

Steve,the banknotes from the Falkland Islands & the Jason Islands also depict penguins on them as well.

Aidan.

 

Yes, you can get them from ebay. In fact, I have two sets with solid numbers - A1111 to A9999 and E1111 to E9999. I only scan those two pieces which are meant for my collection.

The common serial numbers are easily available. Yes, the solid numbers ones are much more difficult to find. There are four solid numbered sets of each alphabet ( e.g. A1111 to A9999 ) printed with different coloured serial number. There are a total of 100 sets. Most people go for the A prefix since it is the first prefix. I got my solid set prefix A which is the first printed colour - black.

These are privately issued notes and are not legal tender. The money they collected from sales of these notes are used to fund the research projects in Antaractica. I am sure they will increase in value over the years especially for solid number and low serial number ones.

Happy searching....

 

New Country Addition - Vietnam 2006 100,000 Dong Solid 555555

Link : http://www.notepassion.com/NP-BN-WS-555555-Vietnam.html

 

Very nice adition to your collection :thumb:

 

Completed showcasing my Singapore collection in my website.

http://www.notepassion.com/NP-BN-WS-555555-Singapore.html

 

My knowledge is somewhat lax in Paper Money, however, I know that you have done a remarkable job on the display and collection of those notes!. Bravo, nice job!

Perhaps you might share your knowledge of setting up such a web page to us non-web savy user's.

 

Great addition. Thanks for sharing!

Regards,
Ballabh Garg

 

Excellent website. Beautiful images of your Singapore banknote collection.

 

Well I have gone and done it not only bought some Antartica notes but also some Polymer ones some of you guy's have a lot to answer for LOL I will post links once I recieve them

 

Thanks everyone here. I hope you guys enjoy as much as I do.

Fool 4 Gold - I used to work in large computer systems managing IT projects as a IT Project Manager. But web designing and programming is something I picked up step by step. It is pretty simple and exciting but would help if you have splashes of creativity in designing.

The basic software tools you need are Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver will be for your web pages construction while the Photoshop will be used for your photo, pictures editing.

There are plenty of help you can find in the internet. Just search under www.google.com, and there are lots of website, forums offer you technical help for free.

If you are moving towards the area of web programming, you can work with PHP. It's a free programming scripting language and be prepared to invest time into learnng it.

I always believe that in order to get the job done, you only need 2% knowledge of the software. If you have more complex requirement, you start to increase your 2% to 3% or more to complete the extra requirement. In that way, you won't feel that you are spending a lot of time getting the job done. Just an opinion.

 

Since it relates to this topic, I recently found an article from Hong Kong on investing in banknotes with fancy numbers. It is quite informative. Enjoy,



Paper chase

A HK$10 note can yield much more. In fact, banknotes are an affordable path to wealth accumulation for every Hong Kong person as the amount to be invested can be as low as HK$100, or even less.

Stephanie Tong

Monday, February 26, 2007

A HK$10 note can yield much more. In fact, banknotes are an affordable path to wealth accumulation for every Hong Kong person as the amount to be invested can be as low as HK$100, or even less.
Karim Alamdin, 35, a life member of the Hong Kong Numismatic Society, started investing in Hong Kong banknotes four years back.
"Unlike paintings and antiques, banknotes are a safe investment as the chance of getting fake money is very small," he says.
"The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, with the advancement in technology, is able to ensure dollar notes circulating in the market are real.
"In addition, even if the value of this investment drops, we can still use the note in our hands. After all, what we invest in is actual money circulating in the market."
Before investing in banknotes, one should know that the investment value of dollar notes largely depends on the combination of the serial number, which includes two parts: the alphabetic letters and the six numeric digits.
The alphabetic part usually consists of two letters, running from AA, AB, AC, AD and so on, to ZZ, representing the different editions of banknotes in the same year.
For each edition, the number of dollar notes printed will be one million.
Use HK$10 notes printed in 2005 as an example: its first edition notes will have serial numbers from AA000001 to AA1000000.
The second edition serial numbers will run from AB000001 to AB1000000.
Cheung Tak-shing, owner of Hong Kong Coin Co, suggested four popular serial number combinations.
"People at present like to collect dollar notes with lucky numbers," he says. "Serial numbers with `8' is the most popular one as its Cantonese pronunciation - baht - is similar to faht - the pronunciation of a Chinese word meaning 'going to get rich.' "
Cheung adds: "The second most popular type is serial numbers with consecutive number arrangements, such as AA123456, AA654321 and AA345678.
People like to have this arrangement as it is similar to `straight flush' - five cards in sequence and in the same suit - in card game Big Two (called `Choh Dai Di' in Cantonese).
"Another popular serial number grouping is collecting the first and the last dollar notes of an edition.
"For example, AA000001, AA1000000, AB000001 and AB1000000. However, investors should note that the quality of these two types is usually worse than the others, as they are the first and the last dollar note to be printed in one edition.
Chances to have defects in the appearance of dollar notes will be higher." Cheung says these three kinds of combinations - deemed to be the blue chips - are more coveted by most numismatic investors.
Yet, investors can also invent their own combination. For instance, some investors collect banknotes with serial number showing their birth dates.
In addition to the different kinds of serial number combination, values of banknotes are also determined by the year of printing (the older the better), the edition (the earlier the better, AA is better than AB) and the currency value (HK$50 and HK$1,000 notes are more valuable as the number of bills in circulation is less than that of HK$20 and HK$100 notes).
The last factor would be the appearance of the dollar note.
"Dollar notes should be straight, not creased, without stains, and the four corners of the note should be sharp," Alamdin says.
He adds this is very crucial as the investment value of a dollar note will be halved if there are flaws.
"I have a HK$10 note printed in 1970. It is worth HK$1,000 at present as there are creases on the note. If it was a straight dollar note, the value of it would be at least HK$5,000," Alamdin says.
Alamdin has a collection of banknotes with lucky number 3: MF000003, MF000033, MF000333, MF003333, TS033333 and VT333333. He says although this set is not of the same edition, MF, the value of the collection is at least HK$2,000. In Cheung's coin company, there is a set of $10 note that is worth HK$18,800. The set was printed in 1988 and of the same edition: PU000001, PU111111, PU222222, PU333333, PU444444, PU555555, PU666666, PU777777, PU888888, PU999999 and PU1000000.
"Unlike other investments, diversification is not encouraged when investin in banknotes, as this will hinder investors to form a collection of banknotes with similar interesting serial numbers," Alamdin advises.
Currently, most banknotes are traded through Yahoo Auction. Alamdin said this method is the most popular one as the admission fee involved is little - only a few dollars are charged for each trading item - and the Internet can bring together most of the collectors of banknotes.
Another place of transaction would be coin shops like the one owned by Cheung. Most of the coin shops are located in the Willy Commercial Building on Wing Kut Street in Sheung Wan and Portland Street in Mongkok.
"For newcomers in the market, they are advised to focus on banknotes of lower value first," Alamdin says. "Do not sell your collection unless the return is at least 15 to 20 percent."

 

Just added an Australian 2005 $50 Super Solid JA 05 555555.