Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Just added these Cuban notes to my collection. They came as a set but the 50 and 100 pesos are the winners, as far as value goes.

 

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They are in excellent shape.
They didn't come with Cuban cigars, did they?

 

This one was purchased at the same time.

 

I have been working on getting an example of a note from each of the original 13 colonies. I am four notes away from completion. The biggest challenge is a note from New Hampshire. There are reprints available but original notes are very rare.

 

-Those are very tough & collectible!
My 1st "Che" note is this P-88c 10 Pesos from an earlier (less "revolutionary") series:

The funny thing with this P-88c is that the Che signature is actually the most common variety. My 2nd note is the 20 Pesos or P-80c but I have no picture of it.

I get that your 50 & 100 Pesos are your "show-stoppers" (in terms of scarcity) but my personal favourite is that 20 Pesos (P-97a), which is very popular after the CIA produced copies of it. I also admire your East African 5 Bob: a very collectible note in any condition & yours has super eye appeal @Chris B!

That is a fantastic new addition: congrats @Tall Paul !

 

Now you’ve given me another item that sounds nice to collect. I only have a very nice Pennsylvania one.

 

I should add that I really like the phrase “To Counterfeit is DEATH”. That should be on all paper money today.

 

That'll scare the Bejesus out of anyone, no?
Nah, not in our great country.

 

Very nice.

 

Thank you.

 

Probably not but if we starting doing that it would.

 

It would be interesting to see how many actually were accused of counterfeiting and sentenced back in the day.

 

It sure would but I doubt that’s it very high.

 

Some additions from my local coin show

 

This one was kind of an impulse purchase.

 

For a few years I have been assembling a suite of an example of a note from each of the 13 original colonies. I have just added notes from Delaware and Maryland. Two notes left to go, a Georgia note and a New Hampshire note. The New Hampshire note will be very difficult to find in a decent condition.


This note has a gold dot from Gcc grading.





The second note is from Maryland (Fr-MD 70)and is AU-53 EPQ and like the previous note has a gold dot from Gcc grading. Unfortunately PMG does not have a photo of the note. Perhaps I should take this as a sign to start trying to take my own photos.

These are the first notes I have seen with dots from Gcc. I guess we now have another entry into the authentication and quality business.

 

I started to acquire some Democratic Republic of Congo notes after I saw the designs from this P-85 1 Franc (depicting 3 men about to be executed). All these notes arrived in January of this year:


And this led to this P-88* 20 Franc replacement:



And that led to this P-5 50 Franc earlier series:

 

@Notaphylic_C I've seen some macabre vignettes on banknotes, I have one from Argentina that depicts a slaughterhouse - but men about to be executed? Looking it up, I see that it is Patrice Lumumba and his comrades - so I know he was instrumental in Congo's independence from Belgium and the Belgians were brutal in their colonies so the image is no surprise.

 

Yes, well I actually wanted to get some Belgian Congo but they're very dear. And I started learning how brutal King Leopold & his "henchmen" were. Later, somebody posted this note in a forum & I was moved by the macabre scene. I found out the note was a bit tough to source in UNC so I just had to get it. I also picked up this early 10 Zaires featuring Mobutu:

It was not that I wanted a "dictator set" or anything like that, I just thought it would be interesting to have different series that show the Congo's various dictators, governments & historical transitions.