Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Wow, I've been away for some time but saw some really great notes since my absence started.

Does anyone,on here, by chance, collect "swimmer" notes? I keep looking but haven't found any. Perhaps I'll resort to ebay. Id like to see some of these serials if anyone has got any.

 

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Since I'm not a Nationals collector my knowledge is quite limited but it has been explained to me that the Upper Right hand number is a "Treasury" number and the number in Lower Left is the "Bank Sheet" indicating number of sheets printed. I have been told that later in the issuing of these the two numbers were the same.
Example:

 

Hi, I have this twenty it have a mark in the right hand corner in middle what that mean or what going on with it.

 

It's just a stamp.

 

They commonly call them chopmarks.....as seen here;http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a21.html

 

What's a swimmer note?

 

A a note, in which the serial number reads the same upside down, as it does right side up. Only numerals that read upside down can be part of the serial number: 1, 6, 8, 9, 0 — For example: 00196100, 10688901...

 

Ok gotcha. That's pretty neat! I'll have to try noticing those now.

 

I have never heard of a swimmer note. I have heard of a flipper note. I don't understand why it is called a swimmer note. I have a swimmer / flipper note.

 

I don't really collect Mexico banknotes, but I bid on (and won) this one cause the design and color pop...

Edit: it's also an ABNC note which is bonus for me

 

Very Sweet, So what is the red stamp on the back for ?

 

I don't know but isn't it nice?! LOL

 

The Red,s are very distinct in the for front, especially the stamp kind of reminds me
Of the old $10 Scallop notes

 

Did a little research on the note and red stamp. Turned out to be more interesting than I thought it was going to be.

Anyway, this note was printed during the Mexican Revolution (a civil war from 1910-1920). During that period paper money was Military, State or Private issued. This particular note was State issued by Sonora (El Estado de Sonora). The red stamp certified that the money could also be used in neighboring states.

 

So were there any different color stamps used ? I find this very interesting
especially since I collect Military Payment Certificates and find this very intriguing !

 

There are also stamps signifying that the private bank tax had been paid for the bill. This is often seen on Brazilian notes.

 

Full disclosure here: I'm no longer an obsolete collector but when one sees a note such as this for such a great price then it has to be scooped up.
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I don't know if there are different stamps within the same state, but there are different stamps on other state's. Stamps of different size, shape and color. I have seen photos of them online by doing an internet search.

From what I gathered browsing multiple websites is that there are many variations of stamps. Supposedly, many are unique in that they were hand stamped so the placement on the note itself wasn't exact. Aside from that, some of the stamps contain a date of stamp and/or signature of person stamping or name of the authority.

Definitely very interesting and more than I imagined. I'm going to try and collect a few more of these.

 

Please post some additional examples when you get them, i will be looking in to these myself

 

Added another Cuban to the collection. Crisp & uncirculated.

Serie de 1960 Cuba 10 Pesos