As always, wonderful stories from you Honolulu Dick. It's great to hear from someone who was really there, in the mud and all. Wow. Dave PS: Two...
Many dealers use these to ship notes. but I worry about the note slipping out the ends. Personally I prefer something that's sealed on the sides,...
Dunno what to say on this one. The whole world of archivists says not to store paper in PVC... I wouldn't. Dave
These holes are from the acidic ink used for the signatures, over time eating through the paper. One one hand it probably tells you it's a real...
Welcome to CT. Poland has some fantastic artwork on some of its banknotes. I don't collect them, but I'd love to see what you've got. I know the...
Welcome aboard, WEG! Dave
I'm assuming De La Rue was the normally contracted banknote printer for Libya, not that they somehow just got a hold of the plates and started...
An overprint simply means that there was an existing banknote, and then some additional component (text usually) was printed on top of it at a...
I have a section on doctored notes at http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/articles/collecting.php Dave
Some of my favorites: 100F [img] 300F [img] 500pi [img] 1000F [img] 5000F [img] Dave
Thanks for the post, Darryl, really neat stuff! Dave
I don't know if I gave you this link before, but I recently wrote an article for the new banknote collector. You might read this, maybe it'll give...
Thanks Ron. I'm sure De La Rue did print African notes, but not the one's I've posted. Most of those I've postred were Banque de France, with some...
I was on a bit of a binge recently, and I also ran into a new friend who wanted to put some of his notes out on my site. So there are a lot of new...
Depending on how old is "old", you might look into the French Assignats that led up to their revolution in 1796. Printed in mass quantities, they...
They're no different from any other banknote collectible, other than the starting price for these is quite a bit lower than most. I've seen buy...
These are "emergency money" notes, typically created within small localities, when central banks were unable to provide the service. I have a...
No affiliation, but I just noticed this set of Notgeld items come up on eBay - 90 pieces from Germany, France, Austria. Depending on the final...
You should have them in holders if you don't already, but then yes put the note, holder and all, on the scanner, set to 300dpi and scan away....
I assume you don't have a scanner? That's what most of us would use rather than a camera. Dave
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