Rickie, my apologies if the query came off wrong. It was just intended as an honest question. It would not have occurred to me in a thousand years...
Thanks for the links and summaries, guys. I couldn't find anything about the percentage of world's banknotes that they print, but I agree they...
Do you have a citation for that? I find it very hard to believe, and would be very curious to see the numbers. Dave
I'm not sure if I'm reading this correctly, but I think it's showing a consumer price index of 10 in 1914 being equal to a CPI of 215 in 2008. So...
Imagine getting a receipt like that from a store today! Dave
No serial numbers, stars, or other subtleties for me! I collect "French" banknotes, which is to say printed under Banque de France direction. Dave
RickieB will have to answer that one.... I know as much about US notes as he does about French ones :whistle: Dave
These are notes from Syria, printed by Banque de France. Syria and Lebanon notes from about 1925 to 1935 were printed by BdF, and are very hard to...
Wow, wow, wow. Those are fantastic, Beshergh. Beautiful and rare notes. Dave
That's a stunning piece of art, Rickie. I'm very curious too about who it is and who drew it. Dave
One of my favorite backs, just a stunning piece of engraving! Dave
Here are a few more: French Treasury note, the artist is William Fel. Most of his art would not be allowed on this site ;) [IMG] [IMG][img]...
I dare say you have a reputation of posting many, many beautiful notes, and I never tire of them! The Flameng happens to be my favorite from my...
As you say, "eye of the beholder", but I've seen some quite interesting discussions on photography forums of trying to codify "beauty". As we know...
I don't think there's much $ value in old catalogs. But the rest of the content is fantastic and worth far more than the few bucks they're asking....
Very nice Rick, it was a fun read. I like the preoccupation with the sex of the employees. " I commenced work with 1 male assistant and four...
I'm not sure it's been mentioned in this thread, but the Penny Black is the accepted "first ever postage stamp". There was quite the hoo-ha for...
Very nice looking note! I'm so glad serial number collecting is not popular with world notes. I'm sure I would get sucked into collecting them :)...
My site is having a bit of trouble.... please stand by :) ...hopefully it works now. Please let me know if the links to the site are failing. Dave
Marianne de Walhain [IMG] Marianne has been the symbol of France since the French Revolution of 1789-99. She represents the Republic of strong...
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