I was just a young boy with a paper route & eager to tuck away any low denominations I could afford (from 1974-1978). My brother had an...
Dates are always a bit tricky to nail down but you were right (the date on the note is the date of issue) not when it was printed (or current)....
-That's a great story which brings back a memory for me too. Seven years earlier (in 1979), I got my first job at a carwash in a small town near...
-Thanks man! :smuggrin: I appreciate it. I bought it "raw" & was happy that it got an AU58 "Original" designation after I submitted it to our BCS...
Cash has never been the predominant method of payment: about 25 years ago, it used to be 75% digital & 25% cash but you can see (from your own...
I agree (they are indeed fine looking designs @ewomack )! To answer your question @mpcusa, I believe the 10,000 is the highest according the the...
Nice errors @Collecting Nut & @Mountain Man !! Here's my favourite Offset printing error: the front of the 1979 Bank of Canada $20.00: [ATTACH]...
Large denominations used to be exchanged primarily between banks & later for individuals to store cash. The myth propagated by law enforcement,...
I agree with @Numbers , it is Jean-Louis Husson & from some of my searches it appears he was born in 1947 but passed away in 2021. Great print (&...
Excellent, tough low number!
That is an excellent info-graphic @Mountain Man! I have also used the US Currency Education program's Banknote Identifiers & Symbols page for...
Here's a few I couldn't resist: Costa Rica: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Germany: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Italy: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Mexico: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
-I think I read the same article. Also note how the peak is given a different angle/look on the newer version (posted by @Troodon: to help...
I agree that if TPG certifiers start/continue labelling notes with incorrect designations- this certainly will propagate confusion amongst the...
I believe the idea of "bookends" is a very casual term which has been incorrectly formalized & abused over the last couple decades. We used to...
Really like the Quetzales & other recent pick ups @Troodon. Here's my paper $5.00 from New Zealand (although Edmund Hillary was one of the first...
First, sorry if this seems a bit off-topic since this has been my experience in Canada (& not the US). In 1978, I worked at a carwash & caught a...
Here is what I wish to acquire: VF* to UNC Commonwealth nations including: -Australia (pre-1992)($20 or lower paper) -Bahamas (pre-2000) $5.00 &...
Here's a few FIVES I picked up over the past year: Trinidad & Tobago:[ATTACH] Jamaica: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Suriname: [ATTACH]
-Same here! I stayed a few nights in Negril & we went to a little river that was supposed to be filled with those little crocodiles (I only saw...
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