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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1142254, member: 12789&quot;]It is not an easy decision, and one that can be regretted later if it is not what you really want to do.&nbsp; Several years ago I had a fairly significant collection of Scottish and Irish banknotes - at one point I sold the whole Irish collection which included some early 20 century notes that are now difficult to obtain.&nbsp; I also sold several Scottish horseblanket notes(large sized large denomination like 20 Pounds etc from the early 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t regret letting the more modern stuff.&nbsp; But some of the early notes were classics, large sized hand signed notes that fetch serious dosh on the London auctions.&nbsp; There are some like the National Bank of Scotland 20 Pound from 1945 that I really really miss.&nbsp; It was a note that embodied much of the late 1880&#039;s printing technology with multiple colour printing passes that ranged from yellow, orange and red tints - really an expensive proposition in printing and one that fell out of favour with American Banknote Co early in the 20th century because of cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>My best advise would be to triage it, spend some time thinking about what you want to do - if you decide to let some onto the market give some passionate collectors the first shot and save all the auction etc fees.&nbsp; Determine which notes you might want to hold onto a little longer in the prospect of better times, and those that you can let and replace later on if you want to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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