Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Really liked the look of this one.

Netherlands Antilles - 2 & 1/2 Gulden

 

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China Sinkiang Commercial and Industrial Bank - 20,000 Yuan, YR 36 (1947)

PS-1774

 

A new pickup:

1928E $1 Silver Certificate
Fr.1605




This one is a big key; they changed the legend only on the 1928E making it a distinct type. This is the last $1 small note I needed for my US type set, including experimental types, completing this denomination.

I define the $1 small note type set as:

• Fr.1500 United States Note 1928
• Fr.1600-1604 Silver Certificate 1928-1928D First Legend
• Fr.1605 Silver Certificate 1928E Second Legend
• Fr.1606-1606a Silver Certificate 1934
• Fr.1607 Silver Certificate 1935
• Fr.1608, 1611-1616 Silver Certificate 1935A-1935G Series Repositioned
• Fr.2300 Silver Certificate 1935A HAWAII surcharge
• Fr.2306 Silver Certificate 1935A North Africa
• Fr.1609 Silver Certificate 1935A (1944) Experimental R Control
• Fr.1610 Silver Certificate 1935A (1944) Experimental S Special
• Fr.1617-1618 Silver Certificate 1935G (1957) IGWT
• Fr.1619-1621 Silver Certificate 1957-1957B
• Fr.1900-1902 Federal Reserve Note 1963-1963B Latin Treasury Seal
• FR.1903-1915 Federal Reserve Note 1969-2017A English Treasury Seal
• Fr.1916 Federal Reserve Note 1988A Fort Worth (First Year)
• Fr.1917 Federal Reserve Note 1988A Webb (First Year)

So the above set is now complete with this last addition. If I've missed a note that you think should belong in this set, please let me know.

 

Here are some new pickups for my modern Hungarian specimen note set (1946-Present):

Hungary 10 Forint Specimen Note 1975
Type 3 (Soviet Arms)
FM4 (1957-1975)



Hungary 50 Forint Specimen Note 1983
Type 3 (Soviet Arms)
F19M (1965-1989)



Hungary 100 Forint Specimen Note 1980
Type 3 (Soviet Arms)
F29M (1957-1989)



Hungary 500 Forint Specimen Note 1990
Type 4 (Hungarian Arms)
F43Ma (1990) One-Year Type



Hungary 1000 Forint Specimen Note 1992
Type 4 (Hungarian Arms)
F46M (1992-1996)

 

Iraq 500 Dinars Banknote

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Estate sale buy this weekend.

 

Bank of Scotland £1 1968 First Run

By the mid 1960s Scottish banknote design was very seriously dated. So much so that the Bank of England voiced their concerns over the prospect of widespread counterfeits being circulated. The Bank of Scotland had their notes printed using an offset process since the 1880s by Waterstons and Sons Printers but using specially watermarked paper produced by Gorbals. This was secure enough, but in the early 1960s printing techniques were advancing rapidly and counterfeits began to appear of Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland notes. Bank of Scotland had begun preparing in the early 1960s both for more secure notes and for decimalisation of the currency. But they dragged their bottoms over five years.

Whilst they were dragging bottoms they were running out of money for their bank counters. But new paper with more sophisticated watermarks was ready so they did an emergency printing of the £20 in 1969 seen here:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-last-british-horseblanket-bank-of-scotland-£20-1969.386587/

When the new £1 was finally released in the fall of 1968, but bearing the 17th July date - it used the new thistle watermarked paper and was printed by Waterstons and Sons utilising engraved plates that were prepared by Jon Enschede in Zonen from the Netherlands. Waterstons did not possess the technology to prepare the engraved plates on their own. This would be a short one year run, into 1969 as Bank of Scotland was already in merger discussions with the British Linen Bank and their combined note issue was beyond the capacity of Waterstons and the printing contract was assumed by Thomas De La Rue, printers of British Linen's banknotes.

 

Where do you guys find these?? Sadly I've paid much more for considerably inferior Monticello notes. Would really like to find some like those. One, even.

 

Have they been ironed?

 

I know next to nothing about paper currency. I read that ironing is a big no-no but the issues I see mentioned would (it seems to me) be reduced or eliminated if people used a layer of fabric between iron and note. However, I've never tried ironing currency. Have some sheets to do first. Which means it may never happen...

 

Ironing and pressing are a no-no because it flattens out the original printed embossing on the notes, for example if you have a brand new dollar bill feel the dark printed areas around the perimetre of the note and you will feel the raised ink - that raised area gets flattened when you iron notes even if you use a layer of fabric.

When you are a picky one like me, you candle the notes with a flashlight around the perimetre of the note to see tell tale signs of pressing, cleaning etc. I've even done this with TPG graded notes that are encapsulated. Signs of cleaning can also be found by candling the note with the flashlight in the body of a note - breaks in the paper show, and little traces of dirt that didn't get cleaned out will show.

 

Marsden ...

I get my stuff at a monthly local coin show. This particular dealer knows what I like and he gives me good deals because I spend My $$$ with him.

Costa's Coins & Currency

The head schmoe is a really good guy. Absolutely fair to good customers.

 

I have a weakness for curvy type, ornate filagree doo-dads and lady justice...

 

1918 $2 Philadelphia
FR. 754

 

Here's some hints as to the nature of my most recent purchase.

 

I was pretty happy to pick up this Ploughman 1933 Pounder (P-8a) as I haven't seen very many that aren't soiled or well worn:

 

Beautiful note and condition

 

-Thanks!

 

From the looks of auctions and accounts of shows in Ireland and the UK they seem to be common - in soiled or well worn. I really only started venturing into collecting south of Ireland in the last year or so - my focus has been all Ireland until 1927 and then Northern Ireland. What is curious to me is that the Irish/Northern Irish notes are all scarcer than Scottish and especially English notes - but prices are not reflective of that. Some of the all Ireland before 1927 are available in high EF or uncirculated but for a fraction of the price of a contemporary English note say a White Fiver or Tenner etc.

 

This is interesting. I haven't really taken note of the Northern Irish notes but I've seen this sentiment posted elsewhere (of their low # issued/toughness to source).

I like small Commonwealth island QEII notes & find these to be large variations in terms of pricing, availability & expense. The most to least expensive of the bunch:

1. Bermuda (not sure why but these are ballistic with no end in sight)
2. Jamaica (make sense as they were short lived)
3. Falklands (small # issued)
4. Trinidad (like Jamaica)
5. British Honduras (like Trinidad)
6. Bahamas (pre-decimal & high decimal denoms can be pricey)
7. & Belize (these are a bargain compared to the above)

British territories:
Isle of Man
Gurensey (older versions only)
Hong Kong ($1 are fairly common & inexpensive)
Gibraltar (some uncommon dates but pretty inexpensive)
Jersey (inexpensive compared to Cyprus & Malta)

Others:

1. Seychelles (super popular thus expensive- forget the catalogues)
2. Ceylon (scarce to tough in higher grades & expensive)
3. Fiji (predecimal & early decimal moderate- later issues cheap)
4. Cyprus & Malta (almost cheap compared to the above)
5. Solomon Islands (Cheap)