Paper Money: New Acquisitions

I recently bought my first $50 National Bank Note from a local currency dealer this past week.

 

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@Notaphylic_C I collect pretty much pre-1970 sterling notes from everywhere, but I collect later Northern Ireland. I favour Falklands, Guernsey. But I also have an assortment of sterling notes from Rhodesia and South Africa.

BTW not all Hong Kong $1 are common and inexpensive - mine was rather dear since it is from 1913.

As for one I would really want sometime, the Bermuda £10 from 1964 is super rare.

 

Just think of what that represented in value then... a wee fortune.

 

A couple new editions of mine.

 

Those numbers are even fun to say

 

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Got to get a book on paper money. Most people will never see bills like that. It’s a shame

 

Some great notes posted recently @Chris B @daniel a DiBiasio & @Bradley Trotter

Rhodesia & South Africa? Sounds like a very eclectic collection.

Re: Hong Kong
1913? is that P-167 Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation $10. Most of the Chartered & Chartered Mercantile Bank of India... or others with "Australia & China" are very scarce & expensive. I meant QEII notes

Re: Bermuda
Yes, P-22 is very dear, but rightfully so, as only 250,000 were issued (if memory serves me correct). But I'm not talking about that elusive beauty, but rather the next series from 1970's & even more recent (1980's) issues. Every denomination seems to be selling very well & are quite hot. Not sure why...

(Re: my list, I forgot Mauritius which is a bit like Belize (not too expensive but climbing fast: 1st 2 signatures very tough compared to the last "c" signature combo). Australia, Canada & New Zealand aren't too bad for QEII but but can be dear for pre-decimal & the first (1935) series for Canada (& French higher denominations are astronomical)).

 

A friendly bank teller rescued these 5 paper NZD 50's for me. They were going back for destruction. The paper 50 notes were replaced by polymer notes in 2000

I only had to pay face, but the value is c $80 each, so an immediate paper profit of $150 - not that I'm planning to sell

 

Sri Lanka 20 rupees (0.099¢ (<10¢) USD)

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NEW POLY ... 20 peso Mexican Commemorative.

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Beautiful notes.
I also have the Sri Lankan note dated 2010, with Serial No. W over 161041897

 

"Sri Lanka 20 rupees (0.099¢ (<10¢) USD)"
Here's a little older one & a 10 Rupees with a nice 2 digit radar (also a rotator):

 

Great Serial No.
I have the similar note from 1994 - Serial M/100 - 119903.
Unfortunately not 119911

 

Some consecutive notes

Indian 10 and 100 Rupees in aUNC condition

 

1997 Banque Centrale du Congo 50c

 

one of my favorite sets of India notes:

 

-Nice set of repeaters @techwriter . They look like P-102 (2011-2017) with various plate letters, the Subbarao signature & the new Rupee symbol. The 020202 has L plate letter & Rajan signature. They're fun to collect as they're so inexpensive & the tiger (+ rhino & elephant) design on the back is very different.

I picked up this P-102l with a paper cut error. I liked it due to the 5000 SN:


I also have this P-89n with T plate letter & no rupee symbol (1996-2006 series). This one is similar to the set of notes @BasSWarwick posted earlier.

 

$18 + shipping. My second Large Size note. Once you get on this train there are no brakes.

 

To put it mildly, the past week has been good to me and my paper money collection. First up, I picked up my second 1914 $50 FRN from a local vendor in exchange for a host of low-grade notes that I already had better examples of.



Next up, I ended up with a pair of $20 Nationals from Tennessee as an early Christmas gift from my Grandfather, who tagged along with me to a local coin & currency show this past weekend. I was talking with the same vendor I acquired the $50 FRN from concerning a pair of Tennessee Nationals that I was interested in potentially purchasing. To my surprise, my Grandfather offered to purchase them for me as an early Christmas gift, of which I'm immensely grateful.

1929 $20 National Bank Note (Nashville, Tennessee) Charter No. 3032



1929 $20 National Bank Note (Memphis, Tennessee) Charter No. 336


To that effect, these two bottom notes were unexpected additions. Much to my surprise, my grandparents had deliberately hidden a pair of nationals inside a book they gifted me on American Civil War Sites in Tennessee. With that being said, I certainly understand why you don't see many early PCGS Currency slabs from the mid 2000s.

1929 $20 National Bank Note (Chicago, Illinois) Charter No. 4605


1929 $10 National Bank Note (Bradford, Pennsylvania) Charter No. 2428