Todays additions to my site have all been generously donated by one of my good friends, and a friend to all of us... Bulgaria - Added several Foreign Exchange Certificates, P-36a through P-40a Great Britain - Aded P-373a, P-374g, P-377b and a local currency 1 Pound note. Germany - Added P-40b, P-46b and P-49b Greece - Added P-126a and P-128b Poland - Added P-149a Russia - Added P-9 (a, b or c) If you can read the signature, and can tell if the note is 9a, 9b or 9c, please let me know here. Serbia and Yugoslavia (at the moment, they are listed ont he same page) - Added for Serbia P-29 and P-46a and for Yugoslavia i added P-109, P-119 and P-129. Thanks for taking a peek, and a special thanks to the person who made tonights post possible
All beatiful! The local currency 1lb note is amazing! On the russian 9a,b,or c The 1st sig starts with an M I believe. THe 2005 2 Leva info is very interesting. What are the sigs that are possible? Did not see P-129 on the Serb/Yugo list. I need to get some friends like that. Thanks for posting. BTW, where do you get the catalog with the pick #'s and what is it called? Thanks
thanks for looking TheNoost the books i use are pretty much the same everyone uses The Standard Catalog Of World Paper Money from Krause Publications. I am waiting for a new series of books to be published that will rival the SCWPM in depth, and hopefully be much more accurate and up to date. We shall have to wait for its completion and see The Yugoslavia P-129 is mismarcked as P-130 The first P-130 on the list is actually P-129 lol
Nice notes, DJ. Looking at that British Local note reminds me that on NPR this weekend I was listening to a fascinating interview of an author Tom Levinson who's published a book called "Newton and the Counterfeiter" about the time he spent in charge of Britain's mint. I plan to get the book, it's definitely something most of us here would enjoy. Dave
Thanks De Orc Dave, what is the premise of the book? Its kind of a weird combination between Newton and a forger. Is the book a historical story about a would be forger that Newton might have been? Or just a recounting of the time the author spent in charge, and the task he faced with trying to thwart counterfeiting? The cover of the book does not lead me to think the book is about the authors time at Britains mint.
Daggarjon, you just have such a wonderful variety of notes. I'm definitely impressed. Thanks for sharing!!!
It looks like the interview is available online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105012144 if you want to listen. I'm not completely sure how much of the interview echoes the book. I really recommend listening to the interview - I was on the edge of my car seat as they discussed Newton's reform of monetary systems (the silver standard wasn't working too well, he was responsible for quite a few changes at the time, recalling all coinage and re-minting, discussions about paper vs silver vs gold, etc). The interview had just a small section about this counterfeiter, and apparently the author was responsible for finding a cache of Newton's paperwork as relates to the trial of the counterfeiter, and that created a fair bit of the content for the book. Sorry I can't be much more explicit about the book, that's about all I know so far. Dave
Thanks bobbeth87 i am working now on posting a LTN and a couple SC's from the US. Tis alot of work really lol i am also working on adding pages for 6-10 new countries, and have notes i ned to post for those
