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Nice notes! I have both the Canadian shinplasters. They are cool!   :)

Is that the Cambodian version of the Lennon Sisters?   ;D

Actually the note is from Laos and well, has a bit of a history attached to it's issuance:

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and was immediately preceded by this design:

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Laos it is. I stand corrected!  :D

There goes Scottishmoney bragging about his women again.

Great notes SM......you sure can pick beautiful women.

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beautiful notes Scottishmoney, I think my new avatar would interest you  ;)

Thanks for sharing these beauties with us  :)

Catching up on purchases that have filtered in over the past three weeks:



A recent issue of the IBNS Journal had a story about the 1 Yuan note with the lady on the tractor. I always thought that these vignettes were allegorical or artists inventions but, in this case at least, it was based on a photo of her on a tractor. Evidently the lady (Liang Jun) was China's first female tractor driver. She was trained in 1948 at a school sanctioned by the Comunist Party and wound up working most of her life with agricultrual machinery. The note was first issued in 1960. She retired in 1990 and is now 80 years old.



This note was issued in 2006, though dated 2005, and is said to commemorate an archeaology conference that was held in Tunis. The subject of the front of the note is Elissa or "Dido", the legendary founder of the Carthaginian Empire in the 9th century BC. She is also a subject of the Aeneid by Virgil. As she is a figure in early written history, accounts of her vary and are mostly conjecture. The depiction of a feminine figure on a banknote from the Arabic world is very uncommon, so this note is unusual, and also a very fascinating tie in with semi mythological figures in history.



Ukraine in the era of 1917-1922 was a confused state that was battled over by Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and German forces. In essence there were really three competing forces at work in Ukraine during that time, the Social Democrats(Directorate), the Hetmanate under Pavlo Skoropadsky, and the Communists. The communists controlled the east of the country and south, and issued notes in ruble denominations. The Hetmanate issued currency in Hryvnia denominations whilst the Directorate of the Social Democrats controlled mostly the western part of the country and issued this currency in Karbovnets denomination. The Hetmanate and the Directorate controlled areas of Ukraine united in early 1919, but still had to oppose Polish, Communists, and White Russian forces. This particular piece of paper money was issued by the State Treasury of the Unified Ukrainian state - so called Ukrainian National Republic in 1918 and saw a short period of usage. This note was printed locally in Kyiv by a Ukrainian printer.

Very nice!   :)

Mas billetes de sur de la frontera por mi:

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This is one of those coulda shoulda have been notes that was printed by a Mexican printing company in anticipation of securing a contract with Banco de Mexico for new banknotes in 1918.  In all likelihood the note would have been printed multicolour for actual notes.  It is actually a very lovely design with the young miss posed in front of an Aztec stone calendar.  She sort of reminds me of the Sunmaid raisin girl from the same era, very lovely and sweet.

Ah yes I love that calendar with the world ending in 2012

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Mine actually came from a money exchanger at melt years ago
On ebay germany it is often available and goes the normal 3-5% over melt
It is 15 grams net goldweight ( 31.1 grams is an ounce so it is slightly less then half an ounce)

The last 14 days several sold on ebay germany for 445 euro in auction  and 470 in buy it
now

Strange ???, 2 consecutive posts both with the Mayan Calendar, bit of a coincidence methinks!  ::)  ::)

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Half was papered over though  ;D

Still collecting the ladies, I see, scottishmoney.

Very nice indeed, thanks again for showing me all I am missing.

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Nice notes Dave. Thanks for sharing!!!  :)

Very nice! You have got some fantastic notes there Dave! Thanks for sharing!   :)

Really fantastic notes  :) :) :) Thank you for sharing. Older notes and coins are beautiful.

As usual many great notes, thanks for show ing us "your ladies"

Joe, now that's a nice note!   ;D  ;D  ;D

This is one of those wildly popular amongst world banknote collectors notes. Great artistry coupled with wonderful printing and dramatic imagery combine to mystify one with the intriguing subjects here. Curiously though, while this note is popular, and relatively common despite it's now advanced age; it is quite difficult to find a truly uncirculated one as these notes saw heavy usage right up until the German inflationary period of 1920-1924.

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The front of the note has a lovely vignette of "Germania" with a toddler who is launching a dove with an olive branch overlooking the Baltic Sea, not exactly the imagery you would expect in the Prussian dominated Germany of the era. The most dramatic and evocative image on the note is on the reverse however. This dragon, with his smoking snort guarding a reliquary is just fantastic and is what makes this note so popular.

Given that I wanted the note in the best condition possible, it pretty much predicated a long delay in purchasing one. This note is the scarcer six digit serial variety that was printed before WWI, the notes with seven digits were printed after the war and in much greater quantities.

Very beuatiful note scottishmoney  :)
But with all my respect to the dragon, the front of this note is a beuty  ;)

Thanks for sharing the note and the knowledge  :)

Beautiful note & beautiful lady!!!   :) Wonder what book she's holding in her hand?   :)

Cant compete with you guys  :( but i love the drawings on these notes  :)
Keep them coming and thanks for sharing  :)

i agree, seems that every thing in the past was done with more precision and skill than today. People used to put some effort and love what they do, but today everything is like fast food .......  :)

One of those mysteriously enigmatic notes that appears from time to time in auctions.  In the European pursuit of colonialising Africa during the early 20th century four world powers sought one of the crown jewels based on location.  We all know in real estate that location location location is key to property.  And one side of the Pillars of Hercules, Straits of Gibraltar lay Gibraltar(zealously controlled by Great Britain) and Spain of course.  The other side, in what is now Morocco, was pursued by France, Great Britain, Spain, and Germany.

Of course nobody asked or really cared what the residents in what is now Morocco thought, and they rebelled with the assistance of an adventurous Englishman, Captain C. Gardiner pursued independence of the Europeans:

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The government of the Riff existed for a brief period in the early 1920's before having been defeated by the Spaniards.  Captain Gardner took it upon himself to print these notes, which is quite apparent that they were printed in Great Britain with references in English and to English money and curiously not pesetas.

One of the nicer designs, from an interesting place with a fascinating history:

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These are from Salt Spring Island BC, an island with a population of approximately 10.000 people south of Victoria Island in British Columbia.  These notes have been issued in fairly small quantities since 2001 and feature designs by local artists featuring individuals from the island.

Very nice notes Dave, very colourful  :)

The paintings are very good but the statue .....WAW  :o

Thanks for sharing  :)

Nice banknote and nice mono-brow.