Can anyone tell me how many different countries or territories Queen Elizabeth appeared on? ..counting Isle of Man and Jersey and including United Kingdom.. any ideas ?? Also, the same question for coins? Just coins and notes in circulation at any point? Thanks Bren
For circulating coins I think 37 (although there may be others that had QEII on a coin that weren't part of the realm).
Australia Bahamas Belize Bermuda British Honduras British West Africa British West Indies Canada Cayman Islands Ceylon Cook Islands Cyprus East Africa Eastern Caribbean States Falkland Islands Fiji Gambia Gibraltar Guernsey Hong Kong
Isle of Man Jamaica Jersey Malaya and British Borneo Mauritius New Zealand Nigeria Rhodesia Rhodesia and Nyasaland Saint Helena and Ascension Seychelles Solomon Islands South Africa Southern Rhodesia Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Kingdom
Great. thanks for the help. Any info about notes? I think Guernsey didn't have her on their notes..
Yes they do. Only started with the 1994 series. The 1994-2023 or current series all printed with her portrait on it, including the 5 pounds 2000 millennium note too.
I created a WORLD MOTIF page & include a section on Queen Elizabeth notes (even though the Queen's image really isn't really a motif but a royal portrait). There are several symbols & common icons/motifs on the notes though. I thought it appropriate to include QEII notes there since its an area some collectors specialize in.
I have not seen any Antigua Barbuda banknotes but I could be wrong. I have listed banknotes issued by the gov or central bank. There's a possibility of a private printer out there. Although I put a list together I have not checked to see if it is correct (or needs improvement). Nobody has informed me of any problems with it so far.
Wow. That's an amazing link. Thanks very much for all the help. I have 36 different notes with QE2 on them and still looking for more. It's great to have all those references and information about them. Shame so many of them are worth a lot of money now. But it makes a fantastic collection folks! Thanks again. Bren
Wow. That's an amazing link. Thanks very much for all the help. I have 36 different notes with QE2 on them and still looking for more. It's great to have all those references and information about them. Shame so many of them are worth a lot of money now. But it makes a fantastic collection folks! Thanks again. Bren
Your welcome
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Wow. That's an amazing link. Thanks very much for all the help. I have 36 different notes with QE2 on them and still looking for more. It's great to have all those references and information about them. Shame so many of them are worth a lot of money now. But it makes a fantastic collection folks! Thanks again. Bren
It is great to know someone in Ireland likes collecting notes depicting Queen Elizabeth II's portraits on them - despite the fact that Ireland has been a republic outside the Commonwealth since 18 April 1949.
I do collect Ireland's post-1949 banknotes & coins as part of the British Commonwealth series - for continuity & historical interest, considering that Ireland was in a de-facto currency union with the U.K. until 1979.
I look forward to banknotes & coins depicting King Charles III finally being released.
Wow. That's an amazing link. Thanks very much for all the help. I have 36 different notes with QE2 on them and still looking for more. It's great to have all those references and information about them. Shame so many of them are worth a lot of money now. But it makes a fantastic collection folks! Thanks again. Bren
Hope you won't mind but it would be lovely to see your collection in Numista as it is private now @brmwilson
Apologies for any inconvenience
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Thanks for all the info. Yes, I like most of Ireland are happy to have our British neighbours. It would be a sadder world without The music..the movies… the BBC and even Her Majesty QE2. I'm collecting the coins too and have almost 200 with the Queen on them. ..and they are so much easier to find. Only have 32 Notes…just wishful thinking earlier!!! Anyone who wants to trade some notes please let me know!!! I will open my notes to view now. Bren
Hello again. I have been hard at work collecting QE2 notes and now have seventy four of various qualities. My question is this, if I decide to sell them …(maybe when I get to 100.) Do any of you know if they would be worth more to sell as a group than individually? I reckon they are worth around 750 euro atm. I find the joy is in collecting them but once I have them, I think i will not really look at them very often. So maybe I hope to sell and make a big profit in the future😊😅
So maybe I hope to sell and make a big profit in the future
You probably will have to wait at least 4 years before the whole idea of global trade wars (& tariffs) become less popular. Personally, I'm happy to sell my notes for what I paid for them -but who knows what the future holds in store for us!
Bren: The hunt is more interesting than the having. Individual notes would give you more buyers. As a group the price would reduce the number of people interested in them. You would still have to price all the individual notes in order to decide what is a fair price for the group too. The 1935 Canadian $20 is increasing in price currently and some are rarer than that one. I saw a Rhodesia/Nyasaland at the last show I was at.
Try PJSymes.com.au His article on the portraits is very extensive. There a few modern notes he does not have listed. The most interesting one is this 70 Dollars (Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II) - Cayman Islands – Numista . The note has four images of the queen on it. Three are in Symes list and one is new.
The 1935 Canadian $20 is increasing in price currently…
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@ThePoet hits the crux of the problem: the answer to your question is “it depends” on far too many factors to give you a proper answer. First, you want to sell when it's a “seller's market” (rather than when there's plenty of people liquidating b/c the stock market has tanked, etc). Good times to sell (a "frothy market") is when collectors know what to expect rather than times of uncertainty. Second, you need to list your notes individually (or as “lots” if they're common) & hope you hit the right buyers (collectors who want what you have) via the best plaform. It costs money to sell: you hope that your seller's (or auction platform) fees aren't too high (so you do better than break even). And originalUNC always sells faster/higher than processed, AU or circulated examples.
And then it is important to acknowledge that popularity (& media coverage) may be more important than scarcity. Check this thread out the super common 100T Z note- getting extensively reproduced by scammers & still selling for $100 each! My point is you may have the Commonwealth $70 commemorative note from the Cayman Islands but if there's no media hype (like there was for the 100T Z note), then there will be little fanfare (or interest) in it. You need coin collectors (or general public) to care about some of these! Some QE2 nations (colonies) are much more popular than others (& we don't know what you have). Rhodesia (& its precursors like Southern & Rhodesia & Nyasaland), East Africa have many more ardent collectors than Canada or Belize. However, there are some “big draws” from these later nations too (like the Canadian 35' $20 featuring the young princess or the 1954 Devil Face series). British Honduras always outperforms Belize, etc. So, in the end, there's far too many factors/variables to consider.
Best just to enjoy the journey & see where it takes you.
Great. thanks for the help. Any info about notes? I think Guernsey didn't have her on their notes..
Yes they do. Only started with the 1994 series. The 1994-2023 or current series all printed with her portrait on it, including the 5 pounds 2000 millennium note too.
Kai,
The last Guernsey 1 Pound note types don't have her portrait on them at all.
