You may be the only member, even me, another banknote collector, won't have so much nations for a while. I'm actually just a few under 100 countries. And I remember there was another topic about our banknote maps.
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You mean THIS thread. I only have 42 or a few more countries if I would split some.
For the map template I would use a bitmap map there you don't have those damn artifacts (you have to search the net because .bmp is not supportet on numista) and when you are done formate it into png or jpg etc.
Has there been any progress on the Numista banknote site? I think that would be a great idea, as I collect coins and notes, and have learned a ton about world and U.S. coins in the short time I have been a member.
This is my banknote collection. It contains 1,115 banknotes from (about) 203 countries and territories.
The maps are only showing the modern countries though.
EUROPE
• Missing Countries: Andorra, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Wales
• Countries not showing: Austro-Hungarian Kingdom, Eurozone, Third Reich, German Empire, Weimar Republic, German Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Russian SFSR, Czechoslovakia, Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Theresienstadt concentration camp
ASIA
• Missing Countries: Jordan, Palestine, Yemen
• Countries not showing: Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), Ceylon, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau, Timor (Portuguese), South Russia, Tannu Tuva, South Vietnam
OCEANIA
• Missing Countries: Hawaii, New Caledonia, Samoa, (All other countries has never had their own banknotes)
• Countries not showing: French Pacific Territories
AFRICA
• Missing Countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Niger, St. Helena & Ascesion, Togo, Tunisia
• Countries not showing: Biafra, Mozambique (Portuguese), Somaliland, Zaïre
South America
• Missing Countries: French Guiana, Falkland Islands
Central America
• Missing Countries: Belize, El Salvador, Panama
Caribbean
• Missing Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, (All other countries has never had their own banknotes)
North America
• Missing Countries: Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon
It seems that we get in common at least 177 countries:
You get these following countries:
and me:
as I don't know your actual list, there might be some mistakes
Wow, that was quickly done! (Or is it just that I'm lazy? )
It looks like it's correct. It's just that I have split up Central and West African States into their belonging countries. So for the Central African States I have Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea, and from the West African States I have Mali and Senegal. I've done the same with the East Caribbean States, which I have devided in Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. I also have a new ECS from 2012 without the country prefixes but with the new AA-prefix).
I also have China pre-1949.
I don't know if I should count Somalia though, since I got Puntland and Mogadishu North Forces, so they are not "clean" Somali banknotes ).
I think you missed Faroe Islands though, but otherwise I think you got them all!
Quote: "ngdawa"Wow, that was quickly done! (Or is it just that I'm lazy? )
It looks like it's correct. It's just that I have split up Central and West African States into their belonging countries. So for the Central African States I have Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea, and from the West African States I have Mali and Senegal. I've done the same with the East Caribbean States, which I have devided in Antigua & Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. I also have a new ECS from 2012 without the country prefixes but with the new AA-prefix).
I also have China pre-1949.
I don't know if I should count Somalia though, since I got Puntland and Mogadishu North Forces, so they are not "clean" Somali banknotes ).
I think you missed Faroe Islands though, but otherwise I think you got them all!
Can you explain us your system of country prefix in Africa and in the Caribbean? We have a similar one in EU which is starting to disappear like in ECS with new banknotes.
I don't think we can count Somalia this way, as Puntland may count apart, like Somaliland, and MNF seems to be a kind of military currency (does it concern one army only or multiple armies?).
Faroe... The Foroyar notes?
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* For Somalia, it seems good to reference your banknote cause it was authorized by Decree of 18.09.1990 (September 18, 1990) (thus by the Central Government of President Siad Barré). Delivered in November 1991 by the manufacturer into the turmoil and disturbancies of the Somali Civil War, with Central Government no longer effective and no functioning Central Bank. Seized by United Somali Congress (USC) interim President Ali Mahdi Mohamed, whose Army and supporters were referred to as "Mogadiscio Northern Forces", where these notes continued to circulate in the areas under their control (i.e. north and around Mogadiscio). Later (in 2000), further unauthorized N-Shilin/New Shillings were imported by businessmen.
* For Central African Republic, banknotes issued between 1974 and 1992 by Bank of Central African States had common designs and carry full country name. So it is customary to list these banknotes in their respective countries. After 1992, the only difference between countries is the prefix (as for euro banknotes) so it's easier to gather them into the Central African States package.
* For Equatorial Guinea, my banknote is in Ekwele (1975-1985).
* My East Caribbean States bank note of 2008 gets no island specificity.
* What's the difference between "Soviet Union" and "Russian SFSR" ?
* Differentiating "South Russia" seems a bit exaggerated cause that would lead to distinguish these Russian general or regional and local issues between 1914-1925:
Russia general government issues
North Russia
West Russia (including Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and West Russia)
Ukraine and Crimea
North Caucasus
Transcaucasia (included Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia)
Siberia and Ural
Russian Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
East Siberia
* Unlike "Faroyar" tokens, Faroe Island notes are issued in "Krone", and as a major fact, I don't get any
* Do you split Mozambique (Metical currency) and Mozambique (Escudo currency) ?
* There are very low price banknotes so called "banana money" for Malaya. A new country soon
Quote: "chomp-master"
Can you explain us your system of country prefix in Africa and in the Caribbean? We have a similar one in EU which is starting to disappear like in ECS with new banknotes.
I don't think we can count Somalia this way, as Puntland may count apart, like Somaliland, and MNF seems to be a kind of military currency (does it concern one army only or multiple armies?).
Faroe... The Foroyar notes?
First off, yes, I mean the Faroe Islands (Føroyar). I were there in 2013 and got a few notes with me back. They are using the Danish krone, but they have their own banknotes, called króna (just like the Icelandic). The Faroese króna is 1:1 with the Danish. They are using the Danish coins though.
Here's the list of prefxes of the CFA-francs, XCD, and EUR:
Central African States, 1993-2001
C = Congo, Republic of the
E = Cameroon
F = Central African Republic
L = Gabon
N = Equatorial Guinea
P = Chad
Central African States, 2002 →
A = Gabon
C = Chad
F = Equatorial Guinea
M = Central African Republic
T = Congo, Republic of the
U = Camroon
West African States
A = Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast
B = Benin
C = Burkina Faso
D = Mali
E = Mauritania (1961 - 1973)
H = Niger
K = Senegal
S = Guinea-Bissau
T = Togo
East Caribbean States
A = Antigua & Barbuda
D = Dominica
G = Grenada
K = St. Kitts & Nevis
L = St. Lucia
M = Montserrat
U = Anguilla
V = St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Euro
B = Lithuania
C = Latvia
D = Estonia
E = Slovakia
F = Malta
G = Cyprus
H = Slovenia
L = Finland
M = Portugal
N = Austria
P = Netherlands
S = Italy
R = Luxembourg
T = Ireland
U = France
V = Spain
X = Germany
Y = Greece
Z = Belgium
Thanks to you I can say my Central African note is from Gabon (2002A) and my Western African one from Niger (2003H).
In the former thread, cited by Idolenz, I already shared the Euro prefix letters of the 1st series. Notice that finally Luxembourg never printed its banknotes with its prefix letter, just imported foreign notes. Don't forget that Europa series can only be identified by printing works, no more by country.
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Quote: "Frenchlover"* For Equatorial Guinea, my banknote is in Ekwele (1975-1985).
* My East Caribbean States bank note of 2008 gets no island specificity.
* What's the difference between "Soviet Union" and "Russian SFSR" ?
* Do you split Mozambique (Metical currency) and Mozambique (Escudo currency) ?
* There are very low price banknotes so called "banana money" for Malaya. A new country soon
• My Congolese (Republic of the Congo) banknote is not from the Central African States issue, but it bares its own name, Republique Populaire du Congo, so I do count that as its own. Usually I count West African States and Central African States as one, but since each country has "its own" banknotes, it still feels like they should be considered separately. Even though though they share the same, anonymous, coins. This goes for the East Caribbean states and the Eurozone as well.
• In 2008 the XCD started with a AA prefix, so it no longer have any country codes.
• The Russian SFSR was like "Russia" during the Soviet Union (stands for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic). It was a sovereign state in 1917-1922. It was the largest republic in the Soviet Union, so I guess it was the same as the Latvian SSR (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic) and the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). But it says Р.С.Ф.С.Р. (R.S.F.S.R.) specifically on the banknotes.
• I count the Mozambique as one, even it it's the Portuguese (escudo) or independent (Metical) Mozambique.
• I have been noticing these Japanese occupation notes from Oceania, Malaya, Burma, etc. But I'm still not that keen. I like them though, but I don't know how I should categorise them. It is a new country, but it's an occupation, and therefore Japanese. Right?
Quote: "chomp-master"Thanks to you I can say my Central African note is from Gabon (2002A) and my Western African one from Niger (2003H).
Yay, that's great! Yyou are more than welcome!
Quote: "chomp-master"In the former thread, cited by Idolenz, I already shared the Euro prefix letters of the 1st series. Notice that finally Luxembourg never printed its banknotes with its prefix letter, just imported foreign notes. Don't forget that Europa series can only be identified by printing works, no more by country.
I know about Luxembourg, but I wated to add it anyway, since they at least GOT a letter, haha!
I didn't know that the new issue doesn't have the prefi letters. Are there any easy ways to see the printer, or would you have to "recognize" the work somehow?
Quote: "ngdawa" • My Congolese (Republic of the Congo) banknote is not from the Central African States issue, but it bares its own name, Republique Populaire du Congo, so I do count that as its own. Usually I count West African States and Central African States as one, but since each country has "its own" banknotes, it still feels like they should be considered separately. Even though though they share the same, anonymous, coins. This goes for the East Caribbean states and the Eurozone as well.
• In 2008 the XCD started with a AA prefix, so it no longer have any country codes.
• The Russian SFSR was like "Russia" during the Soviet Union (stands for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic). It was a sovereign state in 1917-1922. It was the largest republic in the Soviet Union, so I guess it was the same as the Latvian SSR (Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic) and the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). But it says Р.С.Ф.С.Р. (R.S.F.S.R.) specifically on the banknotes.
• I count the Mozambique as one, even it it's the Portuguese (escudo) or independent (Metical) Mozambique.
• I have been noticing these Japanese occupation notes from Oceania, Malaya, Burma, etc. But I'm still not that keen. I like them though, but I don't know how I should categorise them. It is a new country, but it's an occupation, and therefore Japanese. Right?
Not for Central African 100F & 500F which has national issues by the same way.
To turn back to your notes, it's funny to see there were national banknotes inside the Central CFA MU like your Congolese one. I'm starting to think about splitting these monetary unions as using letter codes. But I've one you won't be able to split: a small French West African note without any serial number nor lettering. Maybe an emergency note btw. Btsw I would consider 2008+ East Caribbean notes and 2013+ EU notes as from the whole MU.
I agree to consider RSFSR as an independant country. But Latvian SSR didn't exist as an independant country as Latvia was never Communist during its 1st independance period, only as part of USSR. Maybe Ukrainian SSR did, but Latvia never, just Latvian 1sr Republic (post-WWI) or 2nd Republic (post-USSR collapse).
I have a Japanese occupation note, but I consider it as from its original territory, aka. Philippines (as written in English and labelled in centavos, no doubt about it). The same for the Free French notes made in UK & USA like my split note of 5F.
I've other categories for notes I don't know if I can count them as banknotes or not:
Treasury notes (I've a few Belgian ones, but no matter as I've already Belgian banknotes
Exchange certificates (no matter for my Chinese ones as owning PRC banknotes as well, but more questioning for my Cuban one as not owning a Cuban banknote)
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Quote: "ngdawa"Are there any easy ways to see the printer, or would you have to "recognize" the work somehow?
The 1st prefix letter is the printing works, as well as the included letters in the other side, like did ECB in the 1st series (there were in the old series both printing works prefix letter and country prefix letter). Notice most Europa Series Printing Works prefix letter correspond to former country prefix letter of some printing works as hosted in the same country (just adding some other letters as multiple printing works can exist, like in France U refers to BdF and E added for Oberthur ; and some changes in Germany as 2 private facilities in Germany joint with the Federal printing works)
Go to Wikipedia for the Printing Works from the 1st series as they extracted data from litterature (I've an example of this litterature at home, but it's in French)
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It made me count my banknotes. Currently 87 countries.
A long way to reach 200, but that is an interesting milestone for those who reached! Congratulations!
I haven't look at my banknotes collection in years! Just went trough it today and found 41 different countries. Also have a lot of doubles I would be able to trade.
This is what I have. I have been away for awhile so I don't remember the exact numbers for many nations. Many are just 1-2 banknotes. I did draw in Donetsk PR republic as I have obtained banknotes from the early stages of the war where they were taking Ukrainian banknotes and putting Donetsk stickers on them. I do have a complete Hutt River Province set as well. And a CSA banknote as well.
For the different currencies of Yemen,
we can split :
Aden Protectorate + Protectorate of South Arabia : British East Shilling
Federation of South Arabia & Peoples's Rep of South Yemen : Dinar
Mutwakkilite kingdom of Yemen & Yemen arab rep. & Yemen: Rial
and Yemen split in these following countries:
1) Yemen arab rep. (including notes from the Mutawakkilite kingdom) - same frontiers/currency
2) Federation of South Arabia
3) People's rep. of South Yemen (frontiers change)
4) Yemen (frontiers change) The ephemerous "Democratic Rep. of Yemen" didn't issue any currency
I think I only have from 5-10 countries as I don't collect them and all I got had been gifts or accidental finds. XD Not buying expensive termite food... seriously I can't even have pine furniture anymore thanks to those f@kers; so imagine one day opening my collection drawer to find some $100+ notes holed all over!?
Modern ones contain chemical treatments to prevent that, but older cotton-paper ones are a delicacy to the bugs.
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Quote: erdvillaI think I only have from 5-10 countries as I don't collect them and all I got had been gifts or accidental finds. XD Not buying expensive termite food... seriously I can't even have pine furniture anymore thanks to those f@kers; so imagine one day opening my collection drawer to find some $100+ notes holed all over!?
Modern ones contain chemical treatments to prevent that, but older cotton-paper ones are a delicacy to the bugs.
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Quote: "ngdawa"This is my banknote collection. It contains 1,115 banknotes from (about) 203 countries and territories.
The maps are only showing the modern countries though.
EUROPE
• Missing Countries: Andorra, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Wales
• Countries not showing: Austro-Hungarian Kingdom, Eurozone, Third Reich, German Empire, Weimar Republic, German Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Russian SFSR, Czechoslovakia, Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Theresienstadt concentration camp
ASIA
• Missing Countries: Jordan, Palestine, Yemen
• Countries not showing: Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), Ceylon, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau, Timor (Portuguese), South Russia, Tannu Tuva, South Vietnam
OCEANIA
• Missing Countries: Hawaii, New Caledonia, Samoa, (All other countries has never had their own banknotes)
• Countries not showing: French Pacific Territories
AFRICA
• Missing Countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Niger, St. Helena & Ascesion, Togo, Tunisia
• Countries not showing: Biafra, Mozambique (Portuguese), Somaliland, Zaïre
South America
• Missing Countries: French Guiana, Falkland Islands
Central America
• Missing Countries: Belize, El Salvador, Panama
Caribbean
• Missing Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, (All other countries has never had their own banknotes)
North America
• Missing Countries: Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon
Since the last time I have added following: Europe: Ireland and Malta Oceania: Samoa Caribbean: The Bahamas
Which binrgs me to a total of 207. I also have Botswana and Gabon on the way in!
Is it cheating if you order notes from the bank?
Clearly this doesn't work with extinct notes/countries, but does for current nations.
I still prefer to get notes the old fashioned way though, through swaps and friends/family who visit foreign countries.
I am increasing my lot, but still not near the 200 club.
I am up to 73 after a bit of buying spree at a local coin show this weekend. My map is getting more colorful, but still plenty of empty spaces. 200 is going to be tough.
Falkland Islands? Nice! I still don't have any the Falklands.
But I got this set yesterday! Not a new country, but I still wanted to share with you.
(Sorry for the bad pic. For some reason I can't use the camera and the flashlight at the same time anymore (after I updated the phone) so I had to edit the $*%& out of it so it wouldn't be all yellow from the lamps, LOL!)
Wow, those look great! I've always wanted a few of those, i really like the design. So far I only have a French assignat from 1793 and 20fr note from the 80's. It's weird that those notes are so expensive over here, in France they are quite affordable. Will post pictures of that Falklands note soon, but I need to receive it first! ;-)
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Quote: "Lotus07"Wow, those look great! I've always wanted a few of those, i really like the design. So far I only have a French assignat from 1793 and 20fr note from the 80's. It's weird that those notes are so expensive over here, in France they are quite affordable. Will post pictures of that Falklands note soon, but I need to receive it first! ;-)
I know right?! I've been wanting these for years, and finally I could get them - in a swap!
Looking forward to see your Falkland note!
I don't collect banknotes but I have a large number of these, if someone needs any of them let me know:
I collect and deal in ancient Roman coin. In case you're looking for affordable ancient coins or need any help with the coins you already have send me a message.
Concerning 20F notes, please notice they were still printed... in 1997. They remained legal tender up to the euro switch and were withdrawn with all other denominations, including its coin counterpart.
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Quote: "chomp-master"Concerning 20F notes, please notice they were still printed... in 1997. They remained legal tender up to the euro switch
Really? I have the 20 francs 1997 in UNC, but I thought they were withdrawn shortly after the new series was released and the coin took completely over. But obviously I was wrong. Thanks!
The coin was dated 1992. Furthermore, this note was so much printed that it was easier to find than the coin.
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Lower denominations were unfortunately withdrawn earlier, but there was, of course, a period of double circulation, particularly during the silver coin period for such denominations. And remember that 50F also had its silver period too (but not 20F which was, if not making a mistake, finally a non-selected denomination).
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Quote: "chomp-master"Lower denominations were unfortunately withdrawn earlier, but there was, of course, a period of double circulation, particularly during the silver coin period for such denominations. And remember that 50F also had its silver period too (but not 20F which was, if not making a mistake, finally a non-selected denomination).
I see, I already assumed something like that! ;-) But did those 50Fr coins actually circulate? Wasn't the value of the silver that these coins contained not higher than the facial value?
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Quote: "chomp-master"Lower denominations were unfortunately withdrawn earlier, but there was, of course, a period of double circulation, particularly during the silver coin period for such denominations. And remember that 50F also had its silver period too (but not 20F which was, if not making a mistake, finally a non-selected denomination).
I see, I already assumed something like that! ;-) But did those 50Fr coins actually circulate? Wasn't the value of the silver that these coins contained not higher than the facial value?
I think they were intended to circulate. However if these effectively circulated, these coins were probably quickly kept by owners, and they were finally right as its silver value severely rose in late 70's (leading to its withdrawal in 1980 due to the peak of value). This issue also occurred with 100F in 80's and subsequent commemoratives in 80's-90's, and with late 2000's €5-10-15(-25?) coins (anecdote: €15 = 100F, and the €15 Semeuse coin had the same dimensions as former Pantheon & subsequent commemorative 100F coins)
PS: not a common note! Falklands, already withdrawn...
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Quote: "Lotus07"Lovely note! I don't have many from Congo though, hope to get the centime-denominated notes sometime.
That's the other Congo, The Democatic Republic of Congo, aka Congo Kinshasa (former Zaïre). This one is from Republic of Congo, aka Congo Brazzaville.
I have it and I confirm it's not PRC (Brazzaville) but DRC (Kinshasa)
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Interesting, this story of Congo Brazzaville. Even during the socialist period, Congo was under the influence of France, to get protection and avoid annexation by the other Congo.
With crisis waves that gradually led to the return of all french emigrants to the metropolis.
with melancholy.
Memories of the Brazza life
for french expatriates
still haunt them
good old days ...
Quote: "chomp-master"I have it and I confirm it's not PRC (Brazzaville) but DRC (Kinshasa)
I'm not quite sure to who you are replying to, but the centimeseries belongs to Kinshasa, and French's note is from Brazzaville.
I'm speaking about my centime note
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Lol, I just checked my email and suddenly I fall right into a huge discussion about which Congolese centimes-notes I was referring to! To avoid anymore confusion, these are the ones I meant:
Hahah!! Don't you just love it?
I understood it was those you meant, but then there were other comments - without quotes - which made me confused. But I mean, they kinda ask for the rest of us to be confused with when they have the same name, and are neighbouring countries!
Nice notes! I haven't bought any the past few weeks, except for a nice UNC Yugoslavian 1,000 Dinara note from 1978. Nothing special you would think, but this is the rare GUVERNE error note I've been searching for for quite a while. And I finally got one for a reasonable price! I'll post pictures when I receive it. :)
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FINALLY! Here are some pictures of the note I mentioned earlier:
This note isn't like the other 1,000 Dinara notes from 1978, because this one misses the letter R at the word GUVERNE. This error also exists with notes with an AR prefix. So I guess I'll try to hunt that AR-prefix down as well!
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Got a bunch of notes in the mail today that were a lot of fun sorting out. I especially like the notes from Ecuador because of their high nominal values en neat designs:
strange to think that their highest valued note (50,000) was only worth 2 USD...
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Iam still putting mine together.
Here is a Union of Burma Bank 5 kyats 1973, I also have a 1 kyat note to.
Have some of the banana notes to. Sorry for bad images. I hope to have a count by the end of summer
I put up my extra 1 kyat note up a few years ago. And it was gone in a minute. Got a good swap and some very nice coins
Quote: "Hopeakettu"5€ each exept the small one which was only 1€ if you want I can give you your first finnish note, I have some common ones from the 60s and the 80s.
I rarely pay more than a bargain price for my notes
Nice! 5 euros is a very decent price! PB is on its way!
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I think I made up my mind on how iam going to deal with my notes. I have some mix in with my coins, at the beginning of the country. and some in a box, and some everywhere. I will get them there own note books , and keep separated from my coins. It hard to get one of my coins books just to find one note. I have about 60 note books for coins. Then I can see what I have and have extra.
Quote: "ALLRED1950" I think I made up my mind on how iam going to deal with my notes. I have some mix in with my coins, at the beginning of the country. and some in a box, and some everywhere. I will get them there own note books , and keep separated from my coins. It hard to get one of my coins books just to find one note. I have about 60 note books for coins. Then I can see what I have and have extra.
Yes, keeping them nice and ordered is the key to every great collection! For a cheap album, I'd suggest one of these:
Quote: "ngdawa"This is my banknote collection. It contains 1,115 banknotes from (about) 203 countries and territories.
The maps are only showing the modern countries though.
EUROPE
• Missing Countries: Andorra, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Wales
• Countries not showing: Austro-Hungarian Kingdom, Eurozone, Third Reich, German Empire, Weimar Republic, German Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Russian SFSR, Czechoslovakia, Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Theresienstadt concentration camp
ASIA
• Missing Countries: Jordan, Palestine, Yemen
• Countries not showing: Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), Ceylon, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau, Timor (Portuguese), South Russia, Tannu Tuva, South Vietnam
OCEANIA
• Missing Countries: Hawaii, New Caledonia, Samoa, (All other countries has never had their own banknotes)
• Countries not showing: French Pacific Territories
AFRICA
• Missing Countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Niger, St. Helena & Ascesion, Togo, Tunisia
• Countries not showing: Biafra, Mozambique (Portuguese), Somaliland, Zaïre
South America
• Missing Countries: French Guiana, Falkland Islands
Central America
• Missing Countries: Belize, El Salvador, Panama
Caribbean
• Missing Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, (All other countries has never had their own banknotes)
North America
• Missing Countries: Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon
Since the last time I have added following:
Europe: Ireland and Malta
Oceania: Samoa
Caribbean: The Bahamas
Which binrgs me to a total of 207. I also have Botswana and Gabon on the way in!
I guess this is not Nouvelle Calédonie in facts but French Pacific Overseas, listed as not showing by ngdawa. However some notes specific to NC exist, either under the name of the territory or under the Bank of Indochina, through the Nouméa mention on the note. eBay proposes decent notes for €15-20 for now, and a damaged one for less than €10.
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Quote: "Frenchlover"He he, you're almost red !
Nouvelle Calédonie and Maroc are still affordable
Yeah, I'm slowly getting there! Every time I get a new country I get all excited and immediately edit my maps, haha!
I recently lost an auction on a Moroccan note. The reason for losing it: I forgot about the deadline...
Quote: "chomp-master"I guess this is not Nouvelle Calédonie in facts but French Pacific Overseas, listed as not showing by ngdawa.
Correct! I have that exact note (well, not exact but..yeah, you know what I mean ) and I have categorised that one as FPO (French Pacific Overseas). There are similar notes as that one but with printed "NOUMÉA" and "PAPEETE" on the reverse. These would be categorised as New Caledonia and French Plynesia. There are also the similar previous issue for New Hebrides, where "Nouvelle Hébrides" is printed on the obverse and reverse.
If any of you guys would be interested, you can view my collection here - both coins and banknotes. I've been slow in updating, but I'm working on it.
For Christmas I got a scanner, which makes getting pictures much smoother, but there still come editing and infos to do before I can upload, so the process is slow but (hopefully) accurate!
Good to know that FPO notes also have their local variations for all concerned nations, aka. Nouméa for New Caledonia, Papeete for French Polynesia and this strange overprint for New Hebrides.
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Quote: "chomp-master"Good to know that FPO notes also have their local variations for all concerned nations, aka. Nouméa for New Caledonia, Papeete for French Polynesia and this strange overprint for New Hebrides.
The notes without overprint is the newest edition and works the same as the Euro in Europe. The question is why New Caledonia/New Hebrides and French Polynesia had overprinted banknotes, when they used the same currency? It's like France would have overprinted their Euro notes with "FRANCE" and Spain with "ESPAÑA". That wouldn't make any sense at all.
Old colonial habs to print (or overprint) the place the notes should go.
But you said the newest... They're going to be withdrawn, if not done yet.
Here are some specimen pics for the new FPO banknotes.
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Oh, yeah right. They have got new colourful ones! LOL, I forgot! (I don't have the newest ones yet!). But the ones without overprint are (I think) newer than the overprinted ones. (And yes, I know that New Hebrides are the old name for New Caldonia, so that issue is definitely older! )
Quote: "ngdawa"(And yes, I know that New Hebrides are the old name for New Caldonia, so that issue is definitely older! )
NOPE!
New Hebrides = pre-independance Vanuatu!
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
I have a large number of UNC notes from current nations for swap on colnect (same username gyoschak). Contact me if interested. I prefer to swap for XF or better notes I don't have.
Greetings from Nepal
i am interest to buy 200 Different Countries Banknotes .. Plz , Let me know final price with Postal Charge .
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Deepen / Nepal
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I need only One / 1 Denomination banknotes of following Countries
Denomination 1:
Andorra 1 Peseta
Barbados
Cape Verde 1 escudo
Cameroon
Cote D'Ivoire
Grenada
Iran 1 Rial
Liberia
Madagascar
Mauritius
Monaco
Norway 1 Krone
Panama 1 Balboa
Portugal
Sao Tome & Principe 1 Dobra
Senegal
Serbia 1 Dinar
Seychelles
Romania 1 Leu
(This is based on my Numista collection - with a few minor exceptions - and thus excludes a bunch of notes I acquired before Numista started including banknotes and never got around to adding to my Numista collection. In particular, yes, I do have a note from the USA.)
Never realised what a task it must be to reach 200 countries. I thought my collection was big...barely 66 countries, maybe another 20 that I haven't added
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