Commemorative Banknotes

Thanks jbuck
2 Commemorative banknotes from Nigeria.
50 Naira (2010) which commemorates 50 years of Nigerian Independence.
100 Naira (2014) 100 years of The United Nations.

- I like them but they're too often a "rip off" either because they're an expensive limited edition (like the P190 Philippines 100,000 Piso mentioned in another thread) or because everyone has hoarded them (like P84 CDN "1867-1967" Centennial $1 notes). Canadians thought these were really cool and hoarded bundles of the non-serial number ("1867-1967") so that the same notes with a serial number became the most desirable later on.

If you look at the SWPMC you'll see that most commemoratives (& Collector series banknotes) do not hold their BV well and are disappointing. I saw Philippines P189 2000 Piso notes being sold for half their BV (about $100 tho BV is $200).

Limited editions are probably the worse since they're sold for a small fortune while the others are just FV (& never go up in BV due to harmless hoarding). Most of these notes remind me of sad fate of "Canadian Commemorative and non-circulating coinage" NCLT which only attracts a niche market of diehard collectors.

Having said that, however, I too like them (obviously "I'm a diehard" since I actually bought the 2011 Philippines 200 P posted in another thread) but that was for a good reason (-just spent a month there this past spring, it was dirt cheap & all the locals told me they rarely see 200 P notes).

Here's a 1983 Falkland Islands 5 Pound (P12) commemorating 150 years of English rule:

Cool stuff. Are these commems usually government-issued or aftermarket? I see the special printings on the Falkland and Nigeria notes, but what is the tipoff for the Guernsey? Is it just a completely different design than standard issue?

Thanks "Scots" (just a sucker over Falkland Island notes)



- most of them are government-issued (as far as I know).

For me, I think the trick is finding ones you like (because of the particular designs) or because they're uncommon (lower & limited print runs). Typically, though, they're quite often put aside by non-collectors- hence pretty weak BV.

Djibouti 40 Francs (2017)
Commemorating 40 years of Independence

Excellent note walk2dwater, very colourful & a plenty of imagery.
Looks like there's a few 'scots' on it too.

Yes, 0009000 would have been real nice on that Djibouti note walk2dwater.
You certainly have an eye for nice serial numbers
Here is another (badly made) Bangladesh Commemorative, 70 taka this time, check the watermark area again, I think they tried to hide the number with the radar dish