How Far Back Can We Go? - With Banknotes! Third Edition

I was going to pick up one of those when they were around $100 but then I just gave up. They remind me of the IOM note b/c you could get one for about 1/2 price ungraded but if you wanted a TPG Gem they were about double the price. At least that was the way it was pre-pandemic (when I searched for one). Great note to find from a trip to Costa Rica Rob! Wow! I have never found a rare note abroad. Cool 100 Francs from Burundi too!


Good luck finding the 2 Pa'anga CB!


with @scopru & I think its hard to miss the date on that £ note @Spence!
1982
This 2 Pula P-7 from Botswana is a recent addition:



This 2nd note is pretty common but a pretty note, from Cyprus P-41c 250 Mils (or a 1/4 of a Cypriot Pound):

Great banknotes, everyone! The scene on the reverse of the Cyprus note is stunning.

This 1982 Sao Tome and Principe 50 Dobras P-56 features an African gray parrot and a portrait of Rei Amador on the obverse. Amador led a successful yet brief slave revolt on the island in 1595. The reverse has a lovely scene with two fishermen in boats.

Don't do much with foreign notes, but do have a couple of nice Iraq notes, here is a 1981 25 Dinars with horses.

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Thanks @jbuck & CB (& I agree)!
1981
My first note is this Democratic Republic of Congo 10 Zaires P-24b. DRC money used to be Francs but the new dictator changed it to Zaires. This is a big note (180 X 91 mm) & features dictator Mobutu (creator of the Zaire) & leopard on front with a torch on the back. It's not very tough to acquire but sometimes tough to get in UNC (without foxing):

https://en.numista.com/210410

My 2nd example from this year is the Cayman Islands $40 P-9a which is a little scarcer than the first example. It features QEII on the front & Pirate's Week Festival on the back.


https://en.numista.com/201542

Beautiful banknotes, everyone! Welcome to the thread, Jimjumper!

Unfortunately, 1981 is a gap year for me, so I'm just enjoying the show today!

Spence - DHF Somerset became Chief Cashier in the Bank of England in 1980, but the first £1 notes with his signature didn't appear in circulation until 1981.

Starting off 1980 with a Chinese 10 Yuan:


This note features portraits of a Han man and a Mongolian woman on the front, showing the variety of different ethnic groups found in China. The reverse shows Mount Everest,

Nice adds Rob! (Interesting backstory about the Gorch Fock training vessel too).
to the thread @Jimjumper


-Thanks @jbuck
1980
First up is my Fiji P-78a $5.00

I picked up this note for the reverse image of the fishermen from Fiji using spears & surrounding the school of fish.
https://en.numista.com/231205

My 2nd example from this year is the first Belgium P-140 100 Francs


The front features Hendrik Beyaert at centre right; architectural view and plan at left. It is one of a handful of World notes which feature an architect. What I found interesting about this note is that the 2nd P-140b variety (released in 1980) had the "Dasin-Stryker" signatures on the front (only) while subsequent (all P-142 subsequent versions) have 2 signatures on both sides. The early P-140 version is much tougher than the later P-142. Everyone seems to mix up P-140 with P-142 It is a subtle difference and it doesn't help that Numista has lumped both versions together either!
https://en.numista.com/203558