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

Excellent!

Those are very tough, fascinating notes from the Netherlands @hokiefan_82! Like French notes, I have had my eye on the early series from the Netherlands & find them very hard to source.


That's a beautiful (& rare) wildcard example from Madagascar @SchwarzerEinser!

I've taken the liberty to share 3 notes from my neck of the woods. The 1937 Series were Canada's first banknotes to have bilingual text. The first example is P-59a Canada 1937 TWO-DEUX Dollars:


https://en.numista.com/201717
This note would truly be from 1937 since its the first/tough Osborne-Towers signature.
P-60c Canada 1937 FIVE-CINQ Dollars:


https://en.numista.com/201719
I had to add a common $5.00 because its a design I like but it was likely issued more in the late 1950 early 60's since its the 3rd "Coyne-Towers" signature combo.
P-62c Canada 1937 TWENTY-VINGT Dollars H/E signature change-over:


https://en.numista.com/201720
The $20 is one of my favourite designs in this series. I like it b/c (like all the 37 Series) the BoC recycled the plates from the short lived 35 series & the central allegorical design is so artistically unique (& dramatically different/from an agricultural, pre-industrial era).

Lovely notes, walk2dwater!
My 1937 note is a rather tatty German 1 Rentenmark!

Great notes you're showing here. I only recently picked up a catalog for my Dutch notes, and your early ones are really beautiful, hokiefan_82 — to me, exactly the right kind of condition: genuinely circulated, but still terrific to look at.

And your Canadian notes are real eye candy too, walk2dwater. I only bought a catalog for those about a month ago as well, and I've started to fall a bit in love with them. I really like the colors of the series you posted. They even remind me a little of money from a high-quality board game, but still in a very North American style.

And of course, NumisRob, I'm especially happy to see the 1 Rentenmark from my home region. It's in very typical condition — a lot of them look just like that. One Rentenmark (= one Reichsmark) was not a large sum, so you could compare it somewhat to a $1 bill. Basically an everyday note.

-Thanks guys!
Nice "well travelled" workhorse from 1937 Germany, Rob!
Here's one more 1937 TEN with a short (500,000) ZD prefix:


The "Gordon-Towers" Z/D $10 was our first true signature change-over & had a fraction of the more popular Osborne Towers A/D (6.4M issued) yet Book Value of the Z/D is about 80% of the more accessible first prefix.


Bank of Canada notes are fun to collect but we also have Dominion of Canada & Chartered Banks (like Bank of Montreal or the Canadian Bank of Commerce) which had some amazing designs too @SchwarzerEinser.
You may also find this resource somewhat useful:
https://www.coinsandcanada.com/banknotes.php
Almost forgot: here's a thread I created a few years ago spotlighting some of my Bank of Canada sets:
https://goccf.com/t/450797

I can contribute this one:

Germany - P# 184 - 1000 Reichsmark 1936 (PMG 58)

Nice examples walk2dwater and SchwarzerEinser!