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Nice examples!

Lovely notes #9786;

- that's the "15 note" question isn't it! (which coin club & who?)

I picked up this 1988 $50 P-73a to further add to my growing Jamaican set which started with this $100 from 1987:
http://goccf.com/t/58789&whichpage=211#4146485

Here's the 1988 note which just came in yesterday:

1976 France 50 Francs p#: 148

I just remembered that I had this note tucked away from an auction I attended about 12 years ago. I'm gonna throw it up on the grading forum and probably send it in to the TPG.

-That's a pretty note @mdpmedia!

Here's a couple more "low-hanging fruit" from Nigeria. I picked these two examples up since the 50 Kobo (fractional) P-14d is no longer in use:



and the 100 Naira issued in 2019 has a QR code on the back of the note. If you scan the code it is supposed to explain the reason for the commemoration (Nigeria 100 year centennial but I haven't tried scanning it myself). The note was originally issued in 2014 but obviously popular enough that it was re-issued in 2019, 2021, 2022 & 2024.



BTW: the Nigerian 2014 100 Naira was the first banknote to use a QR code on their design.

See the link below for more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

Thanks for your observations, walk2dwater, those are very helpful! Sorry for the late reply, I've had a lot of family stuff going on and haven't been getting on the forum very often lately, and when I do it's just briefly. Yes, I was quite surprised when he gave me these notes, but he said they'd just been sitting in an album for years and he wanted to pass them on to someone who was interested in them.



NumisEd, I'm the past-president of the Tri-Lakes Coin Club of Hot Springs, Arkansas, which sponsors the Hot Springs Coin Shows. The Covid epidemic shut us down for over a year and we lost a lot of members, and we're in the process of rebuilding membership (one of the long-time members is who gave me these notes). I'm also a member of the Central Arkansas Coin Club in Little Rock which is a really nice club. They don't do a show, but have a great group of guys and ladies with very diverse collecting interests which keeps it entertaining!

I'm glad I could help. The reason I wrote a summary of some of your more notable specimens, is that I think a lot of collectors overlook how scarce some nations can be. You don't have to go very far back for a lot of Central American (smaller nations) to find some pretty scarce & tough issues. Initially, when I first started collecting World currency, I had no clue how tough some of these countries are (1990. 1980's or 70's & 60's). Who would have thought?

Initially my target nations were a bit quirky like me (I wanted first Euros, QEII nations, & countries I've visited). Later, I started to re-examine Central American & Caribbean nations (Costa Rica/Belize & Jamaica/Bahamas) but there were still many gaps (partly b/c I placed them there). I kept thinking "inside the box" & was reluctant to branch out into new nations.




@hfjacinto asked if I belonged to a coin club & what you wrote has made me rethink it over. It sounds like the Tri-Lakes & Little Rock clubs really rock in Arkansas! Great stuff!



-Thanks @hokiefan_82
I'm trying to think "outside the box" & figure out what banknotes are a bit trend setting (or out of the ordinary) for whatever reasons. I was surprised to discover that Nigeria was the first nation to incorporate the QR code in their note design (I would have thought it was the Netherlands who seem so modern/trend setting). The 100 Naira commemorative is actually a large & attractive note (that won't break the bank).