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EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 10:37 am First of all I would like to thank Scoutjim for his generosity. He sent me these notes with nothing in return and without me asking for them. He is an example of the generosity you would find in all of the CCF Family members. The second thing is I'm not into note collecting "uptill now", b/c I think I will start collecting notes after this gift. So I need to share with you all the notes I received, and I need to know some info about them. A 5 Franks from Belgium. I need to know the date? Image: Belg1.jpg 97.92 KB Image: Belg2.jpg 85.92 KB Report this Post to the Staff

EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 10:44 am 1 Mark from Germany. There are two dates on the back of the notes 15 October 1923 and 30 January 1937. I think its 1937? Image: 1Germ1.jpg 93.17 KB Image: 1Germ2.jpg 92.81 KB Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 10:49 am 2 Mark from Germany. There are two dates on the back of the notes 15 October 1923 and 30 January 1937. I think its 1937? Image: 2Germ1.jpg 97.3 KB Image: 2Germ2.jpg 99.1 KB Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 10:54 am 20 Mark from Germany. There is a date 21 April 1910 on the front of the note. Is this the note date? Image: 20Germ1.jpg 98.88 KB Image: 20Germ2.jpg 96.86 KB Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 10:59 am 2 Francs from France There is a date 1944 on the front of the note. Is this the note date? Image: 2Franc1.jpg 89.96 KB Image: 2Franc2.jpg 101.68 KB Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 11:02 am 10 Francs from France There is a date 1910 on the front of the note. Is this the note date? Image: 10Franc1.jpg 98.94 KB Image: 10Franc2.jpg 39.89 KB Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 11:07 am 1 Dollar from USA There is a date "series 1957" on the front of the note. Is this the note date? Image: US1.jpg 77.28 KB Image: US2.jpg 73.76 KB Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 7:37 pm Hi eg, welcome to banknote collecting! Banknotes aren't normally dated as logically as coins. Often, the date which appears on the note is when that design was first issued or authorized. Sometimes the only date to appear on a note is the date the law allowing the note issue was passed by the government, which could have been 50 years or more before the note was printed! So let's go through and see what we can find about your notes. 1. The Belgian one has a date on it, on the French (portrait) side, top centre: "12.04.38". This is apparently the actual date of issue of this note, in 1938. 2 and 3. The 1923 date is when the laws creating the Rentenbank were made; the 1937 date is when this note issue began. The issuing of these notes probably continued into WWII. 4. 1910 is when this design of German notes began. Issued from that year until after the end of WWI. 5. This is a "series" date, saying when the particular design was first issued. In this case, these notes were issued in 1944 and 1945 with that date. 6. This note is dated 5-12-1940 (5th December), which is apparently the actual date of issue. 7. America uses "series dates" on their notes, the meaning of which has changed with time. Nowadays a new series is allocated whenever the signatures change. "Series 1957" silver certificates were issued from 1957 to 1960, I believe. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 7:50 pm Hey, that's how I got into collecting notes as well. I received some notes from Jim out of the blue too. And also just recently received more from Jim. Jim, did you get my email? You've got snail mail coming at you! Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 8:09 pm Thanks Sap, as always you are so informative I think i'll start collecting notes from now on, but I don't know from where to start, any ideas will be helpful. I need to know a link or two to a site similar to world coin gallery but more into notes than coins, because I'm totally ignorant with note collecting. Thanks again Sap, and a big THANK YOU to Jim for the notes. Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 10/15/2007 01:09 am Honestly I buy what catches my eye and VERY CHEAP since I am not knowledgable nor into it investment wise. Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/16/2007 07:33 am quote: I buy what catches my eye and VERY CHEAP I think this is the best way for me for the time being, But I need to know values and dates..etc about the notes I purchase. Need a link or two for that. Thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff
SA4H Pillar of the Community United States 2764 Posts	Posted 11/08/2007 04:42 am Well, it's depend what you are looking for. Most of the time, you can ask people who travel oversea to take extra changes back and then just do a currency exchange with them. Some post office do have currency exchange service. If you live close by an international airport, usually, they have a currency exchange service somewhere near the arrival gate. You can go there and probably can get some exchange note. At least, I know LAX has a currency exchange window near the arrival gate. Those are cheap source for current-circulating notes. This forum also has members that can do exchange/trade and/or selling notes too. Good luck Bruce Report this Post to the Staff
justabeginner Pillar of the Community Australia 1014 Posts	Posted 12/25/2007 07:08 am Hmm...it seems I need to go into banknote collecting too...XD But if you guys can give me any tips on how to start off? I'm in australia an every single note is the same here. :( Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thx guys.. this forum is greatttt Report this Post to the Staff
WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 01/18/2008 01:07 am You're lucky, because these days, you can use the internet. I wish I had that when I started out. Check online auctions and dealers. Check at charity shops. Ask friends -- sometimes they come home with extra notes when they holiday in a foreign country, and they don't have enough to make it worthwhile to convert back, so they set them aside in case they re-visit the country in question. You would likely be surprised at what your relatives have tucked away as part of an accumulation. Ask tactfully. Report this Post to the Staff
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