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Bonedigger Pillar of the Community United States 1267 Posts	Posted 10/17/2007 4:04 pm I just received these from my GrandMother (in law, 92 years old) who long with her husband lived all over the place because he was an engineer with the Marshall Plan after WWII. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Ben Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 10/17/2007 4:38 pm G'day, all the ones with CCCP on them would be from the USSR, as we wrote it in English. Liban is the French name for Lebanon. The others ought not give you any throuble. What a nice little trove. Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
Bonedigger Pillar of the Community United States 1267 Posts	Posted 10/17/2007 4:43 pm Thank you Peter, the information you've provided is much appreciated. Many Thanks Ben Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/17/2007 4:44 pm Here are quick ids of the countries of origin, 1) 1961 25 Rubles Soviet Union (CCCP) Portrait is Vladimir Lenin 2) 1 dong Vietnam 3) 10 Rubles Soviet Union (Lenin) 4) 3 Rubles Soviet Union 5) 10 guilden the Netherlands 6) 10 marka Finland 7) 1 livre Lebanon 8) 5 rubles Soviet Union 9) 1 peso Mexico 10) 5 10 pesos Mexico 11) 1 ruble? Soviet Union Edited by t360 10/17/2007 4:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Bonedigger Pillar of the Community United States 1267 Posts	Posted 10/17/2007 4:51 pm T360, Thank You, now I can begin to determine the value of them. However, they are in pretty rough shape as you can see, LOL Many Thanks Again Ben Report this Post to the Staff
sakura Valued Member Malaysia 59 Posts	Posted 10/17/2007 9:45 pm The Vietnamese note was a 1955 second issue by the South Vietnamese government. There was another earlier series of 1955. Report this Post to the Staff
-JJH- Valued Member Finland 79 Posts	Posted 10/24/2007 09:11 am Bonedigger, I can say for sure, that the Finnish 10 Markkaa note, because it is a used one, has a value of exactly 1.68 euros or around US $1.18... This 10 Markkaa banknote is not valid anymore, due to conversion into Euros. BUT the Bank of Finland (in Helsinki) will redeem old Markka-notes until February 29th, 2012, at their face value with a fixed rate of 1 EUR = 5.94573 FIM. If it was UNC note, some collectors might pay double the face value for it. Oh, and for others, who happen to possess some finnish banknotes, especially the ones with larger denominations. These usually carry larger premiums over their face value, than smaller denominations. Also, larger banknotes from 1970s tend to be worth a lot more, than their face value. For example an UNC/AU 1975 500 markkaa banknote (that the Bank of Finland will redeem for 84.10 euros) is actually worth 200-300 euros! Then, the replacement notes, these also might carry a significant premium over their face value, so keep them if you have them! IIRC, there are some replacement notes, that might have a face value of 10 Markkaa, but their collector value might be around 200 euros! The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money does not list different signature variants (IIRC) at all, but just to mention, there are A LOT of them. Some of them are VERY rare, some quite common. And for example, there has been 15 different pairs of signatures for 1963 1 Markka banknote! About the sigantures, though this page is in finnish, check out: http://www.oulunnumismaatikot.fi/al...t/index.html And, now, if someone got interested in Finnish banknotes, there is a nice surprice waiting, if you want to build a complete collection; all years, all denominations, with all different signature and series combinations, with replacement notes and with watermark variations etc. Your collection of Finnish banknotes will have over 20,000 notes ;) ;) ;) -JJ- Edited by -JJH- 10/24/2007 09:28 am Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 10/24/2007 3:17 pm WOW 20,000 notes just for one country that would be a collection for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
-JJH- Valued Member Finland 79 Posts	Posted 10/25/2007 01:04 am Yep, I'm not sure if anyone has been able to build 'complete' collection of Finnish banknotes. Most people (me included) just try to complete a collection from years 1917-2001, that would contain all markka-denominations from all years (no variants at all) and that alone means a collection of well over 100 banknotes anyway. -JJ- Report this Post to the Staff
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