| Author |
 Replies: 3,491 / Views: 276,073 |
|
|
|
Valued Member
United Kingdom
79 Posts |
I think some of the Russian notes have great designs but I have no idea what any of them say  Just about coping with some Spanish I recently acquired a note with a Block number rather than a serial number I now have one with a serial number problem!   |
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
I visited Russia a couple of years back and as a consequence learnt Russian. I then visited Georgia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine and naturally came back with notes from my travels. It is for that reason that I find notes with Cyrillic alphabet interesting though I must confess that before all this I would not have... just as notes in Arabic or Oriental scripts don't feature in my collection.
I am also trying to get an example of different errors on Bank of England notes, thanks to you I will add mismatched serial to my list. Cool note.
|
|
Moderator
 United States
192227 Posts |
Nice adds!  |
|
Valued Member
Canada
280 Posts |
Here's the infamous Canadian $2 Bill, 1954 Modified Portrait. Keep an eye out for the 'Devil's Hair' versions. This bill was unpopular in the Canadian Prairies for a few reasons. One, back in the day, prostitutes cost 2 bucks. Married men didn't want to be caught with $2 bills or they would be guilty by inference. Women didn't like them because of the connitation. But a big reason they were unpopular was because the cash registers were American made and didn't have a slot for the extra $2 bills. Here's an old article fm 1967 detailing just how unpopular they were in the Prairies. https://archive.macleans.ca/article...-funny-money  |
|
Moderator
United States
192227 Posts |
Very interesting! |
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
2591 Posts |
Quote:
This bill was unpopular in the Canadian Prairies for a few reasons. That's the 1st time I have heard of this! Interesting article! Thanks for sharing. |
|
Valued Member
Netherlands
153 Posts |
Quote:
This bill was unpopular in the Canadian Prairies for a few reasons. For a brief moment I thought this was going the way of "The Curse of the Deuce": Quote:
In the late 1800's some of the things you could do with a $2 note were: Buy a vote, Buy "services" at a brothel, or place a bet. Respectable persons feared others would think they had "earned" the "Duece" by selling their vote, their body, or as a habitual bettor. To combat the "Curse of the Deuce," many people tore corners off the note. Pregnant women who received a note with all four corners torn off believed they would have twins. Cashiers imagined themselves immune from the "Curse" if they kissed the note upon receipt — In the old days, it was believed that saliva contained magical powers that would contain a curse long enough to pass the offending article to another who would have to find their own way of defending themselves. From http://www.panix.com/~clay/currency/glossary.html  Or maybe it is indeed the same thing  Edited by Lighthouse250
05/10/2022 05:30 am
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1326 Posts |
Philippines - Japanese Invasion Emergency Notes - Looks like 1943-44   Edited by otto
05/10/2022 11:25 am
|
|
Moderator
United States
192227 Posts |
Quote:
Philippines - Japanese Invasion Emergency Notes - Looks like 1943-44 Very nice! |
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
 After my recent auction splurge this is whats left over after cherry picking all the best bits for my collection. Its been fun going through it all and assessing whats there. This was part of a single collection which was described as mixed grades. As it turns out a few of the more desirable notes were uncirculated and so I switched out some of my own with them. Also there were a few varieties I didn't have (early Peppiatt white note, a couple of types with different printing techniques, some treasury notes with different types of serial number) I also added a couple of other cool notes, a Bernard forgery, a dry ink error and more treasury notes. I need to photograph these and will show them here in the near future. For now I am listing these ones on ebay...hopefully they will subsidise my additions. I haven't really sold before and so now I am trying to strike the balance between pricing them to sell and getting as much back as I can. So this endeavour will probably be a learning experience too... |
|
Moderator
United States
192227 Posts |
Impressive group! |
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
2591 Posts |
Quote:
I haven't really sold before and so now I am trying to strike the balance between pricing them to sell and getting as much back as I can. Good luck with your listings! |
|
Valued Member
United Kingdom
150 Posts |
I bought this at the first show I have been to in 2 years! Great to be back to numismatic shows :)  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2624 Posts |
Nice note, where was this show? Was it busy there?
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
18128 Posts |
Great notes, DavidUK and Orac! Here's a souvenir from my recent visit to Stockholm:   |
| |
Replies: 3,491 / Views: 276,073 |
First Page
Previous Page
Posted 05/07/2022 11:50 pm
