This is a lovely Belgian 50 franc note from 1948. This lovely artistic note has a agrarian theme to it with a woman and fruit on the front left and a man planting a tree on the right. whereas the reverse has a farmer sharpening a harvesting tool on the left and a woman gathering wheat sheaves on the right. The note was issued by the Royaume de Belgique - kingdom of Belgium.
This is quite an interesting note it is from (British) East Africa in that there are varying stories behind it the most accepted is that it was used in British POW camps in occupied Italian Somaliland. Although Italian prisoners of war (POW) didn't remember them being used. Although British East Africa included Kenya, Zanzibar Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Uganda, its currency was also used in British Somalian (NW part of modern Somalia) and the protectorate of Aden (now in Yemen)
The note is a 1 /- (shilling) note from the war period between 1940-1945 and is uniface (printed on one side only)
Normally I would list these individually but thought as I bought them all at the same antique fair.
So firstly we have a 50 Riels from Cambodia issued in 1972 and the front has fishermen fishing from a boat - one on each side of the note, while the reverse has Angkor wat temple complex.
The second note is called a guerrilla note from the Philippines. during WWII the Japanese occupied the Philippines and issued its own money but resistance fighters gathered in the different provinces and had their own underground governments and this was their currency, this note was from the Negros island and is for 10 pesos.
The third note is a 10 dalasi note from The Gambia.This note, from 1996, has the sacred ibis in the centre of the front of the note with a child on the right. The reverse has the Abuko earth satellite station
The next note is the 25 Piastres note from Sudan and it was issued in 1985. The front has a camel and the map of Sudan while the reverse has the Central bank of Sudan building.
And finally, the last two notes are from Ethiopia. The two are similar but from different dates. Both have a boy and some long horn cows on the front and the reverse has two white throated bee-eaters and the waterfall at Tisisat.
The first note is green and has the signature of Teferra Deguefe which dates it to 1976 . The second one, which is black / brown on a multi coloured background is dated at 1998. There are also differing symbols on the reverse in the far right centre.
This note is one I can tick off the "to get" list. This note is the same age as me and was issued in 1963 with a local man on the front and elephants on the reverse. it is a 100 franc note and with the code letter D means it is from Gabon.
the countries within the equatorial African states are
cameroon *
|central African Republic B
Chad A
Congo C
equatorial Guinea
Gabon D
One thing I dont like is that the person I bought this note from, has sealed the note in a plastic wallet I will probably cut it out of the wallet (carefully)
This set is making up the ones I had earlier (see here) I just have one more to get !! (the Lynx).
Above are the Rouble notes from Belaus ther first one is the 5 Rouble note with a picture of wolves on the front. The next one is the 3 rouble note with beavers on the note and finally is the 1 rouble note with the hare motif. all are from 1992.
If I am being correct two of the notes above should be named as Roublei note as this is the plural of rouble , but rouble sound more familiar..
Well look what i found in the collection! this lynx must have sneaked in when i was not looking!! so here is the 10 rouble note from 1992. All the notes in this little group have the reverse similar to the one above with colour variation. so the group is complete.
Well here it is, my 1000 note in the collection and a great note as well. This note - a 100 Pengo note from 1945 - is a large note. However in 1946 the Pengo went into Hyperinflation which saw a note of 100 quintillion pengo which is written as:
100,000,000,000,000.000,000 !!!! which at the time had a exchange rate equal to $0.20 and there was notes ordered with 1 sextillion pengo denominations - and another 0 to the one above - but were never issued.
But back to the note above. the front of the note has Matthias Corvinus, who seemed to be king of most of central europe and the reverse has the royal palace in Budapest
This is a Hungarian 10 pengo note from 1936 with Patrona Hungariae (protector of Hungary) on the front and the statue of St Stephen on a horse. This note also has an SS overprint on the front left.
The pengő was the currency of Hungary between 1 January 1927, when it replaced the korona, and 31 July 1946, when it was replaced by the forint. The pengő was subdivided into 100 fillér. Although the introduction of the pengő was part of a post-World War I stabilisation program, the currency survived for only 20 years and experienced the most serious hyperinflation ever recorded.
I bought a job lot of Russian note from an auction at Ramsay Cornish and Although i had most of them already there were a couple of new ones to my collection. Above is the 10 Ruble note from 1961 With an image of Lenin's bust on the front CCCP on the reverse.
This note is also a 10 ruble note but from a much earlier date. This one has 1909 on it and I am not sure which signature is on it as it doesn't seem to match any of the 3 signatures listed in the reference book.
The three Polish notes above are all from the inter war period (1919-1939) but all have stamps which lead us to believe that they were still in use in 1939. Germany tried to occupy the whole of Poland in 1939 but, by breaking an accord with Soviet Russia , meant that Russia held half of Poland and Germany the other half until !941 when Germany went on the offensive and took the rest of Poland and went on to attack on the Eastern Front, the rest of Russia.
The first note above is the 50 Zlotych note from 1929. and you will see it has an overprint of the Deutsche LuftPost (german airmail) and the eagle and swastika of Nazi Germany. It also has the number 1024 which I am still researching to see what it signifies.
Next is the 100 Zlotych note from 1932, again with the Deutsche Luftpost stamp. it has Prince Jozef Poniatowski on the front and an oak tree on the reverse signifying the history of Poland.
The final note in this section above, is the 20 Zlotych note from 1936. now the overprint stamps are different and carry the SS sign and different wording - which i cant make out - the note itself has Countess Emilia Plater on the front and Wawel Castle in Krakow
the two notes above are the 1000 Zlotych and 500 Zlotch notes Respectively and you can find a description HERE . The only thing of note is the square stamp on the 500 Zlotych note which has a Masonic symbol on it and the ink has seeped through the paper to give it a see-through like lady's nylon stockings !!!
Who would have thought that Mongolia, the 18th largest country in the world with only 3 million of a population, could be so prolific in banknotes. I seem to have loads of Mongolian notes but keep coming across more.
This batch is from the 1993 issue. There was a reissue the following year but the replacement notes all start with the serial no. ZZ, these are all the original issue (AA).
First is the 10 Mongo note in red, has the two archers at the bottom of the note, whereas the 20 Mongo note in an orangey brown has two sports persons and the 50 Mongo note in green, has two horse riders.
This is the 20 rupee note from Nepal. It was issued in 2008 and has Mount Everest on the front and a swamp deer on the reverse. the notes are issued by Nepal Rastra Bank which is the central bank of Nepal
