LEBANESE BANKNOTE CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE - BUT CANT SPELL IT !!

 Lebanon will go ahead with plans to issue banknotes marking 70 years since its independence despite a spelling mistake on the commemorative currency, the Central Bank said on Friday.

The French-language face of the special issue 50,000 pound note, which is worth about $33, spells "independence" as it is written in English, rather than the French "independance".

The bank said it regretted the mistake, which it blamed on the printing company, but said the notes would still go into circulation next Friday, when Lebanon marks the anniversary of the end of French colonial rule in 1943.

Reuters

ADDITION TO SPAIN

A Big thanks to my friend Gill for this addition to the spain portfolio !! it is a 1000 peseta note. although this note has the 1992 date on it, it wasn't issued until 1996. On the front is Hernán Cortés, the spanish conquistador who led the expedition that led to the downfall of the Aztec civilisation. On the reverse is Francisco Pizarro, another conquistador who tried to do the same to the Incas as his distant cousin , Cortés, had done to the Aztecs. Pizarro founded the city of Lima in Peru.

See Here for other spanish Notes

Documentary about the Aztec empire (43 mins long)

HUDDERSFIELD BANKNOTE BACK IN USA

Historic Huddersfield banknotes have a new home ... in the USA.

They were bought by a descendant of John Dobson who founded Huddersfield Old Bank and so are back with the family.

In July we ran a story about John Dobson and Sons bank notes being auctioned for thousands of pounds.

Now we can reveal that three of them were bought by Sandi Hewlett who lives in Pennsylvania.

She said: “I managed to bid high enough to obtain three of the four notes at auction.

“My interest in these notes is because John Dobson (1753-1818) who founded the bank and his son John Dobson (1780-1857) were my fifth and fourth great grandfathers, respectively.

“One of the notes is valued at one pound and is signed by J Dobson on August 1, 1823.

“Through my genealogy research I have found other descendants of John Dobson (1753-1818) and his wife Sarah Wood and of his son John Dobson (1780-1857) and his wife Anna Maria Walker. We’re all quite pleased to have a bit of memorabilia from our ancestors.”

Sandi was born in New York City, is married to Larry and has lived in Pennsylvania for 32 years.

She works as a full-time genealogist, mostly researching for clients with Pennsylvania ancestry.

She was certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists (Washington, DC) in 2001. Sandi now serves on the Board of Directors for the International Society of British Genealogy and Family History.

Not surprisingly with such experience at genealogy Sandi has an in depth knowledge of her own family history.

Her ancestor John Dobson (1753-1818) founded the Dobson & Sons bank, which was inherited by his two sons, John Dobson (1780-1857), and his brother William Beevers Dobson (1788-1839). William Beevers Dobson did not marry.

Sandi said: “When Dobson & Sons Bank filed for bankruptcy in 1826 John Dobson and his wife Anna Maria (Walker) Dobson (daughter of Joshua Walker and Martha Sykes) moved with their unmarried children from their home in Almondbury to London where they resided in Southwark.

“John Dobson became a hop merchant and employed two of his sons.”

The only child of John Dobson and Anna Maria to remain in Yorkshire was Emma Maria Dobson (1804-1851) who married William Jacomb (1795-1868) at Almondbury in 1826. He was a Huddersfield lawyer who was born in London. Both are buried at St Peter’s Church, Huddersfield.

Sandi adds: “One of John Dobson and Anna Maria’s daughters, Eliza Louisa Dobson, married George Stacey, on February 6, 1828 at St Saviour in Southwark.

“In 1836 George Stacey and Eliza Louisa – along with three of their four children – sailed to Canada where they settled in what is called the Eastern Townships of Quebec which was quite a wilderness at that time. Their daughter, Louisa, who remained in England, eventually sailed for Canada to join her family in 1849. Up to that time, Louisa lived with her grandparents George Stacey and Sarah (Hubbard) Stacey at the Tower of London where her grandfather, George Stacey, worked in the Ordnance Department for 60 years from 1807 until he retired in 1858.

“George Stacey and Eliza Louisa are my third great grandparents. Their son Alfred Stacey (1836-1907) had a daughter Bertha Caroline Stacey who married Henry Herbert Winslow in 1881 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, and they are my great-grandparents.

Henry (1852-1925) and Bertha (1862-1922) had a daughter Mae Winslow who is my grandmother.

Mae Winslow (1894-1975) married Reginald Lobdell (1891-1951) at Eaton Corner, Quebec, in January 1913 and then they moved to New Hampshire in 1914.

Their daughter Evangeline Lobdell is my mother, born February 1920 in Bartlett, New Hampshire.”

Most of Sandi’s research was conducted in England, both in London and at the Huddersfield Library and the Yorkshire Archives in Wakefield.

Source: The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

EARLY CIRCULATION OF CANADIAN $5 AND $10

OTTAWA, Nov. 7, 2013 /CNW/ - 

The Bank of Canada has announced the entry into circulation of the new $5 and $10 polymer bank notes. Starting today, these final two notes in the new polymer Frontiers series will be available at financial institutions across Canada.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz launched the $5 note at the Canadian Space Agency in Saint-Hubert, Quebec. He was joined by Chris Hadfield, retired Canadian astronaut and former Commander of the International Space Station. The $10 note was launched at an event held simultaneously at Vancouver's train station by Senior Deputy Governor Tiff Macklem and VIA Rail Canada President and Chief Executive Officer Marc Laliberté.

"With the introduction of the $5 and $10, we complete the rollout of a series that is at the frontier of bank note technology and sets a global benchmark for bank note security," said Governor Poloz. "These leading-edge notes are not only hard to counterfeit, but they are also designed to be easy to check. All five denominations in the Frontiers series carry the same security features that help Canadians verify them with ease and ensure that counterfeiting levels in Canada remain very low."

For the first time since the 1954 series, the Bank of Canada is issuing two notes on the same day. This helps manufacturers, owners and operators of bank note equipment upgrade their machines at a lower cost. The Bank of Canada has been working closely with Canada's financial sector and the cash-handling industry since 2009 and throughout the launch of this series to support a successful transition to polymer notes.

"Not only are these notes safer, they are also cheaper and greener than the previous series," said Senior Deputy Governor Macklem. "They last longer than paper notes, which will save millions of dollars, since fewer polymer notes will have to be printed. Fewer notes produced means fewer notes transported and this means a reduced impact on the Canadian environment. Plus, polymer notes will be recycled."

Chris Hadfield spoke of the significance of featuring Canadian robotics innovations on the new $5 note. "The Canadarm2 and Dextre images on the $5 bank note remind me of the determination, ingenuity and dedication of so many people at the Canadian Space Agency, in the space industry and academia across the country. As Canadians use the new $5 note and see these space symbols, I know they will be reminded of these qualities," he said.

Marc Laliberté added that VIA Rail is proud that the new $10 note features the Canadian train. "Today is the 128th anniversary of the driving of the last spike that completed the construction of Canada's railway, and linked the country from sea to sea. So it is only fitting that this new $10 bank note should celebrate the pioneering spirit, and the true grit and determination of Canadians who helped unite our country, with the promise of an even better future."

The themes of the denominations are:

$100 Medical Innovation - celebrates Canadian innovations in the field of medicine (Portrait: Sir Robert Borden)

$50 CCGS Amundsen, Research Icebreaker - reflects Canada's commitment to Arctic research and the development and support of northern communities (Portrait: William Lyon Mackenzie King)

$20 The Canadian National Vimy Memorial - evokes the contributions and sacrifices of Canadians in conflicts throughout our history (Portrait: HM Queen Elizabeth II)

$10 The Canadian train - represents Canada's great engineering feat of linking its eastern and western frontiers by what was, at the time, the longest railway ever built (Portrait: Sir John A. Macdonald)

$5 Canadarm2 and Dextre - symbolizes Canada's continuing contribution to the international space station program through robotics innovation (Portrait: Sir Wilfrid Laurier)

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