BANK OF ENGLAND POLYMER £5 NOTE

Northern Ireland has had them for ages, All 3 Scottish Banks now have them and finally the bank of England has released a Polymer note - the last UK bank to do so. It was issued in September of this year (2016) and has caused a bit of a stir as Sir Winston Churchill has replaced the last woman on bank of England Notes (Elizabeth Fry)

The front has Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill on the reverse.

TWO 1 POUND NOTES

These notes are two versions of the British 1 pound note issued by different banks. The lower one was issued by the Bank of England up until 1988 when the £1 coin took over and £1 notes were discontinued, likewise with the Bank of Scotland note which was issued until 1988, although the Royal bank of Scotland still issues £1 notes. 

The first note is the £1 note issued in 1981 by the Bank of Scotland, with Sir Walter Scott on the front and a sailing ship and the medallion of Pallas on the reverse.

The bank of England £1 note issued between 1981 and 1984 with Queen Elizabeth II on the front and Sir Isaac Newton on the reverse.

See more from Great Britain HERE

see more Scottish notes HERE

PEOPLE ARE GREAT - MORE VIETNAM NOTES

People have been so generous and gave me some incredible notes. Here are two of them from Vietnam

First is the 100,000 dong from 2006 with Ho Chi Minh on the front and the temple of literature on the reverse. Them there is the 10,000 dong note, again with Ho Chi Minh on the front and this time an oil platform on the reverse.

both notes are polymer plastic and you can tell the issue year from the serial number - in the case of the 10,000 dong the serial number is DR 10742329 so the first two numbers are the year code so in this case the first two numbers 10 means that the issue year is 2010

see more Vietnam notes HERE and Here  and HERE

ho chi Minh documentary

ANOTHER DONATION FROM THE EXHIBITION - THE JERSEY POUND

here we have a bilingual note from Jersey, a british crown dependency and an island in the English channel It is a one pound (£1) note from 2010. the front has a quite old looking, Queen Elizabeth and liberation square in St Heliers while the reverse has Le Hocq tower and La Hougue Bie

See more Jersey notes HERE and HERE

LE HOCQ TOWER

MORE DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE AT THE COLLECTOR EXHIBITION

This is a 10000 Leone note from Sierra Leone from 2010. It has the dove and the country flag on the front and the cotton tree on the reverse.

more from Sirra Leone HERE, HERE and HERE

This note is from Switzerland and is the 10 franc - sometimes called fraanken - note from 2000. It has architect Le Corbusier on the front and some of his buildings on the back

more Swiss notes HERE

Here we have a 1993, 5000 shilling note from Uganda which has on the front, the terraces around Lake Bunyonyi and the reverse has the Kaawa train Ferry on lake Victoria

more notes from Uganda HERE and HERE

I didn't think I'd need more notes from Turkey as I started with loads of them but here are two I dont have . they are is fairly poor quality but its great that they are in the collection to represent their denominations.

They are the 500,000 and 50, 000 lira notes and  are marked  1970 but have different actual issue dates. Both notes have Ataturk on the front bit their reverse sides have different buildings. The 500,000 lira note is from 1993 and has an aerial view of the Canakkale martyrs monument, whereas the 50,000 lira note from 1989 has the National Parliament building in Ankara on it reverse.

more Turkish notes HERE, HERE and HERE

Everyone has been so generous giving me lots of notes to add to the collection, I really Appreciate every single one . THANK YOU ALL !!

THE COLLECTOR EXHIBITION EDINBURGH

Dolls - cathy umobi

banknotes - me !!

airfix models - John McCabe

makeup compacts - Geraldine Gow

wooden boxes - Eleanor hamilton

dinosaurs - Iggy Just (4 years old)

penny press pennies - Heather Law

sci-fi books  - Lynn Cowan

sea glass - Liz Gould

teaspoons - Etta MacInnis

John Wayne memorabilia  - Ann Carolan

Buddhas - Sandra Newby

Key rings - Alan Johnston

pine cones from around the world - Betty McVey OBE

model buses - David Aris

Here are some of the exhibits in the "Collector" exhibition held in the White Space Gallery in Edinburgh on the 8th - 13th October 2016 

additionally there were collections of keys and timpo toys which i didn't get photo's from.

WELCOME TO THE COLLECTORS EXHIBITION

This blog is part of the above exhibition along with a selection of notes. 

for folks visiting the the exhibition this is the suggestions for using this blog

The countries and currencies are listed on the right ------->>>>>

Click on a country or currency 

E.G Scotland or Baht 

 find a brief history of the country and what notes are there

ENJOY !!  

CZECH PHILOSOPHER

This is another note that was donated by friends. this is the 200 Korun note from the Czech republic and is from the 1998 issue. It has John Amos Comenius, the czech philosopher, educator and theologist on the front and hands reaching for each other on the reverse.


see more Czech notes HERE

TURKMENISTAN AGAIN

Here is a note from another of the former soviet union, Turkmenistan was formerly known as Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic and declared independence in 1991. This note is from 1995 issue and is the 50 Manat note with president Niyazov on the front and the reverse has the now ruined Anew Mosque. 

More notes Here

SURINAME 100 GULDEN NOTE

I have to admit that I love notes from Suriname, they are so colourful  and great designs. This one is a 100 gulden note from 1982 . the reverse has the presidential palace in the capital city Paramaribo.

more notes HERE and HERE

SOME MONGOLIAN DOUBLERS

These two notes are "doublers" or ones that i have already the top one, 20 tugrik is a slightly earlier version of the one I have and the 1 tugrik note is the same 1955 issue.

you can find more Mongolian notes HERE and HERE