Well here are my first additions that start my World Collection !!!**OKAY 1 MORE FOR 4-12**

GrimReaper

First 3 5's on a 5 000555





A nice little RadaR 068860





A nice little fancy almost repeater 2770277





AND , since I was born in 1974 - a couple 000074 Notes !!! Favorites at the moment !!!

Jim61

I like! Very nice for sure. Congrats! Now you are hooked!

GrimReaper

Originally posted by: Jim61

I like! Very nice for sure. Congrats! Now you are hooked!

Yes , Mr. Jim I am and its already started off very Fun !!

Tookybandit

Very cool! Love the Dominican notes!

numbersman

Pretty stuff! It's easy to see the appeal of world notes.

cinch

I agree with Tookybandit, those Dominican notes are gorgeous! The architectural vignettes are really eye catching.



The Brazilian notes are great, too. What year are they from?

Andres

Great start for a World collection of banknotes , thanks for sharing.

DepressionscripGuy

Great notes and so colorful.

TigerTrader

Well it looks like you are off to a good start!



World notes are fund and good bang for the buck... The shorter serial numbers and large printings of some offer a lot COOL SERIALS!

mfontes

Very nice. Looks like you got a great start on a world bank note collection.

STLNATS

Originally posted by: cinch



The Brazilian notes are great, too. What year are they from?

The 5 Cr type produced by Thomas de la Rue was issued from 1950 to 1964 with various sigs and varieties. According to my catalog series 4512 was issued in 1964. The blue 200 Cr was a product of the ABNCo and 1943 to 1964; series 1027 was in 1961. There is also a TDR 200 during this same period but produced in much smaller quantities and is quite a bit more scarce.



In 1966, the Cruzeiro Novo = 1000 (old) cruzeiros was introduced with some of the earlier types printed with an overprint (eg new series of the 10 cr type were printed with a 1 centavo overprint) until completely new types were introduced in 1970.

techwriter

Yep, the Brazilian notes are a source of some nifty notes:

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GrimReaper

Very nice techwriter !!

cinch

Tech, what's the signature on the $10?

techwriter

cinch, my Spanish script reading skill is less than zero; sorry but cannot read the signatures. I do not have a Brazilian banknote book that might identify the signatures for this particular note; Pick 114a.

TennisCoach

Now I see why the foreign note market has such an avid collector base. Very appealing notes.

STLNATS

Originally posted by: techwriter

cinch, my Spanish script reading skill is less than zero; sorry but cannot read the signatures. I do not have a Brazilian banknote book that might identify the signatures for this particular note; Pick 114a.

My specialized catalog doesn't provide info for the "autographed" notes, just for those with printed sigs. I've noticed some variety in these but am not sure who they represent. Much easier to deal with after the sigs were "normally" printed. Would be most interested in finding info about the earlier sigs also.



BTW, your "Spanish script reading skill" probably won't be of much help since Brazilian notes use Portuguese which is pretty close but - as I understand it - has some significant differences with Spanish.

rbethea

I asked once about the overprint signatures and I think Andres or SaorAlba responded. As I understand it, the notes were only legal tender if signed by a treasury official. So they hired a bunch of clerks to sit in a room and sign all of those notes so that they could be used in circulation. Hence, you find a tremendous variety in those signatures.

STLNATS

Originally posted by: rbethea

I asked once about the overprint signatures and I think Andres or SaorAlba responded. As I understand it, the notes were only legal tender if signed by a treasury official. So they hired a bunch of clerks to sit in a room and sign all of those notes so that they could be used in circulation. Hence, you find a tremendous variety in those signatures.

thanks, good to know and similar to early US demand notes. some of the later issues look as tho the sigs are overprinted vs actual autographs; i wonder if the procedure changed over time. when i first started with these it took a while to get used to the sigs appearing over the design of the notes since they're so different than what i'd encountered before.



what fun.

rbethea

Agreed! Fun!!

It was LETTOW who responded. Here was that thread. I'd rather direct you there because Lettow posted pictures illustrating that they were not printed, but hand signed.

techwriter

reaper, to the Endless universe of world note collecting. Strap yourself

in and enjoy all the great and exciting notes to come.

STLNATS

Originally posted by: rbethea

Agreed! Fun!!



It was LETTOW who responded. Here was that thread. I'd rather direct you there because Lettow posted pictures illustrating that they were not printed, but hand signed.

Thanks. I agree with the notes with the single sigs including the first issues of the Cruzeiros. However, now that I actually look at them, there are two series that seem to have overprinted dual sigs: the rare Caixa de Estabilizacao issues of 1926 and 1927 and the 1923 Banco do Brasil (which has both single and dual sigs). I don't have any of the rare Caixa issued notes (just a couple of specimens) but the illustrations in the catalog look identical (within year) across denominations. Not sure about the 1923 Banco issue, but have my first double sig coming my way soon. In any case, haven't really focused on the mil Reis issues - being outside of my original collection scope - so my knowledge is limited to the few I've really looked at but starting to move that way as I wind up the latter issues.



Brazil is really an interesting and fairly accessible (read affordable to downright cheap in many cases) series if you stick to the post WWII issues. Designs are interesting and the notes include some high end printings from the American BN Co, de la Rue, etc. A very nice way to "get into" world currency. Congrats again to the OP for selecting a fun area.

HistoryMajor

Nice notes. World notes can be a great buy and for some attractive notes. Are you going to collect by a certain serial number or just whatever catches your eye?

GrimReaper

Originally posted by: HistoryMajor

Nice notes. World notes can be a great buy and for some attractive notes. Are you going to collect by a certain serial number or just whatever catches your eye?

It will probably be both but i am looking for 74's hot and heavy !! Seems as some have said - that better/cooler collectable serial numbers can be picked up at a fraction of u.s. note prices .

GrimReaper

2 newps



Another birthyear





And a Snorter

Tookybandit

Super cool! The snorter is cool on a china note.

SaorAlba

Plane 658 - Better Walking, must have been a real flying nightmare.

GrimReaper

One more Snorter but after this one , I'm getting back to numbers !!!! LOL

DepressionscripGuy

Very cool Short snorters.

GrimReaper

Originally posted by: DepressionscripGuy

Very cool Short snorters.

Thank you sir & everyone else too !!!

techwriter

reaper, nice snorter notes--well done. As you return to the numbers and as you work your way through the South American continent here's a few examples to spur you onward:

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So many and so much fun trying to find them.