Millennium Notes

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Are there any millennium note collectors here? I believe I have all the notes, but just in case I have missed any, please feel free to let me know. I believe these are the only countries had issued them; -

 

Belarus (x 10 full set), 

China, 

Dominican Republic, 

Fiji (x2), 

Bank of England (x3), 

Gibraltar, 

Japan (??)

Honduras, 

Hungary (x2)

Macedonia, 

Malta (x3), 

New Zealand (x2 s/n back and red), 

Northern Ireland Northern Bank (MM & Y2K), 

Papua New Guinea, 

Scotland Clydesdale Bank (x2), 

Singapore, 

Slovakia (x7 full set) and 

United States (x2)

 

Not sure about the Japan 2000 yen. Some said it's for the G8 meeting commemorative, and some said it's for both. The note was released on 19.07.2000 and the G8 Summit was held in Okinawa on 21 July 2000 – 23 July 2000. I would say this is more for the G8 than the Millennium. 

 

The tough ones are the Dominican Republic as at one time the asking price was between $8-900, which I believe way ridiculous expensive and the USA as to get them all, you have to get all 12 prints each (not sure if all 12 Fed Reserves had issued them). I was not aware of the USA issues until 2021 when a French collector alerted me after visiting my site. I only have the two notes ($1 F6 and $2 J10 Star note) from the USA out of the possible 24. Collecting all would be a big ask for me. These notes were not specifically printed for the commemorative except the serial nos all starting with 2000. I believe the Fed Reserve also sold them in full set too. 

 

If you have any info that I am missing, please feel free to share. 

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Kai,

  Some of the Millennium notes were not released at their face value.

 

The Fijian Millennium 2 Dollars was put into circulation - but the 2,000 Dollars has been available at a huge premuim above face value.

 

The Maltese Millennium notes have eluded me so far, as has the ones from Guernsey & Jersey.

 

Gibraltar had the 5 Pounds & Singapore had the 2 Dollars - both of those I do have.

 

Of course, I have the New Zealand 10 Dollars in my collection.

 

Aidan.

Hello,

I think you can consider the 2000 Lei from Romania, it was released with the celebration of the total solar eclipse of 11 August 1999 and coming the new millennium.

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BoGhY

Hello,

I think you can consider the 2000 Lei from Romania, it was released with the celebration of the total solar eclipse of 11 August 1999 and coming the new millennium.

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I have not though about this one. Thanks

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I do not believe this is correct. This is just my opinion.

 

Romania 2000 Lei

Northern Hemisphere also includes countries like Kuwait, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore and all these countries had issued polymer banknotes before Romania. 

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I can't contradict you. 

When the banknote was issued, it was something new, the rest of the banknotes were made of paper, only the 2000 Lei was made out of polymer. Now all banknotes are made of polymer.

I did not know about the US or BOE millenial notes. 

 

This is an interesting branch of collecting.  I have 2: the $2.00 from Fiji:

And the 5 Pounds from Gibraltar:

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I did not know about the US or BOE millenial notes. 

 

Like many, the BOE and the USA were numismatic products. The BoE were Debden series and I believe it was not popular due to over pricing back then. Just like those Australia numismatics products released by NPA back in the 90s. Of course, now they are back in demand.

 

BoE 5 pounds

10 pounds

20 pounds

 

Collecting this millennium series is fun!! 

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I did not know about the US or BOE millenial notes. 

 

This is an interesting branch of collecting.  I have 2: the $2.00 from Fiji:

 

 

And the 5 Pounds from Gibraltar:

The Gibraltar is a bit of an interesting issue. Back then, the bank provided leaflet stating that the 5 and 10 pounds are millennium issues;-

Back in early 2000s, you can buy them (5/10/20 pounds) all with matching nos.

Whilst the 5 pounds (dated 2000) is printed with the prefix of MM, the 10 pounds (dated 2002) note is with B, and the 20 pounds (dated 2004) has the prefix of CCC (Gibraltar 2004 Tercentenary 1704-2004 ).

 

I have 3 sets all with matching numbers and I got them at face value. The exchange rates back in those days AUD1 = £0.35. 

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I have 3 sets all with matching numbers and I got them at face value.

-that's most fortunate ahkai!  Did you order them from your bank, or from visiting Gibraltar? 

 

I flew into Malaga, Spain & took a bus down to the Algeciras ferry to cross the strait to Ceuta, Spain in 2004. We took a taxi into Morocco. On the return we took the ferry from Tangiers so that's about as close as I have come to “The Rock” (but it was neat to see).  (And I did not start collecting world notes till 9 years after that trip so I was a little late for the Millennial party!). Even now, I rarely find decent notes on my travels & tend to purchase them afterwards.

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I have 3 sets all with matching numbers and I got them at face value.

-that's most fortunate ahkai!  Did you order them from your bank, or from visiting Gibraltar? 

 

I flew into Malaga, Spain & took a bus down to the Algeciras ferry to cross the strait to Ceuta, Spain in 2004. We took a taxi into Morocco. On the return we took the ferry from Tangiers so that's about as close as I have come to “The Rock” (but it was neat to see).  (And I did not start collecting world notes till 9 years after that trip so I was a little late for the Millennial party!). Even now, I rarely find decent notes on my travels & tend to purchase them afterwards.

I have never been to Gibraltar. The sets came from the bank via snail mail. Wow, I did not realise that was 20 years ago. I was not aware that they released the set in matching s/# until they informed me. I would have got more if not of the strength of the Sterling pound. In those days the rate was just above one third of the £. Today we can get just over 51 pence for every 1 AUD.

 

     

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there's a Guernsey millennium note

michael86uk

there's a Guernsey millennium note

 

 

Thanks Michael. Good pick up.

 

I missed that on my initial listing, I have this note too. This note was issued as it is for general circulation and also in a simple card folder for an extra 50 pence premium. 

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New Zealand Millennium tenners came out the same time as the standard $10 Polymers. Most criculated for a short time, they are legal tender, but most shopkeepers ignorant about cash would not accept them, calling them funny money.

 

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The red serial numbers are more collectible than the black ones, but neither are rare.

 

Trade ME (NZ Ebay) is listing a specimen and example of the Fijian Millennium $2000 note for sale - The specimen is $1350 NZD and the actual one over $3k, interesting as the Fijian dollar is only worth 67 NZ cents.

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Moneytane

New Zealand Millennium tenners came out the same time as the standard $10 Polymers. Most criculated for a short time, they are legal tender, but most shopkeepers ignorant about cash would not accept them, calling them funny money.

 

N#223676

 

The red serial numbers are more collectible than the black ones, but neither are rare.

 

Trade ME (NZ Ebay) is listing a specimen and example of the Fijian Millennium $2000 note for sale - The specimen is $1350 NZD and the actual one over $3k, interesting as the Fijian dollar is only worth 67 NZ cents.

 

The New Zealand Millennium Tenners actually came out much later - near the end of 2000.

 

The normal Tenners came out in 1999, along with the other denominations from 5 to 100 Dollars.

 

Aidan.

They were designed in 1998, the special red ones were released in Oct 1999

The Black ones circulated in August 2000 and the bank started withdrawing them in 2002.

 

The Polymer $10 was the last to be replaced in Dec 1999, the $20 was first in April 1999.

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Moneytane

New Zealand Millennium tenners came out the same time as the standard $10 Polymers. Most criculated for a short time, they are legal tender, but most shopkeepers ignorant about cash would not accept them, calling them funny money.

 

N#223676

 

The red serial numbers are more collectible than the black ones, but neither are rare.

 

Trade ME (NZ Ebay) is listing a specimen and example of the Fijian Millennium $2000 note for sale - The specimen is $1350 NZD and the actual one over $3k, interesting as the Fijian dollar is only worth 67 NZ cents.

I tried to post this message yesterday via my IPad and it is not working. Not sure why, and it only accept the first few words for what I wanted to say, and now I have forgotten what I wanted to say. Old age is really catching up 🤣.

 

In my opinion, I do not believe the NZ $10 design is nice. The note is predominately printed in blue colour, and with such a strong colour it does not usually goes well with banknotes. 

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I strongly disagree. It is blue, because blue is the colour of our $10 banknote and we had a series of issues with confusing colours of our $10 and $20 banknotes in the 1990s. The $20 is green and $10 is blue, when series 5, the paper ones came in 1992/93, there was confusion with colourblind and elderly people telling them apart.

 

It did not help that $20 was the note most used then (And still so now) and was the one that came the  most out of ATMs and paypackets (Although most jobs were paid by direct credit by the 1990s). People would pay with $20s for small purchases and then claim that the had received change for a $10. So in 1993, the $20s were made greener and $10s bluer.

 

Blue had been the $10 note's colour since 1967 and this carried on from the blue of the old £5 note it supplanted. 

 

Hence why the note is so blue, it was blue too to signify that January is summer and represented summer theme.

 

  

Both sides of the Millennium $10 and a close up showing colour differences between red and blue serial number notes.

 

It may look dated too, as it was designed in 1998! Trends change.

 

I really like this note and that is why I have 4 of them I guess 😀

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The first polymers for circulating banknotes were the tyvec notes of Haiti, Costa Rica, and Isle of Man.  Aren't they also in the Northern hemisphere with all the other polymer issuing nations as well?

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