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Here you can share pictures of your favorite banknotes. I'll post pics of my own favorites later since they are now in a different city...

Anyway, feel free to share pics of your favorites! :D
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
France - 50 Francs 1994



This is definitely my favorite banknote in my collection.

Portugal - 10$000 Réis 1799 (reissued during the civil war in 1828 by the Miguelites)



My 2nd most favourite banknote but I think that it's the most interesting one.

Belgium - 100 Francs 1952



My 3rd most favourite banknote.
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Great notes! I especially like that 1799 note. :)
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
The only note in my collection:



My dad found it in the loft. I don't have any idea as to why an Iraqi banknote was in my loft.
Quote: "cmaclean"​The only note in my collection:

​My dad found it in the loft. I don't have any idea as to why an Iraqi banknote was in my loft.

Nice note, I have on of those in UNC condition. Maybe it was a souvenir from a soldier?​
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Quote: "Lotus07"

​ ​Nice note, I have on of those in UNC condition. Maybe it was a souvenir from a soldier?​

​Me and my family were in Florida around the time of the Second Iraq War. I wouldn't be surprised if my dad bought it there as a souvenir and forgot about it. But no one remembers anything so I cant know for sure.
I do not really collect banknotes, or stamps, but have some from swaps.
These I have I do rather like ...


Oh and I have this error Bank of England note, with no serial numbers ...


One that I would like is this famous naughty note ...

which a clue is the palm trees on the right. The designer got fired for it I seem to remember.

And finally hope to get one of these when it is released in UK later this year ...

the first UK banknote made of plastic, like some other countries already have.
Czechoslowakia - 20 Korun - 1988 - P#95

I really like the backside of the Czechoslovakian 20 koruna bill, the nicest one of that series in my opinion.
Germany - 100 Mark - 1920 - P#69a

here I also like the backside, simple but nice
German Empire - 1910 - 100 Mark - P#42

here I like the design with Germania and some symbols of economical and military might
Animals, characters, quality of materials and production, all's in :D

Bermuda
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Yes, that Czechoslovakian is one of my favorites too, I just love the back. The other notes from that series are also pretty cool, from my opinion they look anything but socialistic!
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Here are some nice ones I found in my room:

"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Quote: "Idolenz"Czechoslowakia - 20 Korun - 1988 - P#95

​I really like the backside of the Czechoslovakian 20 koruna bill, the nicest one of that series in my opinion.



​I was actually considering posting this note, it looks like something from a medieval fantasy tale blended with modern scientific themes.
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I love that Seychelles note...im going to get one too.
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I'm surprised there aren't a lot more banknotes posted here.



Here's a few WWI and WWII banknotes

Posen (German occupation of Poland) - 1 and 3 Rubles 1916



Germany - Wehrmacht Military payment note 10 Reichspfennig 1942 ND (blank reverse)



Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic​
- 20 Dinara 1944



United Kingdom - 1 pound 1928-48​ and 1941​



The green colour was switched to multicolour to tackle counterfeiting by the German goverment during the war.
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Albania - 20 Franka Ari 1926



Finland - 20 Markkaa 1993



France - 50 Sols 1793



Greece - 1000 Drachmai 1935



^This banknote is huge

Hungary - 10 Forint 1848 (Hungarian uprising)



^This is my oldest two-sided banknote

Japan - 1 Yen 1916



Latvia (1st Republic) - 50 Lati 1934



Romania - 10 Bani 1917



^Smallest banknote in the world
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Not really a bank note guy. I have a few. I would certainly buy one from short lived colonies that didn't issue coins.

I got 3 types of Gibraltar notes over there but only could spare £5 to keep


Here are some of my favorite

Romania - 50 Lei


Argentina - 100 Pesos
Hopeakettu, I really like your Japanese 1 yen note. Here's my best one:


Quote: "Steve27"​Hopeakettu, I really like your Japanese 1 yen note. Here's my best one:




​That's a very nice note, actually I like yours more.

Here's what I really want :love:

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Let's post some exotic notes!

Ceylon - 100 Rupees 1974



China - 10 Yuan 1936 (Bank of Communications)



Hong Kong - 10 Dollars 1977



Macau - 10 Avos 1946



(I have this note in UNC condition but I couldn't find it for some reason so this isn't my pic)

Mauritius - 100 Rupees 1986



North Korea (the best korea) - 100 Won 1978



Timor - 100 Escudos 1963




This is most of my Asian banknote collection, if anyone wants to swap any for European banknotes send me a pm.

Old Indian, Ceylonese and Japanese notes interest me
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That's my favorite banknote, I will pay up to $90 per note depending on condition.
I take as many as you can mail.......thanks
North Korea is the best Korea? I dont understand your humor.
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The most boss banknote ever....the Cook Islands $3 note has a naked female riding on the back of a shark.


Quote: "neilithic"​The most boss banknote ever....the Cook Islands $3 note has a naked female riding on the back of a shark.




Is this is a circulated note that one could get today?​
Yep, my sister bought me one back from there when she went there on holiday a couple of years ago, along with this one


Quote: "Oklahoman"​North Korea is the best Korea? I dont understand your humor.
​The banknote looks so happy that it's basically a propaganda poster, the "great leader" is even surrounded by beautiful pink flowers and the backside where there's a house is made to look like a paradise but for some reason the newer series look very depressing.



I'm not a North Korean spy who's spreading propaganda through numismatic forums.
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Quote: "Hopeakettu"​I'm not a North Korean spy who's spreading propaganda through numismatic forums.
How can we be sure? ;-)

But what makes you think the newer series look depressing? Only the dude looks depressing but I wouldn't say so for all those colours and the decoration...
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Quote: "Lotus07"
Quote: "Hopeakettu"​I'm not a North Korean spy who's spreading propaganda through numismatic forums.
​How can we be sure? ;-)

​But what makes you think the newer series look depressing? Only the dude looks depressing but I wouldn't say so for all those colours and the decoration...
​It's nothing else but my opinion, I think it just looks very boring and it has ugly colours.
The backside is actually brown-ish but for some reason the colours look much brighter in the picture.
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Quote: "Hopeakettu"
Quote: "Lotus07"

Quote: "Hopeakettu"​I'm not a North Korean spy who's spreading propaganda through numismatic forums.
​​How can we be sure? ;-)
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​​But what makes you think the newer series look depressing? Only the dude looks depressing but I wouldn't say so for all those colours and the decoration...
​​It's nothing else but my opinion, I think it just looks very boring and it has ugly colours.
​The backside is actually brown-ish but for some reason the colours look much brighter in the picture.
​I see, it's all just a matter of taste I guess. By the way, that 20 Markkaa looks really nice, especially the back is pretty cool. Are those notes cheap to get in Finland?
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Ahhhh... now i understand. I used to live in the South Korean state and did not get it. I think the banknotes of the 1950s and 1960s are very attractive.
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The best Korea is a united Korea (and hopefully an independent Korea)
As with a lot of items I collect, the theme of the items I like the best always comes from the first and second world wars.
This note, as far as I am aware is a prisoner of war note from WWI and is dated 1917


The three banknotes below are also prisoner of war notes but from WWII.
These were given to me in the late 1970's but I guy with whom I worked with for a few years. He always kept them in his wallet, as these were his, which he brought back from Germany in 1945.
I know they are a bit tatty, but the history behind them is immense



The other note below is also from WWII but was purchased many years ago to sit along side of the other three, but it does not hold the same feelings as I have for the other three above, but include it for others interest.

I'm just a collector of coins, not a slave to it, unless I am in a coin shop.
For all you banknote collectors. Link to my swap list.
https://colnect.com/en/banknotes/list/swap_list/COINMAN1
I'm not sure if this is a legal banknote (because I don't collect them), but often my friends give me pieces like this (because I collect coins). Only I know it is an Allied Military Currency - WWII. Anyway ... this is the piece I like most of all I have.



Nice note, Guanaco! Yes it's completely legal, actually all banknotes (now circulating and obsolete) are 'legal' to have. What makes you think it could be illegal?
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
More North Korea 50 won 1992 sorry about pic's
It is, what it is, or is it.
Never know you collect banknotes also. :`
Yes but they are in a bigger mess than my coin collection

just got these two star notes

series 2009 and 2013
It is, what it is, or is it.
Quote: "ALLRED1950"​Yes but they are in a bigger mess than my coin collection



​I was young when they introduced this banknote. ;)
Quote: "Lotus07"
Quote: "Hopeakettu"

Quote: "Lotus07"
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Quote: "Hopeakettu"​I'm not a North Korean spy who's spreading propaganda through numismatic forums.
​​​How can we be sure? ;-)
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​​​But what makes you think the newer series look depressing? Only the dude looks depressing but I wouldn't say so for all those colours and the decoration...
​​​It's nothing else but my opinion, I think it just looks very boring and it has ugly colours.
​​The backside is actually brown-ish but for some reason the colours look much brighter in the picture.
​​I see, it's all just a matter of taste I guess. By the way, that 20 Markkaa looks really nice, especially the back is pretty cool. Are those notes cheap to get in Finland?
​Around 12€ in UNC, it's the smallest denomination in Litt. A series.
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There's actually two different versions of the 20mk note, I have them both.

(not my picture though)

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Quote: "Lotus07"​Nice note, Guanaco! Yes it's completely legal, actually all banknotes (now circulating and obsolete) are 'legal' to have. What makes you think it could be illegal?
​Maybe I do not use the correct word (legal) but I mean when a banknote is not issued by a recognized authority in the country and therefore has no economic value. I do not know if this was the case of banknotes issued by it the Allied forces in WW II. What could you tell me about it?
Regards
The note is recognised by krause and it was "declared legal tender in occupied areas by local commanders", the note is just as "legal" as any other banknote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Military_Currency
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Quote: "Hopeakettu"​The note is recognised by krause and it was "declared legal tender in occupied areas by local commanders", the note is just as "legal" as any other banknote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Military_Currency
​Thanks for the referred link. Reading it I found this another link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_yen, which refers to the banknote that I have stored. Regards.
Do you like uniface notes?



For people who do not know/remember what is a miniassegno


One of my oldest "legal tender" notes


My biggest one in size


A country you won't see really often, even as a former European note


Double effect: a commemorative note AND a polymer note

I've another commemorative note to add later, which is also a privately issued note with no legal tender but which use is reknown inside its territory.

What about a note depicting a coin?


And later I'll add my oldest note too.
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Sorry Chomp, but when it comes to US notes the term "Legal Tender" has a specific meaning and that's not a "Legal Tender" note. While I realize it says "This note is Legal Tender..." that's not the definition. Legal Tender notes say "United States Note" in the upper margin where your note says "Federal Reserve Note" and they all have red seals.

They were first issued during the civil war under the Legal Tender Act of 1862 to pay the troops, and they were given distinctive red seals to indicate they were not backed by specie on deposit at the Federal Reserve. They continued to be issued sporadically up to 1966 (only the $100 was produced with that year). Today, all US currency is effectively Legal Tender; thus, the red seal notes will probably never be issued again.

Thanks Steve, that's a great piece of information! I never knew that about the red seal before, next time when I'll find some notes with a red seal I'll keep that in mind. ;-)
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Quote: "Hopeakettu"Hungary - 10 Forint 1848 (Hungarian uprising)

​What's the language in the old-fashioned Slavic font? Looks like Romanian, but I can't figure out why it would be written that way.
It's not romanian for sure.
Quote: "January First-of-May"
Quote: "Hopeakettu"Hungary - 10 Forint 1848 (Hungarian uprising)
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​​What's the language in the old-fashioned Slavic font? Looks like Romanian, but I can't figure out why it would be written that way.

Moldovan language.
ROMAE AETERNAE
Quote: "druzhynets"
Quote: "January First-of-May"

Quote: "Hopeakettu"Hungary - 10 Forint 1848 (Hungarian uprising)
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​​​What's the language in the old-fashioned Slavic font? Looks like Romanian, but I can't figure out why it would be written that way.
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​Moldovan language.
​That's what I thought, yes. (Sorry for calling it Romanian - they're essentially dialects of each other, and I wasn't sure if it was Moldovan specifically.)

It's just that the weird old-fashioned Cyrillic was throwing me off - I didn't think it was still used anywhere outside church texts by the 19th century.
It's not Moldovan. Moldovan language use latin letters and it's the same language as Romanian but sounds different.
Quote: "Andy289"​It's not Moldovan. Moldovan language use latin letters and it's the same language as Romanian but sounds different.

Ok, let's make it straight.
The Cyrillic language on the banknote is Romanian:
"The Romanian Cyrillic alphabet is the Cyrillic alphabet used to write the Romanian language before 1860–1862, when it was officially replaced by a Latin-based Romanian alphabet. Cyrillic remained in occasional use until the 1920s (mostly in Bessarabia). It is not the same as the Russian-based Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet used in the Moldavian ASSR since 1926, and then in the Moldavian SSR between 1940 and 1989 (except 1941-44)."
ROMAE AETERNAE
It's maybe not my favourite, but I am very happy to have completed one of the biggest sets (don't know if it's tru though but it feels like it with its 27 denominations).
Zimbabwe, full set of 2007-2008
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Nice! I have a few of those Zimbabwan notes. Hope to complete the set too one day. Are you also complete on Yugoslavia? They also have a lot of diffenent denominations...
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
To be honest I'm not that much in to the Yugoslav banknotes. I have a some of the earlier years completed, but mostly it's just a little here and there. I might pick it up some day and complete the 1992 and 1993 series, but for the moment I am focused on to complete other series - and to complete my world map! :D
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Luxembourg is quite easy to find on eBay.

PS: I already show this one, but I didn't need to check eBay to receive Luxembourg notes... I received a legal tender note before the euro arrived.
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
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lucky you! i was too young when the euro took over to be able to "do smth about it" :( i got lots of pre-euro coins, but banknotes were nothing of interest at that time..
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Some Americans- 1923 $1, 1914 9-I $5, and 1914 10-J $20

A few of my old Canadian Notes
LittleJohn Metal Detecting

A few more this time with consecutive numbers
LittleJohn Metal Detecting

A few more £1 Notes with consecutive numbers
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I don't know a lot about banknotes , but I got these and many more real cheap. The Confederate note I bought thinking it may be counterfeit . After further research I do believe its authentic.
Damn those are nice. Now you made me jealous!
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Got this $2.00 note at gas station as change. I have duplicates of a few of these. Lotus07Send me your address on a P.M. and Ill send you a couple notes.
Quote: "johnspa"​ Got this $2.00 note at gas station as change. I have duplicates of a few of these. Lotus07Send me your address on a P.M. and Ill send you a couple notes.

​Wow, thank you!!!
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Quote: "johnspa"​I don't know a lot about banknotes , but I got these and many more real cheap. The Confederate note I bought thinking it may be counterfeit . After further research I do believe its authentic.
​The countermarked 1 Peso - Philippines seems very interesting too.
I didn't find it on colnect
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Nice Taiwanese/Japanese banknote even with the relative small catalog value I get always outbid hugely on those x.

HERE is the Philippine note

Jersey £1 note
Nice one! I think it's odd they still use notes with that denomination, there have been 1 pound coins for quite a while now but people are still being stubborn by prefering the notes lol!
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
I hadn't actually realised they were still used!!
These are my favorites:
Purely based on the subject matter. All these are Israeli




Aaron
I sell my Duplicate or Un-Needed coins on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/str/coinsandmorenj.
I received some new additions to my collection today, before these my us banknote collection consisted of one very heavily circulated 1969 one dollar bill.




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Finally got a new album to store all the notes that I had wandering around in my room... Kudos for Leuchtturm for making a 300-slot album that fits almost any size of banknote and for selling it for a reasonable price.

"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
https://www.flickr.com/gp/29013144@N05/G90W38
I scanned some of my notes, need more time to finish scanning.

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