Indholdsfortegnelse for September 2023 i Banknote Reporter

To anyone not familiar with it, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (Central Bank of the Philippines) Piso Caravan may sound as if it’s a traveling coin convention. In fact you might instead expect someone to be shouting “bring out your dead.” The intension of the Piso Caravan is to encourage the public to preserve the integrity of the Philippines domestic currency and simultaneously promote digital finance. BSP-Central Visayas Economic Affairs Staff head Dr. Gregorio Baccay III explained, “We will remove soiled money from circulation and replace it with new, clean currency. This program promotes the establishment of partnerships with currency exchange centers, such as pawnshops, money services businesses, and big malls, who will collaborate with us.” The mission of the traveling caravan is to exchanged torn or dirty bank notes…

In the year 2000, Georgia came to national attention when the quarter dollar honoring that state was issued for circulation. Those who have just begun to collect coins perhaps think that this is the only numismatic memorial but in reality Georgia has had a rich numismatic history, more than most states. It all started nearly three centuries ago. In 1729, the proprietors of the Carolinas surrendered their royal charter to King George II, freeing up the area southwards from the Savannah River for colonization by English settlers. At that point James Oglethorpe became interested and suggested that the government allow the poorer classes to settle in this area, thus giving them a fresh start in life. In June 1732, the king agreed and also accepted Oglethorpe’s proposal that the new…

Hundreds of rare world coins that are certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®) and banknotes that are certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) are being offered in an upcoming Trigometric sale. The Ensemble of Rare Gold Coins, Malaysia & Straits Settlements Banknotes - Session 1 and Session 2 are being held on August 26-27, 2023. The top coin in the auction is a Singapore 1969 Gold 150 Dollars - Founding of Singapore graded NGC PF 68 Ultra Cameo (Session 1, lot 1402), with an estimate of RM40,000 to RM60,000 (about $8,650 to $13,000). The gold coin celebrates the 150th anniversary of the founding of Singapore. The coin shows Raffles Lighthouse, which was built in 1855 and is named after Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore. NGC has graded about…

James Simek asked what is the correct name for the town that hosted The Dover Plains National Bank, New York, charter 822. Cataloguers and grading companies list it both as Dover and Dover Plains, and Louis Van Belkum used Dover Plains in his data compilations. Situations like this are particularly common in New York, Pennsylvania and the New England states. The problem is that ambiguity quickly arises about what constitutes a town in those states. The legal definition of a town in the northeastern states differs from what people perceive a town to be elsewhere. New York is subdivided into counties. Counties are overlain by “towns,” legally defined as sprawling interlocked areas that in some cases even spill across county lines. In other parts of the country, a township is…

Do you collect National Bank Notes? If you don’t, you should look into them. National Bank Notes help tell the story of American History from 1863 and the Civil War to 1935 and the Great Depression. At the onset of the Civil War, the government suddenly needed more money to conduct a war. At that time hard money was gold. Hugh McCulloch, the Comptroller of the Treasury devised a plan to issue National Currency to Banks that qualified. Such banks could purchase government bonds in exchange for their gold. They would then receive notes provided by the Treasury to them for loans locally and collect bond interest as well. More notes could be issued as notes were redeemed. Banks paid a small fee on notes in circulation. This allowed the…

A large and impressive selection of U.S. and world bank notes is being offered in a series of Stack’s Bowers sales. They include several PMG certified notes likely to realize six figures in the Global Showcase Auction – Session 2 – U.S. Currency Part 1. In all, over 1,900 PMG-certified bank notes are being offered in this and other sessions (Session A, Session D, Session 7, Session 12 and Session H), which conclude August 14-23, 2023. The top note in the sale is a rare 1934 $5,000 Federal Reserve Note (Chicago) graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (Session 2, lot 20339) which has an estimate of $250,000 to $350,000. According to the PMG Population Report, PMG has graded 40 examples of this Friedberg variety, with only two earning this grade…

Collectors are gearing up for an exciting auction featuring a diverse array of historic Greek currency, including hundreds of coins and hundreds of notes. Bidding is already underway for the A. Karamitsos Live Internet Auction 720, which will be held Sept. 9-10, 2023. The top coin in this auction is a Greece 1879A 10 Lepta graded NGC MS 65 RB (lot 6088) with a starting price of €12,000 (about $13,000). This coin features an image of King George I of Greece who ascended the Greek throne in 1863 following a tumultuous period for the nation. His reign marked a pivotal era in Greek history, characterized by efforts to modernize and stabilize the country after years of upheaval. This particular coin’s grade is unsurpassed among 47 examples in the NGC Census.…

The issued note in this Charleston, Ill. pair submitted by Steve Schroeder is a classic George Casilear layout made with his patented lettering technology that was used to make title block layouts on the earliest $5 Series of 1882 face plates between 1882 and 1885. The process that Casilear, the Chief Engraver at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, had perfected involved creating numerous alphabets of letters and numbers where each character was isolated on transfer rolls. When the siderographer had to lay out a title block, he retrieved the appropriate rolls and laid-in the needed letters one at a time to spell out the required words. Bowing to industry criticism, subsequent bureau management had many if not most of those plates purged and replaced with plates where the title blocks…

Bookophile, the online platform for book lovers is back after a relaunch. Having received a thorough redesign, Bookophile presents itself with a fresh look and offers numerous new features that enable users to delve even deeper into the bibliophile world. What Is Bookophile? Bookophile is the digital window to the book collection of the MoneyMuseum in Zurich. Created in 2019, our website is the brainchild of Dr. Jürg Conzett and Dr. Ursula Kampmann. They thought about how to convey their love of bibliophile books to others. Worlds of Books – Our Articles And that is exactly what the articles do, in which we present books from the MoneyMuseum’s extensive collection. They are at the heart of the website. Through these works, we want to tell the stories of books and…

Greg Alexander suggested that a great service to our constituency would be to illustrate proofs of early U. S. type notes that are otherwise simply out of reach of mere mortals. Excellent suggestion! Alexander was a major player in the Smithsonian’s crowd-sourced volunteer effort that succeeded in cataloging the Bureau of Engraving and Printing proofs lifted from national bank note face plates that now reside in the National Numismatic Collection. That monumental effort allowed us to make a complete index for that group of 42,000 proofs. Alexander recommended kicking off his request with a proof of the $20 Series of 1882 gold certificates made for use by the Assistant Treasurer in New York. These carry the engraved Bruce-Gilfillan Register-Treasurer signature combination of 1881-3 vintage. More importantly on them is a…

Rare paper money from Asia is among a fascinating array of 250 world bank notes that are available in an upcoming sale. Bidding is underway for the Noonans World Banknotes Auction, which will be held on August 31, 2023. One of the most interesting notes offered in the auction is a Straits Settlements / British Administration 1894 5 Dollars - Singapore graded PMG F 12 (lot 664) with an estimate of £20,000 to £26,000 (about $25,000 to $33,000). The Straits Settlements, under British administration from the 19th to the mid-20th century, utilized a distinct currency system that reflected the colonial influence and economic dynamics of the Southeast Asian region. This note’s issuer, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, founded in the British colony of Hong Kong in 1865, began operating…