Innehållsförteckning för September 2024 från Banknote Reporter

SEPTEMBER 2024 U.S. Paper Money Price Guide A Series 1934 $500 Cleveland District Federal Reserve bank note sold in a June 26 Hansons Auctioneers sale in England was described as follows: “Converted into today’s dollar value, back then it would have been like having $11,619.17 - in one note - in your wallet. Nearly a century ago notes like this were sometimes used for making large purchases such as buying land or a house.” Had this been an earlier Gold Certificate and the note’s owner redeemed the note for gold that gold would also likely have purchased a house back then. Considering goldwas pegged at $35 per ounce and is now somewhere around $2,350 an ounce your 15.625 ounces of gold for which you redeemed a $500 Gold Certificate note…

Numismatic collectors are sure to be excited by an upcoming Trigometric auction series featuring more than 600 bank notes. Bidding is underway for Session 1 and Session 2, which focus on rarities from Southeast Asia and conclude Aug. 24-25, 2024. Among the highlights is a Malaysia, Bank Negara ND (1967-72) 1 Ringgit Color Trial Specimen graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated (lot 2175), with an estimate of RM28,000 to RM40,000 (about $6,100 to $8,700). PMG has certified only a handful of these Color Trial Specimens of the lowest catalog number of the lowest denomination of the Malaysian Ringgit, which was introduced in 1967 to replace the Malaya and British Borneo Dollar. These Color Trial Specimens are red, which is markedly different than the blue found on the issued notes.…

The biggest currency flash at the July 11-13, 2024, Summer FUN Show in Orlando was the unveiling of this new-to-the-census $5 Red Seal from Cherokee, Territory of Oklahoma. I wasn’t at the show but thanks to the speed of the internet, I started hearing about a new Oklahoma territorial being flaunted on the bourse floor just about as soon as it hit. Its image arrived in short order. The owner never was revealed to me but one source told me it had already been consigned to the Heritage Signature Auction to be held in conjunction with the August 2024 American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money Convention in Chicago. If this is accurate, the note may have sold before this article reaches you depending on how fast I can get…

The Philippines has had shortages of coins and bank notes for years. There have been several campaigns through which the central bank has encouraged the public to use or deposit their personal hoards. This latest effort is aimed primarily at significantly worn currency that needs to be replaced. In addition, BSP Dagupan Branch Area Director Ofelia Viray has acknowledged exchanging unfit money helps detect counterfeits while ensuring bank notes and coins in circulation are of good quality. This recall is currently centered on the province of Pangasinan, a province on western Luzon bordered partially by the Lingayen Gulf and the South China Sea. The first bank to partner with the local Currency Exchange Center was the Rural Bank of Alaminos. The effort was launched on June 10 and was meant…

With the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, large numbers of immigrants were able to travel inland to new areas of the United States to obtain land and settle. Many of these people were Germans and they tended to settle in areas with large numbers of other Germans. Not surprisingly, they settled in areas where Germans had already settled and retained German customs, religions and cultural practices. By the 1880s they were a majority in several cities. On Jan. 7, 1890, the German National Bank of Oshkosh, #4196, was chartered. It was the first German title to be issued. This was during the Brown Back period of National Bank Note issues. Two different varieties of the 5-dollar Brown Back were issued by the Oshkosh bank. The first had the…

Over the course of the summer, Spink & Sons held four auctions in conjunction with the Bank of England. The four auctions sold low serial King Charles III bank notes-£5, £10, £20 and £50 notes. The auctions raised £914,127 ($1.17 million U.S.) for ten different charities. These include the bank’s three current ‘charities of the year’ as well as an additional seven previous charities of the year that did not benefit from the proceeds of a charity polymer bank note auction held since 2016. The current three charities of the year are The Childhood, The Trussell Trust and Shout (powered by the charity Mental Health Innovations). The other charities to benefit from this auction and the ballot are Carers UK, Demelza, WWF-UK, The Brain Tumour Charity, London’s Air Ambulance Charity,…

$1,000 notes are one of the most enticing and popular collectibles in the paper money hobby. The allure is obvious, $1,000 is a lot of money – even now when inflation has taken away much of its purchasing power, a $1,000 bill makes everyone stop and take notice. They are affectionately called a “Grand”, a slang term formed in the early 20th century, referring to something special such as the expression: “a grand sum of money”. The last $1,000 note produced by the Treasury was in 1946, and they were permanently taken out of circulation by 1969. The official U.S. government explanation for their discontinuation was lack of interest. If that were true, then the $1,000 bill should be reintroduced since inflation has taken a huge chunk of its purchasing…

Should you be traveling in Mexico you might recognize something regarding the money in your pocket has changed. Mexico may have introduced its latest version of the 20-peso coin in 2019, but the government is now pushing much harder to encourage circulating the coin rather than the bank note of the same denomination. Should you travel to Mexico be prepared to hear ¿No tiene cambio? frequently. This is the Spanish phrase that translates to “Haven’t you got change?” The question may appear to be odd considering that Mexico is a primarily cash-driven economy. There are more than 14 billion coins in circulation. There are about 150 bank notes and coins in circulation for every inhabitant. Bankers have estimated nearly 90 percent of debit card transactions are to withdraw cash from…

Collectors will enjoy perusing hundreds of world bank notes offered in the A. Karamitsos auction series, which includes Part A and Part B on Sept. 21-22, 2024. Most of the lots are from Mediterranean nations, including the top lot, a group of Cyprus rarities. The four Cyprus Specimen bank notes include a 1955-60 250 Mils, a 1955-57 500 Mils, a 1955 1 Pound and a 1955-60 5 Pounds, each graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Part A, lot 06804), with a starting price of €12,000 (about $13,000). Specimen bank notes are important both for collectors and the banking system, helping its employees identify genuine currency in circulation. These notes date to the time when decades of British rule of the island in the far eastern Mediterranean was nearing its end.…

This fabulous pair is from a New Jersey bank that had a circulation of only $12,500 during its entire note-issuing life. The town name caught my eye. South River is a borough in Middlesex County with a 2020 census of 16,118. The town is located halfway between New York City and Trenton. Early on, the area was referred to as South River Landing. What is now South River was originally organized as the town of Washington within East Brunswick Township on Feb. 23, 1870. It was renamed South River and incorporated as an independent borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on Feb. 28, 1898. It was named after the South River, which is a tributary that flows northward to the Raritan River along the borough’s eastern and…