After the nice new note from Rhodesia I received earlier this week another great addition to my collection arrived yesterday. Country number 198: Tannu Tuva! Before I started collecting banknotes I had never even heard of this nation or seen its banknotes. Some background information seems in order.
The Tuvan People's Republic (or People's Republic of Tannu Tuva 1921 – 1944) was a partially recognized independent state in the territory of the former Tuvan protectorate of Imperial Russia also known as Uryankhaisky Krai. It was a satellite state of the Soviet Union that is now known as the Tuva Republic within the Russian Federation. The Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic were the only countries to recognize its independence.
Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Communist troops took Tuva in January 1920. The chaos accompanying this era allowed the Tuvans to again proclaim their independence. On 14 August 1921, the Bolsheviks (supported by Russia) established a Tuvan People's Republic, called Tannu Tuva until 1926. Tannu refers to the Tannu-ola Mountains while Tuva is derived from the ethnicity Tuvan. The capital Khem-Beldir was eventually renamed Kyzyl ('red' in Tuvan). A treaty between the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic in 1926 affirmed the country’s independence. No other countries formally recognized it, although it appeared on maps and globes produced in the United States.
The area that was the Tuvan People's Republic is now known as Tyva Republic within the Russian Federation.
Thanks to an early birthday gift I received 6 new banknotes from Russia yesterday. Isn't it nice when your aunt goes on holiday to Russia and doesn't forget the hobby of her nephew? Here are the new notes in chronological order:
- 1 Ruble (1915 (1898)) - P15c05
- 25 Rubles (1919) - P90
- 3 Rubles (1961) - P223a
- 25 Rubles (1961) - P234b
- 500 Rubles (1993) - P256
- 100 Rubles (1997) - P270a
All the images of the new notes can be found on the Russia page of my collection.
This week I received a new note I bought on eBay. Not only was it a bargain, it is also the 197th country in my collection! Just three more to go and I can order cake to celebrate the magical 200.
This note is from Rhodesia, the country which was never recognized and which existed for only 14 years. It was considered a de facto successor state to the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia. After a bloody civil war, in which the white government fought with two black nationalist groups, the country finally settled for peace in 1980 and renamed itself Zimbabwe.
This is a 1 dollar note from 1970 and has pick number 30a.
Two new notes this week which I found in the Big Pile of Rubbish-box at the local coin dealer. Though most of the items in this box are nothing more than toilet paper, I always manage to find something I still want.
- German Empire, 50 Mark - P41
- Germany Weimar Republic, 10 Mark - P67a1
Thanks to a very generous donation I received 21 new banknotes last week. Including two notes from a country I've wanted in my collection for some time: Belgian Congo. Among the notes were some Notgeld issues from Germany's Weimar Republic which I won't list below, mainly because it's not a real part of my collection. They're nice to have but I don't pursue them like 'normal' banknotes and only add them to my collection when I receive them by chance for free.
So the new 'real' banknotes are:
- Sweden, 10 Kronur (P52d)
- Egypt, 5 Piastres (P165a)
- Rwanda, 20 Francs (P6b)
- Rwanda, 100 Francs (P8b)
- Czechoslovakia, 5 Korun (P82a)
- Germany, 5 Mark (P56b1)
- Germany, 10000 Mark (P70)
- Germany, 20000 Mark (P85a)
- Germany, 1 Mark (P192a)
- Belgian Congo, 5 Francs (p13B)
- Belgian Congo, 10 Francs (P14E)
At the World Paper Money Fair I bought 17 new notes from 12 new countries. I now have 606 banknotes in my collection. Just 6 more countries and I also have 200 countries in my collection! All the new additions from this weekend:
- Bahamas, 1 dollar, P50
- Belize, 5 dollar, P67d
- Cape Verde, 200 escudos, P68
- Central African States, 1000 francs, P102Cg
- Finland, 1 Markka, P98a
- French Pacific Territories, 500 francs, P1b
- Gambia, 5 dalasis, P20a
- Iran, 5000 rials, P150
- Lesotho, 10 maloti, P15f
- Luxembourg, 20 francs, P54a
- Morocco, 10 dirham, P57b
- Slovakia, 20 korun, P20a
- Slovakia, 50 korun, P21a
- Sweden, 20 kronur, P63a
- Tanzania, 20 shillingi, P9
- West African States, 500 francs, P210Bn
- Uganda, 1000 shilling, P49
Last week I received two great new banknotes from Kuwait. They are both commemorative issues commemorating the liberation of the country in 1991 after the Gulf War. Both notes come in special folders with an envelope.
PCS1 (front):
PCS2 (back):
I received a banknote this week which had been high on my wishlist. It is by itself a beautiful note but it's also the first polymer banknote ever issued. The note (P49) has been issued by Australia in 1988 to commemorate the bicentenary of the landing in Sydney Cove and has been issued in a folder with more info on the design and history.
This beautiful new banknote from Guernsey arrived this week. More info in this recent post.
A visit to my local coin and banknote dealer has given me some new additionsm to my collection.
- From Czechoslovakia the 100 korun (P91c)
- A lovely commemorative issue from the Dominican Republic: the 20 pesos oro from 1992 (P139a)
- From our old colony the Netherlands Indies a 50 cent note (P110a)
- A military payment certificate from the United States of 5 cent (Pm29)
- From the time of the German Empire a 100 mark note (P43a)
- From the Weimar Republic I got three notes: 50 mark (p66a), 50 mark (P68) and 100 mark (P69b)
After several failed attempts I finally managed to acquire the new 5 euro. With special thanks to my mother who stumbled upon the banknote at the place where she works.
My mother recently returned from a short vacation in Istanbul, Turkey. And being the sweet mother that she is, she brought some new banknotes for my collection with her. Including the recently issued new 5 lira banknote which I wrote about earlier this month.
- The 10 lira (P223a) from 2009.
- Also from 2009 the 20 lira (P224a)
- And finally the new 5 lira (Pnew) which was issued earlier this month.
Just recently I wrote about the new commemorative issue from Cambodia honouring the late king Norodom Sihamoni. This week I received the beautiful new note from a purchase on eBay as a new addition to my collection. Yaay!
Saturday I visited the Nieuwemarkt in my home town of Rotterdam. If you want to pay a visit as well, check for the square with the statue of the Virgin of Holland. The statue wasn’t the reason I was there: I came for the market where people were selling stamps, coins and banknotes. It turned out to be a very, very small market with only three sellers but they told me it was because of the cold weather.
When I looked through their books I had a bit of an argument with one of the dealers. When I aksed for the price of a banknote he gave me the price for a UNC grade. I pointed out to him it wasn’t a UNC grade because one of the corners had a little fold. He told me it was nothing and started vigorously ‘smoothing’ the fold with his thumbnail to make it flat again. “Well, now it’s DEFINITELY not uncirculated anymore!”, I told him. But he insisited he was right and he wasn’t planning to lower his price. I don’t like those types of dealers: acting like there’s a moron standing in front of them and ruining the banknotes they sell out of sheer amateurism.
Luckily for me there were also good dealers with good merchandise so I got away with four new banknotes from four new countries:
- 1 Dong (P1a) from South Vietnam
- 100 Ouguiya (P4h) from Mauritania
- 10 Rupees (P36a) from the Seychelles
- 2 Pa’anga (P32a) from Tonga
There haven't been any new additions after the large number of new banknotes I acquired at the IBNS fair in December 2012. But this week I got four new notes including two from countries new in my collection.
- Namibia, 10 dollars (P4b)
- Bahrain, 1/2 dinar (P25)
- German Empire, 100 Mark (P43b)
- South Africa, 10 Rand (P133)
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