Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Singapore P22 50 Dollars

Pick: P22
Date:
ND (1987).
Colour: Blue on multicolor underprint






Ships Series

Front:  Coastal vessel Perak at left.  Mountain ducks and six-banded grouper at lower right, two raised areas in circles at lower right, arms at upper left.  Singapore written in the three official languages, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.

Back:  Benjamin Sheares Bridge and city view.  It is the longest bridge in Singapore spanning 1.8 km, and the tallest, at 20 m.


Watermark: Lion's head.

Printer: TDLR

Size:

Varieties
Singapore P22a 50 Dollars With Security Thread

a. With security thread.
Singapore P22b 50 Dollars With Segmented Foil Over Security Thread


b. With segmented foil over security thread.

Catalog Value:
a. UNC - $75.00
b. UNC - $70.00

Singapore P20 10 Dollars

Pick: P20
Date:
ND (1988).
Colour: Red-orange and violet on multicolor underprint.



Ships Series

Front: Trader vessel Palari at left, Phoenix and round scad at lower right, arms at upper left. Back:


Back: Stylized map at center, public housing at right.


Watermark: Lion's head.

Printer: TDLR

Size:

Varieties

None

Catalog Value:
UNC - $12.00

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Canada PNew 20 Dollars

Pick: PNew
Date:
November 2012
Colour: Green




Polymer Series.

Front: Queen Elizabeth II, The Peace Tower.  Maple leaves.

Back: Red poppies.  Canadian National Vimy Memorial.  Located at the highest point of Vimy Ridge, the Canadian National Vimy Memorial bears the names of the 11,285 Canadian First World War servicemen with no known resting place in France. The memorial was erected on land that was granted permanently to Canada by France in 1922, in recognition of Canada’s war efforts.

Watermark: None

Printer: Unknown

Size: 152.4 x 69.85 mm (6.0 x 2.75 inches)

Varieties
*a. Signature Maclem-Carney. Printed in 2012.

* Note listed in Krause Catalog.

Catalog Value:
a. $25 - UNC, $20 - VF

Canada PNew 50 Dollars

Pick: PNew
Date:
26 March 2012
Colour:Red





Polymer Series.

Front: Polymer banknote.   Maple leaf; William Lyon Mackenzie King.  The Centre Block of Parliament.

Back:  Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen a T1200 Class Medium Arctic icebreaker and Arctic research vessel.  A map of Canada's northern region.  Maple leaf. Holographic stripe with image of Mackenzie King.  Artic is written in Inuktitut text.  A language of Canada's Inuit population.  This is the first Canadian banknote to include a language other than French or English which are the two official languages of Canada.

Canada's northern regional claim has been disputed in recent years by the United States (Alaska), Russia, Denmark (Greenland), and Norway.  The legal status of the Northwest Passage is disputed: Canada considers it to be part of its internal waters according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.  Any navigation through the Northwest Passage will take ships through Canadian territorial waters between northern arctic islands.  The United States and other nations consider it an international strait and have right of passage.  Since 2007 with the melting of the Arctic shelf this water way has become fully navigable.

Watermark: None

Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company

Size: 152.4 x 69.85 mm (6.0 x 2.75 inches)

Varieties
*a. Signature Maclem-Carney. Printed in 2011.

* Note listed in Krause Catalog.

Catalog Value:
a. $60 - UNC, $50 - VF