Peru P181 100 Nuevos Soles

Pick: P180
Date: 21.12.2006
Colour: Black, blue-black, red-violet and green on multicolor underprint

Peru 2006 181 - Date 21 December 2006

Front: Arch of the Alto de la Alianza at center, Jorge Basadre Grohmann at right, arms at upper right.  The Arch of the Alto is monument to the heroes of the War of the Pacific between Peru and Chile.  It is a national monument in Tacna, in southern Peru on the border with Chile.

Tacna's main plaza, Plaza de Armas, which is studded with palm trees and large pergolas topped by bizarre mushroom-like bushes, is a popular meeting place and has a patriotic flag-raising ceremony every Sunday morning.  It is flanked by larger-than-life bronze statues of Admiral Grau and Colonel Bolognesi.

Jorge Basadra Grohmann (February 12, 1903 – June 29, 1980) was a Peruvian historian who wrote extensively about the independent history of Peru.  He served as Minister of Education and was director of the The Biblioteca Nacional del Perú.  He was born in Tacna.

Back: The Biblioteca Nacional del Perú is the national library of Peru, located in Lima. It is the country's oldest and most important library. Like the majority of Peruvian libraries, it is a non-circulating library.

Watermark: Jorge Basadre Grohman

Printer: Bunddesdruckerei

Varieties
a. 21.12.2006

Catalog Value: $67.00 UNC

Peru P180 50 Nuevos Soles

Pick: P180
Date: 11.8.2005, 21.12.2006
Colour: Red brown, blue violet and black on multicolor

Peru 2006 180b - Date 21 December 2006

Front: Building at center. Abraham Valdelomar at right, arms at upper right.

Back: Laguna de Huacachina.  Laguna de Huacachina is a small natural lake in the desert near the village of Huacachina in the Ica Region, in southwestern Peru.

Watermark: Abraham Valdelomar

Printer: Bunddesdruckerei

Varieties
a. 11.8.2005
*b. 21.12.2006

* Not listed in Krause Catalog

Catalog Value: $35.75 UNC

Peru P176 20 Nuevos Soles

Pick: P176
Date: 27.9.2001, 28.10.2004, 21.12.2006
Colour: Black, brown and orange on multicolor underprint.

Peru 2006 176c - Date 21 December 2006

Front: Patio of San Marcos University at center. Raul Porras Barrenechea at right, arms at upper right.

Back: Palace of Torre Tagle at left center.  The Torre Tagle Palace is a Spanish Baroque palace located at Jr. Ucayali 363, in downtown Lima, Peru, a couple blocks east of the Plaza de Armas. The palace currently is home to the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The palace was commissioned in 1715 (some say 1730) by Don Jose Bernardo de Tagle y Bracho: 1st Marqués of Torre Tagle, who at the time was treasurer of the Royal Spanish fleet, for his own personal use as his home.

Watermark: Raul Porras Barrenechea

Printer: François-Charles Oberthür

Varieties
a. 27.9.2001
b. 28.10.2004
*c. 21.12.2006


* Not listed in Krause Catalog

Catalog Value: $15.00 UNC

Peru P179 10 Nuevos Soles

Pick: P179
Date: 11.8.2005, 21.12.2006
Colour: Dark green and blue-green on multicolor underprint.

P179a - Date 11 August 2005

 

 P179B - Date 21 December 2006

Two examples of money exchange stamps on the back of Peruvian 10 New Soles notes.   The stamps indicate that the note has been check to be genuine.

Since 2009 the South American nation of Peru has become the new number one nation in the world to export the most counterfeit banknotes.  Counterfeiters has managed to make very good fake US and Peruvian currency.  They have even been able to print watermarks in a light gray which when held up to light looks like a real watermark. 

All cashiers and customers checks their banknotes before accepting them.  Damaged, soiled or banknotes with writing will not be accepted.  Some money exchange places stamp the back of their genuine banknotes before distribution.

This note is similar to P174 but without colored planchettes. 

Front: WW II era fighter plane as monument at upper center, José Abelardo Quiñones at right, arms at upper right, statue of a North American NA-50 simple single seat, low-wing, single engine fighter.  José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles (April 22, 1914 – July 23, 1941) was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He died crashing his plane in a kamikaze attack during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian-Peruvian war. 

Back: A Boeing-Stearman Model 75 a biplane used as a military trainer aircraft in the 1940s.  The biplane is inverted signifying the pilot's death.

Watermark: José Abelardo Quiñones

Printer: François-Charles Oberthür

Varieties
a. 11.8.2005
*b. 21.12.2006


* Not listed in Krause Catalog

Catalog Value: $8.00 UNC

Banknotes For Sale

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Returns accepted within 5 days.  Item must be in original condition and buyer pays for return shipping.

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Cash payments in UNC current notes for all foreign countries accepted and I will give you a 10% discount off your purchase.

I have been buying, selling and trading for the past 10 years on Ebay and by mail.  I am a regular contributor to Canadian Paper Money Forum, Banknote News.

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Canada

KM # Year Coin Cond. Price Comment New 2011 2 Dollar UNC $3.00 2 Dollars Boreal Forest in RCM wrap New 2011 25 Cent UNC $0.50 Falcon - Canadian Legendary Nature in RCM wrap New 2011 25 Cent UNC $0.50 Falcon Coloured - Canadian Legendary Nature in RCM wrap New 2011 25 Cent UNC $0.50 Orca - Canadian Legendary Nature in RCM wrap New 2011 25 Cent UNC $0.50 Orca Coloured - Canadian Legendary Nature in RCM wrap New 2011 25 Cent UNC $0.50 Wood Bison - Canadian Legendary Nature in RCM wrap New 2011 25 Cent UNC $0.50 Wood Bison Coloured - Canadian Legendary Nature in RCM wrap New 2012 20 Dollar UNC $30.00 20 Dollars Coin #3 Polar Bear - 99.99% Silver Encapsulated New 2012 20 Dollar UNC $30.00 20 Dollars Coin #4 Queen Elizabeth II Jubile - 99.99% Silver Encapsulated

Fake Canadian Money

Here are some images of fake Canadian currency.  In Canada it is a criminal offence to make, use or possess a counterfeit bank note. You are not permitted to keep a counterfeit note even for the purposes of training or instruction. Any suspect note must be given to the police.

Canada P102 10 Dollars - The banknote on the bottom is the counterfeit.  The one is the top is genuine.  Notice that the font on the serial number of the fake is smaller than the real note.  Also the AAX prefix does not exist.  These notes are the pre-security upgraded issues.  Counterfeiters in Canada began counterfeiting smaller denomination notes because larger denomination notes were no longer being accepted by retailers.  Most retailers do not accept $100 notes.

 

Canada P102A 10 Dollars - The banknote on the top is the counterfeit.  The large holographic thread on the front does not colour shift.  The smaller security thread on the back is missing.  The font on the serial number is also different.

Canada P103 20 Dollars - Two counterfeit 20 dollar notes.  The $20 note is the mostly widely used banknote in Canada.  It is also the most counterfeited note.  Both counterfeit notes are of very good quality.  However the watermark is missing and as shown in the photographs the broken "20" should align when held up light.  This feature is very difficult to counterfeit and most counterfeit notes will fail this security check.

The pictures shown here are courtesy of the members of Canadian Paper Money Forum.

RBI to issue Rs 500 note with Rupee symbol

Press Trust of India, 26 Dec 2011

 The Reserve Bank will shortly issue Rs 500 notes which will have the rupee symbol. The Rs 500 notes will be of the Mahatma Gandhi-2005 Series bearing the signature of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D Subbarao and with the year of printing mentioned on the back of the banknote, the apex bank said in a statement.


The Reserve Bank will shortly issue Rs 500 notes which will have the rupee symbol. The Rs 500 notes will be of the Mahatma Gandhi-2005 Series bearing the signature of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D Subbarao and with the year of printing mentioned on the back of the banknote, the apex bank said in a statement.

The design of the notes to be issued is similar in all respects to the existing Rs 500 in Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 issued earlier, except for the rupee symbol.

However, all the banknotes in the denomination of Rs 500 issued by the RBI in the past will continue to be legal tender.

Last month, the RBI had announced that it will soon introduce notes of Rs 1,000, Rs 100 and Rs 10 denomination featuring the rupee symbol.

The Indian rupee got an unique symbol -- a blend of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R' -- last year, joining currencies like the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen in having a distinct identity.

The new symbol, designed by Bombay IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar, was approved in July 2010.