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Thailand's 5,000 Baht Note , Kuwait's 10 Dinar Note and Cape Verde's 1000 Escudos note Send your nomination to Banknote of the Year Co-Ordinator. |
| IBNS Journal 53-4 |
is now available to download and will be posted to Members soon. Articles cover topics about India, Burma, ANZAC Banknotes, Mozambique, Maps and Printers. Login to download your copy. |
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| IBNS Membership Directory |
The PDF edition of the 2014 IBNS Members Directory is now available from the Members Area. |
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| Belize $10 1st July 1983 QEII Lost or Stolen in Mail |
A Belize $10 banknote, 1st July 1983, QEII Serial No. P/4 775259 has gone missing in the mail. It was mailed from the main post office in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 27, 2014 by regular international air mail and sent to Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. If you are offered this banknote with the serial numbers given above, please contact edcarney1@verizon.net. |
King On Mao (2010)
King On Mao, whose books published in English on Chinese paper money helped open the door to non-Chinese collectors of this vast area of world paper money, has been described as “a gentleman and a rogue.”
His History of Chinese Paper Currency published in 1968 and History of Paper Currency as issued by the People’s Republic of China, published in 1972 were groundbreaking works that predated the first Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Mao himself was a colorful character who often dressed in the style of a Chinese Mandarin from the 19th century. He was collector and dealer, whose trading activities were not always welcomed by his contemporaries in Hong Kong. But his contribution to the accumulation of knowledge on the history of banknotes is unchallenged.