April Postings 2025

April 2025

 Banknotes Collected - 6,756 notes

 

1st April 2025

Oman - This is a reprint of the 50 rials Hybrid note first issued in 2020. This note was initially issued as a commemorative note for the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the rise of the Modern Omani Renaissance, and also in memory of its founder, the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimur (b.1940-2020). Sultan Qaboos ruled Oman between 1970 to 2020. Please click here to view my previous post on this note. Like the first print, this is also a Hybrid note...

4th April 2025

Tonga - I posted a full set of six notes (nd)2023 on 01.05.2024. Now, I have posted another full set with matching serial numbers. This set was purchased recently at a show here and I bought this because it has matching low serial numbers. These are specially put together in a limited edition in folders and sold at a premium as Numismatic Collectable items. This set consists of 2 polymer notes and 4 paper banknotes. The denominations for 5 and 10 are both printed on polymer substrate. This is the first time polymer notes have been issued in the Kingdom of Tonga. This set was introduced on 04.12.2023 and is the 9th series of banknotes issued since 1921. The notes were issued to commemorate the birthday of the Kingdom's moderniser King Tupou I. King George Tupou I was born on 04.12.1797 and died on 18.02.1893. He was the King of Tonga from 1845 for 48 years until his death at the good old age of 95. He lived a very long life as this is very uncommon as life expectancy in those days was around 60...

9th April 2025

Belarus - Here I have posted a full set of banknotes all printed with the year dated 2009. These notes were released into circulation on 01.07.2016. A complete set comprises eight notes. The first four notes for the lower denominations came from an exchange partner from Italy back in October 2016, and since then I have been wanting to get the remaining high value notes to complete my collection. Recently I found three dealers having the remaining four notes in stock, so I decided to buy them to complete my collection. Needless to say, the 200 and 500 rubles are not cheap to collect. This set of banknotes is now 9 years old, and there is no shortage in supply in the market. Since this series was introduced, a few reprints have been issued and you can tell by the year date printed on the center top left side of the note. The signature for the reprints are also omitted from the designs as well. Please note that there are two varieties for the 5 rubles for this 2009 series. It is fair to say that since the reprints are not quite the same as those initial issued series, the set that I have posted here is the only notes issued for this series...

13th April 2025

Malaysia - Posted here is a full set of six notes from 1 to 100 ringgit (polymer and paper) all bearing the bank's governor's signature of Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus. This series was first introduced on 05.07.2009 with the 50 ringgit. I have all the notes except for the 20 ringgit for quite a while and only managed to get the missing 20 ringgit recently. The first two notes of 1 and 5 ringgit are both printed on polymer substrate and the rest are on paper...

18th April 2025 Happy Good Friday

South Sudan - Since I started collecting the South Sudan banknotes when the country became independent in 2011, I thought I should keep collecting them, as they are fairly cheap and quite easy to obtain. However, I must admit that I was a bit slack, as I am still missing two notes from the 2016 series, which I will have to look around eventually to complete my collection...

Happy Birthday Myla - 19th April 2025

Hong Kong, Bank of China  - I have added the Hong Kong Bank of China $20 note dated 01.01.2022 commemorative note celebrating Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. This note is printed with the prefix of AB. Some sellers are selling this note as a replacement note, which I believe is incorrect. This series of notes are printed with the prefixes of AA, AB and without letter prefixes. With all three notes, I have now completed this series. All notes were issued in a folder...

25th April 2025

New Zealand - On 21.04.2020 I posted the $50 nd2018. At the time of my posting, only the $50 was released for circulation. Since then, the $100 nd2018 polymer note has been released and here I have added this note to my previous post. The designs for this note is the same as the one released previously...