Ron Wise's
World Paper Money
New Acquisitions
for Year 2004
and Site
Update
As of: 4 October 2004
Permanent Note:
DONATED SCANS MUST BE SCANS THAT THE CONTRIBUTOR HAS PERSONALLY MADE OF NOTES THAT THEY OWN OR ACTUAL NOTES THAT THEY HAVE HELD IN THEIR OWN HANDS AND WERE ABLE TO MAKE A SCAN. More and more frequently I am receiving scans that are obtained from other sites to include Central Bank sites or reference books, I cannot use scans obtained in this manner. Even if a site says that the scan can be copied, the rights to the image still remain with the originator. Persons who donate scans obtained in this manner (without giving the exact origin of the scan) are in violation of copyright laws, regardless of their good intentions and all scans they submitted will be deleted. The bottom line is, you can't contribute something as yours that you have no right to give!
UPDATE:
I was contacted by the Bank of Turkey and informed that they consider me in violation of their copyright laws regarding Turkey currency scans, so I have taken Turkey off line. Within the next year or two I fully anticipate that most if not all banks will be contacting me regarding similar new laws, thus I am already foretelling the demise of the web site.
I was contacted by the Bank of Canada and informed that they consider me in violation of copyright laws regarding Canadian currency scans, so I have taken the notes (and country) off line. I have no idea how long Canada will be off line. I have to research and determine what type of letter(s) and such that have be submitted, thus allowing me to eventually bring it back on line.
I am still horribly behind in updating. People have been so great about contributing scans that I may never get caught up. But, that's fine, at least it will keep me employed. Only several thousand more and I'll be done! Just be aware that it may be several weeks (or even months) before submitted scans appear. Also, I've been getting a lot of scans that are virtually impossible to identify by the file name (no country name, denomination, catalog number, etc.) Because of the work involved, scans such as these will have lowest priority. There is only me to do the updating and I have to work as efficiently as possible to get the donated scans posted from the people who do make the extra effort to make my job easier.
Please! If you find image linking errors (or any error for that matter) don't be afraid to contact me with the information. I tend to do a lot of updates whenever I can find the time, which means I work very quickly, have many interruptions and make a lot of errors. I rely on visitors and scan donators to the site to proof read for me!
For persons interested in donating scans to the website, I have provided general guidelines for scanning, format, naming, etc., on my "Note Information" page. Please try to follow the guidelines, they will save me a ton of work and allow me to post images much more quickly. Thank you!
I want to apologize to all who e-mail me but don't receive a response. I love to receive e-mail, I just hate to answer it! I also receive numerous requests for prices and note identification, but I just don't have the inclination or time to answer questions of this sort. Sorry.
As of 4 October 2004:
Donated Scans:
Spartan - Bahamas, Belize, Ceylon, Cyprus, East Caribbean States, Great Britain, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Malta & Sri Lanka
Thomas Augustsson - Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Congo Democratic Republic
As of 14 June 2004:
Costa Rica - P254 100 Colones
Cyprus - P52 50 Cents
France - P98a 5 Francs
Iran - P114c 500 Rials, P127b 200 Rials & P129 1,000 Rials (2 seal varieties)
Kenya - P17 20 Shillings & P24f 10 Shillings
Korea, South - P40a 50 Won and P41 5,000 Won
Malta - P16 1 Shilling
Mexico - P28d 1 Peso
Saar - P3 1 Mark
USA - PNL 1 ANA Collector Currency
Vietnam, South - P4 20 Dong
As of 8 June 2004:
Angola - P98 1,000 Escudos - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Australia - P38c 2 Dollars - Note donated by M. Tang
Brazil - PNew 1 Real - Note donated by Morris Lawing
China Peoples Republic - P867 2 Yuan, P887 10 Yuan & P888 50 Yuan - Notes donated by M. Tang
China Peoples Republic - P872 5 Yuan - Note donated by Ron Richardson
Dominican Republic - PNew 100 Pesos - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Ecuador - P84b 5 Sucres - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Egypt - P31 5 Pounds - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Hong Kong - P181a 5 Dollars & P191c 10 Dollars - Notes donated by M. Tang
Iran - PNew 20,000 Rials - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Kenya - PNew 200 Shillings - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Macao - PNew 100 Patacas - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Malaysia - P15 10 Ringgit - Note donated by Ron Richardson
Papua New Guinea - PNew 20 Kina - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Singapore - P1a 1 Dollar & P1b 1 Dollar - Notes donated by M. Tang
Surinam - PNew 2 1/2 Dollar - Note donated by Morris Lawing
USA - PNL 10,000,000 Looney Tunes Dollars & PNL 20,000,000 Looney Tunes Dollars - Notes donated by Blair Bledsoe
Venezuela - P91 5,000 Bolivares - Note donated by Morris Lawing
West African States - P117Aa 5,000 Francs - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Zimbabwe - PNL 20,000 Dollars Bearer Check - Note donated by Morris Lawing
As of 4 June 2004:
Donated Scans:
Spartan - Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Ceylon, East Africa, East Caribbean States, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Malta, Jersey, Mauritius, New Zealand, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Seychelles, Southern Rhodesia, Sri Lanka, Tonga & Western Samoa
As of 10 May 2004:
Botswana - P6 1 Pula & P7 2 Pula - Notes donated by Spartan
Egypt - P47 25 Piastres - Note donated by Spartan
Fiji - P68 1 Dollar - Note donated by Spartan
Federal Republic of Germany - P41a 100 Mark - Note donated by Michael & Debbie Hudson
Greece - P100b 1,000 Drachmai, P102 500 Drachmai, P103 5,000 Drachmai, P109 500 Drachmai & P110 1,000 Drachmai - Notes donated by M. Tang (with a REALLY great site at www.papermoneycollection.com!)
Guinea - P24 25 Sylis - Note donated by Spartan
Hong Kong - P191c 10 Dollars - Note donated by Spartan
Jamaica - P71e 10 Dollars - Note donated by Spartan
Madagascar - P75 500 Francs - Note donated by Spartan
Mexico - P106a 20 Pesos - Note donated by Spartan
Rhodesia - P31b 2 Dollars - Note donated by Spartan
As of 7 May 2004:
Donated Scans:
Omer Yalcinkaya - Armenia, Brazil, Peoples Republic of China, Egypt, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Mongolia, Russia, Seychelles, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam & Zimbabwe
Oleg Schulakov - Austria
Jaroslav Pošík - Faeroe Islands & Surinam
Hans Kajblad - French Antilles, French West Africa & Madagascar
Frank van Tiel - Australia, Iraq, North Korea, Malta, Netherlands & Scotland
Christof Zellweger - Malawi
Allan Lambert - French Indochina & Laos
As of 20 April 2004:
Donated Scans:
Thomas Augustsson - Russia (Specialized Issues), Surinam, Sweden, Syria, Tatarstan & Transnistria
Spartan - Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Macao, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Solomon Islands and Trinidad & Tobago
As of 22 March 2004:
Donated Scans:
Thomas Augustsson - Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Norway, Romania & Russia
Spartan - Ceylon, East Caribbean States, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece & Isle of Man
Jacques Faugoin - France
Frank van Tiel - Croatia, Cuba & Zimbabwe
As of 19 March 2004:
Donated Scans:
Tristan Williams - Ceylon, Japan, Korea, South Korea, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Seychelles, Sweden, Tunisia, Uruguay, Venezuela, West African States, Yugoslavia & Zaire
As of 17 March 2004:
Donated Scans:
Tristan Williams - Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, East Caribbean States, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy & Jamaica
Thomas Augustsson - Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greenland, Iranian Azerbaijan, South Korea, Latvia & Lithuania
Spartan - Cayman Islands, Cyprus, East Africa & East Caribbean States
Daniel Tsao - Algeria, Belgium, China, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial African States, France, French Afars Issas, French Antilles, French Equatorial Africa, French Guiana, Gabon, Germany, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Reunion, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Tahiti, Taiwan & Tunisia
As of 15 March 2004:
Burma - P25b 1 Rupee
China Peoples Republic - P875a 2 Yuan
China - PJ19 1 Yuan and PJ69 1 Yuan
Egypt - PNew 10 Pounds
French Indochina - P80 10 Piastres - Note donated by Sebastian Strobl
Germany - P34 100 Mark
Germany - P53 2 Mark, P62 2 Mark & P69a 100 Mark - Notes donated by Sebastian Strobl
Honduras - P70a 10 Lempiras
Kamberra - 20 Numismas - Note donated by Franck Medina
Principality of Marianna - 100 Livres - Note donated by Frack Medina
Netherlands - P20 2 1/2 Gulden
Oceania - P1a & P1c 1/2 Shilling
Surinam - PNew 1 Dollar & PNew 2 1/2 Dollars - Notes donated by Sebastian Strobl
Taiwan - P1993 500 Yuan
Zambia - PNew 500 Kwacha - Note donated by Sebastian Strobl
Donated Scans:
Tristan Williams - Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Peoples Republic of China & Taiwan
Thomas Augustsson - China, Peoples Republic of China and Taiwan
Bank of Suriname - PNew(s) 5 Dollars & PNew(s) 20 Dollars
As of 8 March 2004: (Jaroslav Posik - I'm still working on your scans!)
Donated Scans:
Tristan Williams - Algeria, Angola, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgian Congo, Belgium, Bolivia & Brazil
Thomas Augustsson - Bosnia-Herzegovina & Burundi
Spartan - Belize, Bermuda & British Honduras
As of 1 March 2004: (Jaroslav Posik - I'm still working on your scans!)
Donated Scans:
Thomas Augustsson - Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia & Belarus - many more to follow!
Spartan - Australia & Bahamas - many more to follow!
Omer Yalcinkaya - Albania, Armenia, China (specialized editions), Russia (specialized editions), Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan
Michael Reissner - Argentina & Brazil
Jae-Hong Lee - Hong Kong
Frank Oehlen - German East Africa
Francisco Hermosin - Venezuela
Federico Antonio - Cyprus
Christian Sandor - Romania
Alan Kaim - Germany
As of 16 February 2004:
Donated Scans:
Tod Hunt - Brunei, Burma, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Democratic Republic of Germany, Liberia, St. Pierre & Miquelon and South Vietnam
Thomas - Hong Kong
Sebastian Strobl - West African States
Dr. Roberto Cacciamani - Papua New Guinea & Vietnam
Raul Castillo - Honduras
Kevin Klauss - France
Hagen Zieschank - Germany, Lithuania, Peru & West African States
Guillermo Ferrer - Spain
Frank Oehlen - Central African States & German East Africa
Emiel Mortier - Belgium & USA Mpc
Ad Schuurman - Antarctica & Sierra Leone
As of 9 February 2004:
Argentina - P301b 50 Pesos & P306 10,000 Pesos - Notes donated by Spartan
Australia - P56 5 Dollars - Note donated by Spartan
Bahamas - P-42a 1/2 Dollar & P68 1/2 Dollar - Notes donated by Spartan
Barbados - P36 2 Dollars - Note donated by Spartan
China - P76 1 Yuan, P460 50 Cents, PJ88a 100 Yuan & PS3871a 1 Yuan
Egypt - P167b 10 Piastres, P180d 5 Piastres & P181d 10 Piastres
El Salvador - P125a 1 Colon - Note donated by Spartan
Fiji - P78a 1 Dollar - Note donated by Spartan
Ghana - P27b 200 Cedis
Greece - P197 500 Drachmai
Greece - P199 50 Drachmai
Guinea-Bissau - P13b 1,000 Pesos - Note donated by Spartan
Kenya - P18 100 Shillings
Kenya - P20b 10 Shillings
Maldives - P10 5 Rufiyaa - Note donated by Spartan
Nigeria - PNew 5, 10(a), 10(b) & 20 Naira
Pakistan - P44 5 Rupees - Note donated by Spartan
Russia - P212 5 Gold Rubles
St. Thomas & Prince - P56 50 Dobras - Note donated by Spartan
Tanzania - P6c 10 Shilingi
Timor - P26 & P28 20 & 100 Escudos - Notes donated by Spartan
Uganda - P16 10 Shillings - Note donated by Spartan
Donated Scans:
Frank van Tiel - China, East Caribbean States, Federal Republic of Germany & Germany
As of 2 February 2004:
Angola - P146 50 Kwanzas - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Congo Democratic Republic - PNew 200 Francs - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Egypt - PNew 5 Pounds - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Honduras - PNew 2, 5, 10 & 20 Lempiras - Notes donated by Morris Lawing
Iraq - PNew 50, 250, 1,000, 5,000 & 10,000 Dinars - Notes donated by Morris Lawing
Madagascar - PNew 2,000 & 5,000 Ariary - Notes donated by Morris Lawing
Netherland Indies - P131 10 Roepiah - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Papua New Guinea - P12 2 Kina (2 note uncut sheet) & PNew 20 Kina Commemorative - Notes donated by Morris Lawing
Portuguese Guinea - P44 50 Escudos - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Sierra Leone - PNew 2,000 Leones - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Vietnam - PNew 50,000 Dong (polymer) - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Zambia - PNew 50, 100, 500, 1,000 & 10,000 Kwacha - Notes donated by Morris Lawing
Zimbabwe - PNew 1,000 Dollars - Note donated by Morris Lawing
As of 26 January 2004: (As always...many, many more to follow! I'm not kidding, I have over 350 notes from Jaroslav Pošík that I need to process and a very comprehensive batch of German East Africa notes from Frank Oehlen, just to name a few).
Austria - PS106 10 Heller, PS108 50 Heller, PS118 80 Heller, PS119a 10 Heller, PS119b 10 Heller, PS119d 10 Heller, PS119e 10 Heller, PS120d 20 Heller, PS121 50 Heller, PS135 10 Heller, PS138b 50 Heller, PS138d 50 Heller, 50 Heller from Voslau and 20 Heller from Wien - Notes donated by Bob Butler
Bulgaria - P118 20 Leva - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Central African States - PNew 500 Francs, PNew 1,000 Francs, PNew 2,000, PNew 5,000 Francs, PNew 10,000 Francs - Notes donated by Morris Lawing
China - P186b 20 Coppers - Note donated by Morris Lawing
East Caribbean States - PNew 5 Dollars - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Kamberra - PNL 1/4 Numisma, PNL 1/2 Numisma, PNL 1 Numisma, PNL 1 Numisma & PNL 100 Numismas - Notes donated by Franck Medina
Madagascar - PNew 10,000 Ariary - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Russia - PFX141 5 Kopek - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Tajikistan - PNL 5,000 Rubles - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Turkey - P214 20 Million Lira - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Ukraine - PNew 20 Hryven - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Venezuela - PNew 50,000 Bolivares - Note donated by Morris Lawing
Donated Scans:
Tod Hunt - Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Central African States, Taiwan, Cuba, East Caribbean States, El Salvador, Fiji, Guinea, Macao, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania & Thailand
Thomas Augustsson - Armenia, Moldova, Turkmenistan & Ukraine
Morris Lawing - Albania, China Peoples Republic, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Kosovo, Libya, Scotland, Uruguay & Zimbabwe
Frank van Tiel - Federal Republic of Germany, Haiti & Surinam
As of 20 January 2004: (As always...many, many more to follow! I just picked the easiest ones this time.)
Donated Scans:
Tomasz Jazwinski - Austria & Zimbabwe
Ruben Cheng - Venezuela
Ricardo Ramirez G. - Mexico & Zambia
Allan Lim - Cambodia
Omer Yalcinkaya - Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine & Uruguay
Olav Sibille - Euro (France)
Michael Reissner - Zimbabwe
Joel Mascobetto - Venezuela
Javier de Juan - Italy
Dragos Plesca - Romania
Alain Renaud-Studer - France
As of 12 January 2004:
Kamberra - 1/4, 1/2, 5 different 1's and 2 Numismas - Notes donated by William Ortega
Donated Scans: (This is just the tip of the iceberg! Many, many more scans will be posted over the next couple of weeks.)
Jaime - Algeria, Cuba, East Africa, East Caribbean States (west indies), Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial African States, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, Guadeloupe, India, Madagascar, Martinique, Palestine, Portugal, Portuguese India, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, West African States & Zanzibar!
View the list of 2003 acquisitions
View the list of 2002 acquisitions
View the list of 2001 acquisitions
View the list of 2000 acquisitions
View the list of 1999 acquisitions