tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21665611616103683162024-02-19T20:50:14.667+08:00Odds & Ends of South East Asian Banknotes & CoinsClementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-86658497678360996232020-06-22T18:24:00.000+08:002022-04-30T20:58:19.404+08:00The Closing Saga of Straits Settlements Currency Commissioner Names<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 2013, I published a blog article ( </span><a href="https://clement-oddsends.blogspot.com/2013/05/is-name-is-more-than-just-name.html">https://clement-oddsends.blogspot.com/2013/05/is-name-is-more-than-just-name.html</a> <span style="font-size: large;">) </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">showing errors in the Straits Settlements currency commissioner names made by renowned numismatic authors. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By 2016, I decided to write to Mr Steven Tan of International Stamp & Coin Sdn Bhd whose catalogues numismatists consider as the 'Bible' for details and price references of most South East Asian currencies, informing him of these errors. As I am not on par with him in the field of numismatics, I was pleasantly surprised and glad that he took time to return a reply.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Only just today 22 June 2020, I bought Mr Tan's latest catalogue, his 23rd Edition, although it was released around mid 2019:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was thrilled that he had the names corrected. This was because I had received a curt reply by a renowned UK auction house when I wrote to them about name errors in their auction catalogue and publication, mind you these commissioners were British subjects.</span></div><div><font face="" size="4"><br /></font>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As they say........a picture is worth a thousand words:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A big word of THANKS to Mr Steven Tan for putting right the currency commissioners' name.</span></span></div>ccpprshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217151196979617285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-25633420297377161742017-09-12T20:17:00.000+08:002022-04-30T20:58:36.551+08:00Fallacy of SS Automedon & The Malaya 1940 Banknotes<br />
Now that the fact the vessel SS Eumanes NEVER existed, I began to ponder about the credibility of our numismatic publications and was wondering why none of the Malayan banknote gurus or senior dealers do not bother to do research in substantiating the truth about the Malayan 1940 $1 & $5 and their associations to these so called vessels, SS Eumanes & SS Automedon.<br />
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I had all these years being following blindly what the gurus and senior dealers dished out. Till then I had never questioned their findings, publications, etc. Now on hindsight I realised that most of them are just PLAIN fleecers wanting to 'make' money!! Nothing against 'making' money but do it ethically, at the very least teach the newbies correctly rather than trying to fleece them of their money and 'kill' their interest. Well! two of them did fleeced me when I first started as a newbie way back in the mid 70's, and I almost gave up on the hobby then.That is another story altogether............<br />
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According to certain publications and hearsays from this region about 700,000pcs $1 and 500,000pcs $5 was supposed to be onboard the SS Automedon, which sank near the north western tip of Sumatra and that some banknotes happened to drift into the Straits of Malacca and found their way into the hands of some locals.</div>
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Well, the events that led to the sinking of SS Automedon has been well documented and publicised in many war journals and books outside of this region and in all of their articles, NOTHING was ever mentioned about she carrying Malayan banknotes! </div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">On
September 24, 1940 the 7,528 tons Blue Funnel Line merchant vessel ‘SS
Automedon’ of the A & R Holt Shipping Line prepared to leave
Liverpool on a routine voyage to Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai.<br />
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On board was a general cargo consisting of crated aircraft, machinery,
vehicles, foodstuffs, Mrs Ferguson's tea-set and 120 mail bags, including the latest merchant navy
code deciphering tables 7,8 and 9. In addition to this was a slender green
bag, placed aboard on the orders of Air Chief Marshall, Sir Cyril Newall of
the Chiefs of Staff. Inside of which was a full copy of the August 1940 COS
Far Eastern Appreciation. This was destined for the attention of the CinC Far
East, Air Chief Marshall Sir Robert Brooke Popham.<br />
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Precisely why a copy of this report was sent to the colony in such an
insecure manner is a question that, in all probability, will never receive a
satisfactory explanation. Though whilst offering consideration to this point,
another issue warrants far deeper consideration. This being, why was an
Appreciation dealing mainly with the defence of Singapore and Malaya
despatched to its Commanders at such a late date, particularly as the
document had now been in restricted circulation for more than a month?<br />
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The most feasible theory attached to this deliberate action concerns itself
with the British War Cabinet and their possible desire to ensure the entire
Appreciation could not be discussed at the Singapore Defence Conference of
October 1940. Particularly as documented evidence alludes to the War Cabinet
having deep reservations that any pessimistic disclosures within the
Appreciation could prelude a detrimental reaction on recent requests to
Australia and New Zealand for reinforcements to be sent to the Middle East
and Fiji.<br />
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If we accept this theory to be an indicative of events; with the War Cabinet
having successfully denied the full details of the Appreciation from their
colonial allies and in direct contrast, perhaps they deemed it as beneficial
in future dealings with the Dutch to discuss the Chiefs of Staff Appreciation
in its entirety at the forthcoming Anglo-Dutch Staff Talks of November 26-29.
A meeting at which the Dominions were not represented, though an American
observer was allowed to attend. Furthermore, and in support such speculation,
barring unforeseen circumstances, the full Appreciation would have arrived at
the colony a number of days before onset of these talks.<br />
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This appears consistent with the ‘Most Secret’ document being on board
Automedon; especially as the Governor of Singapore, Shenton Thomas left
Britain for the colony before Automedon set sail, commencing his journey by
seaplane prior to Japan signing the Tri-Partite Agreement. However he never
reached Singapore until December 5, some three weeks after the ‘Blue
Funneller’ was set to arrive…and obviously too late for the Appreciation to
be available for deliberation at the Anglo-Dutch Talks. Even so…it cannot be
questioned that Thomas’s mode of transport was a far safer method for such
sensitive documentation, particularly when the waters of the Indian Ocean, in
which Automedon would be travelling were known to be infested by German Raiders
(armed merchant ships).<br />
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Though without question, the greatest mystery of all surrounds the newly
appointed CinC Far East Brooke Popham who departed Britain to take up his
post on October 27, arriving at Singapore a few days before Automedon was due
for docking. Surely it made more sense to allow Popham to carry a copy of the
Appreciation with him, particularly as he was never privy to its full
contents prior to leaving Britain. Subsequently, to have a copy in his
possession on a journey of more than two weeks would have served two
purposes. In the first instance it would have offered the CinC precious time
to conduct a full evaluation of the Appreciation’s findings whilst enroute to
the colony. Secondly, with Brooke Popham due to Chair an important conference
within days of his arrival, prior knowledge of the reports contents would
have enabled him to discuss any contentious issues with his Local Commanders
before onset of talks with the Dutch?<br />
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Irrespective of such matters, SS Automedon enjoyed an uneventful voyage until
the evening of November 10, 1940, when her wireless operator picked up a
distress call from the Norwegian tanker ‘Ole Jacob’ which read:<br />
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”QQQ-QQQ-QQQ- Position 2-degrees 34’N…70 degrees 56’E Ole Jacob…unknown ship
has turned now coming after us”. Followed by a further signal of…”QQQ –
Stopped by unknown ship”<br />
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Unfortunately for Automedon her fate had now been sealed, as this intercepted
distress call preceded the capturing of Ole Jacob by an infamous German
Raider. In a matter of hours Automedon would be their next victim.<br />
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The remainder of the night passed without disturbance and as first light
broke on November 11 the ‘Blue Funneller’ was some 250 miles off the north
western tip of Sumatra, her Second Mate, Mr Stewart was on watch. Gradually
the outline of a ship came into view, approximately three points off the port
bow. Stewart responded by calling Captain Ewan to the bridge, after much
deliberation they surmised the vessel to be of Dutch origin. Regrettably,
this was a fatal error of judgement.<br />
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The unidentified ship continued steaming on a converging course and after
more than an hour the range was down to 4,600yds. Suddenly, at 08.20hrs the
early morning calm was shattered as a ‘warning shot’ screamed across
Automedon’s bow. This was no innocent Dutch merchant ship, it was the most
successful German raider of WWII Atlantis or as the Royal Navy knew her
(Ship-16). Within seconds Automedon’s wireless operator began tapping the
distress call (RRR – Automedon – 0416N) the first three letters of which,
were identifiable as “under attack by armed raider”<br />
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With Automedon at 2,000yds the raider responded by pouring salvo after deadly
salvo into the merchantman, quickly destroying her emergency dynamo house and
causing horrendous damage throughout the ship, seconds later the Germans
jammed the distress call. And after just three minutes of chaos the one-sided
action was over as the Raider ceased fire. Though such was the accuracy of
her gunnery, Automedon was now a listing hulk with six of her crew dead and
12 injured. Understandably, the scene onboard was appalling with the bridge
and accommodation quarters in a shambles and all the life-boats destroyed.<br />
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Although the ‘RRR’ was brief and incomplete (the wireless operator being
unable to offer a longitude reading before the radio mast was destroyed) it
had nevertheless been intercepted by the British merchant ship SS Helenus,
which ironically belonged to the Holt shipping line. The Master of Helenus
(P.W. Savery) responded by forwarding details of the incident onto Colombo,
though because of ineptitude by wireless operators at the shore base, it took
one and a half hours until acknowledgement of the message was received by
Helenus .<br />
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The attack had taken place in a relatively busy shipping lane, subsequently
the Germans wasted little time in boarding their prize. The leader of the
party was First Lieutenant, Ulrich Mohr. It is perhaps fitting for him to
take us through subsequent events:<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>'</b></span>We got to work on the strong room, finding fifteen bags of secret mail,
including one hundredweight of decoding tables, Fleet orders, gunnery
instructions, and (so-called) Naval Intelligence reports…..<br />
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After spending a fruitless hour gaining entry into the ship's safe, to
discover nothing more than….“</span></i></span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a few shillings in
cash</span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">”. </span></i><span style="background: yellow; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(</span></i></span></span><b><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-size: 7.5pt; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">where are the so
called Malayan $1 &$5 banknotes?</span></i></span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-size: 7.5pt; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">)</span></i></span></b></div>
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search of the Chart Room, brought far greater rewards:<br />
Our prize was just a long narrow envelope enclosed in a green, bag
equipped with brass eyelets to let water in to facilitate its sinking. The
bag was marked ‘Highly Confidential…To be destroyed’ and the envelope
addressed to The C.in C, Far East…To Be Opened Personally. The documents had
been drawn up by no less an authority than the Planning Division of the War
Cabinet and contained the latest appreciation of the Military strength of the
Empire in the Far East. There were details of Royal Air Force Units; there
were details of naval strength; there was an assessment of the role of
Australia and New Zealand; and most piquant of all, a long paragraph
regarding the possibility of Japan entering the war, a paragraph accompanied
by copious notes on the fortifications of Singapore. What the devil were the
British about, sending such material by a slow old tub like Automedon, I,
puzzled? Surely a warship would have been a worthier repository? We could not
understand it<b><span style="color: red;">'</span></b>.<br />
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Mohr’s skipper, Captain Rogge, (who was fluent in English), soon realised the
importance of this intelligence windfall, which also contained….new cipher
tables for the fleet, information on minefields and swept channels, maps and
charts and British Secret Service reports.</span></i></span></div>
As history would have it the important information was passed on to the Japanese High Command and she subsequently entered into the Second World War by bombing Pearl Harbour.<br />
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Basing on documented war journals, the wrecked site map and diagram flow of the Indian Ocean currents during the winter months of the Northern Hemisphere, it is not possible that even if the SS Automedon did carry the ill-fated banknotes it could not have floated against the current and into the Straits of Malacca where some of the local population managed to be beneficiaries of the1940 banknotes as told by some numismatic gurus. <br />
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A more plausible scenario would be when the local treasury was destroyed by bombs some of the banknotes were spirited away by the locals and they coined the crap that it was from the two vessels so that they would not be charged as thieves if caught.<br />
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What a laugh! and I supposed our regional numismatist gurus never knew about these documented facts otherwise they would have long disputed the facts that SS Eumanes and Automedon carried the 1940 Malayan banknotes and that some floated into the Straits of Malacca.<br />
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Well, whatever it is, the fact is that the 1940 Malaya $1 & $5 are very rare indeed but available and they now command astronomical prices if you desire to own one.<br />
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More importantly, do try to do some research on the particular banknote that you intend to buy and I cannot emphasized more, be very, very careful when you are dealing with the banknote dealers.<br />
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As the curtain rises and the fog dissipates into the dawn.........screech!! Hey, am I writing a novel or what?<br />
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In the process of verifying that the vessel SS Eumanes which was purportedly to be carrying the 500,000 one dollar notes and 100,000 five dollar notes, I noticed that the sinking date was also never published unlike the SS Automedon (scuttled on 11th November 1940). Another renown numismatist Owen Linzmayer published this phrase (TK is this name correct?, referring to the name SS Eumanes) in his The Banknote Book: Malaya 2012 edition.<br />
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On further researching with leads from Gilbert, a renowned Malaysian numismatist, the closest name from the naval archives of the WWII era was the vessel SS Eumaeus which was torpedoed on 14th January 1941 off the coast of Sierra Leone in the Atlantic Ocean but this troop transport ship was destined for Egypt. <br />
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maximum revolutions and turned the ship's stern towards the submarine to narrow
the target but four shells aimed at the stern and bridge found their mark.
Despite being continually machine gunned from a range of 700 yards the Army
gunners continued firing until their ammunition was exhausted, scoring at least
one hit on the submarine. By this time the SS Eumaeus was well ablaze and as the
submarine positioned herself to fire the torpedo which finally sank her she was
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><span class="auto-style18"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><i>email: Feb 2014:</i></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Regarding the sinking of SS Eumaeus, it was indeed a troop carrier as my father, Stanley Marcel Guttridge, was one of the survivors spending 12 hours in shark infested waters watching his friends being taken. He only survived because he returned to his bunk to retrieve a picture of my mum (very romantic) and put his jumper on which protected him from the sun as others ended up suffering terrible heatstroke. There is a letter in the Daily Mirror in the 1960’s (I’m not sure my Dad still has the clipping) from a radio operator who first picked up the distress call. Apparently he had been reading a ‘penny dreadful’ and had not shut his radio off at the correct time and although saving numerous lives was reprimanded. I will try and find the clipping and give you more information. Dad is 92 and still going strong. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kind regards Stella Hunt (nee Guttridge)</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span>So there is no way the vessel would be carrying the 1940 Malaya banknotes unless the British Home Office was going to pay her army stationed in Egypt, Malayan dollars whereupon after defeating the Germans would then be transferred to the Malay peninsula to defend against the Japanese. Wouldn't this be a more credible story line....................</div>
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Hopefully, errors with regards to this episode of "SS Eumanes" that have been made be corrected. <br />
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And now with the curtain coming down............................... I will close with the final chapter of second illustrious vessel of the Malaya 1940 banknote saga, <br />
the infamous SS Automedon in my next blog. <br />
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Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-12556691488445125002017-04-16T20:04:00.001+08:002017-04-19T16:09:16.497+08:00 Malaya $1 & $5 Banknotes of the 1940 series, Fact, Fiction or Fabrication?What I am about to write may sound like a mystery novel surrounding the saga of the elusive and very rare Malayan $1 and $5 banknotes of the 1940 series.<br />
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It all began when I received an email from a renowned Malaysian numismatist and a good friend indeed, Gilbert Chang. A simple email from him mentioning the names of two vessels purportedly carrying the Malayan 1940 banknotes, was the catalyst that started my quest and his assistance to search for the truth.<br />
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According to published materials from some so called numismatic gurus, 'cut/paste followers' like moi, just swallowed wholesale and followed blindly by reproducing their facts without researching thoroughly to determine the truth and fact, as these 'experts' had already made 'cute' blunders on the names of the Straits Settlements colonial commissioners and financial officers.<br />
(<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">refer to my earlier article:- </span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><a href="http://clement-oddsends.blogspot.sg/2013/05/is-name-is-more-than-just-name.html">http://clement-oddsends.blogspot.sg/2013/05/is-name-is-more-than-just-name.html</a> )</em></span><br />
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Base on published materials from these gurus, the following vessels by the name: SS Eumanes and SS Automedon were given the 'honor' of shipping substantial amounts of the Malaya 1940 banknotes from London to Malaya during the Second World War but they never reached their destination because they were sunk by the enemy. On the contrary, a local dealer said that some notes floated to Malaya and were picked up by the local fishermen. <br />
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1) The vessel SS Eumanes <span style="color: red;"><b>NEVER</b></span> existed in any naval records of that era. <br />
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2) Base on the reports from the German raider boarding party leader First Lieutenant Ulrich Mohr, the only valuable thing that the SS Automedon carried was an envelope containing TOP SECRET documents about the defence status of the Far East and Singapore plus maybe Mrs Ferguson's tea-set which is another story altogether.<br />
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<br />Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-85214422397610968222016-12-31T23:02:00.001+08:002017-04-18T17:39:54.204+08:00Another Unfounded Fact About The 1940 Malaya $1 & $5 Banknotes.................I am back!.....................had on purpose wanted to take a short sabbatical (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>but it became almost 4 years 😢 </i></span>)from my last article ( <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I</span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>s a name more than just a name</i></span>.....) to take root, digest and hopefully rectify the MAJOR mistakes made by our friendly up north publishers and also hopefully some assistance and verifications from our senile....oh I mean SENIOR numismatists. <br />
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Sadly nothing happened, even though I wrote to the publishers and others, the mistakes were still repeated in their latest catalogues although they did acknowledge my emails. A world premier British auction house gave me a short reply when I wrote to them, mentioning that they do not do research on that particular banknote because I am not the consignee of the note! (just asking that you get the facts right!!!) Later on their director sent an acknowledgement of thanks and in their subsequent auction catalogues the currency commissioner's name were not published.<br />
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It seems that no one gives two hoots about the true facts, everybody wants to make money from the newbies and unaware collectors........even the old established numismatic associations have <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">gone with the wind</span></i> or taken over by dealers to make money more than to educate the public on historical heritage, etc.<br />
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Enough said................ but it seems that there are very few of us who believes in educating the newbies, and thanks to a certified Malaysian numismatist and banknote grader, he contacted me a few months ago about my article ( <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Problematic Malayan Banknotes of 1940..</span></i>) to clarify certain facts. Imagine the horror when I discovered that I was no better than the publishers of the catalogues and articles, who just copy and paste so to speak.<br />
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Since today is new year's eve and I will continue in the next year.............😀<br />
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<br />Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-8390439775194454452013-05-13T22:09:00.000+08:002015-07-26T16:54:08.620+08:00Is a NAME more than just a name................<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever had anyone called you by a different name or wrote an article about you and used the wrong name!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, here are Straits banknotes depicting three different signatories whose names were either published or known differently from their actual names, two of them are almost correct whereas the third one is completely different......................<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> What about this one? It was deduced and published as <strong>Luis Shelley.</strong><br />
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Well, both were close but incorrect and "a miss is as good as a mile"!!<br />
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In fact, the person/expert(s) responsible for coining these incorrect names should have done some research from the newspaper archives or relevant Straits Settlements documents in the first place, rather than be looked upon as experts, and unwittingly misinformed a lot of people, publishers, auction houses, etc for some forty or more years. <br />
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Well, I hope they see this article and refer to Owen Linzmayer and Mike Prizov contributions in The Banknote Book and realized the errors and so correct their catalogs, publications, etc to hopefully re-informed the Straits banknotes collectors and restore rightful ownership of a correct name and acknowledged achievement of a Straits Settlements Officer.<br />
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These are some newspaper clippings from the 1930s that confirms the correct names of these honourable gentlemen whose names were all these many years spelt wrongly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Singapore Free Press & Mercantile Advertiser article dated 30/09/1937</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well got to give the 'fella' credit! Signature really looks like Rex Curall..............Right?..... <span style="color: red;">WRONG!!!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Guess what................................................................may I present the Hon. Mr "Rex Curall":</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The names: L.M. McLean, Luis Shelley and Rex Curall can never be found in any official Straits Settlement documents!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is not all................ the early 1900s banknotes (3 CC signatories type) too have names with numerous spelling errors......oh! what disappointment.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If you need to know the correct names, etc ...............my friend Owen Linzmayer has just published the whole series of the Straits Settlements banknotes which is for sale from his website: <a href="http://www.banknotebook.com/">www.BanknoteBook.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I hope that our esteemed learned banknote experts can concur and correct these glaring mistakes and restore the rightful acknowledgement of Mr Lachlan Lean, Mr Malcolm Bond Shelley and Mr Alexander Sym Small's appointments and invaluable selfless contributions to the government and people of the Straits Settlements era.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-57996611481065506272013-01-17T23:42:00.001+08:002013-06-01T12:28:10.529+08:001942 $50 & $100.... Best,Worst & Very Good?<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why......Why......the <span style="color: red;">BEST</span>.....because this is the best condition that my budget can buy!! and it cost me thousands of dollars to acquire these two banknotes and over a period of many years of hard savings..............hope me wife does not get to know about it ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why......Why......the <span style="color: red;">WORST</span>.....because this set of Malaya $50 and $100 is graded far better than <span style="color: red;">VERY GOOD</span>.......what? say again? </span><br />
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<br />Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-4632322264211042072012-12-30T22:11:00.000+08:002013-06-01T12:27:55.219+08:00WOW! What a GOOD year 2012 has been for me!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good first and foremost, I wish everyone who is reading and faithfully following my blog,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> " <span style="color: red; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>A Happy Blessed and Prosperous 2013</em></span>" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and that all your hopes and aspirations come true for 2013!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What a Blessed and Prosperous 2012 has been for me.......................................it is really GOOD ................despite all the "crabby Euro screw-ups, US fiscal cliff rubbish, end of the world Mayan nonsense, etc................" I've made Good enough in the equity market to buy notes that I wanted, go on GOOD holidays to neighbouring Malaysia thrice, Hong Kong once and had just returned from the United States after fifteen GOOD and enjoyable days, made some contributions into the GOOD and world renowned Owen Linzmayer's documented chapters of The Banknote Book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Ahhhh.............wonder if you have been sharp enough to notice the number of "GOOD" that I have deliberately inserted. Why..........your GOODself may enquire?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, the word GOOD in Dictionary.com defines:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Noun</span></em>: excellence or merit</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Oh, what a misnomer to categorize this note as GOOD! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u>International Bank Note Society defination of a GOOD banknote:</u></strong></span><br />
A well worn and heavily used note. Normal damage from prolonged circulation will include strong multiple folds and creases, stains, pinholes, and/or staple holes, dirt, discoloration, edge tears, center hole, rounded corners and an overall unattractive appearance. No large pieces of the note may be missing. Graffiti is commonly seen on notes in Good condition.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Has any renowned numismatic society or establishment ever thought of correcting the grading term of "GOOD" to reflect a more accurate term, or has the numismatic world adopted a "<span style="color: red;">first blind leading the rest of the blind</span>" ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Why am I so harsh to say something like "blind leading the blind".....................................</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">well, did you notice the currency commissioners' signatories of my 1911 $1.00 banknote. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Apparently, the currency commissioners' names mentioned by two respected Malaysian numismatic experts in their publication of their Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei articles during the mid 1970's and lately another 2010 publication by a premier authority in Petaling Jaya mentioned the same commissioners' names; <strong>Arthur Young, J.O. Anthonioz, D.Bratty</strong>.(the spelling of these names are according to the publishers' articles and are not necessary their correct names)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now take a much more closer look............... does any of the signatures bear any resemblance to their names, be it alphabetically or otherwise?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Either my banknote which carries the undocumented signatures of <strong>E.L. Brockman, W.C.</strong> <strong>Mitchell, P.A.F.David</strong> <span style="color: red;">a rarity</span> :-) or some so called premier experts made <span style="color: red;"><strong>a BIG BOO BOO</strong></span>!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Ever wondered what can you buy in 1916 for $10.00.....................................</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Managed to acquire this piece a couple of months back for a "song".........I really had to sing to pacify me missus that paying a few thousand Singapore dollars was not an act of insanity!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Memories and Wishing A Very Merry Christmas and Prosperous 2013 New Year to you folks out there...................till 2013 then.</span>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-78926373566242091222012-06-07T21:45:00.000+08:002012-06-07T21:45:00.029+08:00Plastic Fantastic ~ Singapore's Only $50 Polymer<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How Singapore started her journey into the world of literally plastic money, starting with these articles from The Straits Times dated June 14, 1990........................................</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and finally the commemorative notes.......................................................................ta rah!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yuupp..........look at the notes carefully and see if you can find the error!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(for the benefit of those who hates solving puzzles................................. the commemorative date of '9 August 1990' is missing in the second consective note.....Major Error I would say)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> What again.......... another major error ........can spot the error? This time you go spot it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These notes with J prefix were printed as replacement notes(to replace error notes that have been spotted during the printing process and removed before delivery to the currency board). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wonder how come...............does any one have the answer </span><br />
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</span>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-70068425758126441222012-03-03T18:19:00.003+08:002012-03-06T05:30:46.413+08:00Multiples of Brunei 1973 Second Series Specimen Banknote ??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFhOyYr46btrEDwr5-GTm6CcIgTRg49Tb7NMDV8TAxRDiRWUdrMuhJXzhfZPIbMMn9q6WYHxdn32JECOoEiXr8LwrWJ5g97BHh4kOgxDuf3LDGkJan3p0rIZ4VmW4P49wOAFB1F7W6SI/s1600/img335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFhOyYr46btrEDwr5-GTm6CcIgTRg49Tb7NMDV8TAxRDiRWUdrMuhJXzhfZPIbMMn9q6WYHxdn32JECOoEiXr8LwrWJ5g97BHh4kOgxDuf3LDGkJan3p0rIZ4VmW4P49wOAFB1F7W6SI/s640/img335.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This specimen banknote A/3 000000 was recently acquired from a Malaysian collector, don't know whether it was from the set which came from a 1995 Spink auction in Singapore:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coincidently, my newly acquired specimen banknote also matches the template banknote in prefixes and serial numbers with Steven Tan's latest 19th edition catalog and goes all the way back to my first catalog from him, the 8th edition from 1987:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Question:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Are there multiples of these type of Specimen banknotes bearing the same prefix with zero numbers? Can anyone help provide the answer?</span>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-16266563692071930312012-01-14T17:55:00.000+08:002012-01-14T17:55:33.144+08:00New Year Greetings again..............................<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wishing all my Chinese friends and fellow collectors............................................................... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red;"><strong>A Very, Very Prosperous and Happy Chinese New Year!</strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> May you get the banknotes you want at a bargain and sell with reasonable gains!!</span></strong><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now the interesting part...............................roll back about 23 years to the year 1989 and this what it is all about:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So the moral of the story or article?</span>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-22350541419024735382012-01-07T05:30:00.000+08:002012-01-07T05:30:23.695+08:00Belated Happy New Year! <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A very Belated Happy New Year, 2012 again to all my friends and collectors out there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year began well for me as I managed to get a rare signed banknote from an American dealer, this particular note was mentioned in my last blog article.................</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and only just yesterday, an uncut piece of this banknote graded by PCGS as NEW 61,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This translates to about SGD6,350.00 or about MYR15,360.00, and in the mid 1990s a better piece of this series of uncut sheet was going for about SGD800.00.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May this piece of good news bring cheer and happiness to all banknote collectors that the banknote market is alive and well despite all the depressing world current economic situtation.</span>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-39841493976897171742011-12-24T07:14:00.000+08:002011-12-24T07:14:08.486+08:00A Singapore Banknote No More Legal Tender!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You will be wondering.................what on earth am I talking about!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seriously, this Singapore banknote existed and was legal tender at one time but not now ..................................</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This book was acquired via Amazon.com in the mid 1990s </span><br />
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<tr> <td class="content"> <strong>SINGAPORE, MICHIGAN OBSOLETE BANK NOTES</strong><br />
Around 175 years ago, there was a town on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan near what is now Saugatuck, Michigan called Singapore. The city was located in the southwestern part of the State of Michigan. This section of the state turned out to be one of the first areas settled. The area had promise for exploitation of the lumber located in the area and later for shipbuilding and trading with other cities located on the Great Lakes. <br />
In 1820, Lewis Cass is believed to have traveled near there while he was exploring the Great Lakes and possibly the Mississippi River area. Also doing business was Gordon Hubbard, an employee of fur trader John Jacob Astor fame. Up to that time, it seems only fur traders were visiting the area which was inhabited by Ottawa Indians.<br />
Around 1830, the first settling family of William Butler arrived.<br />
The area was surveyed in 1831, noting numerous Sand Banks and a number of various trees. A large part of the property was purchased by Horace Comstock. Mr. Comstock and another early settler by the name of Stephen Nichols felt a warehouse and pier were needed to support the arrival of goods and household effects of new arrivals.<br />
In 1836, Oshea Wilder, who had previously visited the area, and four other men agreed to invest in the states of Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin Territory and in Indiana. It was agreed that Mr. Wilder would be allowed to purchase land as appropriate for investment purposes. Mr. Wilder noted the Singapore site would be well suited for the building of a saw mill. By December of 1836, Mr. Wilder had purchased the necessary land which included the Village of Singapore and in the beginning of 1837 had contracts let to build a scow and boats, along with contracts for a saw mill and housing for the workmen.<br />
Mr. Wilder noted that money was rather scarce, but real estate continued to advance and the general prosperity continued. During 1837, development within Singapore continued.<br />
In 1837, the State of Michigan passed a general banking law that permitted any ten or more freeholders of any county to organize themselves into a corporation for the transaction of banking business, with a capital of not less than $50,000, nor more than $300,000. These banks were empowered to print an issue their own paper money. The act further provided that no bank should commence operation until 30% of the stock should be actually paid in, in specie or hard money, (defined in the act as gold coins, but usually gold in any form and many silver coins were considered acceptable). In the original act, the issuing Bank was required to redeem its banknotes and hard money on demand, or within 30 days thereafter. Failure to do so would result in dissolution of the bank. <br />
As luck would have it, and before any new banks had completed the chartering process, the Financial Panic of 1837 started, and the subsequent run on banks, caused banks in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore to suspend specie payment and redemption of banknotes. Fearing that depositors, thwarted in other states, might flood the banks of Michigan with otherwise worthless paper money, the Michigan Legislature, in a special session in June of 1837 also suspended the specie redemption requirement. Surprisingly, the lawmakers left the general banking laws in force. New banks could continue to be organized and allowed to start the business of issuing bills while the requirements to redeem them were still in a state of suspension. AMAZING!!<br />
These new banking institutions would later be called “WILDCAT” banks because these banks were as hard to find in the woods of Michigan as the alleged elusive wildcat! Thus, if the main office for the bank that was required to redeem its money was located in some far off and/or inaccessible place, the paper money that was issued by the bank could then be circulated in the far reaches of the state, and the East coast and as a result the money would be less likely to be presented to the issuing bank for redemption. One story that was passed down alleged that there was one bank found located in a saw mill, and another located in a hollowed out tree stump!<br />
When the banking law was passed, Oshea Wilder was quick to act on behalf of the city of Singapore. First he tried to get his investors from the East involved, but they were not very keen on the idea. As a result, Mr. Wilder, turned to James Carter, a distant relative of his who lived in Leominster, Mass. The official organizers of the Singapore bank were all residents, as the new law required, and application was dated October 5, 1837. Mr. Wilder made application to the county clerk of Allegan to have the books open for the subscription of the capital stock of an institution to be located in the village of Singapore, County of Allegan, with a capital stock of $50,000.<br />
Daniel S. Wilder, the son of Oshea, was named president of the bank, and Rob Hill, was to serve as cashier. The bank was located first in a boarding house, and then moved to a separate building. Records around that time show pressed brick was ordered and shipped from Boston for the construction of a vault.<br />
According to Harold L. Bowen in his book of 1956 titled “State Bank Notes of Michigan”, ornate bills were printed by Rawdon, Wright and Hatch, a New York engraving firm, in one, two, three and five dollar denominations on each printed sheet for a total of $11 per sheet. There were 5,000 sheets printed for a total face value of $55,000. The bills, printed on one side only, were struck on a single sheet and then cut apart and signed by the cashier and president prior to be placed in circulation. Of the $55,000, records show that banknotes valued at only $15,952 were actually put in circulation during the bank’s short existence. (If you assume the $15,952 figure to be correct, and each sheet was worth $11, this would break down to roughly 1,450 of each note issued.).<br />
There should have been $15,000 of hard money or specie reserve. All reports indicate that this was not likely. <br />
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<strong>Pictures of three of the four notes are set forth below.</strong><br />
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Several things are worth noting regarding these notes.</strong><br />
1. These bills are hard to locate, especially in decent condition.<br />
2. They should be signed in and around the end of 1837 and early 1838. Note the bank went out of business in April of 1838 due to the suspension of the State of Michigan General Banking Law. <br />
3. The signatures likely to be found would be <strong>Rob Hill,</strong> the Cashier and<strong> D. S. Wilder</strong>, the president. Other signatures should be questioned.<br />
4. Printing was done only on the obverse.<br />
5. The paper upon which the notes were printed is very thin and very susceptible to wear.<br />
6. Based on Dr. James A. Haxby’s four volume book titled "Standard Catalog of United States Obsolete Bank Notes 1782-1866", we note concerning the cataloging of these notes that the title of the Singapore notes is “MI-420 Bank of Singapore, 1837-39”. The $1 note is numbered G2. The $2 note is numbered G4. The $3 note is numbered G6. The $5 note is numbered G8.<br />
7. Uncut sheets can be found (likely not signed), of the four notes of Singapore which Dr. Haxby catalogues as X1. <br />
In December of 1837, the state of Michigan Legislature sought to curb the worst abuse by appointing three bank inspectors, who would inspect every bank at least once every three months. Noted in the records of the inspectors in 1838, that “the singular spectacle was presented of the officers of the state seeking for banks in situations the most inaccessible and remote from trade, and finding at every step an increase of labor by the discovery of new and unknown organizations. Before they could be arrested the mischief was done.”<br />
<strong>SPECIE OR NO SPECIE – THAT IS THE QUESTION</strong> <br />
A major concern at this time was whether the Singapore Bank as well as other banks in the area had adequate specie or “hard money” to back up the notes that were issued. Because of this, it was not hard to run across “business relationships” that developed between individuals around Singapore and in the town of Allegan, around 25 miles away. <br />
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Relationships between the Allegan Company, The Boston Company and the Singapore City Company are noted. Because of these relationships, the grouping together for everybody’s benefit was apparent, especially as it related to banking in the area. The Bank of Allegan and the Bank of Singapore and likely others, would pool their specie to create an adequate amount to please the inspectors as they did their audits of the banks.<br />
In a history of Allegan County in the 1880’s, a visit by one of the inspectors was noted as follows: “just before the day appointed for that event the president of the Allegan Bank, knowing that two of his neighbors had a considerable sum and gold coin, designed for the entry of lands, effected a temporary loan of the gold and placed it among the banks assets. It was counted by the Commissioner and with great complacency the succeeding night, and the same gold preceded him to the Bank of Singapore, at the mouth of the Kalamazoo, where the official also counted it as part of the assets of that bank.”<br />
<strong>ANOTHER PASSED DOWN THEORY OF SPECIE VALIDATION</strong> <br />
As noted in Kit Lane’s book titled “Buried Singapore: Michigan’s Imaginary Pompeii”, there is one of the great legends of Allegan County (which continues to this day), and which is based on some facts, but likely embellished over time, concerns the day that the pooled bank specie was being conveyed down the Kalamazoo River. It had been viewed by the bank inspector at the Bank of Allegan and was entrusted to a local Indian (probably Maksaube, an Ottawa Indian who had saved Alexander Ely from a near frozen river in 1834). Paddling swiftly to beat the bank inspector who was traveling by horseback, the canoe was just upstream from Saugatuck when it hit an obstacle in the river and capsized. The bag of gold sank to the bottom in a particularly deep part of the river. The Indian rushed ahead to Singapore and told his story. While James Harris, the village blacksmith, devised a drag hook to get the gold from the bottom of the river, word was sent back to Richmond (a nearby village) to intercept the inspector, as he would have paused there to cross the river. There was no bridge at that location yet, but there was a ferry for foot traffic. The inspector’s horse would have to wade or swim.<br />
As to Richmond, which was onn the north bank of the Kalamazoo River, and was about opposite the present day settlement of the village of New Richmond, there was a small sawmill community under construction in 1838. It had been established by John Allen, founder of Ann Arbor, and a number of Eastern investors in late 1835 and early 1836. Two of the first men on the scene were Jonathan F. Stratton, who had contracted with Allen to grub a mill race and Ralph R. Mann, who first signed (and later backed out of) a contract to build the first mill. Stratton’s contract also gave him permission “to erect and build at his own proper cost and expense at Richmond, a large two-story public house for the accommodation of travelers.”<br />
In 1837, Charles Moseley, one of the investors in the project, visited the settlement and noted that Stratton had already cut timber for his tavern house, and that Mann, who was not a great favorite of his, had been appointed Justice of the Peace “and will be a nuisance to our village. He calculated to keep a tavern, sell whiskey and do anything that a lazy unprincipled man can devise to make a sixpence….” He later reported that Mann “has already begun to keep whiskey and uses it freely himself.”<br />
It was at this settlement that word was sent from Singapore asking either Mann or Stratton to delay the inspector long enough to give the Singapore men time to recover the gold. The inspector was invited for a drink, perhaps even a meal; maybe a party and a night’s lodging. Downstream using the blacksmith’s hook on the end of a dragging rope, the gold was recovered and sent to the bank to dry out a bit. Word was then sent back to Richmond that the inspector could proceed. Shortly afterwards, or perhaps the next day, the inspector and the specie met again at the Singapore Bank.<br />
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The story has been told and retold over the years. In 1898, when Mr. Henry Hudson Hutchings interviewed the old-timers of the area and compiled their memories into a series of newspaper articles, the basic facts were upheld by John P. Wade who had come to Singapore in 1844 and R. Wadsworth who settled in nearby Ganges Township in 1840, and had heard it from the earliest settlers in the area. For many years a set of drag hooks, said to be the very ones that recovered the gold from the river, were on display in the nearby Saugatuck village hall.<br />
<strong>A THIRD NARRATIVE USING QUESTIONABLE SINGAPORE CURRENCY</strong> <br />
There is another interesting story as to use of the Singapore notes by one Levi Loomis, who was believed to be one of the first settlers in the Singapore area.<br />
During the late 1830’s, there seems to have been a shortage of footwear in the area. Mr. Loomis noted this and thought he had a solution to the problem. He wanted to order footwear from the east, and when received would try to sell them locally. When the locals tried to buy the footwear, they presented Mr. Loomis with Bank of Singapore notes, which, as it turned out, Mr. Loomis refused to accept.<br />
Because the locals also knew the people who ran the bank, and the fact that the bank of Singapore wanted to try and please its customers, the bank worked out an arrangement whereby it agreed it would redeem the Singapore bills with bills from the east and would do so in time to enable Mr. Loomis to pay timely the invoices for the footwear. Mr. Loomis agreed to this arrangement and it is believed he sold his stock of footwear for the sum of $600.<br />
As one could imagine, when the time for the redemption came due, the Bank of Singapore started to look for ways to delay this process. The bank first tried to make a draft on one of the Eastern banks, but it came back worthless. This continued for another month, and Mr. Loomis was getting worried. After all, Mr. Loomis had his credit and reputation at stake and as the delays continued he felt he needed to take desperate measures.<br />
Mr. Loomis is thought to have rented a room to the Bank of Singapore’s cashier, Mr. Rob Hill. Mr. Loomis suspected that Mr. Hill had with him the real specie of the bank and kept it in his room. When Mr. Loomis was sure no one else was around, he went to the room of Mr. Hill, who was sleeping at the time, and woke him up and dumped the worthless bills on top of Mr. Hill’s mattress. Mr. Loomis, who had a pistol, pointed it toward Mr. Hill and demanded Mr. Hill trade him good money for the bad.<br />
Mr. Hill it is claimed, was taken by surprise and tried to stall, but Mr. Loomis would have nothing of it. Mr. Loomis would not allow Mr. Hill to leave the room until the exchange was made. As a result, it is believed Mr. Hill, taking Mr. Loomis’s threat seriously, went over to his bed, lifted up his pillow, under which there is claimed to have been a roll of $1,000 of real bank money, and traded the Singapore money with the “good” bank money.<br />
<strong><em>It should be noted the during this whole time, the currency issued by the Singapore Bank was never really accepted by the people or the merchants. Its actual circulation was believed to be small and short lived. Thus, little was ever issued, and even less ever survived!!!</em></strong><br />
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<strong>THE SUSPENSION OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN BANKING LAWS</strong> <br />
The State of Michigan General Banking laws turned out to be of a short duration. The state suspended the law on April 3, 1838. With this suspension, these “wildcat” banks were put out of business.<br />
The Bank of Singapore was no exception. In 1839, the bank did attempt to reorganize, however, after a state of Michigan bank commissioners’ visit, the operations ceased.<br />
The charter of the bank was annulled by the state legislature on February 16, 1842 along with a number of the other wildcat banks. <br />
It is claimed that during this time, Mr. Loomis was visiting at the home of one of the former bank officers on a cold winter evening. This visit is purported to have taken place to see the burning and destruction of the Singapore bank notes that were still on hand at the time of the suspension. The claim was made that there was a table covered with the bills of the bank alleged to be in three to six inch piles. It was stated that these bills were burned in a stove at that time.<br />
The bank building was later used as a general store and then physically moved later on to the village of Saugatuck and became a small bookstore.<br />
The city of Singapore continued on for a number of years until the lumber ran out in the later part of the 19th century. The lumber was used to help rebuild the city of Chicago after the great Chicago fire as well as other cities also destroyed by fire in the area.<br />
<strong>WHAT ONCE WAS, IS NO MORE</strong><br />
Once the lumber ran out, the people moved on to other areas. The city of Singapore ceased to exist and was abandoned and became a ghost town. Today, there is little in the way of physical evidence left due to the city being covered by the shifting sand dunes that still exist to this day. Unless you are aware of the prior history, the average citizen to the area today, would have no idea that a once bustling city existed in that north side location at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River! The only real physical evidence existing today are those few obsolete bank notes accumulated by savy collectors, which continues to tell part of the story of the ghost town of Singapore. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A beautiful piece with slight foxing, crisp paper, clear firm colours and sharp corners...............can you consider this as UNC?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A pair of 2nd Series Brunei Five Dollars progress proofs.................lovely?</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-87857029846976074252011-08-14T15:05:00.001+08:002012-01-25T05:53:53.410+08:00My Prized Goh Keng Swee Orchid Series Banknotes Collection<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After gaining independence on 9th August 1965, the Singapore Government decided to issue her own banknotes and the Orchid series is the first amongst the Bird, Ship, I.T. and Portrait ones. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The series signed by the late Dr Goh Keng Swee was issued on 19th January 1970 and only in $1, $5, $10, $50, $100 and $1000 denominations.Only a small quantity of his signed banknotes were issued,thus making the Orchid series banknotes signed by him as the most sought after and valuable among all Singapore issued banknotes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> An UNC foxing $1 note with Unique serial numbers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Consecutive serial numbers printed withYellow banknote paper or is it even foxing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The currency notes of all the four series, known as the "Orchid", "Bird", "Ship" and "Portrait" series are legal tender.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The "Orchid" series has nine denominations; $1, $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, $500, $1,000 and $10,000.The dominant feature is a spray of orchid in the centre of the front of each note but missing is the name of the type of Orchid.Could this mistake of missing name be a 'Boo Boo' made by the then BCCS? (see an earlier blog story of the $25 "Orchid")</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This series has varieties of signatures and seals of the then Minister for Finance and Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore but not all nine denominations were issued with their signatures and seals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The 'first' of the "Orchid" series has only six denominations and were issued with Mr Lim Kim San's signature on 12 June 1967.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The $1.00 denomination:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Printer: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co Ltd</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"> The whole scene is missing of people, vehicles and street lamps! <span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Another Boo Boo?</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The $5.00 denomination:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Apparently, the parent orchid has its fair share of controversy, involving allegations of mixed-up seedpods, confused parentage and faulty registration(refer: </span><a href="https://www.rv-orchidworks.com/orchidtalk/showthread.php?t=15491">https://www.rv-orchidworks.com/orchidtalk/showthread.php?t=15491</a>) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Maybe that's the reason for not printing the name of the orchid on the banknote. Boo Boo again?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-88240545058244134292011-06-04T13:28:00.001+08:002011-07-13T05:50:11.885+08:00Singapore Bird Series ~ $50 & $100<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhER_YbhcpWGqThVI5wK7KfsR8H7hDA9PNalBDl80XnBa54n_cvP_7zUGeMTx5aRZF2109yL017TggZST6hFBJWAlioZFwwEd9wCHJf-pCcSLrNV78W6Kbdc4vdpA8KWVFPtWKKL4mN0ek/s1600/img184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhER_YbhcpWGqThVI5wK7KfsR8H7hDA9PNalBDl80XnBa54n_cvP_7zUGeMTx5aRZF2109yL017TggZST6hFBJWAlioZFwwEd9wCHJf-pCcSLrNV78W6Kbdc4vdpA8KWVFPtWKKL4mN0ek/s640/img184.jpg" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Issued on 6th August 1976, this series has nine denominations as in the first except that the $20note(see earlier blog) was introduced to replace the $25 note of the 'Orchid' series.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Predominant Colour: Blue</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Size: 157mmx 75mm </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Qty Printed: 148 million pieces</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Size: 165mm x 78mm<br />
Qty Printed: 22.7 million pieces<br />
Printer: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co Ltd<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_hGJE_hRbpFdiF1V5bowsbdJLdCnTjL_CZa4EuGGJOE0jZ5kEu5r-XZnOn72bNOyk1YLuy7AOoj4V7DMABvHDgf4T-pxLZbTSwJfQAwBaxcxhblomcjAckrVOWE3v0V1XhtR-k_benM/s1600/img227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_hGJE_hRbpFdiF1V5bowsbdJLdCnTjL_CZa4EuGGJOE0jZ5kEu5r-XZnOn72bNOyk1YLuy7AOoj4V7DMABvHDgf4T-pxLZbTSwJfQAwBaxcxhblomcjAckrVOWE3v0V1XhtR-k_benM/s640/img227.jpg" t8="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Regretfully, my one and only legal tender $100 piece, but with unique "triplet" serial number.</span></div>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-90312258108133115152011-05-15T05:39:00.001+08:002011-05-15T17:52:23.013+08:00Singapore $20 Bird Series Concept to Actual<div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two letters first appeared in the local newspaper, The Straits Times, around about mid December 1973 and it would take another 6 years before the actual note was issued into circulation. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</div>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-26564423138368563592011-04-09T05:38:00.000+08:002011-04-09T05:38:38.783+08:00Singapore $1 ~ Another Thomas De La Rue Mistake ?<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small;"><em></em></span> First, I must say a BIG THANK YOU for your patience and concerns that I have not written a blog for more than a month..........well you asked for it..............a pretty lengthy one though!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <u>The rare variety Z/2 signed by Dr Richard Hu Tsu Tau</u></span><br />
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</div>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-48786988259247067862011-02-12T17:21:00.006+08:002011-02-13T02:13:43.759+08:00Pandemonium Singapore Bird Series Banknotes..................<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sAP_VpdZp4Ak-c0nUqfm8WJsGSAHZ1U7XkitDfBYaURgPXGEWBtbc499f2Rc7bdxRdx8YX9fG9ivYueaxHe1DoRnn2EgghhhSZKYl9V8Y3r26i23oNO8jfa2qsbQj9zvLi6bhLBQgY4/s1600/%25241005081976%25231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sAP_VpdZp4Ak-c0nUqfm8WJsGSAHZ1U7XkitDfBYaURgPXGEWBtbc499f2Rc7bdxRdx8YX9fG9ivYueaxHe1DoRnn2EgghhhSZKYl9V8Y3r26i23oNO8jfa2qsbQj9zvLi6bhLBQgY4/s640/%25241005081976%25231.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixl6432-yDQcgjXwBfRi5AcNQTBCyJA4_XgDxweUd9DkcjBwSS34FdTbCGv7wFJGxsDtACnWSoTtN-GBuvf5KTKTnmXluHdShLJwrXsrU_1w0GkM_9wk7OqnxILKuM9-zKNC3X4prMNdU/s1600/%25241005081976%25231+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixl6432-yDQcgjXwBfRi5AcNQTBCyJA4_XgDxweUd9DkcjBwSS34FdTbCGv7wFJGxsDtACnWSoTtN-GBuvf5KTKTnmXluHdShLJwrXsrU_1w0GkM_9wk7OqnxILKuM9-zKNC3X4prMNdU/s640/%25241005081976%25231+-+Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQcKYgnezLgIZqY1z4dM0j2LRbJPHx7zmKNcnrGk21FldOIZepqA0lB32qmam0RKVnZfcn_3zjs5Q9MEvROYjVTFIKSWVrEghHPvPWsjzPTtIhBw2XZx-57F4GY13ZioCvQu0dgY9VUo/s1600/%252410bird+05081976%25232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQcKYgnezLgIZqY1z4dM0j2LRbJPHx7zmKNcnrGk21FldOIZepqA0lB32qmam0RKVnZfcn_3zjs5Q9MEvROYjVTFIKSWVrEghHPvPWsjzPTtIhBw2XZx-57F4GY13ZioCvQu0dgY9VUo/s640/%252410bird+05081976%25232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div> <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small;"><em>The Straits Times dated 5th August 1976</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This specimen piece of the $10 bird series is part of an album of bird series specimen notes bought at a local auction a few years after it was officially released to the general public during the Singapore International Coin Convention of 1989 (refer blog article of 25th July 2010).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was fortunate enough to purchase the complete album at a price which was way below the issue price of $1100 at a local auction in the early 1990's</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Straits Times dated 7th Dec 1976</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></em><span style="font-family: Arial;">A major point to ponder with regards to this next Straits Times article dated 9th August 1976.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">.................................The later series of broken and jagged security threads was issued some time in October 1976 and it caused a major stir & panic among the illiterate population (why is it that it always starts first with the <strong>stupid illiterate ones </strong>and that it will come out from the <strong>market </strong>place? You will see what I mean, from the following newspaper articles.....)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following articles were from The Straits Times dated 1st Dec 1976....................</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the Editorial Section of The Straits Times dated 1st Dec 1976,,,,,,,,</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Following are Replacement Notes of the $10 Bird Series collected over the years......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG-xqOciTrgPyi0C-4vgZcZ7UTJuEA7wE6UOKRi_FCisbLkOpuIaxNBoBCUFzffEGxFibDwy09TrvmbFvPFh7h0C9mJn_97IokXsuC2sdRdYGXWU6tQgNqdbYvbdZqmzjDlQknuDZ1gs/s1600/img099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG-xqOciTrgPyi0C-4vgZcZ7UTJuEA7wE6UOKRi_FCisbLkOpuIaxNBoBCUFzffEGxFibDwy09TrvmbFvPFh7h0C9mJn_97IokXsuC2sdRdYGXWU6tQgNqdbYvbdZqmzjDlQknuDZ1gs/s640/img099.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-40101149678102815322011-02-03T06:20:00.000+08:002011-02-03T06:20:59.709+08:00A Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year Greetings....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">To all my fellow Chinese collectors and friends.................</span></div><span style="color: red; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMRMAtxvxZtQ3ofiNHOAQ4rmqovYmqDPaS3oSXUzx0KlsiUOD6DDhyWcAtqcMC9lYfXDzsUEt81Vx8-gnM0xVQO1spF43us4sksG8xlzUBqVkDwk0GMSFi0Dg4U1oz2BAEMxJ2QIm8vw/s1600/CNY+greetings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMRMAtxvxZtQ3ofiNHOAQ4rmqovYmqDPaS3oSXUzx0KlsiUOD6DDhyWcAtqcMC9lYfXDzsUEt81Vx8-gnM0xVQO1spF43us4sksG8xlzUBqVkDwk0GMSFi0Dg4U1oz2BAEMxJ2QIm8vw/s640/CNY+greetings.jpg" width="640" /></a>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-35502685492821608172011-01-29T06:00:00.001+08:002011-01-29T06:03:00.528+08:00The Straits Dollar Coins...................<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the early 1900s Silver was the commodity much sought after, thus........................</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Finally after a few months of newspaper publications, on 2 Oct 1903 new Straits Dollar coin was declared legal tender and subsequently issued but the coin was not popular with the local population especially the shopkeepers and illiterate market aunties.</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Mexican and other dollars were collected and melted down to obtain the necessary silver bullion. Recoinage was done by the mint in Bombay, and was completed by November 1904.</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> By this time the Straits Settlement Colony had received some 35,000,000 of the new dollar coins.</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thus after some discussion with the local Chinese Advisory Board and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, a decision was made for a second issue of Dollar coins with a reduction in weight, size but no reduction in fineness. </span></div><div align="left"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thus it became more profitable for the local population to melt the Dollar coins to obtain the Silver sell it than to use as a currency medium.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another series of the Dollar coins with even smaller in size, lighter in weight and least of the Silver fineness as compared to the other two predecessor was minted and issued.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reverse designs remained unchanged, but the obverse now showed the effigy of George V, wearing the Imperial Crown and the Robe of State, with the collar of the Garter and the Badge of the Bath.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <em><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (info from Pridmore: Coins and Coinage)</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 1895B</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An odd enquiry to The Straits Times and published on 16 Oct 1901.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNsudAZT8DXkr48nUSS8bJ7EmbKEYm4K9CyuJcWkcq_l1UzFIl43js9BelurfG0D1SdSYRKdlWyZPPkegpg_14_x_omzqfu5mWHplEtgoTPTjCmrWZ8wO_O9Qt7UIKhSzj4yuspzGwIc/s1600/BTD16101901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNsudAZT8DXkr48nUSS8bJ7EmbKEYm4K9CyuJcWkcq_l1UzFIl43js9BelurfG0D1SdSYRKdlWyZPPkegpg_14_x_omzqfu5mWHplEtgoTPTjCmrWZ8wO_O9Qt7UIKhSzj4yuspzGwIc/s320/BTD16101901.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Never did found the published reply...............any advice from fellow collectors?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzz_BMcNLrb6_qM4XI6XGno2XVhxmqvxKOdbA-71KOJjV4YSuEz7jDsV6_QFHNoGbw-bFpc6wO-X7fErmJt6kqJYn35wQWDgKLO67FUak_junnh4UjVL2ZyC3hUcXOFmuvxnPMh1knO4M/s1600/189501back.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Clementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660968694385374719noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166561161610368316.post-64620440309617571092011-01-08T22:43:00.005+08:002011-01-08T23:42:08.112+08:00My only East Malaysian (Sarawak & Borneo) Banknotes...................... :-(<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly, these three pieces are my only remaining collections of the early East Malaysian currency, I remembered I had also a BNBC twenty five & fifty cents banknotes, but probably misplaced somewhere.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">These three pieces are almost practically uncirculated acquired thru' a foreign dealer and an auction house .</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The top piece has a richer hue than the bottom piece although they are consecutive pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This other piece is from The British North Borneo Company dated 1st January 1936,engraved and printed by Blades,East & Blades Ltd. London</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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