http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/ <center><img src="http://images.bankofjustin.multiply.com/image/4/photos/1/orig/60/Justin%20200%20Pound%20note.JPG?et=5WMjqu5z%2CHrFcX8kQqonXw&amp;nmid=9204938"> <br><br> <a href="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/3"><img src="http://images.bankofjustin.multiply.com/image/12/photos/1/500x500/47/About%20Collector.gif?et=s9uFe%2Bs6WMjF6nm%2CvDWKYQ&amp;nmid=9204938" border="0"></a> <a href="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/1"><img src="http://images.bankofjustin.multiply.com/image/12/photos/1/500x500/49/About%20Site.gif?et=3xPDCzx1MBynyb9z%2BHMzAg&amp;nmid=9204938" border="0"></a> <a href="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/2"><img src="http://images.bankofjustin.multiply.com/image/12/photos/1/500x500/51/Creating%20Logo.gif?et=pTrM6LIK%2C4HnSUEAqGgAxA&amp;nmid=9204938" border="0"></a> <a href="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/4"><img src="http://images.bankofjustin.multiply.com/image/12/photos/1/500x500/53/Ten%20Questions.gif?et=f1KdCe5iqbph7R6avr4jtA&amp;nmid=9204938" border="0"></a> </center> <br> <center> <b>~ My Utmost Gratitude to those who have contributed to my collection ~</b> <br><br> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%"> <b></b><tbody><tr> <td>Valeria Kazachkova (Ukraine)</td> <td>Margarita Moya (Australia)</td> <td>Elena Schendrea (Moldova)</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://mmihajlo.multiply.com">Marko Mihajlovic</a> (Slovenia)</td> <td><a href="http://boboyco.multiply.com">Francis Vincent Co</a> (Philippines)</td> <td>Djedino Maravilla (Philippines)</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://martin006.multiply.com/">Martin Sinfuego</a> (Philippines)</td> <td>Romulo &amp; Eleanor Espaldon</td> <td>Tara-Lee Angeles (France)</td> </tr><tr> <td>Igor Nikolov (Macedonia)</td> <td>Thomas Moh (Malaysia)</td> <td>Yousra Bennouna (Morocco)</td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://bhincke.multiply.com">Buddy Hincke</a> (United States)</td> <td>Todd Burkes (United States)</td> <td>Alejandra Flores (Chile)</td> </tr><tr> <td>Ma. Paula Arevalo (Colombia)</td> <td>Ieva Masliukaite (Lithuania)</td> <td><a href="http://cagenix.multiply.com">Chloe Dumbrigue</a> (Canada)</td> </tr><tr> <td>Maria Štšukina (Estonia)</td> <td>Lív Reginsdóttir (Faroe Islands)</td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <br> If you have contributed and I have failed to list you above, <a href="mailto:justinadriel@yahoo.com">please let me know!</a> <br>If you would like to contribute and have your name listed, please click on the above link :) <br>Thanks a million! Merci infiniment! Maraming salamat! Tausend Dank! Muchas Gracias! Grazie infinite!</center> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:45:12 -0000 Fri, 4 Apr 2008 16:51:21 -0000 http://images.bankofjustin.multiply.com/logo http://bankofjustin.multiply.com 100 100 http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/12/Least_valued_currency_units Fri, 4 Apr 2008 16:51:21 -0000 http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/11/Highest_valued_currency_units Fri, 4 Apr 2008 16:50:52 -0000 http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/10/Ron_Wises_Banknoteworld_Directory Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:14:17 -0000 http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/photos/album/14/My_Polymer_Notes Fri, 8 Feb 2008 18:30:59 -0000 http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/9/Latest_banknote_releases Fri, 8 Feb 2008 18:22:58 -0000 In order to standardize the grading/rating of my banknotes (in view of possible trading), I will be following the criteria established by the International Bank Note Society. Thus, if you would like to know the condition of a particular bill in my collection, feel free to ask me and at the same time refer to the above link. I will even be glad to send you a scanned image if you so http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/8/International_Grading_Standards_for_World_Paper_Money Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:37:42 -0000 <img src="http://images.bankofjustin.multiply.com/image/6/photos/8/orig/34/Australia%2010%20Dollars%201988.JPG?et=izCOKpX%2CtpEDifiTK3osVg&amp;nmid=9226841"><br><font size="3"><br>This Commemorative $10 note was the first banknote in the world to be printed on a non-fibrous polymer substrate. It incorporated a Diffractive Optically Variable Device (DOVD), which featured Captain Cook.</font> <p style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><font size="3">One side of the note symbolised European settlement with <em>HMS Supply</em>, the first ship to drop anchor in Sydney Cove, and a medley of persons symbolising all who have contributed to Australia's development since 1788.</font></p> <font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" size="3">The other side of the first polymer note symbolised the original discovery and settlement of Australia some 40–60,000 years earlier. It depicts an Aboriginal youth, a Morning Star Pole and other designs including from Aboriginal artworks commissioned by the Bank.</font><br> http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/10/Worlds_first_polymer_note_now_in_my_collection Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:36:35 -0000 http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/7/PapermoneyBond_Share_-_Maastricht Sun, 27 May 2007 11:55:00 -0000 http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/6 Sun, 27 May 2007 11:51:12 -0000 http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/5/Bourse_du_Collectionneur Sun, 27 May 2007 11:49:59 -0000 I finally found a worthy money album to replace my old one. I bought it at a shop here in France called <a href="http://yvert.com">Yvert et Tellier</a>. From now on, my old album will contain my spare bills. The things that I love most about this new album are the following: - cushioned leatherette binder w/ engraved half penny seal - binding mechanism to easily add and rearrange plastic sheets - thickness and sturdiness of the plastic recharge sheets - availability of recharge sheets with 1, 2 or 3 pockets per page http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/photos/album/11/My_Money_Album Sun, 27 May 2007 11:21:52 -0000 http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/4/International_Banknote_Society Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:21:52 -0000 "3M™ Scotchshield™ Ultra Safety and Security Window creates an impenetrable window. This tough, new dimension in window film technology provides property and personal protection against crime, violent weather and accidents." - from www.3m.com<br><br>3M the company that makes post-it notes also make a whole load of other products. In a recent marketing campaign in Vancouver they sought a strong image for their security glass. They modified a bus shelter and fitted their security glass and filled it with real bills! Many have tried to gain access with golf clubs and baseball bats but obviously the glass remains intact! (although other sources say that there was only $500 of real currency, the rest is fake, which i think is more believable. A security guard was present for the duration of the promotion. People were told they could only use their feet and would not get to keep the money if they were successful.)<br><br>Hmm.. if only my money album was made of that material.. i wouldn't ... http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/8/Thisll_make_robbers_drool... Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:33:13 -0000 Believe it or not, the 100,000-peso Philippine Centennial note, measuring 8.5"x14" (exactly the size of legal-size paper), is accredited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest legal tender note! Only 1000 pieces were issued during the celebration of the centennial of Philippine independence in 1998. <br><br><br> http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/7/World_Record_The_Biggest_Bill Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:34:44 -0000 The most comprehensive glossary of banknote related http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/links/item/3/Glossary_of_Banknote_Related_Terms Sat, 5 Aug 2006 00:18:46 -0000 <font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.banknotes.com/intro.htm#curnames"></a>Have you ever wondered why different kinds of money are called what they are? Why<br> is peso called a peso and mark called a mark, for example? Well, the following list<br> will let you find out a little bittle about what names of some world money mean.<br> </font><font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" face="Arial" size="2"><br> </font><font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" color="#ff0080" face="Arial" size="2"><strong>AUKSINAS </strong></font><font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">(Lithuania)</font><font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" face="Arial" size="2"> - means "golden" or "gulden". Auksinas derives from<br> lithuanian "</font><font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" color="#808000" face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Au</strong></font><font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" face="Arial" size="2">ksas" which means "gold". Currently "Litas" is used in Lithuania<br> which has no particular or direct meaning or translation other than similarity with<br> the name of the country "Lietuva" (Lithuania; Litauen; Lituanie; Lituania).<br> <br> </font><font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" color="#ff0080" face="Arial" size="2"><strong>COLON </strong></font><font style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">(Costa Rica, El Salvador) - derives from last name of Christopher Columbus -<br> ... http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/6/Why_is_a_Peso_called_a_Peso Fri, 4 Aug 2006 13:47:34 -0000 <font size="2">It is always a pleasure to get to know others who share the same hobby. If you already have a collection of your own and would like to trade some of your banknotes with my spares (see <a href="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/photos/album/9">Bills Available for Exchange</a>), simply post a comment in the said album if you have a Multiply account. If not, you may e-mail me at justinadriel@yahoo.com.<br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">If you are interested in a particular bill, simply contact me and I will be most glad to send you a picture of the original bill in my possession. Of course, you will also have to send me the picture of the bill which you would like to exchange my bill with. It should not be one that is already in my collection (check the <a href="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/photos">photo albums</a> to verify). Banknotes of similar or better quality, as well as those from countries that are not yet represented in my collection are preferred.<br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">Of course, I would very much welcome collectors who would like to exchange multiple bills at a time. If my 15 'Bills for Exchange' are not yet in your collection, I will most gla... http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/5/For_Those_Who_Wish_to_Exchange Fri, 4 Aug 2006 11:32:12 -0000 For those who wish to exchange, please click <A HREF="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/5">HERE</A> In order to standardize the grading/rating of my banknotes (in view of possible trading), I will be following the criteria established by the <a href="http://www.banknotes.com/grading.htm">International Bank Note Society</a>. Thus, if you would like to know the condition of a particular bill in my collection, feel free to ask me and at the same time refer to the above link. I will even be glad to send you a scanned image if you so wish. Specific terminologies in this album: > Obverse - front of the banknote > Reverse - back of the banknote Banknotes are in UNC condition ONLY IF INDICATED IN THEIR CAPTION. The serial numbers on the bills are NOT indicative of what I http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/photos/album/9/Bills_Available_for_Exchange Fri, 4 Aug 2006 11:24:39 -0000 <br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><font size="3">1. In your opinion, what's the worst thing that ever happened in the history of money collecting?</font><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br><img src="http://www.euroconsumer.org.uk/img_euro_money_cb066654.jpg"><br><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">The birth of the Euro in 2002, which signalled the death of 15 European currencies, namely the German Mark, the Netherlands Guilden, Italian Lire, Spanish Peseta, Portuguese Escudo, Irish Pound, Greek Drachma, Austrian Schilling, Finnish Markka, Slovenian Tolar, Cypriot Pound, Maltese Lira and the French, Belgian and Luxembourg Franc. Though economically beneficial, the transition inevitably led to 15 less currencies to collect, and that number just keeps on growing! By 2012 to 2014 an additional 9 countries will have ceded their currencies in favor of the euro :(<br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><font size="3">2. What's your favorite banknote in your collection?</font><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br><img src="http://images.bankofjustin.multiply.com/image/10/photos/8/500x500/34/Australia%2010%20Dollars%201988.JPG?et=GeBW11xlCs16ORdPdTWtmA&amp;nmid=9226841"><br><br>My favorite bill is the Commemorative $10 note from Australia which was <b style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">the first banknote in the world to be printed on a non-fibrous polymer substrate.</b> It is also worth noting that this particular bill that I have in my collection is from the limited first print run ... http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/4/Ten_Questions Thu, 3 Aug 2006 22:07:20 -0000 <font style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;" size="3">Justin Adriel Ordoyo was born on the 14th of October 1987.<br><br>He had his elementary and secondary education at Colegio San Agustin - Makati. In 2005, he entered the University of the Philippines under the BSc in Business Economics program. After only one year of university studies, he migrated with his family to France due to his father's posting as defense and military attaché at the Philippine Embassy. He currently studies at the University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas where he is taking up Economics and Management.<br><br>In his spare time, Justin loves to travel, play badminton, play the piano, surf the net, and of course, collect bills!!<br></font> http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/3/About_the_Collector Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:55:06 -0000 <font size="2">"What better way to make a logo for the Bank of Justin than to pattern it after a coin", Justin thought. But come to think of it, the final result wasn't only patterned to a coin. It IS a coin!<br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">For those who have been to Europe anytime in the past four years, you may easily determine the original coin just by its golden outer rim. Yes, it's a 1 Euro coin -- a 1 Euro coin from Portugal to be exact. All 1 Euro coins are bimetal, the outer ring being made of yellow nickelbrass and the inner circle or "pill" being made of a white copper-nickel alloy.<br><br><img src="http://images.bankofjustin.multiply.com/image/1/photos/1/500x500/5/Portugal%201%20Euro.gif?et=kZ7udFdnm4%2C1db694xLgmQ"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">Here, we see the reverse side of the Portuguese coin. The golden ring features 12 stars that correspond to the 12 stars on the European Union flag - a symbol of perfection. The design on the silver inner circle, which used to be the Portuguese Coat of Arms, has now been replaced by Justin's embossed portrait.<br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">To give the logo a nobler and more majestic look, golden laurel leaves were added on the left and on the right.<br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">MCMXCVII (1997) repres... http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/2/Creating_the_Logo Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:52:57 -0000 This video serves to prove that I possess all the banknotes which are shown in each album. To view a clearer video, please download the http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/video/item/1/My_Money_Album Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:31:23 -0000 <font size="2"> After nearly a decade since he started collecting banknotes from all over the world, Justin Adriel Ordoyo Fernandez y Asistores Espaldon has finally decided to make a catalog of all the bills which he has collected since then.<br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">Before creating this site, he already planned to catalog all his bills, but not in any glamorous way. In fact, an excel spreadsheet listing all the banknotes, their face values, serial numbers, date of printing, currency and country of origin would have sufficed. But his passion for collecting these treasures gave him the impetus to come up with the simple and colorful multiply site that you now see before you.<br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;"><br style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida;">His first dillemma was how to get all the images of the bills into the site. He didn't want only the obverse (front) side but also the reverse (back) side of the bills as well. He has an HP ScanJet 2400C Scanner, but he thought to himself that scanning all those bills would be an incredible waste of time and energy. He also didn't want to take each and ... http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/1/About_the_Site Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:30:53 -0000 For those who wish to exchange, please go <A HREF="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/5">here</A> <b>Note:</b> A lot of banknotes do not show the year in which they were printed. Consequently, most of the years declared here are inaccurate. Unless the year is identical with what is indicated on the bill, it merely represents the period in which that same bill was in circulation. <b>Remarque:</b> Beaucoup de billets ne montrent pas l'année dans laquelle ils ont été imprimés. Par conséquent, la plupart des anneés qui sont indiquées ici sont inexactes. À moins que l'année ne soit identique avec celle qui est indiquée sur le billet, elle représente simplement la période dans laquelle ce même billet était en circulation. http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/photos/album/8/My_Oceania_Bills Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:46:15 -0000 For those who wish to exchange, please go <A HREF="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/5">here</A> <b>Note:</b> A lot of banknotes do not show the year in which they were printed. Consequently, most of the years declared here are inaccurate. Unless the year is identical with what is indicated on the bill, it merely represents the period in which that same bill was in circulation. <b>Remarque:</b> Beaucoup de billets ne montrent pas l'année dans laquelle ils ont été imprimés. Par conséquent, la plupart des anneés qui sont indiquées ici sont inexactes. À moins que l'année ne soit identique avec celle qui est indiquée sur le billet, elle représente simplement la période dans laquelle ce même billet était en circulation. http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/photos/album/7/My_African_Bills Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:38:43 -0000 For those who wish to exchange, please go <A HREF="http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/journal/item/5">here</A> <b>Note:</b> A lot of banknotes do not show the year in which they were printed. Consequently, most of the years declared here are inaccurate. Unless the year is identical with what is indicated on the bill, it merely represents the period in which that same bill was in circulation. <b>Remarque:</b> Beaucoup de billets ne montrent pas l'année dans laquelle ils ont été imprimés. Par conséquent, la plupart des anneés qui sont indiquées ici sont inexactes. À moins que l'année ne soit identique avec celle qui est indiquée sur le billet, elle représente simplement la période dans laquelle ce même billet était en circulation. http://bankofjustin.multiply.com/photos/album/6/My_European_Bills Thu, 3 Aug 2006 11:38:18 -0000