tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16339978180173957282024-03-04T23:48:14.288-08:00Bidding Corner - Start UpsQuality one of a kind items you're looking for, affordable Pieces You'll Love!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-27570681295734198652014-03-13T05:22:00.001-07:002014-03-13T05:22:45.158-07:00100 Years of Change<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">This throwback Thursday I wanna share this infographic and glance what was life 100 years ago. Let’s explore</span> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">some of the ways American life has changed in 100 years and throwback some of the much loved trends and what kind of society culture we had during those times. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Download </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">infographic here: </span></span><a href="http://www.moneychoice.org/then-vs-now/" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">MoneyChoice.org</a><br />
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What life was like, then and now.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.moneychoice.org/">MoneyChoice.org</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-37123850574747698122013-10-11T09:11:00.001-07:002013-10-11T09:13:56.747-07:00A Short Guide to Music Box Collecting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Music Boxes is one of the perfect gifts for any occasion. Music boxes can effectively cheer up anybody. It is also one of the highly appreciated musical gift by children and people who loves to be enchant by the music brought by music boxes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Invented by Swiss watchmaker Antonie Farve in 1796, <a href="http://www.collectibledecors.com/" target="_blank">music box </a>are typically a stand alone, self-playing, musical instrument wherein tuned metal teeth on a steel comb are plucked by manner of a metal pin or depression set in a musical composition. It has five types namely: Cylinder Music Box, Disc Music Box, Reuge Music Box, Thomas Kinkade Music Box and Sankyo Seiki Music Box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because they are now rarely manufactured, they are considered as a <a href="http://www.collectibledecors.com/" target="_blank">collector’s item</a>. If you want to start your collection of musical gifts like music boxes, there are actually a few types that you can get. You can choose from a wide array of music boxes since they come in many styles, shapes and sizes. You can get traditional music boxes, vintage, and brand name music boxes as well.</span><br />
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Why collect music boxes?</span></h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a musical gift suitable for all ages</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">can teach different musical sounds for children</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a perfect gift for all occasions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a highly-loved collectible for all collectors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">an item worthy to be treasured for </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1796 - First real music box mechanism appears, normally credited to a Swiss watchmaker named Antonie Farve. In this model, metal pins strike a set of tuned laminated teeth making tones without the use of bells or strings. This design allowed the miniaturization of mechanical music works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1802 - A flat type of mechanical movement was created using a flat disk inset with pins. It allowed watch sized musical trinkets to have a greater range. • The first cylinder type music boxes appear. Where a clock might only have about 100 pins, these music boxes could have up to 10,000 pins greatly improving range and playtime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1810 -1815- Music box production moves from individual craftsmen to a cottage industrial model with watchmakers and metalworkers creating parts in their homes before trading in bulk orders for assembly in small workshops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1830-1860- Music box production ranged from small to mid sized. Key wound mechanics inside plain wooden boxes became popular. The craftsmen of this time were more concerned with tonal quality than aesthetic embellishment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1860-1870- Music boxes grow in size to include more ornate boxes and larger playing ranges and times. This is largely due to the international expos of 1851 and 1862. • Music box production becomes big business. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1875- First production line factory for music boxes in St Croix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1876- Organettes begin commercial production in both Germany and the United States.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1870-1890 - Cylinder type music box production was at its height with all sizes and shape of musical products. Extensively inlaid cases and multiple cylinders, some removable, others on a revolving base, mark this era as the most technically challenging period for cylinder type manufacturing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1886- First interchangeable disk type music box is made in Germany.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1889 - Paul Wendland of Symphonion Musikwerks patents the star wheel which serves as the linchpin of disk type music boxes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1894- By this time Symphonion Musikwerks had split into Symphonion and Polyphon Musikwerks, and Regina in America accounting for the majority of music box manufacture. They are commonly referred to as the “Big 3” in collectors’ circles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1895- Due to the increased volume produced by disk type music boxes and aggressive marketing by the top three manufacturers, cylinder type box companies were put almost entirely out of business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1895-1905 - Height of disk type music box production with multiple sizes and operation styles being produced for use in the home, as well as in taverns, and in public waiting areas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1905-1922- The phonograph begins production and captures the majority of home audiences. The production of music boxes dwindles bit by bit with the eventual merger or bankruptcy of the main manufacturing companies.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Cylinder Music Box</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The cylinder type was popular in the 19th century, is an earlier style of music box originating in Switzerland. It used a horizontally mounted cylinder made of wood or metal, inset with metal pins as its musical storage device. These pins would be used to directly strike the tuned steel teeth. Cylinder music boxes are only able to play tunes originally programmed onto the cylinder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The disc music box emerged was invented from Germany during in the late 19th century. It was less expensive than the cylinder music box because it was made of cheaper materials. One is able to change the tune of a disc music box by simply changing the disc.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Reuge Music Box</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Reuge music box was invented by Charles Reuge in 1865. There are three different collections of the Reuge music box: 1865, Lounge and Studio. The 1865 collection is considered to be the classic line of Reuge boxes because they are made of the finest wood. The Lounge Collection includes the more practical boxes; they were originally made to improve the sound quality of music boxes. The Studio collection is the most modern and sophisticated line of boxes.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Thomas Kinkade Music Box</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thomas Kinkade is an American artist who is known for his pastoral and idyllic paintings. His music boxes are characterized by their inspirational and Christian themed designs.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. Sankyo Seiki Music Box</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sankyo Seiki is a company based in Japan that has been producing music boxes since the mid-20th century. Sankyo music boxes are famous for their unique tunes. Sankyo used the latest automation technology to mass produce affordable music boxes. Today, they are one of the largest music box manufacturers. The organette type is a combination of the cylinder type music workings with a reed organ housing. The cardboard or cylinder would open valves releasing air through and over reeds to create sound. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sankyo has grown to become the biggest manufacturer of music boxes in the world and supplies music box hardware to other manufacturers and distributors. Sankyo now sells licenses for its music box tunes to cellular phone companies for use as ring tones. Many of the vintage Japanese music boxes you will find today are made by Sankyo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sources:</span><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_box"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_box</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.museums.iastate.edu/MusicBoxes.pdf"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.museums.iastate.edu/MusicBoxes.pdf</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.ehow.com/facts_5585884_types-music-boxes.html"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.ehow.com/facts_5585884_types-music-boxes.html</span></a><br />
<a href="http://antiques.lovetoknow.com/vintage-japanese-music-box"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://antiques.lovetoknow.com/vintage-japanese-music-box</span></a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-36825826254343694932013-10-11T00:58:00.002-07:002014-03-13T05:23:55.677-07:00Compilation of World’s Single Piece High Valued Currency<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Over the years, each nation produced their own single piece banknotes in high value. Some nations produced these as </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">non-circulating notes used for internal accounting but some of them are used for payment as well. But some nations like Thailand produced this banknotes for historical events. Here, w</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">e compiled a series of </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">World’s Single Piece High Valued Currency and Single Piece Currency in Highest Denomination. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you enjoyed the list.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Singapore is one of the two Southeast Asia countries (besides Brunei) that issued the highest value banknote in the world. The highest value means its absolute value which is approximately US$6800 but not its denomination value. Singapore first introduced its $10,000 banknote as the highest denomination of its Orchid series which was issued on 29 January 1973. The note has a dimension of 203 x 133 mm. It is one of the highest value currency in Asia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On its subsequent <a href="http://www.papermoneycoincollection.com/" target="_blank">banknotes</a>, the second (Bird) and third (Ship) series, this $10,000 banknote was continued to be introduced in 1980 and 1989. The fourth series of $10,000 banknote was introduced on 9 September 1999. It was designed in gold color with the front features the portrait of Yusof Bin Ishak. The back features the future direction of Singapore economy, one of which is knowledge-based and technology-driven.<br /><br /><b>£100,000,000 Euro Note</b><br /><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f6f061a-a675-b5e2-3953-4bda8186acc2"><img alt="£100,000,000 Euro Note" height="254px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oTmRVwhsh2S-I7CrcCb116srWqndkrChx26WfRAKTyQnFlaWByB2gwJWvjeWn-l8ylxk30lwg6eEYMBDCyDBjwklCRcKn7fOA0WpKIvamp-DyJHgCuKD7aWc" title="£100,000,000 Euro Note" width="313px;" /></span><br /><br />The Bank of England has non-circulating notes used for internal accounting with a face value of £100,000,000 or $160 Billion Dollars. These high denomination Euro currency notes are said to have been introduced by the Rothschild EuroZone banking cartel to enable suitcase money-laundering, black market liquidity, dark pool financing and élite drug-running operations to keep the major EuroZone banks afloat after the global credit crunch of September 2008.<br /><br />The particular images above are commemorative versions of the actual notes in circulation. The words "Not legal tender" show on the obverse. And the words "This certificate is backed and secured only by confidence in the European dream" show on the reverse. At the end of June / beginning of July 2012, the European Central Bank tried to cash a €150 billion tranche of this non-commemorative "legal tender" fiat currency for bailout purposes related to Spain. It failed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Treasury currency bunkers all over Asia are stuffed full of pallets of shrink-wrapped packages of these high denomination Euro notes. The realisation is dawning in the East, as well as in the West, that these Euros are worthless. They are backed by nothing that is due-diligence tangible in the real-world European economy. They were tendered with fraudulent intent by a rogue faction within the EuroZone banking establishment to sucker Asian creditors.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>10,000 BND (Brunei dollar) note</b><br /><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f6f061a-a675-1e75-d919-5cd7aad12be2"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><img height="170px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/OeQe5YEcNu1T54MoV2xCaI7vzsNJSGxZBFIKf1EAELcUrfiplwi4U83wwWvISdtCYgV3EK-i8JpuSHsYxNjZKBIp-T5hAdu4wMU_D4yHKkPmpHWcxifICv-k" width="286px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><img alt="10,000 BND (Brunei dollar) note" height="172px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/VgkFGojAshi4cBOYJgV6o7WdbReZfbA9efzgQx_UH8kIW2RsCRRiN27woy-9onKRA5PPbtmlNoq2xZUpBeuoKcXU781XgK8A0szowCpTb0oOhDzynmpiexT-" title="10,000 BND (Brunei dollar) note" width="286px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br /><br />It is said that while on a foreign trip to Europe the Sultan of Brunei was asked for identification. Upon this request he produced a banknote showing his face on it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><b>1,000 Swiss Franc note </b><br /><br /><img alt="1,000 Swiss Franc note " src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/wAzqjU79A3wYTCHnvmGgaesAUVQ5Ss6RztJRVxOFMKw-3c9qWlr3mLxgeTJ_Wc-GEzcWbDweuNA7T1L4A9CePFYkUz2vRoBS22nBxni8KLGJSWKlId_eL8iH" title="1,000 Swiss Franc note " /><br /><br />The 1000 francs from the 8th series of Swiss banknotes, the obverse features the portrait of historian Jacob Burckhardt and the reverse side shows one of the arched windows from the facade of the Swiss National Bank. The portrait on the front side of the 1000 franc note shows Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897), one of the most distinguished German-speaking historians of culture of the 19th century. He is famous primarily for his well-founded and and artistically sensitive interpretation of the Italian Renaissance and his guide to the art treasures of Italy, a work that has become a classic.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His life work forms the basis for the modern scientific study of art history. His concept of the Renaissance has shaped our understanding of the modern age until today. As a historian, Jacob Burckhardt applied his literary skill to historiography and his work is considered a classic of academic prose.<br /><br /><b>500 LVL (Latvian lats) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was issued during the January 19, 2009 and the note was printed with year 2008.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />While the back depicts a motif of the ornaments of a bronze head-dress. A vertical metallic band on the banknote, a broader holographic clear text window thread with the lettering of the nominal value) is worked into the paper to the left of the centre of the banknote, and a stylised oak-leaf (a see-through register) is to the right. Across the top of the banknote, there is the inscription PIECSIMT LATU (five hundred lats) and numeral 500. The numeral 500 and two-colour inscription LATVIJAS BANKAS NAUDAS ZĪME (banknote of the Bank of Latvia) are at the bottom of the banknote. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />A vertical band of numerals 500 with diagonal stripes that blend into one another is to the left of the ornamental motif. Along the edge of the band, there is the inscription © LATVIJAS BANKA 1992 (© Bank of Latvia 1992) on a white background. The large coat of arms of the Republic of Latvia, with the year 1992 or 2008 inscribed underneath, is depicted on a white background in the lower right corner of the banknote. Above the coat of arms, the paper is watermarked.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><b>Single Piece Currency in Highest Denomination</b><br /><br /><b>American $100,000 bill </b><br /><br /><img alt="American $100,000 bill " src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/aJ-2IR7rF1yFPaAKoREEenz05xlfXQ5T1u0EqYCoRCLr0GyO8E6VsFrr2owmZEqYCMy7oZYwFJzf8nvfJhrOwVuiDyx8fnYqIPYzCGoeQC08hZFUNYkCku8P" title="American $100,000 bill " /><br /><br />The note featured a portrait of Woodrow Wilson which according to the Treasury Department only 42,000 of which were printed during their Dec. 18, 1934, through Jan. 9, 1935 run. But the certificates were never in public circulation the Treasury Department issued them solely to Federal Reserve Banks, which used them only for transactions with one another. This practice continued until the early 1960s, when the government destroyed all but a few, which are now held by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Smithsonian Institute.<br /><br /><b>500,000THB (Thailand Baht)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sources:<br /><a href="http://lunaticg.blogspot.com/2011/05/world-most-expensive-banknote.html">http://lunaticg.blogspot.com/2011/05/world-most-expensive-banknote.html</a><br /><a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_world" s_most_expensive_banknote="">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_world's_most_expensive_banknote</a><br /><a href="http://banknoteasia.blogspot.com/2009/01/singapore-10000-highest-value-banknote.html">http://banknoteasia.blogspot.com/2009/01/singapore-10000-highest-value-banknote.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.livescience.com/32758-which-single-piece-of-currency-is-worth-the-most.html">http://www.livescience.com/32758-which-single-piece-of-currency-is-worth-the-most.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.banknotes.com/eumil.htm">http://www.banknotes.com/eumil.htm</a><br /><a href="http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2012/07/one-million-euro-note.html">http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2012/07/one-million-euro-note.html</a><br /><a href="http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2011/03/swiss-banknote-papercraft-chf-1000.html">http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2011/03/swiss-banknote-papercraft-chf-1000.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.snb.ch/en/iabout/cash/current/design/id/cash_current_design_1000">http://www.snb.ch/en/iabout/cash/current/design/id/cash_current_design_1000</a><br /><a href="http://www.siambanknote.com/museum/Thai-commemorative-banknotes/50wedding500000.htm">http://www.siambanknote.com/museum/Thai-commemorative-banknotes/50wedding500000.htm</a><br /><a href="http://hybridbanknotes.blogspot.com/2011/02/latvia-500-lats-2008.html">http://hybridbanknotes.blogspot.com/2011/02/latvia-500-lats-2008.html</a><br /><a href="http://money.uk.msn.com/worlds-most-valuable-banknotes?page=5">http://money.uk.msn.com/worlds-most-valuable-banknotes?page=5</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-1732528769031318032013-10-11T00:34:00.003-07:002014-03-21T07:52:15.983-07:00Compilation of Famous Banknote Collectors<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknote">banknotes</a> were first introduced, they were, in effect, a promise to pay the bearer in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin">coins</a>, but gradually became a substitute for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin">coins</a> and a form of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money">money</a> in their own right. For some banknote collecting is a expensive hobby but for some they collect banknotes because they want to share information and unravel the history of each nation. Indeed, <a href="http://www.papermoneycoincollection.com/">banknote collecting</a> is a fascinating and often very lucrative hobby shared by millions around the globe.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rezwan Razack</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He is the Chairman of the International Banknotes Society - India Banknote Collector's Chapter. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Born in Bangalore, <a href="http://www.indianbanknotes.com/about-ibn/the-team.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rezwan Razack</a>, the second son of Razack Sattar grew up in Bangalore where his father handled the family retail business. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rezwan attended the prestigious St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. As a student, he won many laurels both academically and in extracurricular activities. Graduating with a degree in Commerce with a fifth rank in the State, Rezwan entered the family retailing business. Rezwan dabbled in Real Estate trading and diversified into Property Development in Bangalore in 1985.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Better known as the Managing Director of the Prestige Group, one of South India’s leading Property Developers, Rezwan Razack is also India's Biggest Collector of Indian Banknotes. Rezwan is the paradigm of an unassuming bureaucrat in the business realm. Having over thirty years of business development experience, Rezwan now handles all construction and engineering activities in the Prestige Group. He has built a highly motivated contracting and engineering team, creating an atmosphere for people to effectively execute their assignments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rezwan is very passionate about Indian Paper Money and his collection as a specialist hobby. He possesses one note of every variety of paper money pertaining to India since its inception till date. His collection was built over a period of 40 years, coupled with in-depth research, study and learning on this subject. As a result of this Research on Indian Paper Money, Rezwan co-authored ‘The Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money’. This book was released in January 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Currently Rezwan is the Chairman of International Bank Note Society - India Banknote Collectors’ Chapter. Rezwan was awarded the 2010 Achievement Award by the International Bank Note Society for significant contribution to The Advancement of Numismatic Knowledge by his article 'Banknotes of Portuguese India'. Rezwan also won the Fred Philipson Award for the best article in IBNS Journal 2010.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><b>Kishore Jhunjhunwalla</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Collector of Republic India banknotes, Co-Author of </span><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Revised-Standard-Reference-Guide-to-Indian-Paper-Money-/171118765432?pt=Paper_Money&hash=item27d7792578" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The revised standard reference guide to Indian Paper Money</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. He is also the Author of </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/standard-reference-guide-Indian-paper/dp/8190106813/ref=la_B001ICB0T4_1_1/277-5753647-4670360?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380868057&sr=1-1" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The standard reference guide to Indian paper money</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> by Kishore Jhunjhunwalla (2000)</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.indianbanknotes.com/about-ibn/the-team.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kishore Jhunjhuwalla</a> was born in Bombay on 13th January 1944 into an Agarwal business family from Rajasthan. His father was a first generation businessman, and Kishore joined him soon after attending his Inter-Science level from the University of Bombay in 1962. He spent his career in the family business of rubber and rubber products up to 1997.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kishore has been collecting banknotes since 1957. The seeds of his hobby were planted within him when one of his relatives gave him a One Rupee note, dated 1935 and bearing the portrait of King George V by detaching it from its booklet! Unlike many others, his enthusiasm in collecting did not wane as he grew up; it grew everyday over the years. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The outcome was the finest collection of Indian banknotes ever put together in the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While collecting, he felt a vacuum of information. There was no single reference work or catalog of Indian paper money which he could utilize to compare his collection. In order that future generations of collectors should not face such deprivation, he decided it was time to turn to the academics of the subject and venture into publishing such a book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The result was his book, 'The Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money', published by Currencies and Coins, Kishore's own publication company. It was released on 22nd April, 2000 in Mumbai's magnificent Town Hall building – the very one seen in a vignette on the notes of Bank of Bombay. The book was pioneering effort, it took eight long years in preparation,and it turned out to be a benchmark in comprehensiveness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The book was appreciated world-wide for its in-depth information, presentation, cataloging arrangement and high quality printing. It received the coveted 'Best Book of the Year' award from the International Bank Note Society. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In 2005 Mr. Jhunjhunwalla met Mr. Rezwan Razack and found in him the suitable person to carry forward the mantle of collecting as well as researching Indian paper money. The meeting has resulted in the publication of this book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mr. Jhunjhunwalla's publications include:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Indian Paper Money Since 1950 (1997)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money (2000)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Paper Money of India, by P.L. Gupta (2000, as publisher)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Standard Guide to Indian Paper Money – 1947 to 2010 (2011, as co-author)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Athani Mahalingeswar</b><br /><br /><img alt="Athani Mahalingeswar" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/XRxu6ItrQa8iAb5fY0XM2P00JXL2FQW4NtpLIjPudr15Bh2uVRHSySTXSzKH63Qh18bS-KlDv8K9nPT1X_u4stpX1KgGXVEjmfFP0idusqoJqumOg9jVKLZGmQ" title="Athani Mahalingeswar" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Octogenarian Athani Mahalingeswar’s antique collections are fascinating. His extensive collection on heritage coins dating from 400 BC to the present, forms merely one part of it. Mahalingeswar is the proud possessor of the first Petromax lamp in history. “It was left by the English at the Chikmagalur headquarters of the Coffee Board’s and I bought it for Rs 50,” he smiles. He also has a beautiful Austrian lamp with majestic carvings, which is over 200 years old and extremely heavy. “It was a gift from an English gentleman, who was the chief of the Bengal-Nagpur Railways in 1955,” he says. His calligraphy collection includes nibs, feathers and ink pots of all ages. The most interesting of them being the ink tablets, which used to be dissolved in water in the olden days. He also has the earliest telegraph, used as a means of communication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He is a member of Karnataka Numismatic Society and International Bank Note Society. His collecting interest is predominantly British India coinage (1835-1947) and Banknotes of British India, Republic India & Polymer Banknotes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A native of Moodabidri, in Dakshina Kannada District, <a href="http://www.coinnetwork.com/profile/MuraliThantry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murali Thantry</a> was born in Bangalore, completed his Bachelor's of Commerce from Bangalore University. Murali is currently employed with IBM India Pvt. Ltd., as a Project Manager. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Murali Thantry's hobbies started with collecting stamps at the age of 10 and over the years built a diverse collection of global coins and banknotes. He finally concentrated on collecting Indian banknotes and coins with prime focus on British India banknotes - a prefix-wise compilation and coins from 1835 to 1947. Murali's Republic India banknote collection mainly consists of notes with exquisite numbers such as 111111, 333333, 555555, etc. Murali Thantry's fascination of collecting Indian banknotes started when his maternal uncle gave him 1000/- to be deposited in the Bank. Murali now has a substantially good collection of British India Banknotes, Coins & Republic India banknotes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Murali Thantry has participated in many exhibitions conducted by Karnataka Numismatic Society (KNS) and won many prizes in almost all the events he participated in. Murali was the Vice-president for Karnataka Numismatic Society for 4 years and a committee member for 8 years. During these tenure KNS grew phenomenally in terms of revenues and memberships. Murali also regularly delivers lectures on numismatics in the Society's meetings and also actively participates in conducting exhibitions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.indianbanknotes.com/about-ibn/the-team.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Percy Siganporia</a> was born and brought up in Bombay (now Mumbai), is the youngest son of Phiroze and Soonoo. Having completed his Bachelor of Science and Computer Management Studies from Bombay University, took up Computer field and served HSBC Bank for more than 2 decades , as Vice President, IT Development. When he was nine his grand-father gifted him a box full of old stamps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His serious collection of stamps started only in 1990 when he bought an incomplete collection of King George VI of the British Commonwealth and slowly progressed to almost near completion and had one of the biggest collection of Br. Commonwealth KG VI in Bombay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Percy started his banknotes hobby by chance, when he happened to pick up a Paper Money Catalogue book of Mr. Manik Jain in early 2000 in one exhibition. He was surprised at the number of Signature varieties and prefixes each denomination had. Since childhood, his favorite number has always been “10”, being a perfect number and in his studies too, he used to excel with 10 out of 10. So he chose ‘10 Rupees’ as his main subject of collection and started Post-Independence prefix-wise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sometime in mid-2001, he met Mr. Kishore Jhunjhunwalla in an exhibition and upon receiving his autographed book of IPM, became more involved in this hobby. Mr. Jhunjhunwalla has since been his guide and encouraged him to go even further and excel in this hobby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While referring the World Paper Money Volumes, Percy realized that 10 Rupees were issued by more than 15 countries , including India and soon embarked upon buying every 10 Rupees which came his way, that too prefix-wise. He now has one of the biggest collections of ‘10 Rupees’ of the world. In 2007 , Percy met Mr. Rezwan Razack who has since been his main source of inspiration and knowledge on the banknotes of India. Percy was also instrumental in the preparation of the Revised Standard Reference Guide to IPM and shared valuable information with the authors.</span><br />
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Percy enjoys travelling to various places in India and abroad. His other interests includes sketching and listening to old movie songs. Currently Percy is the Membership Secretary of IBNS – India Banknote Collectors’ Chapter, IBNS & Life Member of Mumbai Coin Society. Percy is also doing research on the 10 Rupees Unifaces of British India and constantly seeks information on its Dates, Signatories, Prefixes and Issue Circles.<br /><br /><b>Nilaish Sharma FRNS</b><br /><br /><img alt="Nilaish Sharma FRNS" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/i8D0BFgvAzACdPx2EKzghxXgZCfvoGExhuEglyb5PsMvnL_ybw2zVebfQicGiS1hsRtRDMCNJAM5y8WXy_8vH4Cj1WLAZni0lWuQRzGkuPfkj9zAK2fp8DBlwg" title="Nilaish Sharma FRNS" /><br /><br /><b>Collector of World paper money, Indian paper money, specialisation:Presidency Banknotes of India-1770-1861 A.D., and Author of its reference guide, stamps and coins and Proprietor, NILAISH ESQ.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><a href="about:blank">Nilaish Sharma FRNS</a> is a fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society and Co-Founder of Priceless Collectables LLP. He is a dynamic marketing professional with research orientation and equipped with more than 4 years of writing and presenting papers in international mathematical seminars and conferences. His childhood hobby of collecting unique collectibles, is now converted into a passionate of business venture. He has been collecting and researching about Numismatics & Philately of India and world since 1998.<br /><br />He has been collecting rare banknotes, stamps and coins for past 12 years and had been analyzing, the market growth of collectibles closely in India and abroad. He has also published many articles and books to express the ingenious information about the rarities of these collectibles. He also issue certificates for authenticity for collectibles.<br /><br /><b>Rajender Maru</b><br /><br /><img alt="Rajender Maru" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/GKMOkrVzCEHxN-aystdyEyPJMEXZ60-4mcNdeIPIsTOYmahoLYacx8E0EvUUXCwhmodYhN-_8qS9UNzvLTSVAE6UZftw37AHQIeoN65BnFGH8voINWYWQzpKGA" title="Rajender Maru" /><br /><br /><b>Collector of Indian Paper Money, Coins, stamps</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><a href="http://rajendermaru.com/index.html">Rajender Maru</a> has led an active life as a successful businessman and a management wizard.A visionary entrepreneur of distinctive ideas,he had led Maru Group of companies into the premier league. He started his business of Bank notes, Coins and Stamps in the year 1966. He is a master businessman, a highly-motivated and results oriented person with a mission to save historical treasures of worldwide and to spread the awareness of philately & numismatic in upcoming generation.<br /><br /><b>Dr. Dilip Rajgor (Indian ancient coins and paper money)</b><br /><br />Dr. <a href="http://www.printsasia.com/books/dilip-rajgor">Dilip Rajgor</a> is an archaeologist whose research interests cover a wide spectrum: from prehistoric river Sarasvan to Brahmi script, and early Historic India, palaeolinguistics to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics" target="_blank">numismatics</a>. In all these fields he has published original work.<br /><br />Dr. Rajgor received his Master's degree in Indian history,culture and archaeology with a Post-Graduate Diploma in linguistics from the M. S. Universe of Baroda (1997). He holds doctorate in Ancient Indian Culture from the University of Bombay (1995).<br /><br />He has edited two bi-monthly bulletins, viz. Khabamama and ICS Newsletter from 1987-94. Since 1999, he is a member of the Editorial Board of Electronic Journal of Indian Archaeology on the Internet. His published works include Standard Catalogue of Sultanate Coins of India (1991); Studies in the Coinage of the Western Ksatrapas (with Amiteshwar Jha in 1994) and History of the Traikutakas (1998). His forthcoming titles include Numismatic Chronology of Gujarat; Punch-marked Coins of Early Historic India, and History of Gujarat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />He has contributed fifty-two research articles to various journals and books. He has also participated in various international and national seminars and conferences. He was awarded the "Lowick Memorial Grant" of the Royal Numismatic Society, UK in 1991; and the "Indological Research Fellowship" of the Asiatic Society of Bombay in 1994-95. Dr. Rajgor is also a recipient of the "Prof. H.D. Sankalia Young Archaeologist Award" for the year 1997. At present,, he is working on his multi-disciplinary project, "Rediscovering Palaeo-drainage Network of Sarasvati River in Kachchh (Gujarat)".<br /><br /><b>Amarbir Singh (Osmania Currency notes, Indian paper money)</b><br /><br />Amarbir Singh is an advanced researcher on the banknotes and coins of the Princely State of Hyderabad. He is on the IBNS (International Bank Note Society) panel of experts for Indian Princely States. Amarbir established the India Banknote Collectors' Chapter under the IBNS. He is also a Research Associate with Deccan Heritage Trust. In the book, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Revised_Standard_Reference_Guide_to_Indian_Paper_Money">The Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money</a> by Kishore Jhunjhunwalla, co-authored with Rezwan Razack, he has contributed the chapter on Hyderabad Banknotes (also known as the Osmania Currency banknotes). He stays in Hyderabad (India).<br /><br /><b>Bazil Shaikh (Indian Paper money collector)</b><br /><br />He is a co-author of The Paper & the Promise A Brief History of Currency & Banknotes in India 3rd Revised Edition together with Sandhya Srinivasan. It was published in the year 2009 by Reserve Bank of India Dept. of Currency Management, Museum Cell.<br /><br />Sources:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikicollecting.org/list-of-famous-banknote-collectors">http://en.wikicollecting.org/list-of-famous-banknote-collectors</a><br /><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/19257/passed-down-ages.html">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/19257/passed-down-ages.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/at-80-he-still-craves-for-those-souvenirs/article1359711.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/at-80-he-still-craves-for-those-souvenirs/article1359711.ece</a><br /><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/nilaish">http://www.linkedin.com/in/nilaish</a><br /><a href="http://www.coinnetwork.com/profile/MuraliThantry">http://www.coinnetwork.com/profile/MuraliThantry</a><br /><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/percy-siganporia/12/645/a94">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/percy-siganporia/12/645/a94</a><br /><a href="http://www.indianbanknotes.com/about-ibn/the-team.html">http://www.indianbanknotes.com/about-ibn/the-team.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.coinnetwork.com/profile/RajenderMaru">http://www.coinnetwork.com/profile/RajenderMaru</a><br /><a href="http://collectorssocietypune.com/members.html">http://collectorssocietypune.com/members.html</a><br /><a href="http://rajendermaru.com/index.html">http://rajendermaru.com/index.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.printsasia.com/book/palaeolinguistic-profile-of-brahmi-script-dilip-rajgor-p-g-patel-8177020234-9788177020236">http://www.printsasia.com/book/palaeolinguistic-profile-of-brahmi-script-dilip-rajgor-p-g-patel-8177020234-9788177020236</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amarbir_singh/sandbox">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amarbir_singh/sandbox</a><br /><a href="http://www.printsasia.com/book/the-paper-and-the-promise-a-brief-history-of-currency-and-banknotes-in-india-bazil-shaikh-sandhya">http://www.printsasia.com/book/the-paper-and-the-promise-a-brief-history-of-currency-and-banknotes-in-india-bazil-shaikh-sandhya</a></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-15552048968487448312013-10-10T00:19:00.003-07:002013-10-10T07:06:35.629-07:005 Do-It-Yourself Ideas for your Decorative Collectibles<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you have sets of Decorative Collectibles or inherited from your Family? Why not use them in decorating your home with some Do-It-Yourself Ideas. If you aren't planning selling them, why not use them to give your home a unique aura and fresh look.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whether you’re an avid collector or own some pieces of figurines and other decorative collectible items, transforming your home using them will guarantee you of a different excitement by looking at them beautifying your home. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Establish your desired style. Sometimes what you collect the most is what you desire to see in your home. If you collect <a href="http://www.collectibledecors.com/" target="_blank">collectible</a> with oriental or Asian design, make sure that the theme of your room is Asian. If you own some globes or maps together with other musical decorative collectibles, display them at the portion of your house that they can be seen easily and add some accents to your home that depicts a musical perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grouping your <a href="http://www.collectibledecors.com/" target="_blank">decorative</a> accordingly especially you have several items to display can help you to determine the style. Having your decorative group your decorative according to the motif where they fall into makes it easier for you to designing and determine which style will you incorporate to your home. This also avoid scattering each kind all over the room. Do not overcrowd one area with of the same collectibles and make sure that they are spread evenly across the room to give a more balanced look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Place the <a href="http://www.collectibledecors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">decorative collectibles</a> inside a display cabinet with glass door shield to protect them from breakage. You could additionally place the smaller products in darkness boxes or display cases which could be held on the wall. Use gallery putty or sticky clay to hold the pieces in place. Place sculptures and vases on a stand, making sure that they are sturdy and placed away from the flow of traffic flow inside the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Highlight your decorative collectible with proper lighting. Proper lighting place the details of your collection into the spotlight. If you have <a href="http://www.collectibledecors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vintage Frame collectible</a>, place the picture light on top to highlight the detail of the frame. Use track lighting to highlight a row of shadow boxes on the wall where your ornaments and snow domes are place. If you have collectible ornaments, place the light on the area of the design that needs to be highlighted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Add paint to accent and highlight your collectible. If you have a collection of nautical decors, lighthouses and seashells, you can paint an accent wall with a cool color such sky blue or royal blue, which depicts the colors of the sea to make your collections pop out. If you have wind chime collectibles, you can paint it with the colors that match the autumn or spring season.If you could find a wallpaper with the autumn or spring season you could achieve a room filled with peace and solidarity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Fragile items needs to be stay away from children. Budget in must also be considered in buying the cabinets, lights and shelves. Be wise and consider its durability when buying them. Maintain the cleanliness of collectible items as well. And last but not the least, do not be afraid to experiment and explore ideas that you feel really fit perfectly for your home or room. What matters most is how comfortable you are in collecting as well as decorating and sees you’re fruits of labor. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-25558961544539801732013-10-08T09:05:00.002-07:002013-10-08T09:05:26.422-07:00The Future of Money – A global currency?<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today, I would like to share with you an infographic you should read. This info infographic presents a valuable information about what is happening between the stock market and foreign exchange crisis.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The world's highest denomination note is <b>Hungary 100 Million B-Pengo</b> (American 100 Quintillion Pengo)*, issued in 1946. That's 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengo. It was worth about U.S. $0.20 in 1946.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hungary also printed a <b>1 Milliard B-Pengo</b> (Amerian 1 Sextillion Pengo)*, 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengo, note in 1946. Overtaken by inflation, it was never in circulation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>* The European number system differs from the American system for denominations above one million:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>European 1 milliard = American 1 billion (1,000,000,000)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>European 1 billion = American 1 trillion (1,000,000,000,000)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Thus a B-Pengo or 1 Billion Pengo is really American 1 Trillion Pengo.</i></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22.515625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Zimbabwe (</span></b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.515625px;"><b>ZWD100 trillion bill)</b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.515625px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.515625px;">Zimbabwe started to experience inflation just at the beginning of 21st century. On 5 May 2008 the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe issued bank notes (or "bearer cheques") of ZWD 100 million and ZWD 250 million. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On December 23, 1993, the former Yugoslavia issued a new banknote to keep up with rampant inflation, the <b>500 billion dinar note</b>, that's a 5 followed by 11 zeros, but shortly after cut off nine of the zeros.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Romania 1 Million (1,000,000) Lei</b>, issued in 2003, is the world's highest denomination polymer plastic banknote. It's no longer legal tender. Four zeros were dropped in the 2005 currency reform.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The lowest fractional note is <b>Fiji 1 penny</b>, issued in 1942. The old penny, being 1/240 of a pound, is a lower denomination than other fractional notes based on 1/100th of a basic monetary unit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The notes with no denomination - Tatarstan issued a series of currency checks without any denomination printed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tatarstan is situated in the middle of Russia. It was colonized by the Bulgars in the 5th century, conquered by Genghis Khan in the 13th century, and controlled by Russia from 1552 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Proclaimed sovereignty and achieved de facto independence 1991-1994. Tatarstan was associated state with Russian Federation on confederate status 1994-2000, and is a subject of Russian Federation since 2000.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.tomchao.com/me/me25.html"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.tomchao.com/me/me25.html</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://en.18dao.net/Money_Image/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://en.18dao.net/Money_Image/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.mutantpalm.org/2007/10/page/2"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.mutantpalm.org/2007/10/page/2</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://i-collect-it.com/banknote/2370/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://i-collect-it.com/banknote/2370/</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.moneygolddiamond.com/2010/01/world-top-denomination-currency.html"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.moneygolddiamond.com/2010/01/world-top-denomination-currency.html</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://colnect.com/en/banknotes/banknote/16190-100000000000000_Mark-1923_Ninth_Issues_-_Reichsbanknote_Republic_Treasury_Notes-Germany"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://colnect.com/en/banknotes/banknote/16190-100000000000000_Mark-1923_Ninth_Issues_-_Reichsbanknote_Republic_Treasury_Notes-Germany</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://i-collect-it.com/banknote/2495/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://i-collect-it.com/banknote/2495/</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.tomchao.com/me/me25.html"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.tomchao.com/me/me25.html</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.coins-and-banknotes.com.au/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_85_253"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.coins-and-banknotes.com.au/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_85_253</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.robertsworldmoney.com/newarrivals09152012.html"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.robertsworldmoney.com/newarrivals09152012.html</span></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-18542214569269701772013-10-04T12:01:00.000-07:002013-10-04T12:06:59.807-07:00J.S.G. Boggs - Famous for paper money Art<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J.S.G. Boggs </span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap;">best known for his hand-drawn, one-sided depictions of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Note" style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" title="Federal Reserve Note">U.S. banknotes</a><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.1875px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (known as "Boggs notes") and his various "Boggs bills" he draws for use in his performances. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boggs </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">(born 1955) </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5; white-space: pre-wrap;">is an artist who draws paper money, but not for the sake of counterfei</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5; white-space: pre-wrap;">ting. Boggs' notes are very high quality and often include subtle humor in their text and portraits. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because his subject matter is paper money, Boggs has been very well received by the <a href="http://www.papermoneycoincollection.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paper money</a> dealers. In addition to the art, he is notorious for creating thought provoking transactions with his art, offering it for goods/services in lieu of real money. The people who accept this transaction get the better end of the deal. Hi</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; white-space: pre-wrap;">s real message is that money is an abstract concept that can be manipulated in interesting and creative ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Boggs was first arrested for counterfeiting in England in 1986, but was successfully defended by the human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC and acquitted. He was arrested for a second time in Australia in 1989, but also acquitted. Since 1990 some of his work and personal effects have been confiscated by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service">United States Secret Service</a> Counterfeiting Division although no legal case has been brought against him.<br /><br />The reason he avoids criminal liability for counterfeiting is that he does not claim his artworks are money; rather he sells his notes. In September 2006, Boggs was arrested in Florida and charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying a concealed weapon. He failed to appear in court a few months later.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">Artist J.S.G. Boggs, shown at a New York gallery in 1987, displays his realistic drawing of a $20 bill, which he bartered for a shipment of lobsters.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-27924636245015724432013-10-04T05:55:00.000-07:002013-10-08T04:44:54.707-07:00Compilation of Famous Coin Collectors<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Coin collecting can be vast as it could be. From Kings and Queens up to famous celebrities, coin collecting is indeed a lucrative hobby to rich and famous but for some can be good source of profitable income.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout history, many famous people from ancient or contemporary periods have been collecting coins. And the <a href="http://papermoneycoincollection.com/" target="_blank">coins</a> once they owned nowadays valued for millions of dollars. Indeed, coin collecting is a fascinating and often very lucrative hobby shared by millions around the globe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contemporary coin collecting has its roots in ancient Rome around the 14th century and in the dawn of the Renaissance. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.papermoneycoincollection.com/" target="_blank">Coin collecting</a> is more than likely began as a hobby for kings and rulers of ancient and wealthy dynasties and history proves that they have put together some astonishing collections. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout history, kings and influential families gathered impressive collections and set the standards for what numismatics is today.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although <b>Augustus Caesar</b>, the emperor and founder of the Roman Empire, showed a collection of exotic coins at certain occasions and festivities, there is no real evidence that he was indeed a collector.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Francesco Petrarch</b>, who is considered the father of coin collecting, laid the foundation of numismatics and modern coin collecting. </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Petrarch,</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">s one of the earliest humanists, was an Italian scholar and poet who lived between 1304 and 1374. He is considered to be the first Renaissance collector and the father of numismatics. His passion began when vine diggers began asking him to identify and possibly buy the various coins they found while digging. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is how he began studying coins, by trying to identify the rulers, years, and values. The methods he used back then are very similar to the ones collectors use today. In 1355, he presented a collection of coins to Emperor Charles III, the Holy Roman Emperor, which is the most significant evidence of his collection.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><b style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Medici family </b><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">was one of the most influential and powerful families on the political scene in the 15th and 16th centuries in Florence. Using their wits and merciless tactics, they went from being a simple family of farmers to one of the richest families in Italy. They soon became famous for their exorbitant wealth, prestige, and unsurpassed collections. In the 16th century, the Grand Duke Cosimo I began collecting works of art, armor, and coins. The Medici Dynasty continued to expand its notorious coin collections and added valuable specimens from ancient Rome.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Alessandro Farnese, </b>the grandson of Pope Paul III, </span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">was an Italian cardinal who lived between 1520 and 1589. He was a great diplomat and one of the greatest collectors and patrons of art. He gathered the largest collection of Roman sculptures and was a patron of living artists of his time. He also collected ancient coins just like his grandfather, Pope Paul III. </span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><b style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Farnese Collection</b><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is the most complete collection of artistic items from the Greco-Roman period and includes some of the most valuable ancient coins in the world.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">King George III of England</b><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, deserves a special place among famous coin collectors, as he is the founder of the numismatic section of the Glasgow Museum. He used his own collection, plus that of his personal surgeon, William Hunter, to establish the first ancient coin exhibition in England. </span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The grandson of George II<b> </b>ruled England between 1760 and 1820. His coins are divided in two subgroups, between 1760 and 1815 and between 1816 and 1820. This is a time when the British Empire went through a series of drastic changes, and this is reflected in the coinage of the period. The coins minted under George III have become an attraction for modern collectors.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Victor Emmanuel III</b><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ruled Italy between 1900 and 1946. He is considered to be one of the greatest coin collectors in history, having gathered around 100,000 coins. His collection contains specimens from the fall of the Roman Empire up to the Italian Unification in the 19th century. </span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">His passion was fueled by his tutor, </span><b style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Edigio Osio</b><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who collected coins as a hobby and saw them as a means of gaining his pupil's attention when teaching history. The young Victor Emmanuel started his own collection, originally comprised of 75 pieces. By the time Osio left, Victor Emmanuel already had 3,000 specimens.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">World leaders are also known to be enthusiastic coin collectors, not the least of which were three of America’s former presidents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the world of sports, there are two notable personalities that were not only icons in the category of their chosen field of expertise, but were also known to the coin collecting arena as well.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andre Dawson, </b><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">the recent Hall of Fame inductee and world renowned baseball player</span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is also a collector of note. His collection was considered one of the finest, though he recently decided to auction it off for quite a lucrative sum. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even a few recognizable names from </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hollywood</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> share common admiration for coin collecting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And last but not the least the music industry also claim a coin collecting enthusiast among its members.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Though <b>Paul McCartney</b> is not considered a qualified nor passionate numismatist, his interest is said to have its origins in the early days of the Beatles’ performances on stage. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the band was ‘pelted’ with pennies at the close of their shows, they would scoop them all up off the stage, and so began the coin collecting career one of Britain’s most honored musicians and composers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">C</span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ollecting continues to grow and fascinate people from every walk of life. Coin collecting not only shares a hobby but also puts everyone who is drawn to its allure and historical significance among very good company indeed.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Resources:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.makethelist.net/ten-famous-coin-collectors/</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/2010/05/coin_collectors.php</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://blog.coinsupplyplanet.com/famous-coin-collectors-then-and-now/</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://coincollecting.answers.com/history/the-most-famous-coin-collectors-of-all-time</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-3073688213543301292013-09-30T04:58:00.002-07:002013-10-03T08:18:37.893-07:005 Essential Stamp Collector Supplies<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are several ways to keep stamp collections in a safe and organized manner. Stamp collector supplies helps you <a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/display-postage-stamps-in-9-steps.html" target="_blank">display stamp collections</a> and preserved them to sell them later or keep them longer. Build the<a href="http://www.collertorsstamp.com/"> stamp collection</a> you've been dreaming with these five stamp collector essential supplies. <br /><br /> <b>1. Albums </b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTFf2B5kODSr20dpCnPzJR7Xb_O0ldJjUGbu9_dUFimue2v2LP84ltM67XP2P2U7colTpKz_11RKyVNx0AGhRoA8LldBQx-noPSbpKvxnoHKf7lcZnxW7fyZo9ATtKuSaNc61d9OSsdCY/s1600/albums.gif"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTFf2B5kODSr20dpCnPzJR7Xb_O0ldJjUGbu9_dUFimue2v2LP84ltM67XP2P2U7colTpKz_11RKyVNx0AGhRoA8LldBQx-noPSbpKvxnoHKf7lcZnxW7fyZo9ATtKuSaNc61d9OSsdCY/s200/albums.gif" /></a><br /><br />Photo albums will work, providing you have a means for mounting your stamps. Hinges and mounts are the most common ways to mount stamps in an album, as they provide a way to remove, sort and reorganize your stamps as you add to your collection. <br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One tip is to avoid photo albums that have sticky pages, and be sure to choose acid-free paper that won't turn yellow over time. Some stamp albums feature categories and sample pictures of stamps to make sorting easier. Specific stamp collectors' albums of this type can be purchased at a local stamp dealer or online.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hinges and mounts are used to safely put the stamps in the album. Hinges are small squares of translucent plastic or paper with special sticky gum on one side. They hold the stamps and allow for the stamp's safe removal when necessary. Mounts are little plastic sleeves made of clear plastic into which the stamp can be inserted. These will protect your stamps and keep them from curling. Never use tape or glue for mounting stamps, and try to find items made of Mylar or polyethylene, not vinyl, because Mylar is less likely to react chemically with your stamps.<br /> <br /><br /><b>3. Tongs</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vbDzreVGs6Sv94iV_iO9T5ZP6mLiERelabQL7RkcisI_uXiNIEp21shnoz5uINh31qm2TNPbVlbeAtw7665xLbxUmZuzgeWkW2-cjwwMr9YlujBi-GlXYfjykXxwvUfHGOY6ZHGw7pFc/s1600/tongs.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vbDzreVGs6Sv94iV_iO9T5ZP6mLiERelabQL7RkcisI_uXiNIEp21shnoz5uINh31qm2TNPbVlbeAtw7665xLbxUmZuzgeWkW2-cjwwMr9YlujBi-GlXYfjykXxwvUfHGOY6ZHGw7pFc/s200/tongs.jpg" /></a><br /><br />To prevent stamps from being contaminated by oils from your skin as you handle them, use tongs. These are like tweezers, but they do not have sharp edges. They make it easy to grip and move your stamps without damaging the fragile edges.<br /><br /><b>4. Magnifying Glass</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoIbvhuHjqbcUiR5x-Juy1o4q6FKaOYIH3_Ti9bfM5q6bgEtAW148rMQq8r6x4nENecNu-A1JokMpxgm81JCifUrn4E9D__z9i4oItC5vA4HXKwwZaG3xDOiXkr3Vz67HPABEth9y1p7Z/s1600/Magnifying_glass.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoIbvhuHjqbcUiR5x-Juy1o4q6FKaOYIH3_Ti9bfM5q6bgEtAW148rMQq8r6x4nENecNu-A1JokMpxgm81JCifUrn4E9D__z9i4oItC5vA4HXKwwZaG3xDOiXkr3Vz67HPABEth9y1p7Z/s200/Magnifying_glass.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Identify rare and old stamps by using magnifying glass and zoom in to get a close-up view of the secret detail of stamps. A good magnifying glass can help you note the nuances in the artwork and detail on the stamps. By using magnifying glass, you can learn and and reveal different details of stamps. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /> <b>5. Stamp Catalog </b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD4PYWDxtLsxgAXVQiaQgs_ADCUxsXx17B9vMIvQN4qWQGKT1tGOMLrPt48QZtWfY6miiVJpAGB_vhBXp0YrMJLaEIKiyyPPsHKCIqR-xpTs_T6JF-3zuvRToQ0fY5s2E7SxGFvNHx8KZR/s1600/stampCatalog-1.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD4PYWDxtLsxgAXVQiaQgs_ADCUxsXx17B9vMIvQN4qWQGKT1tGOMLrPt48QZtWfY6miiVJpAGB_vhBXp0YrMJLaEIKiyyPPsHKCIqR-xpTs_T6JF-3zuvRToQ0fY5s2E7SxGFvNHx8KZR/s200/stampCatalog-1.jpg" /></a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A catalog will provide information about a stamp's date of issue, how it was printed and its value. You can also find stamp collection software online or for purchase that will help you keep your reference information current, including stamp value and history. Reference information about your stamps can help you organize your stamp collection, which is one of the most rewarding parts of having the collection. <br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In general, if you can<a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/seven-ways-to-organize-stamp-collection.html" target="_blank"> keep your stamps</a> in a pristine environment, the more value they are likely to have over time. All of these items can help you learn more about your stamps and protect them for the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Images:</b><br />Hinges and mounts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_hinge<br />Magnifying glass: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnifying_glass.jpg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stamp album: http://www.mdcstamps.com/safe-dual-stamp-albums.htm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stamp tongs: http://www.mdcstamps.com/stamp-coin-tongs.htm </span><br /> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-5060276944623312672013-09-27T02:52:00.002-07:002013-10-03T08:38:27.712-07:00How to Display Postage Stamps in 9 ways<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are many ways to display collectible items such as <a href="http://www.collertorsstamp.com/">postage stamps</a> to preserve their beauty and able to sell them later. The framed stamps show off the time and care you have put into the collection and exhibit and teach others about the history embodied in the stamps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Buy <a href="http://www.nyshrab.org/memory/treasures_saveathome_framing.shtml">matted frames</a> inexpensively from an art supply store or a large department store. Then place the stamps to give them an interesting visual element in your home or office. Rather than keeping them hidden in an album or box, display them in a matted frame.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Plan a theme and a composition. Base themes on country of origin, historical period, stamp classification, subject matter, or a personal story or experience. For a composition, make a tight grid of many stamps or a single line of just a few stamps. You can also make a circle, pyramid or a diagonal.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Separate the backing from the <a href="http://www.nyshrab.org/memory/treasures_saveathome_framing.shtml" target="_blank">frame</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Using a <a href="http://depositphotos.com/5998831/stock-photo-Yellow-pencil-border.html" target="_blank">pencil</a> , trace the shape of the backing onto a piece of white <a href="http://matboard.en.alibaba.com/product/371922354-0/pre_cut_mat_board.html" target="_blank">mat board</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cut the section of mat board with a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1113858101"></span>craft knife<span id="goog_1113858102"></span></a> and a straight edge.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Measure and lightly mark the points on the mat board where the stamps will be affixed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Place the stamps in individual <a href="http://www.ebay.com/bhp/stamp-sleeves" target="_blank">stamp mount sleeves</a>. Wet the adhesive backing on the back of the <a href="http://www.kenmorestamp.com/using-stamp-mounts" target="_blank">stamp mounts</a> and stick them in place.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Insert the mat board into the frame behind the matting, and replace the backing on the frame.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do not hang your framed stamps in direct sunlight. Prolonged exposure to sunlight can also cause discoloration. The glass can also be swapped out with a section of UV filtering acrylic sheeting for extra protection.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use a mat between the stamps and the glass in the frame. If the stamps come into contact with the glass it can eventually cause discoloration. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Displaying stamps is the best reward you could give to your stamps. Share with your family and friends the stamp collections you have. Children can learn history from the stamps you have collected. There are a lot of things that you can learn and discover from collecting stamps only.</span><br />
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While other Collectors are collecting to <a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-sell-stamp-collection_26.html" target="_blank">buy and sell stamps</a>. Others are collecting because its their hobby and they one of the collectors that display their collections. </span><br />
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In displaying the collections one must be cautious that they in the preservation of the stamps itself. Display, <a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/seven-ways-to-organize-stamp-collection.html" target="_blank">Organize</a> and Preserve Stamps You Love!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-61927159812485601572013-09-26T06:54:00.000-07:002013-10-03T08:18:56.595-07:00How to Sell a Stamp Collection<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Instead of discarding a stamp collection inherited from your relatives or lose interest in the hobby why not, consider selling it. Who knows, there are lots of hidden value in your stamp collection. Bring it to serious collectors or stamps clubs because they are ready and willing to pay top dollar for a worthwhile <a href="http://www.collertorsstamp.com/" target="_blank">stamp collection</a>. As with collectors of any merchandise, these individuals are also constantly looking to add to their own collections.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before selling them at a higher price, there are three things you are willing to do in order to sell a stamp collection for the best price:<br /><br /><b>1. Make an easy stock of the collection and compose it down</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If the stamp collection is mainly restricted to one or two books, have a look at the number of stamps on each page and multiply that times the number of pages that really have stamps on them. Do not count individual stamps, simply estimate. Also keep in mind any boxes of stamps and just guess how many stamps are in the boxes.<br /><br /><b>2. Gather significant information about the collection.</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If there are pieces of evidence that states the stamps are collected from the year they are manufactured and distributed, then its value could possibly much higher. Some of these evidences are invoices and receipts which show what he paid for his stamps and these documents can provide the quality of the collection. If the <a href="http://www.collertorsstamp.com/" target="_blank">stamps</a> are given by a colleague for example was a postmaster during the 18th century or there is a letter from a colleague donating the collection to your relative that handles important information which may help determines the value of the collection.<br /><br /><b>3. An opinion as to quality</b><br />Have the collection appraised by a professional if you are fairly certain from the provenance that the collection is valuable. Try to learn as much about the quality of the collection as you can. Join and inquire stamp clubs in many towns. Reserve an appointment to the president of the club and ask if you could attend their next meeting to get opinions from collectors. They will let you know immediately whether there is any significant value to the collection simply because they will look for the presence of uncommon or rare stamps.</span><br />
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1. <b>Begin by finding out how much your stamp collection is worth.</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are several ways to go about learning the value of your stamp collection. You can find the value of stamps by looking in a Stamp Catalog. You can purchase these books or check them out at a local public library. Contact also a local appraiser who is knowledgeable on stamps and stamp collections. You could contact also a stamp club expert in your area to tell you how much your stamp collection is worth.<br /><br /><b>2. Sell your stamp collection to a member of a stamp club.</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you contact a stamp club member regarding the value of your stamp collection, you shouldn't be surprised when a member of that club offers to purchase your stamp collection. This makes the process incredibly easy for you and the buyer. You should be careful, though, to double-check the worth of your collection with an appraiser, the Scott Catalog or another stamp club before you sell the stamp collection. This is how you can be sure that the buyer didn't "low-ball" the worth of your collection.<br /><br /><b>3. Contact a stamp dealer regarding the sale of your stamp collection.</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These individuals own businesses which specialize in selling collectibles like stamps. Some even make a living just on collecting, buying and selling stamps. <br /><br /><b>4. Consider selling your stamp collection through an auction house.</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is an especially good idea if you are selling a collection that is worth quite a bit of money. Auction houses will allow you to set the starting price for bids, ensuring that you get top dollar for your stamp collection.<br /><br /><b>5. Sell your stamp collection on eBay.</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are pages and pages of stamp collections sold on the popular auction website on a daily basis. As with an auction house, eBay allows you to set the value of an opening bid, increasing the odds that you will be paid book value or more for your stamp collection.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-47998079331546949782013-09-25T04:05:00.003-07:002013-10-03T08:22:06.285-07:00Seven Ways to Organize a Stamp Collection<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stamp collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. An important and fun challenge for every stamp collector is the protection and display of their collection. In order to display and present them to their best advantage, collectors must properly organize their stamp collection.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /> Most stamp collectors not only accumulate <a href="http://www.collertorsstamp.com/">stamps</a>, but also enjoy arranging them in an attractive, organized way for easy viewing. They choose wisely and focus to the areas they want to collect and identify to organize and <a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/display-postage-stamps-in-9-steps.html">display</a> better their Stamp Collection. By doing this, they will not only have a collection to be proud of, but also able to <a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/five-basic-ways-to-store-stamp.html">protect stamps</a> from damage.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
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stamps are easily removed and rearranged as the collection grows or
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Handle carefully </b><b>stamps using the tongs. </b><a href="http://www.mdcstamps.com/stamp-coin-tongs.htm" target="_blank"> Stamp tongs</a> keep dirt, grease, and perspiration from traveling from the hand to the
stamp. Place them in rows
in the pockets of stock pages, or arrange them in categories in album
pages.</span></li>
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place a mount in an album with the stamp in the mount</b>. You need to
moisten the mount, and you don't want moisture near the stamp. Let the
empty mount completely dry before you put the stamp in the mount. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To <b>keep the notes relating to the stamps</b>, the notes relating to the stamps, either individual stamps or
collections, can be included by writing on small pieces of paper and
including them with the stamps on the page. Notes such as the period in
history that the stamp relates to or commemorates help to draw the
collection together. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stamp
collecting need not be a costly pastime, however one area where one can
not economize is the quality of stock books and albums. Care for your
<a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/seven-ways-to-organize-stamp-collection.html" target="_blank">stamp collection</a>, and it will repay you with a lifetime of satisfaction.</span></section><section><ol class="steps" id="intelliTxt">
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</section><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-17310099850509127712013-09-23T02:39:00.001-07:002013-10-03T08:23:25.927-07:0010 Ways to Begin a Stamp Collection for Kids<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.collertorsstamp.com/" target="_blank">Stamp collecting </a>can be a fun and rewarding hobby especially done with your children. Introducing your child to the art of stamp collecting gives them an outlet where they can spend their free time productively. They can also learn about different parts of the world through collecting stamps from other countries.<br /><br />Each country will usually have stamps that represent things that make that country special. This includes leaders, famous entertainers, animals that can be found in that country, historical events, historical figures and more. Before you begin make sure to provide them all the materials they need to begin and maintain their stamp collection.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can <a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/things-to-know-about-stamp-collecting.html" target="_blank">begin collecting</a> by saving envelopes you receive that have postage stamps affixed to them. Set aside half of these envelopes for the beginner's kit you will give your child. Take the other half and tear out the corner containing the postage stamp. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Set the paper upside down in a pan of warm water. Let the paper sit until the stamp separates and drops to the bottom of the pan. Remove the stamp with stamp tongs and lay it flat in between 2 paper towels. Lay a telephone directory on top of the paper towels to avoid the stamp from curling while drying out.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Place dried stamps in-to stamp mounts. <a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/display-postage-stamps-in-9-steps.html" target="_blank">Stamp mounts</a> are sheets of clear plastic consisting of rows of sleeves that will hold and protect stamps.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Open your three-ring binder and thread stamp mount pages through the metal rings. Close the binder. You may choose to decorate the outside of your binder for your child. Good decorative ideas include glue sticks and glitter or pictures of stamps glued or taped to the binder's cover.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buy and give your child a stamp collecting beginner's kit consisting of the binder with pre-affixed stamps, stamp tongs and stamp pricing catalog. Also, additional kit ideas include a themed stamp album for collecting themed stamps or a subscription to a stamp collecting magazine.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Show your child how to remove stamps from envelopes using the rest of the mail you've been saving. Repeat the process laid out in Step 1. Have your child complete the stamp removal process by themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continue to save mail containing postage stamps. Give these envelopes to your child.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While collecting encourage your child to visit websites that contains resources about regional clubs, travelling stamp shows and stamp dealers. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After successful collecting, encourage your child to investigate the history of the stamps they've collected.</span><br />
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kit-for-beginners-with-collector-s-album-and-adhesive-
hinges-25-u-s-postage-id-0486478203.aspx</span></li>
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<![endif]-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633997818017395728.post-70742594934082913182013-09-20T01:52:00.000-07:002013-10-03T08:15:48.141-07:00Start Ups About Stamp Collecting<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Postage stamps are small rectangular labels that you adhere to mail items to show postage repayment. Stamps are produced in a variety of colors and designs, including commemorative and remembrance stamps that honor people and locations. Collectors <a href="http://biddingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-sell-stamp-collection_26.html" target="_blank">sell and trade stamps</a> with different mediums, such as stamp markets and the Internet, and keep their personal collections in stamp cds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Postage stamps are small rectangular labels that you stay with mail products to prove postage payment. <a href="http://www.collertorsstamp.com/" target="_blank">Stamps</a> are produced in a variety of colors and designs, consisting of commemorative and memorial stamps that honor people and places. Collectors sell and trade stamps through numerous mediums, such as stamp markets and the Internet, and keep their private collections in stamp cds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The term <b>"philately" </b>means the study of postage stamps, postmarks and relevant products. A philatelist is an individual who studies or gathers these products. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Types of Stamps</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Coil stamps are stamps that appear in rolls. Vending equipments originally sold these.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Joint-issued stamps are globally launched commemorative stamps that honor an individual or event that had an effect on several countries. For instance, in 1986, both the United States and France launched stamps to commemorate the centennial of the Statue of Liberty.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mint stamps are stamps that continue to be unused. They are normally better than used stamps.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Airmail stamps are stamps for shipments carried by plane. For example, mail that travels overseas would need an airmail stamp. The term <b>"aerophilately"</b> signifies the branch of philately that involves the study of airmail.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Value of Stamps</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The <a href="http://www.collertorsstamp.com/" target="_blank">most valuable stamps</a> are those that are unusual, in need and in mint condition. For example, the 1918 Inverted Jenny is an unusual and pricey stamp that mistakenly includes an upside image of a plane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The first stamps in the United States appeared in 1847. They included Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Ever since, those men's faces have actually stayed typical for stamp designs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Airmail service in the United States began in 1918. Military workers made the first flight.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338132005745032530noreply@blogger.com