Haiti 1979 Specimen 250 Gourdes Tyvek PMG 66 EPQ

***A banknote that's not worth crowing about as according to the 12th Edition of the Standard Catalogue of World Paper money, this Specimen piece is only worth 50 Yankee Dollars.
Of course, now it's featured prominently in the hereafter Tyvek Museum after a very short-lived stint in the supposedly eternal plastic world of banknotes, but as usual, when one hopes for something, something else will happen.
This banknote is supposed to be eternally durable, being the first 'plastic' banknote to be circulated, but instead, it's life was cut short due to its non-durability!
And why would one want to have this banknote graded by PMG as the costs for having this banknote graded could be higher than the current market value of this banknote in the numismatic market, unless of course, if PMG belongs to one's father or grandfather?!

Haiti 1 Gourde SPECIMEN Tyvek

***A 1 Gourde 'Specimen' banknote printed on the now defunct Tyvek technology from Haiti.

This note must have been issued during the early '80s on the now defunct Dupont technology.

If the affluent Chinese collectors were to come into the picture, surely most of the banknotes printed on Tyvek will rise like hell in value as so far only 3 countries have ventured into Tyvek, with the basket-case Haiti the most prolific of them all......

And the unreliable Tyvek technology has since been consigned to the dung heap!

Isle Of Man 1983 1 Pound TYVEK SPECIMEN

***And this is another 1 Pound Specimen note dated 1983 printed on Tyvek from the Isle Of Man and this variety comes with a single Punch-Hole cancellation at the base of the note. There is no control number at the Reverse.

Isle Of Man 1983 1 Pound TYVEK SPECIMEN

***A 1 Pound Specimen banknote from the Isle Of Man dated 1983 which was printed on Tyvek.
There is no punch-hole cancellation nor is there a control number on this piece of Specimen note, the only Tyvek banknote ever issued in Europe.

Haiti 50 Gourdes Tyvek PROOF

***This is the 50 Gourdes Proof banknote from Haiti printed on Tyvek, with 3 punch holes & with the words "Specimen" lightly rubber-stamped on it but without Serial Numbers.

This banknote has repeated circular American Eagle watermarks on it.

Haiti 1986 2 Gourdes Tyvek Propaganda Overprint

***This unusual banknote must be one of the most popular banknotes ever printed on Tyvek among collectors.

This banknote carries an overprint to celebrate the fleeing of Baby Doc from the Haitian's power throne where he was, like his old man, supposed to be President For Life.

The suspected protagonists behind this Overprint must have been the Haitian exiles in Miami.

It has been mentioned & quoted many, many times that ONLY 250 pieces of this 2 Gourdes note exist. Is this accurate? If it is indeed true, then, this banknote must rank as the fewest ever issued in the world and would, thus, cost a bomb in years to come!

Somehow, this might be true as one has not seen this note being auctioned on eBay or elsewhere for a long, long time now.

Haiti 1983 250 Gourdes SPECIMEN

***A now highly-demanded 250 Gourdes banknote from Haiti printed on the-now-obsolete Tyvek technology, suspected to be issued between 1980 to 1983, most probably in 1983.

What is the current ongoing market price for this banknote? The Krause catalogue doesn't seems to be of any help.

Isle Of Man 1983 1 Pound TYVEK

***A rather unusual pair of the 1983 1 Pound Tyvek banknote issued by the Isle Of Man, whereby, the first piece has been well-circulated while the second consecutive piece is in UNC condition.

How did the circulated piece make its way back to the person who had the consecutive uncirculated piece?!

Isle Of Man 1983 1 Pound LOW SERIAL NUMBERS TYVEK BANKNOTE

***This is a 1 Pound UNC banknote printed on Tyvek issued by the Isle Of Man in 1983, one of the only 3 countries in the world to have done so.
The banknote bears the First Prefix and somewhat Low and Nice Serial Numbers of M 000668

Actually the material on which this banknote was printed on was also known as 'Bradvek' as this banknote was printed by Bradbury Wilkinson, then, a subsidiary of ABNC.

But Bradbury Wilkinson was not longer allowed to print anything else on Tyvek when it has hived off to Thomas de la rue by ABNC, but, by then, that was already moot as the Tyvek technology was found to be extremely unsuitable for banknotes because the print did not last as they were found to be 'peeling off' from the the Tyvek.

***FOR KEEPS, NOT FOR SALE***

Haiti 1982 50 Gourdes TYVEK BANKNOTE

***This is another scarce Tyvek Banknote issued by Haiti way back in 1982 & this one bears the value of 50 Gourdes.

As usual, the present market price of this note has sky-rocketed due to reasons beyond its control - tyvek material used for that brief period had become defunct.

Haiti 1982 500 Gourdes TYVEK BANKNOTE

***The banknote featured today is a 1982 500 Gourdes note from Haiti printed on Tyvek with Papa Doc's vignette.

This banknote represents the highest denomination of the Haitian tyvek series and this is the RAREST and MOST EXPENSIVE of the entire series and this piece in Uncirculated condition would cost in excess of US$5,000.

An extremely rare and wonderful piece of tyvek banknote that one can only obtain through big auctions and if you still don't have this banknote in your collection, your tyvek collection still has a long way to go!

Haiti 1982 2 Gourdes PROPAGANDA TYVEK BANKNOTE

***This is the extremely rare 1982 1 Gourde propaganda banknote from Haiti that was printed on tyvek.

This banknote bears an overprint of "7th February 1986" on it and was issued by Haitian exiles in the USA after dictator, Baby Doc, left for exile in the US.

This banknote is rare as it is believed that less than 300 were printed. However, grapevine has it that there are forgeries around.

The authentic ones bear the Prefix of 'S' & the Serial Numbers start with the digit '7.'

Haiti 1982 2 Gourdes TYVEK BANKNOTE

***And this is a 2 Gourdes banknote from Haiti dated 1982 printed on Tyvek by ABNC, with the now defunct tyvek technology from Dupont.

Then, this banknote only costs a few bucks, now, it is above US$400.

That's how things are when coming to banknotes collecting, ie, to expect the unexpected, as prices can reach unchartered territories!

Haiti 1982 1 Gourde 'W' Prefix TYVEK BANKNOTE

***This is the rare 1 Gourde Tyvek banknote from Haiti dated 1982, with the scarce single prefix of 'W' & which shows the vignette of ex-Haitian dictator, Papa Doc.

Haiti is the only country that issued a complete set of banknotes in tyvek for circulation & being 1 of the only 3 countries in the world that ever printed notes in tyvek, all courtesy of the ABNC.

Many years back, this banknote was being sold for just a few Yankee Dollars, but today, a UNC piece is being sold for above US$400.

Its price will definitely trend higher as these notes were only issued during a 2-year-period and the tyvek technology has long since been consigned to the dungheap!

Isle Of Man 1983 1 Pound TYVEK BANKNOTE

***And this is a 1 Pound 1983 banknote from the Isle Of Man printed on the now scarce tyvek.

Compare the price of this banknote and a similar one that was printed on paper and you will discover that the difference in pricing is a as deep as the Channel!

Do you know how many countries in total issued banknotes in tyvek?!

Costa Rica 1983 20 Colones TYVEK BANKNOTE

***This is an Uncirculated 20 Colones banknote dated 1983 from Costa Rica which was printed on Tyvek.

The prices of Tyvek banknotes have gone up tremendously these last few years as only several countries had ever printed banknotes on the now defunct tyvek technology and the last time it was used was more than 25 years ago.

Tyvek was pioneered by the Americans to replace the paper technology but was found to be unsuitable shortly thereafter and was totally killed off with the discovery of the very durable polymer technology by the Australians.