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***A rather small banknote in terms of size bearing the value of 50 French francs issued way back in 1994 honoring the very well-known French writer & aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), who was also a French aristocrat.
To those in the dark & to practically anyone & everyone from the anglophone world, the vignette on this banknote looks as if it belongs to the British silverscreen jester, Mr Bean.
But to those from the francophone countries, this is one of the greatest & highly revered Frenchmen who ever walked the Earth.
***Another fine example of a 'so near yet so far' banknote as far as Solid Numbers are concerned.
According to the usually unreliable grapevine, the Solid Numbers of 8888888 for this RM20 series have been sold for more than 10 grand, believe it or not!
But don't think you are hell of a smart by now calling the buyer an idiot, a dungu, a moron or some profanity-laden noun because for all you know, this 'stupid buyer' could have sold it to another collector for a few grand in profit as after all, it's very common to buy high & sell higher & for the new chap to sell even higher still, & its all simply because he has got balls.......
***If you do not know what is the meaning of the commonly used phrase 'so near yet so far', then, the banknote featured today is an excellent example of what 'so near yet so far' is.
And if you still don't know what the fuck I am talking about, then, please go back to the Standard One classroom.
With the new series' banknotes commanding such hefty premiums for those bearing the various Solid Numbers, this so-called Almost Solid is definitely a better alternative as you don't have to crack your financial balls owning one as it just cost RM22 a piece, & bear in mind, an almost solid piece!
By the way, who is the moron who is having the Solid 4444444 note? Please don't tell us that it is none other than Datuk Raymond Chang....
***This was all I inherited from my grandpa & to those who are always in the dark, this is an Original paperweight sold by Malaysia Central Bank's Money Museum about 10 years ago.
I said Original because there are bootleg copies being sold out there but the original ones come with a blue-colored velvet cover together with the official box which has the Central Bank's details on them.
And also, on these original paperweights, you can see the words "Muzium Matawang & Pusat Seni" on them, which are conspicuously missing on the bootleg copies.
My grandpa had class for he would never have touched pirated crap, esp. all things numismatic.
And after all, this paperweight only cost RM20 at that time & I suppose even a beggar could have own more than one as what can one buy even at that time for RM20?!
***A so-called ordinary RM100 ZA Replacement banknote so-to-speak & ordinary because that's what all you Smart Alecs out there have said so.
And, all of you cannot be wrong, can't you?
It would be scarce or scare or rare if this banknote would have say, five 0s or better still, 6 0s in front, I suppose.
And it's apparent that some dungus out there who think they are freaking smart by making cynical remarks when I honestly revealed that I got this or that note from a money-changer or from the wet-market.
I suppose speaking in candor more often than not doesn't pay & in many ways, honesty is, most of time, not the best policy.
OK, OK, I bought the above banknote from Mudah, ok? Yes, I bought it from a chap who is a Powerseller on Mudah & who has a few thousands of glowing feedbacks.....
***A Stack of 100 consecutive pieces of the latest RM20 ZA Replacements, which were acquired last weekend at the infamous Mother Of All Flea Markets, which is none other than the Sungei Road flea market in Singapore.
Ask me not how these notes ended down South over at the Little Red Dot as I know too little to make any dignified guesses.
Anyway, maybe these notes would command good value in the near future, hopefully, after all, the previous RM20 Malaysian banknotes are all commanding hefty premiums today, esp. the UZ Replacement which is now sitting pretty at the RM900 to RM1,000 levels for each piece.
Of course, the Learned One, Datuk Raymond Chang is so bullish about this note as if he got one freaking gigantic crystal ball in front of him thru which the future can be told to him.
But what's the use if the value of this Replacement spikes sky-high, say, in 20 years' time, as by then, lots of dough would be the last thing that I would need, as a walking stick is what I would most probably need, I suppose?
***This is what I would call a poor man's 'Solid Number' banknote.
Since banknotes with Solid Numbers are being sold at a bomb, the next best thing is to settle on something more affordable, for example, a banknote with Radar Numbers or rather what I would term as a poor man's Solid Number banknote.
As I fall under the latter category moneywise, I have no choice but to settle for everything thirdbest and banknotes with Radar Numbers are what I could afford & frankly, it's better to have something rather than nothing & for pete's sake, I need to do something, I need to collect something, otherwise, I would start fagging again & these days, I can't stand fags anymore as they now make me puke to high heavens. I might end up getting hooked to expensive Cuban cigars instead, which I could ill afford.
And of course, when one owns a poor man's Solid Number banknote, there is practically nothing to crow about, but at least, do settle for the highest deno of RM100, instead of the lowest deno of RM1. Where the fuck am I going to put my face if the RM1 deno is all I could afford?
With prices for the RM100 Solid Numbers at such sky-high levels, I think I might have to sell my car if I want to acquire some & by the way, which one is better, own a car or own some Solid Number banknotes?
