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  1. Thanks a lot!! wow what a note and u$600 with 12 hours to go!! What did it end up selling for?!
  2. Hey Mike, the first 70* note turned up today safe and sound! šŸ¤©
  3. Yes I could imagine in Europe there are some real treasures locked away! ah yes itā€™s interesting to see notes that had used the stock images available! I have seen quite a few different ones now! that one is quite unique that apart from the cow the same Columbus portrait was also used on the 1910 pesos issue! šŸ˜
  4. Oh thatā€™s really good to hear! Seems like you have your work cut out for you! Especially if you are only 10% through a set! Maybe you should break it down into different years or types to make the goal of completion that little bit easier! Nicaragua has very limited specialised issuesā€¦.and I have seen very few that have come up for sale over the years. I had the opportunity to see the below beauty as it was offered to me about 4 years back but I just wasnā€™t in a position to part with the cash for it! From what Iā€™m told there is only one other known example at the National Bank museum that is in far worse condition! Ive been told that there exists collections at least in Nicaragua that span generations, and they have no need or want to sell. I would imagine that such collections exists in other parts of the world such as Mexico also!
  5. Yes definitely thatā€™s what itā€™s all about! I started this hobby as a kid and have been collecting on and off ever sinceā€¦I have sold and traded a little bit but itā€™s never been about the investment or making money. and yes they are awesome notes! Hopefully my friend one day will let me buy one or two of them šŸ˜…šŸ˜‚
  6. How frustrating I lost my response as I got sidetracked!! haha definitely Mike you need to join the ā€œ70 clubā€ and yes itā€™s a shame what has happened in Nicaragua, I am hoping at some stage it will bounce back like it did in the 90s. also like your idea about building some custom sets. Iā€™ll have to get on it and let you know! My Nica friend had also sourced some excellent solid serial #s but he wouldnā€™t part with them. They are really hard to source in Nicaragua due to generally only having one prefix per issue. So you are limited to a possible max of 9 per note! Iā€™ve add some photos! I also understand what has happened now with the Ukrainian notes with the additional interest in the new releases and high grades which everyone loves to have as part of the collection! Hope you can take advantage of some of the rarer pieces that come to light! And well I understand that many people also use high quality notes as investments, but for me itā€™s about the hobby collecting and hopefully passing on this legacy to my kids. For that reason Iā€™m not afraid of any price drops and I would see that as a great buying opportunity šŸ˜
  7. Yes thanks I already had that one on my watch list! It will make it a trilogy if I manage to get that one! Iā€™m hoping as itā€™s a specimen it might not go as high! I do already have that note in 67 so it will be an upgrade! And thanks a lot I have really tried to focus on completing the Nicaraguan sets to the best of my ability and more recently Iā€™m focusing on higher grades or quality notes I donā€™t have. And yes if your putting together a Latin American set that can be a daunting process! are you trying to collect a series from each country or how are you trying to break it down? If you need any help or guidance with Nicaragua please donā€™t hesitate to ask. I know that a lot of the ungraded inflationary Nicaraguan notes can still be picked up for cheap, but there are even some modern 1990s notes that are becoming increasingly hard to find. I have picked up some other neighbouring Central American countries notes mainly to take advantage of combined shipping! however I know that Iā€™ll probably never be able to fill out complete sets.
  8. Thatā€™s the way! Yes Iā€™m actually happy that Iā€™m in a position to start acquiring a few more notes also! I havenā€™t been acquiring too much of late. And yes I know the feeling when you set a budget for an auction, but I just wanted those perfect notes! I was close with a 69* in the collection but it just wasnā€™t quite the same! And same here I could have used that money to fill holes with older rarer notesā€¦but I feel like I have joined the 70 club now! šŸ¤©šŸ˜Ž Itā€™s like the below but Iā€™ve been told itā€™s serial #55 which is cool that itā€™s a such a low serial #ā€¦.I had also previously bought some ungraded low serial # notes of this same note inc serial # 7 of the same guy which Iā€™ll have to get it graded one day also! I think the issue with the prices was a completely separate issue in Nicaragua itself that had as a result of some political issues which caused the economy to tank in April 2018 onwardsā€¦.so many local collectors started offloading their collections and there was more supply. I had the opportunity to purchase beauties but unfortunately I was also not immune to this as I owned a business and property there still. I ended up closing up the business just before Covid hit in 2020 after sustaining heavy losses. And on one of my properties I have had 7 different tenants in the past 4 years and the rent has now halved from what I was receiving pre 2018 which is in stark contrast to what has happened here and no doubt in your part of the world! The exception always is the extremely rare notes which never seem to dip in price. And obviously is not reliant on the local market activity. I donā€™t know if you will see a similar phenomenon with Ukraine given what is happening in that part of the world at the moment.
  9. Congrats on the wins Mike!! and a shame about the ones that got away!! Especially the 70* I was so frustrated about a month back when I was outbid on a 70* note. Which was the first Nicaraguan 70* I had seen available in years!! Then as luck would have it a Nica collector friend of mine tells me he has a a pair of 70* notes and he would be willing to part with one. Then luck shines again and another completely different note pops up a few days later and I ended up bagging that one also! As far as the pricing is concerned fortunately I havenā€™t seen such noticeable increases in Nicaraguan notesā€¦.although there are a few people chasing big dollars for particularly the 1990s graded 20 and 50 Cordobas notes. However Iā€™m yet to see any of these actually sell. However I noticed a huge upswing in prices from 2010-2020.
  10. Thanks Ali, I appreciate you adding this one for me! However I was only able to add the note to one of the slots it looks like it didn't get added properly to the other two as there was no score data as per the photo! Thanks
  11. Hi Ali, Happy New Year! Can you please add the latest Nicaraguan 5 Cordobas Note P219a in the three sets that it would belong to: Nicaragua Type Set, 1900-Date, P28-Date, Issued Notes Nicaragua Complete, 2014-Date, P209-Date, Issued Notes Only Polymer Issues, 2007-Date, P201-Date, Complete Including Varieties The note I have is 8090201-045 Many thanks, Travis
  12. No worries Mike, Iā€™m glad I could help šŸ‘šŸ‘ Itā€™s a little frustrating how SCWPM does their varietiesā€¦on the older Nicaragua notes they give an A, B, C etc for different signature varieties. However on the most recent 1990 issues (that has a signature variety) they acknowledge the varieties yet donā€™t assign a letter. However the banknote book does recognise them and gives them an a & b! And there is no mention of serial number varieties at all in SCWPM yet banknote book makes an effort to mention some (not all!!) of them! šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø
  13. Hi Mike, this is from the 12th edition I hope itā€™s what you are looking for!
  14. Thatā€™s good! So I assume just a year/signature variation ?! šŸ‘ Mine was a completely different note design and pick number but the same denomination! But it was sorted which was good šŸ˜