>> For example Czechoslovakia P-17 is very very rare in high grade, it is
n=
ot
> even priced for Uncirculated. =A0It is the 100 Korun from 1920 with
Slavi=
a
> from an Alfons Mucha work, it is a very very popular note with Czech
> collectors, because of the design of the note, it was printed by ABNco,
a=
nd
> was replaced in 1931, so that pristine examples are very hard to come
by,
> but it is priced low in XF in the catalogue. =A0
17 100 kor 1920 .serie"H"VG 110.00, serie"Z" VF
450.00
17 100 kor 1920 serie"Ah" . . . . . repaired "VF"
320.00
17 100 kor 1920 serie"Aa-Az". . . .VG 80.00, VF
360.00
http://www.atsnotes.com/world/w-af.html
Just at one dealer. I didn't check the catalogue price. I do agree
that rare notes sell for much higher than the catalogue usually
indicates. This is because the catalogue price is based on historical
sales data rather than current market value.
Go figure. =A0Slavia is even
> mis-described as a Pagan Priestess, which is farcical given that Slavia
i=
s a
> known and published Mucha work. =A0In a couple of years of looking, I
hav=
e not
> been able to find a nicer than repaired VF for this note.
>
> Other notes from Czechoslovakia, for example P-20, the 10 Korun of 1927
a=
re
> priced much lower than actual market value. =A0Generally when these are
> available, and NOT specimen cancels, the best examples come out of the
Cz=
ech
> Republic.
20 10 kor 1927 /girls by Mucha . .VF 15.00, XF-
35.00
>> The Czechoslovakian notes are some of the best printed, and loveliest
> designed notes that ever circulated in Central Europe, many in fact were
> designed by Alfons Mucha, one of my favourite graphic artists.
>
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