几个月前，我张贴了两套我在书橱里找到的书；十多年前买的，完全忘记了，还装在新加坡造币厂的袋子和收缩包装里。当一位忠实的读者通过电邮提起此书时，我决定做一个“开幕式”。这是我的发现与您分享。
This set of books are contained in a dust sleeve and has 2 volumes in soft covers.
Volume 1: A Biography of President Yusof bin Ishak.
Volume 2: Know Your President Notes
这套软封面的书，载于防尘套里，并有两卷。
第一卷：总统尤索夫斌伊沙克的传记
第二卷：认识您的总统钞票
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| Volume 1Author: Melanie Chew |
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| Volume 1: Content page. |
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| Volume 1: Introduction. |
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| Volume 2 Know Your President Notes: About the Book |
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| $10 Portrait Note??? Where's the note??? |
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| Volume 2: Content page |
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| Volume 2: Introduction |
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| The hard-cover volumes are enclosed in a high quality hard case. |
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| The inscription of the title in gold on the hard-cover of Volume 2. |
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| The authors or Volume 2. |
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| Specimen $10,000 Portrait note??? |
When I started organizing my collection of banknotes and uncut sheets, I found a $10 Portrait note and a specimen $10,000 Portrait note in plastic folders. I've no idea where they come from; there were no records when and where I acquired them. By opening these 2 sets of book, the mystery is finally solved.
当我开始整理我收藏的纸币和未切割张时，我发现了一张在塑料夹里的十元肖像钞和一张一万元的样本钞。我忘了何时或哪里购得此钞。打开这两套书，这迷终于解开了。
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| The soft-cover set of volume 2 contains a $10 Portrait note with a special serial no. OZZ. |
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| The hard-cover set of volume 2 contains a SPECIMEN $10,000 Portrait note with a serial no. of 8PN 00XXXX. |
According to a friendly reader of this blog, the books were released in September of 1999, to celebrate the new release of the Presidential portrait notes.
The selling price of the soft-cover set with $10 note was $49.50; the hard-cover set with SPECIMEN $10,000 note was $296.70. Thanks to CK Wong for the above information.
Without a doubt, both notes are very special. However I guess the SPECIMEN 10K note is much more desirable by collectors. The 10K note is a rare bird, hardly seen due to its ultra high value. For less than $300 to own an exact piece with an additional overprint to make it even rarer, my guess is, you can only be so lucky every 10 to 15 years. The next lucky year should be due in 2015.
据一位忠实读者提供的消息，为庆祝新总统肖像钞的诞生，这套书在1999年9月，限量发行。
软封面套装附送十元肖像钞，售价 $46.50。
硬封面套装附送一万元样本肖像钞，售价 $296.70。
谢谢CK提供以上的消息!
毫无疑问，这两张肖像钞是非常特别的。不过，我猜那一万元样本钞是收藏家的心头好。一万元钞本来就罕见。用低于三百元，就可拥有一张，还加一个额外的套印，使其更为罕见。这种好事，我想只能在每十至十五年里才能幸运这么一次。下一个幸运年，应该是在2015年。我们拭目以待。
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| The hologram of the SPECIMEN 10K note. |
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| The reverse side of the SPECIMEN 10K note |
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| The security thread with mirco printing. |
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