Evil Goblin Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 The plastic ones were definately green, the paper ones which took over from them were purple though. The original paper Manx notes and the plastic ones which succeeded them were both purple, I'm afraid. It was only BoE £1 notes which were green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 The plastic ones were definately green, the paper ones which took over from them were purple though. The original paper Manx notes and the plastic ones which succeeded them were both purple, I'm afraid. It was only BoE £1 notes which were green. Try looking at the pictures on the previous page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Try looking at the pictures on the previous page? ? What pictures on the previous page - the only thing you can be referring to is in the BBC link and that picture is a Canadian note. See http://www.polymernotes.org/ for a picture of a Manx polymer £1 note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey boy Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Try looking at the pictures on the previous page? ? What pictures on the previous page - the only thing you can be referring to is in the BBC link and that picture is a Canadian note. See http://www.polymernotes.org/ for a picture of a Manx polymer £1 note. The Manx notes on that page you linked to are green! You're either stupid or colour blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 The Manx notes on that page you linked to are green! You're either stupid or colour blind. Ah - lilac on the front and green on the back so we are both half right. Polymer notes could use different colours on back/front, unlike the paper notes which were lilac on both sides. So, if I am stupid or colour blind so are you. People who live in glass houses........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey boy Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 No there's a tiny bit of lilac on the front but the majority of the front & all the back is green. There is considerably more white on them than there is lilac, they are green & you were wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 No there's a tiny bit of lilac on the front but the majority of the front & all the back is green. There is considerably more white on them than there is lilac, they are green & you were wrong. Why do I bother? It ain't me that's colour blind! Try checking the colour spec on the polymer.org site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Are the IOM plastic £1 notes worth much to collectors these days? I have 10 all sequentially numbered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 why do we bother ? Press Release Isle of Man Government / The Treasury [Estimated release date: January to April 1988; estimate by S.Š.] In November 1983 the old purple paper one Pound note was replaced by the present green "plastic" one pound note. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 why do we bother ? That's a good question - see http://www.polymernotes.org/images/pics/IOMS1S1F.jpg If you can't see the lilac go visit an optician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 For those who are colourblind, it's the grey note behind the yellow one in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Thanks for putting things in perspective, Albert. The matter isn't really worth an argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Are the IOM plastic £1 notes worth much to collectors these days? I have 10 all sequentially numbered. Given the price of oil these days they may be worth more melted down for the chemicals! However...there was a post some time ago to say that the Manx paper £1.00 notes were being bought by collectors for a premium so your plastic ones should be a real collector's item. Of course it depends how often you laundered them. I do love the Manx £1 note - the ultimate way of stopping people in England wittering on about how much better sterling is than the euro. Pull out a few Manx notes over there and offer to pay with them. All of a sudden you discover that the Sterling Area is strictly limited to England and English banknotes. I was told once by a rather indignant English person, when I asked if they accepted Manx notes, that they would only accept notes with the words 'Sterling' on them - he really did not like it when I mentioned that on that basis they could not be paid with English notes as they did not have the magical word on them. BTW if you happen to have clean, unfolded €100 notes whose serial number commences with 'T' dealers have been buying these for €150. The T means that they are Irish issued €100s and apparently they were only printed in very small numbers in the early 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 why do we bother ? That's a good question - see http://www.polymerno...cs/IOMS1S1F.jpg If you can't see the lilac go visit an optician. well if the people who had them made call them green that's good enough for me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbashbosh Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 I have to say my memory is just of them being green. The picture kindly posted on the boards look pretty much green on both sides, but one side of the note on the polymernotes.org site looks kind of lilac mixed with green. Guess I need to see one in the flesh. http://www.polymernotes.org/images/pics400/IOMS1F.jpg Dissapointing how rarely you get pound notes these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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