The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 40, October 6, 2002, Article 3

NUMISMATIC DETECTIVE WORK

  The September/October 2002 issue of Paper Money
  (published by the Society of Paper Money Collectors, Inc.)
  focuses on International currency. The article on "Panama's
  Arias or Seven Day Notes" by Joaquin Gil del Real holds
  some good, basic advice for numismatic researchers.  After
  laying out the history of these rare notes, the author writes:

  "For those interested in the emission of these bills, there are
  two major questions:
  1. How much circulated? and
  2. How many bills survived?

  To answer the above we contacted Charlie Chan, Hercule
  Poirot and Sherlock Holmes, all of whom suggested: check
  the records and look at the numbers.  So, we went to the
  Banco Nacional and there found records of the serial
  numbers of those bills that were incinerated...."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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