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General => General Forum Comments => Topic started by: Larry_G on December 04, 2005, 06:02:07 pm
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Hi everyone,
I'm new to the site. I am from the Southern California area and find banknotes and coins fascinating. Recently, I came across this website, however I have had trouble viewing it from my location and am wondering if anybody else has had the same issues. At first I was just getting a 403 notice, and couldn't access anything, except the board, and even with the board, no graphics, and therefore I couldn't register until now.
I can access the website now, but the photos of the banknotes themselves are unavailable. (???). But other website graphics are. I came across this website in the firstplace, because I have seen a notice that the Bank of Canada is restricting images of the banknotes post-1935 apparently. Is this the case with this website. Is there some limitation about visitors from outside of Canada or some other kind of anamoly. I even tried to e-mail the admin about this, but that letter came back "no such user". Very strange.
At any rate, as I've said, I find currency collecting most fascinating, though I only have a miniscule collection myself, including some old South Vietnamese currency, some South Korean won, a 1000 lire Italian note, various Canadian, Hong Kong, British, Irish, and Mexican coins, and two $2 Canadian 1986 series notes, which I note have since been discontinued (?). In addition to American, of course.
I have always been curious to see the legendary $20 Lake Louise note, which I assume predates the 1986 series? I also understand there has been a recent redesign. I acquired my $2 notes in 1993 in Vancouver. As I said, I'm pretty much a novice, but find it fascinating.
Thanks for any answers to my questions. I come across Canadian coins all the time in this area from winter visitors, though the notes are somewhat rarer. I also find it fascinating that the monarch has appeared on Canadian notes before her effigy appeared on UK notes. An interesting world it is.
Thanks in advance,
Larry
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I will wait for Paul Wallis to comment on what I am not familiar with.
The 403 error started about Nov. 18, and the reason for it is unknown to me. I understand that the server or something had to be changed due to interference of the web site. I was cut off for several days, as were others who often frequent the site. The problem appears to be corrected.
When there is a problem, it is nearly impossible to communicate with the webmaster, as his emails go through the site. Any I have sent are always returned as well. He does not list any other email address, but I know a couple of the administrators, and can communicate through them if need be.
Rick
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Well, here's a bit of the story...
I have slowly (very slowly) been transitioning from the "old" site www.CdnPaperMoney.com, to the "new" site www.CdnPaperMoney.com/cpm. The old site has restrictions on copying the images as requested by the RCMP. The new site doesn't have all the images running as I have not found a suitable way to similarly restrict access to the images (and I'm not interested in spending more time talking to the BoC and RCMP. For that matter, I suspect my CSIS file is big enough).
Sorry about that, but them's the rules.
As for the 403 error on the forum... we have a pest who keeps trying to break into the system and mess things up. Normally, he just leaves a little note for me somewhere, but one of these days he could be a real problem. We recently "crash upgraded" to this version of the software after he found a way into in the older version. Part of the upgrade was new tools for me to try to block him, but I didn't really understand them very well. I turned on a method of blocking attacks that was too aggressive and it ended up blocking just about everyone. (Hey, I got read of the problem...) That's been fixed now.
And yes, if you're restricted from the server, my admin@CdnPaperMoney.com and pwallis@CdnPaperMoney.com emails stop working, but pwallis@yesvideo.ca, paul.wallis@phochron.com (my two businesses) and paul.wallis@rogers.com should all still work. In fact, you can try most of them with MSN Messenger, and Yahoo IM and eventually you can get me there too.
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Thanks Paul for the response. Much appreciated. Well, although I'm not getting the 403 error on the site now, when I go to look at the currency portion of the old site, I just get a bunch of red x's where the photographs should be. It's just strange. Anyway, I think the new notes are really beautiful. I'll have to order some.
Which is the best way, BTW, for ordering new notes from outside of Canada? Would ordering currency via a money exchange outfit be best or from a paper money dealer?
Apologies BTW, for misidentifying the 1970's era $20 note. It is not Lake Louise as many most undoubtedly know by now. It is in fact lake Moraine. Just wanted to post that to clarify my mistake.
Larry