Central and South American Banknotes

maybe a replacement from Peru

 

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Very neat! Thanks for sharing!

 

These were recent gifts from my neighbors that just returned from visiting South America.

 

During the Second World War my dad was in the Army and stationed in Brazil. When he passed on in 1995 the currency he saved from that time came to me.

 

Inflation is so sad for the victims. I always wonder what people even do when their entire cash life savings goes from a solid retirement to a soda pop in virtually an instant.

 

Visions of post World War 1 Germany and other European countries; Venezuela when the socialists took total control; Cuba after the Castro revolution; and the list grows longer and longer.

 

Which IMO is why people who keep most of their nest egg in dollar-denominated assets might be disappointed at some point.

 

A few Mexican banknotes for your enjoyment: (hmmm, probably not true Central America however, but still nice specimens)

 

check the serial number 044440 that is a radar.

 

Argentina, 10 Australes on 10,000 pesos



Mexico, 10 pesos 1914





Mexico, 10 pesos "Emiliano Zapata"





petronius

 

Yep, been collecting them for years, as you can see from posts.

 

Uruguay:

 

How about a Brasil note instead of a Brazil note:
Oh, it's also a replacement note: (or a star note)

 

Found a few Costa Rica:
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Las Mariposas ~ The Butterflies - the Mirabel sisters were Dominican patriots that protested the brutal dictatorship of President Duarte in the Dominican Republic in the 1950s. They were murdered by the regime and are remembered on this note.