Hey Coin Talk, my roommate does a podcast here somewhere so I thought I'd check it out and upload some scans of world money. 100 tögrög and 5 Jiao, the 5 Jiao is in great condition for 1980 considering it's been in circulation.
Welcome to CoinTalk Nicholas, nice looking notes :thumb: is that your area of intrest? if so you will find quite a number of fellow collectors here
The 5 Jiao is 1980 and the 100 tögrög is 2000 Thanks, I like a lot of different things, not really a collector of coins, I think what makes one flaw in a coin worth something and what flaws make them worthless seems arbitrary, but if I see anything out of the ordinary I buy it out of the til and let my roommate reinburse me later. Get a decent ammount of silver dimes/quarters and you'd be surprised how many world coins pass as US currency. I've found a 5 Piso and 5 Centavo Philipines coins passing as a quarters and 25 Rupples Indonesian coin as a dime, quite a few not-pennies too.
I tried to make the distinction by labeling them jiao and tögrög but in Mongolia shops take either pretty universally.
I wonder how much Mongolian BBQ I can get for one of those...:eat:. Sorry, I'm not a foreign paper money guy...that's the most astute comment I can come up with. Mongolians don't seem to smile much...I wonder if it's because they're "bad azz" or just have bad teeth.
Unfortunately, mpcusa, they are both common. The Chinese one as you would expect, given the size of the country. The Mongolian ones I've been offered many times and both are frequently found in "Bank Notes Of Asia" packs for sale to tourists at reasonable prices at least here in Thailand so probably in other south-east Asian countries that have tourist areas. Vic
