The note with the dragons is Japanese Military Yen issued for use in occupied China during WWII. The other note is an immediate post WWII era note.
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Interesting serial numbers are not necessarily valuable. While they may be cool to find most of the numbers you see in posts here would not sell...
You realize that in the US the number 1 note is on the last sheet printed, not the first.
Because there were no Series 2000 notes printed in the US. Unlike coins. The series date on paper money does not change every year.
[ATTACH] Don't know why it is sideways. Tried everything to get it upright.
They are endorsements like you would find on a check. Cashiers checks were also circulating on Italy at this time. Some of these checks required...
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Looks similar to a food stamp.
Relisted and sold for 250.00. Someone is about to get an expensive lesson.
Not to nitpick, but that is the Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln's tomb is in Springfield, IL.
That is not how an offset transfer takes place. It occurs when a sheet is misfed or folded and the image on the plate transfers to the cloth bed...
The overprint is privately made. These show up in sunday newspaper ads, QVC, etc.
Or from the Detroit area or one of the other parts of the US with large arab population.
The seals on North Africa notes are yellow (hence the name yellow seals) and on Hawaii notes are brown.
It is from Munchen-Gladbach. It is abbreviated M. Gladbach on the note.
Scans are better than pictures. Also need to see the back.
It is P-260 from the Central Bank. It has nothing to do with the Japanese puppet banks.
Can you post a high resolution scan of both sides of the note?
It may be determined by serial number.
Separate names with a comma.