I am a yak fan, so when I saw these Nepalese 5 Rupee notes in another thread here, I had to get one of my own.This one is from 2010. [ATTACH]...
I'm new to serial number fishing, but I found the top 1981 $1 below in a pile and it looks like it could be an almost. But maybe it's only almost...
Finishing up posts on Series-E Japanese banknotes, including the 1000 Yen Banknote, the 2000 Yen Banknote (actually in Series-D) and the 5000 Yen...
My knowledge of coins far surpasses my knowledge of paper money, so sorry for any potentially annoying newbie questions. I have a small pile of...
Following up from posts on the 1000 Yen banknote and the 2000 Yen banknote, here is the 5000 Japanese Yen banknote. Worth $45.39 US as of this...
The Japanese 2000 Yen note apparently resembles the US $2 note in that it doesn't appear to circulate much anymore but it can still turn up very...
For anyone interested in Japanese banknotes, here is the most common modern circulating note with rough translations, the 1000 Yen (worth...
While reading the Discourses of Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher who lived in the 2nd Century, A.D., I came across this passage (which others...
Many of you already know that this was the year that a new Emperor took the throne in Japan. Emperor Akihito stepped down due to age and his son...
I have plenty of Japanese coins, but where can one find modern Japanese banknotes at a decent price? A dealer sells them on MA-Shops, but they...
Here is an interesting show on Japanese banknotes. They also discuss the future of digital payments and how the Japanese public is currently...
I came across this display in a magic store in San Francisco. The coins were actually pretty large, maybe 4 - 5 inches in diameter. I was amazed...
Did anyone else receive a request to take an online survey from the Department of the Treasury? I received one in the mail and just completed the...
A perfectly innocent 2019 500 Yen piece (not a Reiwa) gets subjected to a entire series of chemicals and scrubs, apparently to give it a mirror...
The September/October issue of Archaeology contains a short article on a coin found for the Emperor Laelianus (viewable online). I used to...
[MEDIA] It's actually worse, according to the piece, the bank said it no longer accepts any coins.
I was in San Francisco a few months ago and ran across a street vendor on Market Street who on a banner proclaimed "I Slay Coins" (an exclamation...
I have a suspicion that this coin would come back as "cleaned" from the TPGs, but I'm not 100% sure and so wanted to get some other opinions. It...
These 1 Rin coins had a monetary value of only 1/1000th of a Yen. Not surprisingly, they measure only 15.75mm across (still slightly larger than a...
Hello, How do the grading services judge counterstamps? Would a coin like the one below, with a circular counterstamp left of reverse center,...
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