It's a pet peeve because to me it's a meaningless term unless you also tell me what country you live in. Don't worry, I don't stay up late...
Funny, all the non-USA collectors don't think so. A french collector will call "non-France coins" -> "world coins".
Yeah, "foreign coins" doesn't solve the problem. Especially on the internet with a world-wide forum, the concept of "foreign" is of course...
The phrase "world coins"
These are french emergency money (Monnaies Necessite, in German - Notgeld) and typically issued locally when for a variety of reasons paper money...
That makes for a nice collection, old49er.
How are you going to see both sides of that nice note, if you've got a $2 bill stuck in there? Personally I'd put the $2 somewhere else. If it...
Ditto everything Dave said. With your lights coming in so low, consider the angles of light that get to the camera. Any reflection off the fields...
From this list on Wikipedia, it looks like there was a single Minister of Agriculture & Commerce (combined) until 1881, and after that they were...
Very nice. I need to get one of those... in fact a lot of the French Indochina coins are really nice.
White out, seriously.
Thanks for the nice comments, saltysam. No, the article hasn't been published anywhere other than my web site.
I wrote this a few years ago as input to new collectors. You may find it helpful. http://www.frenchbanknotes.com/articles/collecting.php
Welcome to paper money :) If you're focused on France, the catalog you want to get is the French catalog by Fayette, Les Billets de la Banque de...
It's Krause P66m. P88 is the modified version of this note, with "Le Caissier General" instead of yours which has "Le Caissier Principal". Not...
I haven't read through this entire thread, but noticed this. Here's my "zinkie": [img]
Are you shooting in Manual mode or an Automatic mode? If the camera is in automatic and metering differently for the obverse and reverse, this...
I assume the gal on the front fits your "liberty", or "italia" motif, though I don't know her name. If you're hunting for one on ebay, search for...
That is interesting with the two different stars. I don't collect Brazil, but I suspect someone would have a story for why there are two.
On the Greek coin is Athena. You will generally see her with a full face helmet pushed back on her head like that. I suspect you could never wear...
Separate names with a comma.
