I have a few old notes from España, none qualify as anywhere near pristine. The more recent ones I brought back with me from a trip to Barcelona...
Yes, the Rin was worth 1/1000th of a Yen and only 2 Rin coins were made after the Meiji era. The last one was minted in 大正八年 or Taisho 8 or 1919....
I wouldn't technically refer to the different Emperors as "variants" because they're really just different dates. That's similar to calling 1930...
The Japanese dragon Yen remains one of my absolutely favorite designs ever pressed into metal. If only the type 1s weren't so pricey. Meiji36...
This Italian 1000 Lire note also came from a pile of bills apparently collected by a relative that used to travel the world. Dating this one is a...
I also think that the Indian gold coins have some of the best designs on U.S. coins overall. I've only managed to wrangle up a few of them, but...
Yes, that's a regular issue WWII era Japanese 50 Sen note. A Sen, now an obsolete denomination, was 1/100th of a Yen. The first picture above...
I found a folded star note in circulation a while ago, but I never shared it here. These days I never have cash, literally never, so I don't see...
It can join my illustrious Chuck E. Cheese token. Think of the party that Chuck E. and Pistol Pete would throw!! Whoooo hooooo!!! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Another round... A loose 1794 one center... [ATTACH][ATTACH] 1942-D NGC/CAC MS 67 FB [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Mexico Peso 1913 NGC AU 55 [ATTACH]...
Thank you! I always miss those hidden miims, since calligraphy sometimes transforms them into small dots. So it reads: المحافظ instead. Good to...
Here is an interesting, though by no means rare or valuable, 1986 note from Iraq full of historical references and symbolism. Many who lived...
Some recently read (or currently reading) books: Almost done with this first volume of an ever-expanding series. Next comes Hellenistic and Roman...
A further sampling of those flat rounds things that people here seem to like so much. Mexico 20 Pesos [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1914-D NGC MS 62...
Su madre es muy inteligente y sabiendo, Usted. Ese es una moneda libertad caminando muy hermosa ( ¿ese es correcto? ¿"libertad caminando"? No sé).
These were in a pile of random notes inherited from a relative. Unfortunately, most of them have seen better days, including the two examples...
I took a Summer Seminar mini-course on making hammered coins a few years ago. It was an amazing course and nothing that could probably ever get...
It could be much worse - you could be comparing the prices of stamps from the 1970s to now. You might just pass out stunned.
Yes, the steelies no longer have much value, and I don't think they ever had a lot because people hoarded them, but they still carry a...
One of the few decent $1 Silver Certificates I have is a 35 G. It's probably not worth much, but I like it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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