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<p>[QUOTE="silvermonger, post: 1284418, member: 12490"]I agree many varieties! I just got a whole cigar box full that had been pulled from a duffle bag and jacket pocket that has been on a garage shelf since 1945! 5 or 6 varieties of paper all on different sizes. At least 30 bills in all. Most Japanese Government only a few Phillippine Gov. A few tiny Japanese writing only bills.</p><p>Im completely ignorant about paper in general and these in particular. 2 or 3 bills are badly eaten at the edges like book pages I have seen. Most appear new or nearly new but badly curled and corner folds. Just the way you or I would stuff them in our jacket pocket as we walked around downtown Manilla taking in the sights and meeting people. A couple have a soldier's autograph, date, Pvt. ---- ----- June 20, 1944 and a couple have a girls name, address & date in addition. I hope he found a friend!</p><p>I have to study up on rehydrating paper bills. Perhaps I'll take one and soak it in water and press it in a book like a leaf?</p><p>Anyway I have to inventory and decide what to do with all this stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silvermonger, post: 1284418, member: 12490"]I agree many varieties! I just got a whole cigar box full that had been pulled from a duffle bag and jacket pocket that has been on a garage shelf since 1945! 5 or 6 varieties of paper all on different sizes. At least 30 bills in all. Most Japanese Government only a few Phillippine Gov. A few tiny Japanese writing only bills. Im completely ignorant about paper in general and these in particular. 2 or 3 bills are badly eaten at the edges like book pages I have seen. Most appear new or nearly new but badly curled and corner folds. Just the way you or I would stuff them in our jacket pocket as we walked around downtown Manilla taking in the sights and meeting people. A couple have a soldier's autograph, date, Pvt. ---- ----- June 20, 1944 and a couple have a girls name, address & date in addition. I hope he found a friend! I have to study up on rehydrating paper bills. Perhaps I'll take one and soak it in water and press it in a book like a leaf? Anyway I have to inventory and decide what to do with all this stuff.[/QUOTE]
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