Can anyone give me some ideas where I can learn about older foreign currency? A buddy of mine found several notes while going through his grandfathers things. The currency he found is from several different countries. This 1 Yuan note from 1936 is an example. I will be photographing all of them and will post a link to them for those who are interested. His grandfather was a US Marine during WWII and it looks like he saved money from wherever he went. He even has a $1 Silver Certificate series 1935 A, brown seal, Hawaii stamped. Unfortunately he had a bunch of his buddies from the Corps put their signatures on it. I have to learn to post photos here :headbang:...in the mean time here is a link to the photograph. http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2239778660048656216KMBFoD?vhost=entertainment
that is an awsome note!!!! cool find! and dont for a second think the silver cert with the signatures destroys the note. I think they called them short snorters. i could be wrong... but google it, they got ahistory all their own. it is certainly a note to keep if the grandfathers buddies all signed it!
Its cool that the "International Bank Of China" part is in English, I wouldnt suspect that. Especially with the back being in chinese.
Bit more info for you Front picture is of Sun yat sen Revers is the Hall of supreme harmony watermarked Sun yat sen Signed by Huang Hsiu-feng and Li Chueh Printed by Waterlow and Sons of London on the reverse there is a secret sign which is the letter 'A' in chinese idiograms but unfortunaly my puter dont have that font LOL
Thanks for the info guys! Dagger...Thanks I feel a little better about it. I'm sure the sentimental value of the bill will be far more than the monetary for the family! I will make another attempt at posting a photo. This is the Hawaii note........... TaDaaaaa !!
Try scanning the notes rather than photographing them, there are people who activly collect older notes that were signed by soldiers useualy helpful if you could provide provinance on at least one of the names ie a old pay book or something like that.
Thanks Dagger this is good info. It explains alot about these bills. There is evidence that several of them had been attached. There are only two that are still together. Here is a "Short Snorter from Brazil...
I really like that Hawaii short-snorter! I posted a thread a few months ago with more information on them, I'll see if I can post that information here. Were yours taped together at some point? I've heard of GIs taping them together when one was full. There was actually a $1 note signed by some of the big guys in WWII. As I remember, even President Roosevelt had signed his name on the 'who's who' short snorter. I always wanted to collect a few short snorters, but it seems like it would be almost impossible to prove the authenticity, unless I found it in a collection like the one you posted. In that case, since you can probably prove it's real, I'm guessing that would go for big bucks.
I can only go by what my friend tells me. I do know his grandfather was in the Marines during WWII. The old man was pretty gung ho from what I hear. He was proud of his service and a Marine till the end. :thumb:
Well, I don't really know the value of short snorters, but I would think one that's verifiable would be worth a lot more. I'm sure you could show his military records to add credence. Here's what I posted in another thread about short snorters. It may not be exactly correct, but it's fairly close, to my understanding.
Also, I hope your friend doesn't sell the short snorter at least, because of the family history attached to it.
The ¥5 note is a Bank of Japan 2nd Sugihara series, which went into circulation January 6, 1942, and was replaced by a new issue on March 2, 1946, during the Occupation. In the condition pictured it's valued at ¥700-1,500 (~$6.35-16.34) in the 2007 edition of the Japanese Numismatic Dealers Association catalog.
Excellent!! Thanks for the info...I'll pass it on. Thanks to all for looking and comments! Here's another. This one from France:
Here is a brief overview of the notes in this series it is not worth a fortune possibly $2 to $5 max France, Operation Tom Cat There were two issues for use in allied controlled areas of occupation. The first issue is known as, "supplemental" and has a french flag on the reverse. These notes were issued in denominations of, 2,5,10,50,100,500, and 1000 Francs. The second issue, known as the "Provisional" issue replaced the first issue in June 1945. These notes have, "France" Printed on the reverse and were issued in denominations of, 50,100, and 1000 Francs. The 2,5, and 10 Franc supplemental notes remained in circulation with the Provisionals until late 1946 and in the case of the 50 and 100 Franc notes til 1948.
