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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1410237, member: 66"]Great subject. I don't have the Brazil or Japanese pieces yet, and I am still missing one Palo Seco and one Cabo Blanco. I think there are two more pieces of Culion paper currency that I don't have.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love handing examples of these coins (not in holders) to people. They will look them over front and back, they seem to find them somewhat interesting. Then comes the question "Where is it from?" "Leper colony." The look on their face is priceless and they can't hand them back fast enough. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One more thing, the biblical reference to Leprosy has tended to give the disease a very bad rap, but unfortunately it stems from a misunderstanding of what they meant by "leprosy". The word they used for leprosy actually included all skin diseases including rashes and measles. It was basically a method of isolating and quarantining those who had the disease until it had passed so they could not spread it to others. That is why there were ways to have yourself examined and declared "no longer unclean" by the priests and be allowed to re-enter society. Basically back then you didn't recover from true leprosy, but you could recover from many of the other skin diseases and be allowed back in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1410237, member: 66"]Great subject. I don't have the Brazil or Japanese pieces yet, and I am still missing one Palo Seco and one Cabo Blanco. I think there are two more pieces of Culion paper currency that I don't have. I love handing examples of these coins (not in holders) to people. They will look them over front and back, they seem to find them somewhat interesting. Then comes the question "Where is it from?" "Leper colony." The look on their face is priceless and they can't hand them back fast enough. :) One more thing, the biblical reference to Leprosy has tended to give the disease a very bad rap, but unfortunately it stems from a misunderstanding of what they meant by "leprosy". The word they used for leprosy actually included all skin diseases including rashes and measles. It was basically a method of isolating and quarantining those who had the disease until it had passed so they could not spread it to others. That is why there were ways to have yourself examined and declared "no longer unclean" by the priests and be allowed to re-enter society. Basically back then you didn't recover from true leprosy, but you could recover from many of the other skin diseases and be allowed back in.[/QUOTE]
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