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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Wehwalt, post: 2263743, member: 33595&quot;]We stopped at Saipan, along the way.&nbsp; These were the only two items from there.&nbsp; Saipan is in the US, part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.&nbsp; The one on the left was from the visitor center of the War in the Pacific National Historic Park on Saipan&nbsp; It&#039;s in a case, struck by the Honolulu Mint.&nbsp; They had it in silver too, as well as one for Guam (which also has a branch of the park) but I wasn&#039;t that thrilled with it but wanted to buy something for Saipan, which is a bit off the beaten track.&nbsp; The golf thingie is from a golf course my tour stopped at on the south end of Saipan mostly to show us the view (and to let people use the john).&nbsp; I didn&#039;t find anything in Guam but don&#039;t regret not buying the Guam anniversary medal, which is not the most exotic thing I&#039;ve ever seen. The day concluded with the tour guide taking some of us who felt souvenir-deprived to a place called I love (that is, a heart) Saipan.&nbsp; Filled with junky souvenirs and so forth aimed at the Japanese market (the main source of visitors).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]449648[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]449649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next we have the last item purchased on this trip, during my two-hour layover at Narita Airport outside Tokyo, having just concluded a 7 hour flight and about to leave on a 12 hour one.&nbsp; It was in a gift shop, advertised as &quot;Samurai Money&quot;.&nbsp; 1200 Yen.&nbsp; They also had a set of two &quot;gold&quot; and three little silver bit for 4000 Yen but I figured this would do. The other piece I got in Singapore and it is from a hotel in central Malaysia, somewhat north of Singapore</p><p>[ATTACH=full]449651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]449650[/ATTACH] .&nbsp; I don&#039;t know why they needed their own money rather than use Malaysia&#039;s. It is cupronickel though I know it appears aluminum-like[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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