Since my main binder of world banknotes was getting full, decided to start a new binder, and put all of my dragon notes in there, as was gewtting quite a few on that subject. But then it looked too empty! So lately have been concentrating on finding more banknotes to fill it. As you might guess, to collect on this subject means ending up with a lot of notes from Asia, especially China, but I do find some from other places... sometimes you have to think out of the box to find them as the seller doesn't bother to mention the dragons on them in the subject line or even the description, or doesn't think to call them dragons (the Mexican note, with the depiction of Queztalcoatl, I'd call at least dragon-kin but that wouldn't occur to most). Sometimes browsing in catalogs or websites to find the notes works... I then see if anyone has one for sale. Anyway here's some of my most recent acquisitions: Myanmar, 1 kyat, 1990 Norway, 50 kroner, 1987 China, 1 yuan, 1944 Mexico, 20 pesos, 1977 Korea (South), 10 won, 1965 Mentioned these notgeld in another thread... Germany (Suderbrarup), 25 pfenig, circa 1921, note 1 Germany (Suderbrarup), 25 pfenig, circa 1921, note 2 This is a fun way to collect!
Some lovely looking notes you have there :hug: I do like the Norwegian and the Notgeld ones best I think oh and the Mexican and Korean LOL
Thanks! Am especially fond of the Korean one... love the turtle ship on the back; when I was stationed in Korea got a model of one as a going away gift from my unit. In the 16th century the Koreans used these to fight off Japanese pirates. They used a wooden ship with iron plates all over it to deflect gunfire (and even some indirect cannon fire) and would shoot at the enemy ships through portholes in the side. They were the first ironclad ships in the world, in a sense (though were still sail and oar powered, not steam powered). The large dragon-like head on the reverse of the Mexican note is a detail from a temple dedicated to Quetzalcoatl in Teotihuacan. It also appeared on a 5 peso coin issued in the 1970's and early 80's; one of the first coins given to me by my grandmother when she got me started in coin collecting (she travelled to Mexico a lot and collected many Mexican coins) was one of those.
Cool collection, and I am glad you have the Wagnerian dragon on the German 5 RM from 1904. That note is just a classic, I don't have one yet, I am looking for a 6 digit serial in Uncirculated. Some of the newer Danish banknotes have dragons in relief on the reverse, I know this because I collect the older notes and see the newer ones when I search for Danish notes.
The German 5 mark is a great one... just love the way the dragon's curled around the treasure, seemingly daring you to try to take it as smoke is curling out of its nostrils! In the condition mine was in it was only $1... some day may try to get an upgrade of it. There is a dragon on the current 500 kroner note from Denmark... it's a tad pricey though (its face value alone is about $86 US and note sellers usually add a 50% to 100% markup over face to make their profit margin). It may be on my list for the future but higher priority on my list for high face value notes is the $500 2003 SCB Hong Kong note, so as to finish that series (I have every note in that series except the 500).
I will have to think again of the European coin mall that I bought my 500 Kroner from, the prices are reasonable when you factor that the Euro has depreciated against the dollar recently. Think the 500 is pricey, try the older 1000 Kroner - that set me back some.
