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<p>[QUOTE="Teddydogno1, post: 2063330, member: 71226"]Haven't posted here in a while as I haven't pickup anything. Last show I did buy a few old, cheap notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one just blows me away that it can be had for less than $5. 1793 French Revolutionary "Assignat" note. These were printed in an attempt to both replace the hoarded "specie" coin AND halt inflation. Neither task worked well as they started printing more and more. They were theoretically backed by land taken from the Church. Around the time of printing, 20 Sols equaled 1 Livre, so in theory these notes were worth about 2.5 Livre. Just two years later the Republic replaced the Livre with the Franc at the rate of 1 Franc to 1 and 1/80 Livre (weird, huh?). So...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]380749[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Printed on 1 side only with watermarks and embossed stamps that are barely visible. Really interesting are the legends on the sides that say in French basically that counterfeiters are subject to death and those who turn them in will be rewarded!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a very common Canadian fractional note for 25 Cents. Series is dated 1900 and was used until replaces with a 1920 series.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]380748[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]380747[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally a WWII note for the Dutch Netherlands: 1943 series 1 Gulden. Note that it was printed by the American Bank Note Company (likely due to that whole "government in exile while occupied by Nazi Germany" thing).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]380746[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]380745[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Teddydogno1, post: 2063330, member: 71226"]Haven't posted here in a while as I haven't pickup anything. Last show I did buy a few old, cheap notes. This one just blows me away that it can be had for less than $5. 1793 French Revolutionary "Assignat" note. These were printed in an attempt to both replace the hoarded "specie" coin AND halt inflation. Neither task worked well as they started printing more and more. They were theoretically backed by land taken from the Church. Around the time of printing, 20 Sols equaled 1 Livre, so in theory these notes were worth about 2.5 Livre. Just two years later the Republic replaced the Livre with the Franc at the rate of 1 Franc to 1 and 1/80 Livre (weird, huh?). So... [ATTACH=full]380750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]380749[/ATTACH] Printed on 1 side only with watermarks and embossed stamps that are barely visible. Really interesting are the legends on the sides that say in French basically that counterfeiters are subject to death and those who turn them in will be rewarded! Here's a very common Canadian fractional note for 25 Cents. Series is dated 1900 and was used until replaces with a 1920 series. [ATTACH=full]380748[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]380747[/ATTACH] And finally a WWII note for the Dutch Netherlands: 1943 series 1 Gulden. Note that it was printed by the American Bank Note Company (likely due to that whole "government in exile while occupied by Nazi Germany" thing). [ATTACH=full]380746[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]380745[/ATTACH] Rob[/QUOTE]
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