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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 396678, member: 4626&quot;]Still waiting for a 50 billion dollar agro cheque from Zimbabwe to arrive in the mail; hyperinflation has reached the point where this note is only worth 50 US cents!&nbsp; The Zimbabwe dollar is essentially worthless now (its notes only of value to collectors, and I&#039;m sure there&#039;s enterprising Zimbabweans who have figured this out and are getting a hold of hard cash by selling the notes to collectors on eBay and such).&nbsp; When it shows up I&#039;ll post a thread on the hyperinflation notes I&#039;ve been collecting, those that have nominal denominations of one billion and higher (have at least one from every hyperinflation period I know of that has reached the point of having 1 billion or higher denominations, except post-WWI Germany, working on that next).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway have recently acquired a few other interesting notes other than those, including two hyperinflation notes that came with one I acquired for the above collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919346" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919346" rel="nofollow">Republic of Serbian Krajina, 100,000,000 dinars, 1993</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is from the short-lived (and never recognized) Serbian Krajina; when Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia, the predominately Serbian portion of Croatia declared independece from Croatia as Serbian Krajina.&nbsp; The Krajina dinar was pegged 1:1 to the Yugoslav dinar and thus suffered the same hyperinflation Yugoslavia did.&nbsp; Eventually Krajina was incorporated back into what is now Croatia.&nbsp; Like the castle on the hill on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919345" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919345" rel="nofollow">Republic of Serbian Krajina, 500,000,000 dinars, 1993</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Same note basically except for the colors and denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919439" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919439" rel="nofollow">Japan, 2000 yen, 2000</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Japan issued this note in 2000 to commemorate the G8 summi held in Naha, Okinawa that year (and also the new millenium, hence the 2000 yen denomination).&nbsp; This note was not especially popular as ciruclating currency, since cash drawers were not set up to accomadate it and vending machines wouldn&#039;t accept it... so while it&#039;s common in banks and post offices, it rarely shows up in circulation (much like the US $2 bill).&nbsp; The front features the Shureimon, a castle gate and well known landmark in Okinawa near where the summit took place.&nbsp; The reverse features a scene and tex from the Tale of Genji; its author, Murasaki Shikibu, is depcited in the lower right hand corner, making her the first woman to ever appear on a Japanese banknote.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919440" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919440" rel="nofollow">Maldives, 5 rufiyaa, 2000</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Both the front and back of this note feature the dhoni, a sailing boat used especially for fishing which is a unique symbol of the Maldives.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919571" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919571" rel="nofollow">Israel, 5 lirot, 1968</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Iconic depiction of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) on this note.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919690" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919690" rel="nofollow">Libya, 1 dinar, 2004</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Oddly posed picture of Colonel Qadaffi on this note.&nbsp; Love the colors though.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919691" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919691" rel="nofollow">Nagorno-Karabakh, 10 dram, 2004</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another from an unrecognized state; Nagorno-Karabakh is a de facto republic in the middle of what is officially part of Azerbaijan.&nbsp; The ethnically Armenian population of N-K is predominately Christian as emphasized by the depiction of Jesus Christ on this note.&nbsp; The depiction of Christ reminds me of Byzantine mosaics.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919692" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919692" rel="nofollow">North Korea, 5 won, 1978</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Typical communist imagery on the front; a worker holding a big gear and a woman carrying rice against a very detailed background of some sort of industrial complex.&nbsp; I love the reverse; the dramatic mist shrouded mountains are beuatiful.&nbsp; They are a depiction of the mountains that form the border between North Korea and China.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919694" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=919694" rel="nofollow">Japan (Japanese military currency), 50 sen, 1938</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This currency was issued to the Japanese military for use in China.&nbsp; Another for my &quot;Dragon Collection&quot;; love the dragon on this note!&nbsp; It&#039;s a very dynamic picture that looks like he&#039;s flying through clouds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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