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<p>[QUOTE="Urban_Lawyer, post: 1493519, member: 36361"]Interesting day at the coin shop.... the owner seems to know absolutely nothing about foreign banknotes and had a box of all sorts of notes for sale at $1.00 each. I bought a 1990's era British 5 pound note and SEVEN modern $5 Canadian notes for $1.00 each (no joke). I also got my hands on some old German and French notes from the pre-WW2 era among other oddities. Apparently the fact a note can be exchanged at the bank across the street for U.S. money means nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have I.D.'d everything except the following. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any idea if the German note is currency (vs. a train ticket or something... I don't read German well) or something else? </p><p><br /></p><p>Is the Mexican note some of the fiat money Pancho Villa ordered printed? It has a neat red stamp on the back. The guy has a stack of these (maybe 20 more) I'm going to go pick up on Monday. I'm a big Pancho Villa fan.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]190578.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]190579.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]190580.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]190581.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Urban_Lawyer, post: 1493519, member: 36361"]Interesting day at the coin shop.... the owner seems to know absolutely nothing about foreign banknotes and had a box of all sorts of notes for sale at $1.00 each. I bought a 1990's era British 5 pound note and SEVEN modern $5 Canadian notes for $1.00 each (no joke). I also got my hands on some old German and French notes from the pre-WW2 era among other oddities. Apparently the fact a note can be exchanged at the bank across the street for U.S. money means nothing. I have I.D.'d everything except the following. Any idea if the German note is currency (vs. a train ticket or something... I don't read German well) or something else? Is the Mexican note some of the fiat money Pancho Villa ordered printed? It has a neat red stamp on the back. The guy has a stack of these (maybe 20 more) I'm going to go pick up on Monday. I'm a big Pancho Villa fan. [ATTACH]190578.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]190579.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]190580.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]190581.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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