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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pragmatic, post: 2784718, member: 88312&quot;]once upon a time, in late 80s and early 90s there were circulating banknotes in abundance, specially beautiful were the 50 piasters and the 100 egyptian pounds banknotes. today, I only have one piece of the 50 piasters not in a very good shape and nothing else from childhood except for coins. Recently I have seen these very banknotes online, they are currently rare and if you get them you would pay more money than purchasing a banknote from the 1960s. I kept searching for any trace of them in my old piles, unfolded all books for a left behind piece this or that, none, asked family if they have any, and when i showed them their photos, we ended both regretting not keeping them. it is not the case of them being expensive here. it is a case of nostalgia more. these banknotes when they first appeared, unlike other banknotes that were in circulation, they looked special and elegant. If I had kept them somehow back from the 80s, I would have been in a climax now rather than regret!!</p><p>but I was just a kid.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]645111[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]645110[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I learnt from this that any banknote can be worth something something in the future, regardless of its abundance today.</b> the future of any coin or currency can very devious. May be it is available in millions and nobody see any value in it. all of sudden, it vanishes in thin air, withdrawn, phased out, destroyed, and what remains is the one you keep in your good hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also when I was in Scotland in 2009, I had to exchange my egyptian pounds to british pounds, in Glasgow in some pension post office, i changed the 2000 egyptian pounds for around 200 scottish sterling pounds. I didn&#039;t know at that time what is scottish and what is british sterling. it was just a sterling i could buy gifts with. and back to Cairo remained with me 3 pieces (two 5 pounds banknotes, 2005 and 2007 issue and one 1 pound); some how they survived these 8 years with me (forgotten among my stuff).</p><p><br /></p><p>well, I guess you have heard about the new polymer pound, and that the old banknotes are no longer issued. in Scotland, my ex told me a week ago, that the 1 pound banknote is already a collector item <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]645112[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]645113[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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