Not exactly about World coins, but about World...

[a2labmom]

currency. Are there any World Currency collectors over here who would like to chat?

[a2labmom]

Nobody here collect world currency and want to chat about it?

[shirohniichan]

We banished those weirdos long ago.

[Hoot]

Sorry multilab! I have a co-wrker who has a big stash of world paper. He calls them "gazoonies".

 

I have three pieces that I don't know how I got -

1) a "10 dollars" from Hong Kong, circa 1986 (I've never been there)

2) a cinco colones note from Costa Rica - beautiful (see attached), also circa 1986, and I've never been there!

3) a 1 won from the Bank of Korea. Don't know the date, and I've nt been there either!

 

Many foreign notes put our boring bills o shame.

 

Hoot

[Hoot]

Reverse

[gmarguli]

I have a stack of them from Russia. They belonged to my girlfriends grandfather. I have no idea of their value. One day I'll have to look them up in a book.

[a2labmom]

Beautiful Costa Rica note, hoot. I love looking at world currency. Most of it is so colorful, and relatively inexpensive. I just won 4 auction lots on eBay (about 40 or so notes) and didn't spend but about $20.00.

 

Shiro, we aren't all wierdos, at least I don't consider myself a wierdo. I mean, does it make me wierd to "walk" around on all fours and bark and growl at visitors?

[EVillageProwler]

I have a fairly large quantity of foreign currency. They are mostly from my travels. I also have friends and relatives giving me stuff because they know I'm the stuff.

 

I seriously doubt that I have anything of value though...

 

EVP

 

[a2labmom]

Greg,

Do you have dates and/or denominations on the German notes? Or better yet, how 'bout some pictures we/I can drool over?

[a2labmom]

EVP,

 

When it comes to world currency, I personally don't collect for the value. I collect because they are so interesting to look at and also to think about the history behind the note. My boss gave me several plastic sleeves of foreign currency that he was planning on throwing out. I'm glad he didn't. Nothing he gave me is worth any significant money, but it is still nice to look at and imagine what the notes have been through. To me, that is one of the best parts of collecting world currency as well as world coins.

 

So, what countries and/or denominations do you have? Got any scans?

[Tradedollarnut]

My wife's from Finland - I have some Finnish currency. Also a rare Finnish military stamp that supposedly there were only a thousand or so made.

[a2labmom]

Wow, TDN. Sounds cool. Only about a thousand made! Any scans by any chance? I love to look at currency.

[EVillageProwler]

Here's what I have (no scans):

 

Sri Lanka: 10, 100, 200, 500 rupee, all from the 1990's.

Indonesia: 1, 5 10 sen, all from 1964.

Singapore: 2, 5, 10 (2 diff designs), 50 dollar, all recent.

Cambodia: 100, 200, 500 , all from the 1990's.

Thailand: 10, 20, 50, 100 baht, all recent.

Philippines: 20 piso, 1998.

Hong Kong (British): 1 cent (not recent), 20, 50, 100 dollar, 1990's.

Hong Kong (Chinese): 50 dollar, 1996.

Taiwan, ROC: 50 cent, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000 yuan, diff designs, all from the 1960's and 1970's.

Japan: 1000, 5000, 10000 yen, all recent.

Korea: 10 jeon, 1962.

Argentina: 2 peso, recent.

Brazil: 10 reais, recent; 5 cruzeiros, probably 1970's.

Chile: 500, 1000 pesos, 1999.

Biafra: 1 pound, probably 1960's.

Cayman Islands: 1, 5, 10 dollar, 1990's.

Canada: 20 dollar, 1979.

England: 5, 10, 20 pound, 1990's.

France: 50 (2 designs/sizes) franc, 1992 and 1994.

Italy: 1000, 10000, 50000 lire, 1990's.

Netherlands: 25 gulden, 1989.

Germany: 10, 20 mark, 1989 and 1991.

Croatia: 25 dinar, 1991.

Bulgaria (or some Slavic communist bloc nation): 5, 25, 200 , 1951.

 

EVP

 

PS Remember Biafra?

[a2labmom]

Cool sounding lot, EVP.

 

Does the Hong Kong (British): 1 cent have a blank back? If so, that's what I have and they look OK. A little on the boring side, but still a little more interesting than US currency.

 

Do these have any pictures on them? Bulgaria (or some Slavic communist bloc nation): 5, 25, 200 , 1951

 

If you ever find yourself in posession of any extras you would like to trade or sell, let me know.

[EVillageProwler]

My British HK center is the boring one w/ a blank back.

 

As for the unidentified notes with the Commie designs and Cyrillic enscriptions, I have no pictures of any of them. PM me with your postal address and I'll send you some gratis.

 

I also have a bunch of coins (in a big tin) from all over the world...

 

EVP

 

[a2labmom]

By any chance, do the unidentified notes look anything like any of these?

 

pics 1

pics 2

[jeh46544]

I used to have a whole bunch of World currency and coins, but I traded them for some U.S. coins. I still have a few. I have 10 and 20 cent coins from Hong Kong, and twenty something (I dont know what they call their money) bill from Taiwan.

I used to have a 50,000 mark bill and 1, 2, 5, and 10 pfennig coins from Germany.

[EVillageProwler]

JEH:

 

The equiv of a CENT in Taiwan is called a FEN.

 

EVP

 

[jeh46544]

thanks EVP. I knew it was something like that.

[a2labmom]

Got any pictures?

[kuhli-migration]

Taiwan's currency is the Yuan (dollar), equal to 10 chiao, each of which is equal to 10 cents. (cents are obsolete due to inflation).

 

Fen is Mainland (People's Republic of China) denomination.