world currency

November 26, 2002 5:05 AM

The World Currency Gallery at Banknotes.com is excellent for old, new, and obsolete banknotes, and the dmoz.org currency result is enormous. [more]
posted by hama7 (7 comments total)

Four favorites: Russian, Russian, French, and Chinese.
posted by hama7 at 5:09 AM on November 26, 2002

At first read, I almost thought you were lauding the World Currency Cartel.

Interestingly, a resource like the Gallery might be helpful in debunking this ongonig scam.
posted by thanotopsis at 5:43 AM on November 26, 2002

I like James Lileks' curious lucre, a small but amusing collection of world currency.
posted by ptermit at 6:25 AM on November 26, 2002

A great find, hama7. For those of you interested in *Monopoly* money, and the fascinating political and social history of this game, check out this feature from a show yesterday on NPR.
posted by boardman at 8:07 PM on November 26, 2002

These Japanese proto-bills from 1600-1900 are pretty interesting.
posted by hama7 at 9:14 PM on November 26, 2002

good links hama7, nice finds...thanks!
posted by madamjujujive at 10:19 PM on November 26, 2002

God, those Japanese proto-bills are gorgeous. Great stuff all around, hama7; I add my thanks to the chorus.
posted by languagehat at 7:12 AM on November 27, 2002