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world currency

hama7 — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 05:05:13 -0800

The World Currency Gallery at Banknotes.com is excellent for old, new, and obsolete banknotes, and the dmoz.org currency result is enormous. [more]

By: hama7

hama7 — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 05:09:03 -0800

Four favorites: Russian, Russian, French, and Chinese.

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 05:43:10 -0800

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.

By: ptermit

ptermit — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 06:25:46 -0800

I like James Lileks' curious lucre, a small but amusing collection of world currency.

By: boardman

boardman — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 20:07:29 -0800

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.

By: hama7

hama7 — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:14:02 -0800

These Japanese proto-bills from 1600-1900 are pretty interesting.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:19:15 -0800

good links hama7, nice finds...thanks!

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 07:12:25 -0800

God, those Japanese proto-bills are gorgeous. Great stuff all around, hama7; I add my thanks to the chorus.