Draglion
Feb 22, 2018
World Paper Money
One of the most amazing hobbies is collecting paper money, I'm sure if you start collecting you'll fall in love with this hobby. Why? The main secret is the power of cash, what we have swept in our mind for decades. Having cash is still a real satisfaction, you feel that you can afford a lot, you feel, than no one can drive you, no one commands you. This is the mystery of power what paper money suggest to you.
Of course there are many other things that could motivate a collector, like the beauty of colorful world paper money, many different denominations, many country specific writings, pictures (buildings, famous persons, flora and fauna, coat of arms, traditional/national patterns and colors).
Detail of Greek 50 Lepta 1920's
This is the mystery of power what paper money suggest to you.
Of course there are many other things that could motivate a collector, like the beauty of colorful world paper money, many different denomination, many country specific writings, pictures (buildings, perosons, flora and fauna, coat of arms, traditional/national patterns and colors).
Japan, Hirobumi Itō on 1000 Yen banknote
The Bank of Japan started issuing this 1000 Japanese Yen banknote in 1963. It was withdrawn from circulation in 1993.
Prince Itō Hirobumi was a Japanese statesman and genrō. A London-educated samurai of the Chōshū Domain and an influential figure in the early Meiji Restoration government, he chaired the bureau which drafted the Meiji Constitution in the 1880s.
...to be continued
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