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Offerings To The Ancestors, The Potala Palace: 500k Yuan (China, Unknown)-Reference
This colorful Chinese novelty note is 冥鈔 (míngchāo), more commonly known in Western nations as "Hell Money. These notes are produced by a...
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Apr 25, 20223 min read
Offerings To The Ancestors, The Great Hall Of The People: 100k Yuan (China, Unknown)-Reference
This colorful Chinese novelty note is 冥鈔 (míngchāo), more commonly known in Western nations as "Hell Money. These notes are produced by a...
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Apr 25, 20224 min read
Offerings To The Ancestors, The Potala Palace: 50 Million Yuan (China, Unknown)-Reference
This colorful Chinese novelty note is 冥鈔 (míngchāo), more commonly known in Western nations as "Hell Money. These notes are produced by a...
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Apr 25, 20223 min read
Offerings To The Ancestors, The Great Hall Of The People: 10 Million Yuan (China, Unknown)-Reference
This colorful Chinese novelty note is 冥鈔 (míngchāo), more commonly known in Western nations as "Hell Money. These notes are produced by a...
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Apr 25, 20223 min read
Notes Of General Aung San, Father Of The Myanmar State: 25 Kyats (Myanmar, 1972)-Reference
This large Burmese banknote represents the 4th denomination of the Third Kyat (Series 1979). The observe features a portrait of General...
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Apr 25, 20221 min read
Notes Of General Aung San, Father Of The Myanmar State: 10 Kyats (Myanmar, 1973)-Reference
This large Burmese banknote represents the 3rd denomination of the Third Kyat (Series 1979). The observe features a portrait of General...
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Apr 25, 20221 min read
Notes Of the Mexican Revolution: 1 Peso (Mexico, 1914)-Reference
This revolutionary-era Mexican banknote represent the 1st denomination of the Provisional Government Peso (1914). The observe features a...
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Apr 25, 20221 min read
The Gomburza, The Fathers Of The Revolution: 10 Pesos (Philippines, 1949)-Reference
This Philippine banknote represents the 9th denomination of the “English Series” (1949). The observe features a portrait of Fathers...
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Apr 25, 20221 min read
Preah Vihear, The Disputed Cliff Temple: 100 Riel (Cambodia, 1972)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 3rd denomination of the First Riel (4th Issue, Series 1962-1972). The observe features an...
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Apr 25, 20221 min read
Modernization Of An Ancient Land: 20 Riel (Cambodia, 1972)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 2nd denomination of the First Riel (Second Issue, Series 1956-72). The observe features a combine...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
The Weaver And The Temple Of Faces: 100 Riel (Cambodia, 1973)-Reference
The large Cambodian banknote represents the 1st denomination of the First Riel (5th Issue, Series 1973). The observe features an...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
The Face Of Lokeśvara: 100 Riel (Cambodia, 1975)-Reference
The large Cambodian banknote represents the 4th denomination of the First Riel (5th Issue, Series 1956-72). The observe features a stone...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
Early Notes Of Independent Turkmenistan: 20 Manat (Turkmenistan, 1995)-Reference
This post-Soviet Turkmen banknote represents the 1st denomination of the First Manat (Series 1995). The observe features a portrait of...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
José Antonio Páez, The Hero Of Carabobo: 20 Bolivars (Venezuela, 1992)-Reference
This Venezuelan banknote represents the 2nd denomination of the Bolivar (Series 1981-98). The observe features a portrait of President...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
Angkor Wat, The Temple City: 50 Riels (Cambodia, 1979)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 7th denomination of the Second Riel (Seventh Issue, Series 1979). The observe features one of the...
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Apr 21, 20221 min read
Notes Of The First Sudanese Pound: 5 Pound (Sudan, 1991)-Reference
This Sudanese banknote represents the 1st denomination of the First Sudanese Pound (Series 1991). The observe features an illustration of...
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Apr 21, 20221 min read
Mabini, The Brain Of The Revolution: 1 Peso (Philippines, 1949)-Reference
This Philippine banknote represents the 6th denomination of the “English Series” (1949). The observe features a portrait revolutionary...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
El Libertador And The Orchid: 500 Bolivares (Venezuela, 1998)-Reference
This Venezuelan banknote represents the 5th denomination of the Bolivar (Series 1981-98). The observe features a portrait of Marshall...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
Japanese Invasion Notes, Burma: 100 Rupees (Imperial Japan, 1944)-Reference
This Japanese occupation note (Burma) represents the 9th denomination of Japanese government-issued Rupee. The observe features an...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
Notes Of Post-War Japan, The Diet: 10 Yen (Japan, 1946)-Reference
This post-WWII Japanese banknote represents the 5th denomination of the “Series A” Yen (1946). The observe features the National Diet...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
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