Collectable and Interesting Currency

[malinoisvol]

Wat'cha got?

@C1500

 

[hog88]

I’ve got a couple dollar bills back from when they were worth something.

 

[malinoisvol]

I’ve got a couple dollar bills back from when they were worth something.

Antiques. Lol

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I have an Iraqi dinar with Saddam Hussein’s picture on it and a silver certificate or 2 tucked away somewhere.

 

[malinoisvol]

I have an Iraqi dinar with Saddam Hussein’s picture on it and a silver certificate or 2 tucked away somewhere.

I have some of that Saddam money and a bunch of silver certificates. I will post pix when I find them. Lol

 

[Tin Man]

I’ve a passel of foreign coins from the 60s and a few old US coins.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I’ve a passel of foreign coins from the 60s and a few old US coins.

I think that my oldest coin is from the early 1700s. It looks like it could be crushed between my thumb and index finger. I have a few dozen from the 1800s and maybe a hundred newer foreign coins from the 50s, 60s, 80s, and 80s. Wheat pennies, Buffalo nickels, and Mercury head dimes are pretty cool and affordable to collect. Wheat pennies were still in circulation not that long ago.

 

[FrankenVol54]

 

[kiddiedoc]

My grandparents saved me a decent collection of Bicentennial coins over many years. (I was born in '76)

 

[Plano Vol]

 

[Tin Man]

In 1969, when I was in Africa, I flew on the Zambian national airline. They required passengers to pay for drinks and incidentals with Zambian currency. Our guide reminded us of this before boarding. We all exchanged a few dollars for “kwachas.” When we arrived at our destination, no one would exchange our remaining kwachas. The Zambian exchange rate was $1.49/kwacha. They were worthless outside of Zambia. I wish that I still had a kwacha from that trip. It was pretty currency.

 

[Hurley Mooncalf]

I've got some old German paper money. I think it might be from the WW2 era. There's no Nazi stuff on it but it's a variety of denominations from different banks with neat artwork. Also have a bunch of U.S. half cents from throughout the 1800's. Can't remember what the oldest one is.

 

[Plano Vol]

In 1969, when I was in Africa, I flew on the Zambian national airline. They required passengers to pay for drinks and incidentals with Zambian currency. Our guide reminded us of this before boarding. We all exchanged a few dollars for “kwachas.” When we arrived at our destination, no one would exchange our remaining kwachas. The Zambian exchange rate was $1.49/kwacha. They were worthless outside of Zambia. I wish that I still had a kwacha from that trip. It was pretty currency.

Sounds like kwacha is Zambian for gotcha.

 

[Plano Vol]

I received this note in change

 

[volinbham]

I have some old fractional currency that my dad inherited.

 

[C1500]

I'll post some older stuff later on. This was just a quick picture of the state coins I'm working on getting.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

My next door neighbors when I was a young un had some Confederate dollars. They also had one of those concrete lawn jockeys.

 

[C1500]

I have some stuff on the way I want to share when it gets here.

 

[Nugget]

I have a bill from Antarctica with a penguin on it. I think it is practically worthless though lol.

 

[C1500]

Here are a few of my newest things.

 

[C1500]

I know it's not money, but I found this when going through family items when I was working on family history for me and the wife. It was in such good shape.

 

[Plano Vol]

I know it's not money, but I found this when going through family items when I was working on family history for me and the wife. I was in such good shape.

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You need to find an inert plastic currency sleeve to preserve it.

 

[MAD]

it’s a commemorative JFK 3.5 grams gold coin from West Germany that came out shortly after he was assassinated.

 

[C1500]

Working on a few folders

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

I have an Iraqi dinar with Saddam Hussein’s picture on it and a silver certificate or 2 tucked away somewhere.

I have a dinar too. I was at Piccadilly with my parents one time when i was a little kid, a guy started talking to us and he pulled out his wallet and gave it to me. He had just recently got home from serving there in the Gulf War.