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Some receive medals and decorations spilling blood. Collectors of military awards get them at lower price...

A woman standing next to one of the Afghan war veteran and other armed conflicts, during a rally in Kiev, Ukraine

Photo: Sergei Supinsky/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images.

Posted by andrew, November 15, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Why do we collect banknotes?

Here is an opinion of the one banknote collector on the blog.realbanknotes.com:

"My name is om007 and from time to time i will contribute to this very interesting blog... I once found a Roman coin in the wild and i must admit it was quite a thrill but i do find coins quite limiting in terms of size, colors, motifs, information.

Here is a picture with my biggest (Russia 1912), a current 10 Swiss Francs and my smallest banknote (Morocco 1944). I must have all the sizes in between."

"Every note is full of faces or historical places, celebrities or weird symbol. As Proteus does for each note, there is always a lot to search and discover in the fine prints, small differences, historical references. The materials used are also quite different... From rough cardboard to polymer and all the changing quality of papers... From one-sided to multi-layer security and hologram. A lot of banknotes also have been used to doodle, write, annotate or share info with the next person to receive it... All this makes the Banknotes collection much more appealing to me than a pure Coin collection..."

Original was posted on blog.realbanknotes.com.

Posted by andrew, November 11, 2010. Post has 2 comments.
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Philosophy on our blog

Collectors are most happy in the two cases: when they buy a rare coin, and when they sell rare coin.

Posted by serge, December 4, 2009. Post has 0 comments.
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Be respectful when handling Thai currency!

Thailand has and does enforce the national lese majeste laws. These laws expressly prohibit any act - verbal, physical or written, that shows insolent or disrespectful behavior toward any member of the Royal family. In same time, all currency in Thailand, paper and coin, bears a portrait of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej or a deceased relative. With this in mind, DO NOT EVER: step on a coin to stop it from rolling away. DO NOT step on a Thai banknote to stop it from blowing away. DO NOT throw a note or coin in anger towards another person. DO NOT tear, burn or otherwise deface a note or coin.

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Posted by serge, August 22, 2009. Post has 0 comments.
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