on of the great things about being out of the hobby for years is that when you dust the collection off its like all new stuff . I found in one of my folders a series of knote from the soviet union. witha certificat of authenticity from the rasmussons music mart circa 1988. that they had been recived through commercial transactions . a freindship exchange between the citizens of proideniya and nome . I have one each-1p, 3p, 5p, 10o, 25p, 50p, 100p notes dont know how to date them and all notes are used but its kind of cool the whole visit and trade thing. just htought I might share this with anyone interested. Coggie59(jeff)