A Pretty Neat Japanese Note Hidden Away In My Collection

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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 10/05/2013 12:21 am I haven't been actively collecting banknotes but have a small stash of them hiding somewhere. I came across them recently as I have been cleaning up and decided to scan them. This is one of them: Released more than 100 years ago around 1885, it features Daikoku at right sitting on rice bales. In Japan, he's better known as the God of wealth. More information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikoku-ten As of why I got this - last year I visited Japan and saw this. This is not my photo: http://muza-chan.net/japan/index.ph...gical-hammer I'm pretty certain you weren't allowed photography in this area... The saying is if you rub his belly, you might rub some of his fortune onto yourself. Well I don't know if that ever happened but though it was pretty neat to have a banknote that features something that you checked out. But again, I don't know how old this statue is. Could be a few decades old, century old or just a few years as it might get repainted over a few years. Nevertheless, it's the oldest banknote in my collection right now. I don't think it is a common banknote even in this condition. Back to imaging the massive hoard of banknotes and coins that I have... just too many to process! (I'm running out of time to even work on my website for starters!) My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Edited by gxseries 10/05/2013 12:24 am Report this Post to the Staff

Ark Valued Member Australia 192 Posts	Posted 10/05/2013 05:13 am I am so jealous, I would love to have that but sadly its waaaaaay out of my price range. Report this Post to the Staff
thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 10/05/2013 06:22 am I decided against scanning my coins as there were just too many. But I do have all my banknotes scanned on my computer. It's just easier to check when considering possible new purchases. So that is (currently) 3313x2 images. But it has cost me. I'm now on my third scanner! Edited by thai-vic 10/05/2013 06:24 am Report this Post to the Staff
Ark Valued Member Australia 192 Posts	Posted 10/05/2013 06:29 am 3313? Thats a decent amount. I should go through and scan my whole collection, for me its only around 190x2 and I've probably got about 1/3 of them already scanned. Report this Post to the Staff
thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 10/05/2013 06:54 am Ark, I found it best to do four at a time then edit them (straightening then cropping). I do them at 200dpi and find them more than adequate for zooming in for details. I have them sorted in folders (one at least for each country). Each has a 3 letter country code then the denomination (number only) then year, then any additional info then obverse or reverse. Eg. Aus 20 2008 obv or perhaps Nep 10 1981 sig3 obv. Report this Post to the Staff
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