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Thank you jbuck, Silverskunk and CoinForMe very much appreciated.
Cheers Bryan
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Great additions Silverskunk.
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very nice display Skunk!  |
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In 1939 a new 20 Reichsmark note was introduced, with a design adopted from an unissued Austrian note. Austria had been forcibly incorporated into the Third Reich the previous year. The front depicts a young woman holding edelweiss. There is also a small eagle and swastika and a large swastika underprint. The back pictures the Dachstein Glacier on Lake Gosausee in Austria. To the left is a man holding an ax. To the right is a man sowing seeds. The watermark depicts the young maiden.  Quote:
Jewish and other refugees fleeing Nazi Germany would sometimes be paid for their confiscated property with these Conversion Fund Notes, (called Konversionskasse fur Deutsche Auslandsschulden.) The notes were not legal tender nor were they transferable. Redemption of the notes was difficult, if not impossible. In most cases their owners found them to be eventually worthless. The original issue is dated 1933. The 1934 has two red guilloches overprinted on the left side of the 1933 notes, with the lower guilloche containing the date 1934. The large sized notes measure 200 x 115mm. The notes are Uncirculated and perforated "ENTWERTET" (CANCELLED). They are historic and rarely seen items. Both these notes are just killing me. Ive been waiting for Joel to get them in and finally he has. They are not easy to come by. The problem ? The first one is $55 and the 2nd one, the ones they paid the Jews with, is $65 for one note. This is a lot of cash for two bank notes. Maybe not on their own but Ive already sunk a lot of dough into my wall, with more coming, and I'm really not in the mood to spend $120 for two bank notes no matter how crusial they are in the story I'm telling. Elsewhere the Zehn is going for $100+ so the price is right. Bah! wheres my credit card LOL ? |
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UK 1966 Sovereign  Cheers Bryan
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UK 2025 Iron Maiden's 50th Anniversary £5  Cheers Bryan
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More fine additions, Bryan.
My American Silver Eagle collection http://goccf.com/t/448125My random silver coin collection http://goccf.com/t/449270My MS-70 silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490829My dragon silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490859My silver Libertad collection https://goccf.com/t/491087 |
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Thank you GLB very much appreciated.
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more nice adds Bryan |
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Nice additions! |
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Nice additions to both. Errers and Varietys.
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The Meiji Restoration was a pivotal political event in Japanese history, commencing in 1868, indeed it was one of the most pivotal in all modern History. It saw the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, which had governed Japan for over 250 years and ushered in the restoration of the Emperors power and the rapid Industrialization. The Meiji era saw the development of modern industries, infrastructure, and a capitalist economy. Its saw the end of the traditional feudal system, with its regional domains and samurai class, which was then dismantled. Many western idea's and concepts were introduced into a society that had been closed to such for hundreds of years. Including the concept of Democracy, which really never was able to take root. Instead and era of Nationalization and militarism took over and never ended until the American fire bombs and atomic bombs threatened the entire annihilation of Japan itself. And even then many, if not most, welcomed the destruction from the sky rather then the shame of defeat. Maybe things could have been different if not for the worldwide economic collapse between the Great War's. After all Japan had been an ally in WW1, tho this is viewed as a marriage of convenience and a power grab of Germanys Asian holdings. Even still the great changes of the Meiji era are displayed on my wall in the form of several coins. The 1 sen and 2 sen coins.   |
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Following the Meiji restoration a young Emperor, "Hirohito", took power. He preferred leading from the shadows using poetry to influence policy and to shield himself from outside blame. But it was Hirohito and the Showa era that allowed the militarists to influence policy and the oifficial Govt. as the Empire began to expand, often using cruelty as its tool of enforcement. The Japanese invaded China, clashed with Russia in Manchuria, became an official member of the Axis alliance, and dreamt of an Asia subservient to it alone, its resources belonging to the Empire. This was the dream of Showa Japan and the only thing standing in it way was America and its Navy. The Showa era's crimes and mistakes are joined by news coins, the 100 yen and 50 sen silver coins   |
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Italian 20 cent war coin minted in 1942  |
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