Officially known as Southern Development bank notes, Japanese invasion money was issued by the Japanese military authority as a replacement for local currency after the conquest of colonies and other states in WWII.
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Short snorter? You may ask. No, we are not referring to short people with a cocaine habit, but of the numismatic variety: the term short snorter refers to signed banknotes. The custom dates back around one hundred years, when people travelling together on a plane would sign a banknote as a record of their trip together. It was made popular by service people from World War II.
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Ancient coins often contain stories of historical or mythical events, and are sometimes the only reference we have to these events. They are also precious and collectable investments, having been struck in gold, silver and bronze.
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The Royal Australian Mint has long since moved on from just issuing coins we jangle in our pockets every day. The real money, if you will forgive the pun, is in issuing a wide range of specialist collector coins in silver and gold, as well as the usual base metals of cupro-nickel and aluminium bronze.
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For any collector interested in history, collecting Roman coins is not a bad way to go.
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A unique and historically priceless Australian banknote set has been unveiled in the centenary year of the printing of Australia’s first official Commonwealth banknote series.
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Highly prestigious rarities, Commonwealth pre-decimal banknote issues provide a fascinating window into Australia’s economic and social development during the reigns of King George V (1910- 1936), King George VI (1936- 1952) and Queen Elizabeth II.
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Australian pre-Federation banknotes have become some of the most rare and spectacular works of art known throughout the world of note engraving.
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From its beginnings in China, when the ‘mulberry bark flying money’ was created to avoid transporting heavy coinage, paper money has provided a window onto the history of the world.
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