Interesting how money is similar yet different throughout the world. How centuries ago it was livestock or made goods and now we use printed paper to get these things.
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Great image! Thanks for sharing!
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Brilliant! I’ve collected bank notes from around the world – now you’ve given me an idea of how to display them!
My pictures and Linky!
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I met a guy you’d get on well with in Muscat, Oman. He had a stall in a market there and had a fantastic collection of banknotes.
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Very cool!
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Interesting how money is similar yet different throughout the world. How centuries ago it was livestock or made goods and now we use printed paper to get these things.
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Yes, and I was just reading that in Croatia, martens were a key predecessor of banknotes. Hence the name of the currency: kuna, meaning marten
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Money makes the world goes round. Like your pictures 🙂
Bernhard
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Thanks Bernhard
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