Spain 50 Pesetas 1928 P75 VF-GVF

Iran has been suffering from rampant inflation and has been forced to revalue its banknotes. They recently lopped 4 zeros of the denominations. From this new series, we offer Crisp Uncirculated examples of the 5 (or 50,000) rials (P-New)The front has a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini while the back has a view of the Tomb of Hafez in Shiraz alongside calligraphy of Hafez’s Ghazal II, Uncirculated.

This Japanese Hansatsu note was issued in the 19th century, it is often referred to as Book Mark Money, because of its shape. A dealer friend recently went to Japan and picked up a group of these fascinating pieces of financial history, including this on offer now. It is printed in black on a cream card with red seals and a vignette of a man in flowing robes.

In the countries Japan occupied during the Second World War, a special currency was issued denominated in the currency of the country before the occupation. In the case of Burma these Japanese Government headed notes were denominated in rupees. We offer examples of the 10 rupees issued for Burma (P16) The design was simple with a vignette of temples on the front and a panel of engraving on the back. Available here in F-VF.