Merchant Money

"YARR!" I see treasure me hearties and it's money from across the world. Now, I'm unsure as to what countries these paper notes originate from, but the obvious ones I'll label at the top of the photo. These notes were collected by an antique dealer named Fokko Middel, and I've covered some of his collection a few months ago in previous articles, where we saw paper money from around Asia-Pacific. We all know that paper money is on its way out and these relics from the past will one day remind me of a time when we used to use these as legal tender, but not just yet. Let's look at a few of the photos covered in what could be the final chapter in this series of Merchant Money.

I used a model boat along with a treasure chest jewellery box from above the fireplace as props, so as to give the old pirate ship feeling, hence my "YARR" as a greeting earlier.

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The Artwork on the Paperwork

I absolutely love the artwork on paper money and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the different notes from around the world with their own unique creative style. I chose to start with this photo of a note that might be from Eastern Europe, I just don't know, but what is particularly poignant about this one, is the bird emblem located at the top left-hand corner of the note. A premier Steemian called @tremendospercy is currently running a serious focused on Birdmen, their affect on society along with their relevance to the people of that time. So it's ironic how prevalent the Bird(men/emblem) is, even with money. Link to @tremendospercy's awesome article and series below.

https://steemit.com/history/@tremendospercy/mystery-history-pt3c-the-bird-men-huitzilopochtli-the-hummingbird-god

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Argentina I believe

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The Paper Trail

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I hope you enjoyed viewing these pieces of financial history, especially as we all transition over to a paperless monetary system. To think that the paper notes that you hold onto now, could be worth a lot more sitting on the shelf of an antique store somewhere, at sometime in the future.

Thanks for taking the time to view this post and I hope you have a lovely weekend Steemians.