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Four Shilling Note
Sounds like it was a part of a short snorter, these were accumulated by
soldiers in their travels, and they would save a note from each country they visited and tape it to the others. They would come out sometimes to be a long roll. I have only ever seen one complete roll that was not detached later on. It was owned by a WWII veteran whom brought it to a coin club meeting, he toured extensively in Europe during the war courtesy of the US Army. The Tongan note in itself is not yet worth a lot of money in it's current state, but I think as time goes by that the historical interests which are noted on it will make it worth more money to a collector, especially of WWII memorabilia. Sometime I will have to ask my father in law if his father saved such a thing, he has all the rest of his father's WWII memorabilia, some with some very harrowing and fascinating tales. Dave -- emails to (myuserid).at.lycos.com Tir nam Beann, nan Gleann, s'nan Gaisgeach - Saor Alba A-Nis! "Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 21:51:58 -0400, "Scottishmoney" wrote: Are you referring to the Bahamas 4/- note? It seems like a bit of an oldball, 5/- was closer to a dollar. How much real money could a dollar buy in those days? I found a beat up Tongan 4/- note today at the show. An appropriate find for this date, as a notation on the back reads "This note accompanied me through Guadalcanal from July 1942. R.B. Cavanaugh, Lt. USMC, 20.03.1943 / We were (note and me) on a ship which was blown out of the water." The note is also interesting in that it appears to bear an official overprint: where it says "four shillings sterling" there are three bars through the word "sterling". Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/04 |
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On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 07:54:49 -0400, "Scottishmoney"
wrote: Sounds like it was a part of a short snorter, these were accumulated by soldiers in their travels, Actually, I have a number of notes from short snorters (a nice cheap way of getting various British notes) and this one wasn't - no tape or stitch marks of any kind. and they would save a note from each country they visited and tape it to the others. They would come out sometimes to be a long roll. I have only ever seen one complete roll that was not detached later on. It was owned by a WWII veteran whom brought it to a coin club meeting, he toured extensively in Europe during the war courtesy of the US Army. I have one around somewhere (perhaps ten or twelve notes), but can't find it at the moment. The Tongan note in itself is not yet worth a lot of money in it's current state, I wouldn't think so! It's pretty beat up with lots of holes and rust stains on one half of it. Got a 10/- note as well that fared a little better. Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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