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these were given to me by one of my elementary school teachers. they are really tiny, about 1/3 the size of a dollar

i also have some south vietmanese currency apparently! i think those were given to me by my mom.

i used to collect lots of coins + bills as a kid just found my stash while cleaning

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[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

communism is when no money... nerd

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I like that they have buildings on em

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Monuments to collective effort as opposed to “great men”

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago

Exactly. It's the little things sometimes.

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

Don’t spend it all in place :pain:

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 months ago

The types from the 1920s to prior to 1947 were much larger; the Tsarist notes are also enormous.

[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago

I was actually just thinking the other day how cool it would be to have some old Soviet or Yugoslavia currency.

[–] HelltakerHomosexual@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago