By the time I got through to the other room Julia had read the blog post and put a bar of Kit-Kat next to the chair. It was the most delicious thing I’ve eaten all week.
If I mention I’m feeling thirsty I wonder if she will make a cup of tea? Or is that just being unrealistically optimistic?
The header picture is a banknote from the wartime occupation of the Channel Islands. Well, that’s the intention. At the moment I can’t access my photos – just one more glitch in a long list of annoying intermittent faults with my site. I’m hoping I’ll be able to access them before midnight or I’ll have to post without photos. (As you can see, it did start working again after I closed down and restarted – very annoying!)
Jersey £1 note – German wartime issue
I’m rediscovering an interest in banknotes, though it’s only in certain ones. They need to be interesting and they it’s an advantage if they have a story. To a collector the Japanese note pictured below (if the system starts to work again) is ruined because somebody has written on it. But to me , the personal touch and the details, are what makes it worth collecting. Not that I’m going to start collecting them. I already collect far too much.
I’ve just been looking through some MRI banknote reference books (that’s Monetary Research Inc., rather than magnetic Resonance Imaging) and find there are currently over 220 countries issuing banknotes and over 2,000 colour pictures of notes. That is just the ones that are currently redeemable, not all the ones that have ever been produced – I’d hate to think how many that would come to.
MRI Catalogues – a treasure trove of information
You have opened my eyes to a world that I scarcely knew existed. I shall keep my wallet firmly closed though. It looks as though specialist knowledge is needed.
A firmly closed wallet is a thing of beauty. I am trying to keep mine closed more often.
Yes – another glitch which they had corrected by the time I put the second one on
I still have to replace my missing picture.
I like your applied penmanship penchant. I bet you got your cup of tea. I am Derrick, not anonymous
Thank you Derrick. I am answering comments the wrong way round so had to check what your “anonymous” comment meant. Another glitch?
I like your applied penmanship penchant. I bet you got your cup of tea.
🙂
I have a fondness for second hand books that previous owners have written on, technically it devalues the book but I always love those little windows into someone else’s life and thoughts.
Yes, it can be interesting. I also like picking up discarded shopping lists while I am shopping. 🙂
Julia must have liked your post and gave you a Kit Kat as a reward.
It was a lot better than her normal response of “Do you really think you should have said that?”
The stamps and banknotes from the various countries are interesting, not to mention colorful.
I once won a 5 lb Hershey bar in a raffle. Now I know where to send such things. 🙂
5 lbs! That’s nearly big enough to share! 🙂