Tips For Collecting Old Money

By PaperMoneyMan, on December 19th, 2011%

Tips For Collecting Old Money

Article by Morgan Hamilton

One of the most common hobbies is collecting money. Many people have enjoyed this activity for decades and money collecting is thriving even today. As a hobby, collecting money means collecting old money. Otherwise, we are all trying to collect money before the bills come. However, do you know how many people collect old money, antique notes and coins from previous decades and even centuries?

Coin collectors are much more common than old money collectors of the paper variety, though the latter are still quite active and manage to find some rare items occasionally. That paper variety may include pre US colonial currency, money from the beginning of the 19th century, currency from the Confederate States of America and also some souvenir cards of old money as the money itself are almost impossible to find and twice as hard to purchase.

If you are keen on collecting old money you will probably know that a collector’s item of old money is called fractional currency. I was really intrigued when I learnt that during the Civil . . . → Read More: Tips For Collecting Old Money

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Currency Of Ecuador

By PaperMoneyMan, on September 3rd, 2011%

Currency Of Ecuador
Pre-independence currency

Main article: Currency of Spanish America

Peso = 8 Reales (silver)

Escudo = 2 Pesos (gold)

History

Ecuador, known in the colonial period as Quito (and then four times its present size), was administered as part of New Granada, along with Colombia and Venezuela. It shared the common Spanish-American monetary system, based on the silver peso and the gold escudo, current throughout Spanish America. Gold dust and silver bars, smelted at Riobamba, circulated, often in preference to coin.

In December 1821, the Viceroy of New Granada ordered the Popayn mint moved to Quito, where it could produce money for royalist forces in the field. But Simn Bolvar’s army was advancing, so the mint equipment was installed at Pasto, the last royalist stronghold, where it began producing coin January 24, 1822.

Coin

Pasto mint

2 reales

1822-1830 Gran Colombia

Main article: Currency of Colombia#1821-1830 Gran Colombia

Peso = 8 Reales (silver)

Onza = 8 Escudos = 16 Pesos (gold)

Quito was part of Gran Colombia until 1830 as Departamento del Sur. Gran Colombia’s monetary regulations retained the old Spanish colonial system, with both milled and hammered coin circulating. Gold . . . → Read More: Currency Of Ecuador

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Maca powder and Maca capsules ? what to choose and why

By PaperMoneyMan, on September 12th, 2010%

Maca powder and Maca capsules ? what to choose and why

Maca: “Superfood of the Andes”, “Peruvian ginseng”. So powerful is this simple little plant root when taken as a medicinal herb that it’s been given lots of different names around the world. Peruvians and Bolivians have known of the impressive health benefits of Maca for over 2,000 years, using every last bit of the Maca plant, from the roots to the leaves, as a staple of their diet. Mythic tales of various uses of Maca throughout the ages abound, from an Inca pre-battle preparation to a Spanish colonial currency.

 

Today, Maca has become one of the most popular food supplements thanks to its weighty nutritional value; its ability to improve stamina, strength and endurance; boost immunity and sexual function; and balance hormones. No longer eaten raw, cooked or fermented, Maca is now far easier to include in a modern-day diet as a food supplement. The Maca root is dried and ground into Maca powder which can then be mixed with water or fruit juice and taken between meals. For those who don’t . . . → Read More: Maca powder and Maca capsules ? what to choose and why

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what is the name of that internet meme?

By PaperMoneyMan, on September 4th, 2010%

Question by Matt C: what is the name of that internet meme?
it has a picture of a colonial man with translations of songs and sayings such as “Fuck bitches, get money” turned into “disregard women, acquire currency” and it translated the milkshake song into something like “the gentlemen all enjoy my milk flavored beverage and frequent my garden to sample it. they insist its quality is superior to yours” where can i find more of those? they are hilarious and i want more of them!

Best answer:

Answer by numanumafreak454545its called Joseph Ducreux

What do you think? . . . → Read More: what is the name of that internet meme?

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