Dave

Your note is a type of Hell Money, also known as Spirit Money and sometimes Heaven Money. The term Hell was adopted as a general word for the afterlife, not one in the western sense of the term. See: Link to Hell Money Held is a typo if you will, based on someo es limited understanding of the pronunciation. Think of Tao Te Ching and Dao De Djing, our own typos in romanising a foreign language for the same thing. Yours does look old, but the type of printing was done cheaply as they were desinved to be burned.

The second one is a bond rather than a banknote. It would have had smaller coupons attached to the bottom of it for later redemption. If they are missing, they were most likely turned in as the bond matured.

David52 - Welcome! Perhaps the best way is to scan a banknote and then upload it through a third party site like https://postimages.org/ and then use the links to post into the forum text. You can use a digital photo as well instead of a scan, but scans are often the better looking images. If you are highlighting some aspects of a banknote such as reflective ink, wrinkles, etc., a photo at an angle with angled lighting is also useful. You will need to experiment for each note in those circumstances, though.

With a bit of info. here: http://banknoteden.com/TMFOM/South_Sudan.html

Cool tenner. I have a five and ten from that series on its way here. Cant wait to see them in person.

Yes, it's from Tibet Here's one of mine - There's a few more on Banknotebank.com

I too got a Mauritanian note - but just the 50. I got it to add to my Musical Notes collection theme. Along with Solomon Islands and a Bulgarian note. The Mauritanian notes are a little different feel, alright. But I do like the overall designs. The Solomon Islands notes I have are VERY intense in saturated color.

Pretty random assortment of some notes. I actually only wanted the 5000 Rupiah note, but the seller sent the others along as well. ... plus more, that I already had, and have posted previously.

I feel the same way. This was a hoppin' site with all the posts and everything.

Like MMMM I have just received the pretty cool Armenian Noah's Ark commemorative note. A must have for MMMM! I also have an Azerbaijan 1 Manat featuring musical instruments. I will try to put up the link to my website with these instruments as well later this weekend.

This appears to be a type of banknotes called Notgeld. There were many types issued after World War One. Cities, states, companies, etc. would print these for use in the inflationary period after the war. There is too much to learn about the time period and the effects of notgeld for me to put here, but it is quite interesting and you should do some internet research on it if you are at all interested in it. Do be aware that there was A LOT of it printed and there were A LOT of issuers. As such, most of it is worth little even today. In the condition of your note, probably nothing unless it is extremely rare. This note is from a little later in the period of issue, and I could not find your exact note, but I did find a seller offering them from this town here: http://www.apcpapercollect.com/kellerpq.htm Also check out this site: https://notgeld.com/grossgeld-1918-1921/what-is-notgeld

New Norway notes.

Congrats to Switzerland for the big win announced by the IBNS https://www.theibns.org/joomla/index.php

Got some Colombian notes lately, and I have to say that the more I look at them the more I like them. While at first they seem somewhat muted in colors and rather bland overall, there are hidden gems inside. I've attached a scan of just one of these, with some hidden text, hidden animals, and great security features. With so many of the newer notes having what looks like bad photoshop renderings of pictures into engravings, it is nice to see some these with real engraving artwork, melding the trees, the animals and water with different styles.

A little more holiday fun - from Hollidaysburg, PA! A large red note with a huge Roman Numeral V - just in time for Valentine's Day - and Dated February 14th, 1859!