Johnny 1989 Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 I recently got a bulk of 115 different banknotes to help boost my collection & I know you lads & lasses are great at identifying banknotes with non English names so I was wondering if you could help me with this lot at all please. The first four are from last year & weren't in this 115 but I haven't a clue where they're from. Russia or USSR I presume but rather odd notes, anyone know who the chap on the front is? Erm...? Not a clue...? Russia & China??? Any help greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 The first four (8 including the reverse images) are all Mavrodi Notes. these were issues as a scam in Russia and I heard that Mr. Mavrodi (the chap on the front) is doing hard time. It was some sort of pyramid scheme as I understand it. All the notes with MMM on them are these type of notes. The next set of four ( 8 with reverse images) are ass follows: Libya Nepal Nepal Bulgaria The next set of four are all from Laos. Then the last set are: Belarus Belarus Bulgaria China China China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElleKitty Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 That was one heck of a chunk of banknotes to look at! I think that if it had been me, I would have broken the notes up into more than one thread. Just easier to focus on. However, the first set of notes is indeed Russian. This link is to a Wikipedia site that gives information on the infamous MMM bank scheme. While you can't trust everything Wiki says, in this case I think they've got a good handle on the basic facts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMM_(Ponzi_scheme) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny 1989 Posted August 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 The first four (8 including the reverse images) are all Mavrodi Notes. these were issues as a scam in Russia and I heard that Mr. Mavrodi (the chap on the front) is doing hard time. It was some sort of pyramid scheme as I understand it. All the notes with MMM on them are these type of notes. The next set of four ( 8 with reverse images) are ass follows: Libya Nepal Nepal Bulgaria The next set of four are all from Laos. Then the last set are: Belarus Belarus Bulgaria China China China Thanks for identifying those That was one heck of a chunk of banknotes to look at! I think that if it had been me, I would have broken the notes up into more than one thread. Just easier to focus on. However, the first set of notes is indeed Russian. This link is to a Wikipedia site that gives information on the infamous MMM bank scheme. While you can't trust everything Wiki says, in this case I think they've got a good handle on the basic facts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMM_(Ponzi_scheme) Thanks for the link, rather interesting, so did many of these escape then? I can't actually remember where they came from. I did think to break it up into seperate threads but just foudn it quicker to scan as seen, being lazy I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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