Jason Islands Money

[Tegwin]

I purchased some banknotes a few months ago, from the Jason Islands. I cant remember what I paid for them at the time, but wondered if they were worth anything.. This is what they look like

 

http://www.numismondo.com/pm/jas/

[ccg]

There are people who collect them, but personally, I consider them to be novelties.

[Tegwin]

There are people who collect them, but personally, I consider them to be novelties.

 

 

Thanks.. yes I have thought this myself. They are a bit of fun, and I have a "novelties" folders where they go but I don think they are worth anything

[Saor Alba]

The crazy part of some of those novelty currencies, like the Black Sheep notes from Wales is that they sell for a pittance for a long time, and then all of a sudden interests in them goes berserk and they become hot collectables. The Black Sheep notes I can remember buying in sets for like $5 for a set of them, now the individual notes go for $50 or more because they haven't been made in a long time - and with the devolution of the parliaments in Great Britain there suddenly emerged an interest in these earlier moves towards autonomy - like paper money.

 

The Jason Islands notes had a little bit of interests during the Falklands War, but really there seem to be enough of them to saturate the market - but who knows in another 15-20 years what will happen. I can recount that back during that time I wrote to the administrator there, but the lettre was returned as Unknown but was postmarked from Port Stanley.