Chatgpt and Collection

Its interesting to read how Chatgpt characterize and summarized my banknote collection. 

Rather than getting the whole set, i always scout and filter countries that has the biggest complicated regional conflicts, monetary collapse, fragmented circulation and yes uncontrollable absurd chaotic hyperinflation crisis.

Few are so chaotic and unbearable until i cant find the exact markers such as Sudan monetary systems as they kept revising it.

Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Zimbabwe, Zaire, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen.

I forgot to include all those breakaway states.

Rather than getting the most rare, pristine, unique numbers or getting the PMG slabs, i hunted symbolic banknote that carries a strong narrative. 

Less is more here. As adding new notes can break or solidify a chapter. We can observe alot when things breaking apart. 

So rather than getting a nice boring sleepy Straits Settlement issues, might as well i get those explosive ones. 

Lebanon conflict

The Yugoslavia Wars is one epic
chaos as we have various successors namely The Bosnian, Serbs and Croats.

I really took some time to understand the plot.

The Yugoslavia hyperinflation ends at 500 billion until Zimbabwe coming in. 

Imagine you paid 20 bucks for breakfast and realized your money is worthless after you finished your work.

Imagine all your savings from your hard work vanished into thin air. The invisible comfort and security dissapeared.

 

The Bosnian war overprint

The infamous stolen Kuwaiti dinar. Saddam's forces literally took the whole bank home - ripped and devalued the monetary system apart.

learning the Arabic alphabets at 3am to identify the exact prefix number is pretty fun. I rather entertain this than reading my local political garbage.

Two conflicting regions, each cancelling each other. 

Goodness.

Libya. 

To be continued.....