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 or Vietnam as they kept revising their monetary systems.

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

Not to forget the quasi/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 predictable nice boring sleepy Straits Settlement issues, might as well i get those colorful and explosive ones. 


Lebanon conflict



The Yugoslavia hyperinflation ends at 500 billion until Zimbabwe coming in. The Yugoslavia chapter is so epic as The Bosniaks, Croats and the Serbs battling in the very same ground. The Srpska Republic issues is one of a kind. 

Talking about hyperinflation - imagine you paid 20 bucks for breakfast at 8am and realized your money is worthless after you finished your work at 5pm

Imagine all your savings from your hard work vanished into thin air. The invisible comfort and security gone. Whatever illusions you have in terms of security turned into dust. 
 
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 trying to outdo and cancelling each other. 

Yemen and Libya. Goodness.

Libya. 

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