Indian rupees

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Museum of soviet childhood

Sevastopol, Ukraine.

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Feline Lover Collects over 2,000 Ceramic Cats

60-year-old Pamela Cole has spent most of her life putting together an impressive collection of over 2,000 ceramic cats, and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon.

When Ms. Cole says she’s crazy about cats, you best believe she means it – her house in Hollywood, Birmingham is practically full of ceramic cats, from a common replicas of cartoon characters like Top Cat, to 7th century BC Egyptian statuettes.

This unusual obsession with ceramic cats can be traced back to Pamela Cole’s childhood years, in the 1940s, when her mother bought her a cat to stop her feeling lonely. It was a simple pottery cat from a gift store in Corporation Street, but it kick-started her passion for collecting, and from then on she spent her days scouring shops and craft fairs in search of cat china.

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Photo of the day

Fun with 20 pesos, Mexico.

Posted by andrew, February 9, 2011. Post has 0 comments.
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Corkscrews

Corkscrew - device for drawing corks from bottles, typically consisting of a pointed metal spiral attached to a handle or screw mechanism was invented in the middle of XVII century.

The collection of corkscrews in the museum of wine, Paris, France.

See, http://www.corkscrewmuseum.com/ - The Virtual Corkscrew Museum for more images and articles.

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Structure of postage stamp

Hard to believe that glossy postage stamp actually has such a loose and fibrous structure. In the photo: torn edge of a postage stamp.

Posted by andrew, January 24, 2011. Post has 0 comments.
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Pakistan’s Paper Money for Haj Pilgrims

The Haj (Arabic: حج‎ Ḥajj) is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah in the Arabic language).

With this pilgrimage in mind, Pakistan has printed 10 and 100 Rupee banknotes up until 1994 that were to be used by pilgrims along the route of their pilgrimage. I am not quite sure what the root intent was, but in 1994 these banknotes were discontinued and all such notes that were on hand were destroyed. I think that were is at least one other country which issued similar Haj pilgrimage notes, but I can’t recall what country it is ...

Original was posted on RealBanknotes.com Blog

Posted by andrew, January 19, 2011. Post has 0 comments.
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Another sweet collection

Another sweet collection:

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Photo of the day

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Photo of the day

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