What is the strangest Fiat currency you have seen? - page 3.

mamahdedeh

full member

Activity: 812

Merit: 100

www.cd3d.app

Quote from: omone1 on February 07, 2020, 09:22:31 PM

Quote from: fillippone on February 03, 2020, 11:47:23 AM

Quote from: Tytanowy Janusz on February 02, 2020, 12:10:19 PM

Or Zimbabwe dollars:

Thats 100 000 000 000 000 $ bill. You have to be a millionaire to buy a chewing gum i guess.

I have one of those hanging on my wall.
I bought it on Ebay a few years ago.
Just a memento of how it can happen ("slow at sstart, then all of a sudden" se DM graph above) to have BTCUSD in the millions.

Every true bitcoiner should have one of those.

Zimbabwean economy has since crippled resulting in hyper-inflation to buy bread you need a wheelbarrow full of Zimbabwean dollars. Yet this country has the highest literate population as per country literacy in African nations, but the former President messed up things.

it is not only the former president that has made Zimbabwe's economy worse off, the policies taken seem to spoil its people to be unproductive, so that when oil prices fall they have no other reliable output. plus the chaotic economy makes this country become hyper inflation

omone1

member

Activity: 845

Merit: 52

Quote from: fillippone on February 03, 2020, 11:47:23 AM

Quote from: Tytanowy Janusz on February 02, 2020, 12:10:19 PM

Or Zimbabwe dollars:

Thats 100 000 000 000 000 $ bill. You have to be a millionaire to buy a chewing gum i guess.

I have one of those hanging on my wall.
I bought it on Ebay a few years ago.
Just a memento of how it can happen ("slow at sstart, then all of a sudden" se DM graph above) to have BTCUSD in the millions.

Every true bitcoiner should have one of those.

Zimbabwean economy has since crippled resulting in hyper-inflation to buy bread you need a wheelbarrow full of Zimbabwean dollars. Yet this country has the highest literate population as per country literacy in African nations, but the former President messed up things.

FlightyPouch

sr. member

Activity: 1638

Merit: 300

I think that would be the Philippine peso itself. It is one of the worst-performing currency in Asia. Since there is no strange fiat currency in our country, maybe I can count those coins being used by the elderly. When they have these coins in the past, they put it in their doorsteps. Now they are even putting coins that are used and sometimes being mistaken as a coin that just fallen out of their pocket and most of the time it is hilarious.

dothebeats

legendary

Activity: 3542

Merit: 1352

Cashback 15%

Quote from: wack slacker on February 03, 2020, 11:13:22 AM

In Vietnam, all bills have a picture of President HO CHI MINH on the back of the bill and the front is a place of the country of Vietnam. And the largest face value of the bill is 500,000 Dong. This bill is equivalent to $ 23

I kinda noticed that Ho Chi Minh is on every bill that the Vietnamese have during my stay in Hanoi. I kinda thought about the colorblind people for a sec but seeing how big those numbers are in the back and front, plus the unique design for each bill at the back, I know that they will be safe lol.

As for my pick, any currency that lets me experience being a 'millionaire' fascinates me. Here in the Philippines, having a million pesos is sufficient to buy you a used sports car, or a downpayment to a nice loft in the metros. In Vietnam, a million dong would get you a nice dinner, good haircut + shave and some more for booze and night life. In the US, having a million dollars gets you a nice car, possibly a nice house for 2 and a few tens of thousands savings in the bank.

I only experienced being a millionaire in Vietnam and the Philippines. I am yet to see visit other countries for my on-going field work. I wish I am also a millionaire back in Canada but.. Oh well.

sheenshane

legendary

Activity: 2366

Merit: 1206

Quote from: Darker45 on February 05, 2020, 10:35:41 AM

To be honest I had never seen that 5 cents coin here in our country, I would love to have that coin as a part of my collections. I'm also a coin collector but the coin I have is about in the year 1980s.

This might sound common, but I really find dollar currency weird. I've always loved conspiracies and theories. And the eye is one of my favorites. It's so strange why does the Government has put an eye and the triangle on their fiat, but never revealed the reason why was it there. I find it strange as I don't really understand what would the eye really stand for. Is there anyone here who would share me an interesting article about it?

Darker45

legendary

Activity: 2576

Merit: 1860

Quote from: Kakmakr on February 05, 2020, 09:43:56 AM

I am a numismatist and have been doing this as a hobby for several years. I kinda like the coins with the hole in the centre, like the five-yen coin or the fifty-yen coin. A lot of coins have these holes and the reason for that is to string them together as a kind of wallet, with a piece of rope. Grin

Well, my country is a little unique and creative in designing coins. They've walked the extra mile in innovating coin shapes. Others may think that coin = circle, but no, not when you're in the Philippines, at least years ago. I kind of missed them actually. But in a country where leaders are so fond of issuing new versions of coins and bills, you'd have to avoid getting too attached to a single design or shape.

Not only do we have a coin with a hole at the center like a doughnut, we also have a decagon coin, a square coin with smooth edges, and a coin with flower-like edges. Now, beat that!

(Coins are not in actual sizes. Further, all images are not mine. They are all searched through Google and pasted into a single page.)

Kakmakr

legendary

Activity: 3514

Merit: 1963

Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform

I am a numismatist and have been doing this as a hobby for several years. I kinda like the coins with the hole in the centre, like the five-yen coin or the fifty-yen coin. A lot of coins have these holes and the reason for that is to string them together as a kind of wallet, with a piece of rope. Grin

Some ancient Chinese coins had squares cut into the centre instead of the round shape, because it was said that it was easier to string them together, when it has the square in the middle. Huh

I think the weirdness of some Fiat currencies are spilling over to Alt coins now, with people naming their tokens, things like PotCoin or TrumpCoin and Fonziecoin (FONZ), Selfiecoin, Pizzacoin and strange things like that. Tongue

YOSHIE

legendary

Activity: 2128

Merit: 1775

I've ever seen and the craziest is the Pengo currency, this money was formed before the Second World War broke out, which is better known today is (Hungary).

Try to imagine with one 100 million billion paper currency valued at only 20 cents, this money was traded around the 1946 century.
But it is no longer in use, has been replaced by a currency called (Forint),
This is what I found the highest number of paper currencies, and the cheapest exchange rate. Only 20 cents.

Linkkoin

member

Activity: 476

Merit: 88

Online Cryptocurrency Exchange

coins with a hole in the middle, allowing you to turn them into a part of some sort of jewelry.

fillippone

legendary

Activity: 2268

Merit: 16328

Fully fledged Merit Cycler - Golden Feather 22-23

Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on February 03, 2020, 12:36:34 PM

Quote from: fillippone on February 03, 2020, 11:47:23 AM

Quote from: Tytanowy Janusz on February 02, 2020, 12:10:19 PM

Or Zimbabwe dollars:

Thats 100 000 000 000 000 $ bill. You have to be a millionaire to buy a chewing gum i guess.

I have one of those hanging on my wall.
I bought it on Ebay a few years ago.
Just a memento of how it can happen ("slow at sstart, then all of a sudden" se DM graph above) to have BTCUSD in the millions.

Every true bitcoiner should have one of those.

Even I have a couple of these banknotes with me. I also got them from Ebay, sometime during 2014. I heard that the Zimbabwe Dollar is no longer used in that country and they are using foreign currencies such as the United States Dollar and the South African Rand instead. Feels bad.. Zimbabwe used to be one of the richest countries in Southern Africa region.

Nah.
They converted from Zimbawe Dollar to a "COMPLETELY-NEW-DOLLAR-PEGGED-ZIMBAWE-DOLLAR".
Then guess hat?
They de-pegged their Fiat shitcoin once again.

abhiseshakana

legendary

Activity: 2254

Merit: 2253

From Zero to 2 times Self-Made Legendary

image source https://finance.detik.com/moneter/d-2534356/soal-dolar-singapura-pecahan-10000-ada-yang-kaget-ada-yang-pernah-pegang

SGD 10,000 = USD 7,308
SGD 10,000 has become the favorite currency for bribery of corruptors in Southeast Asia.
Who can find a plausible reason why the Singapore Government issues money in the amount of SGD 10,000?

Vishnu.Reang

sr. member

Activity: 1974

Merit: 453

Quote from: fillippone on February 03, 2020, 11:47:23 AM

Quote from: Tytanowy Janusz on February 02, 2020, 12:10:19 PM

Or Zimbabwe dollars:

Thats 100 000 000 000 000 $ bill. You have to be a millionaire to buy a chewing gum i guess.

I have one of those hanging on my wall.
I bought it on Ebay a few years ago.
Just a memento of how it can happen ("slow at sstart, then all of a sudden" se DM graph above) to have BTCUSD in the millions.

Every true bitcoiner should have one of those.

Even I have a couple of these banknotes with me. I also got them from Ebay, sometime during 2014. I heard that the Zimbabwe Dollar is no longer used in that country and they are using foreign currencies such as the United States Dollar and the South African Rand instead. Feels bad.. Zimbabwe used to be one of the richest countries in Southern Africa region.

xSkylarx

hero member

Activity: 2352

Merit: 594

I don't know if it's just me but I find Japanese yen to be strange. Its value is small that when you converted USD to yen you will have a thick amount of paper cash making you rich.
But I've heard the cost of living there is really expensive and makes me wonder how much paper money does a local have.
Someday I would like to visit that country to learn more about their culture.

fillippone

legendary

Activity: 2268

Merit: 16328

Fully fledged Merit Cycler - Golden Feather 22-23

Quote from: Tytanowy Janusz on February 02, 2020, 12:10:19 PM

Or Zimbabwe dollars:

Thats 100 000 000 000 000 $ bill. You have to be a millionaire to buy a chewing gum i guess.

I have one of those hanging on my wall.
I bought it on Ebay a few years ago.
Just a memento of how it can happen ("slow at sstart, then all of a sudden" se DM graph above) to have BTCUSD in the millions.

Every true bitcoiner should have one of those.

wack slacker

full member

Activity: 966

Merit: 102

In Vietnam, all bills have a picture of President HO CHI MINH on the back of the bill and the front is a place of the country of Vietnam. And the largest face value of the bill is 500,000 Dong. This bill is equivalent to $ 23

davis196

hero member

Activity: 3094

Merit: 929

This isn't Bill Murray.This is Lincoln.Do you see the small sign under his image?
Every unknown fiat currency,which I see for the first time is a little bit weird to me.I'm only using my national currency+euro,so third world fiat currencies with their weird images look really strange. Grin

When I was a kid,I saw banknotes of 1000 Turkish lira and 1000 Romanian lea (their value is less than 1 euro,AFAIK). That was weird. Grin

mu_enrico

copper member

Activity: 2324

Merit: 2142

Slots Enthusiast & Expert

Noobs! Let my fellow Indonesian take this to another level:

Source, and see more here: https://www.brilio.net/duh/bikin-ngelus-dada-8-tingkah-usil-coret-coret-uang-bergambar-pahlawan-1809025.html

PS: I know it's funny and somewhat artistic, but please be aware that such action is punishable by law. Don't try this at home Grin

bering

legendary

Activity: 2884

Merit: 1006

Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform

Quote from: Findingnemo on February 02, 2020, 03:15:24 PM

Indonesian Dollars, I didn't see the look as strange but their value is too low compared to US dollars,one USD it somewhere near 13K Indonesian dollars.I have some friends in my college days from that country from where I realized about their fiat value more precisely when I found few thousand dollars in my friend's wallet and I thought he is too rich to hold few thousands for his personal spendings then he said its not same as USD we have to spend few thousand dollars to buy a coffee there. Cheesy

The official currency of indonesia should be IDR but not indonesia dollars so this is first time to me know indonesia dollars from you and indonesian people calling their currency as Rupiah and for people outside indonesia calling it IDR and indeed compare to dollar then the currency is very cheap but i don't think it's the cheapest currencies so far because i had seen other currencies have low value compare to dollar such as Zimbabwe or Venezuela petro

Jaspion

newbie

Activity: 38

Merit: 0

Quote from: thesmallgod on February 02, 2020, 03:36:17 PM

I am from Africa and the strangest currency I have seen is Zimbabwe dollar. Apart from the look and size of the country like plantain leave Grin

. The value is worthless. In up till today, I'm still wondering what could have make the price of the dollar to be so low. Some time I wonder how difficult it will be when you want to buy a brand new car with Zimbabwe dollars. You will have to good with brief cases full of Zimbabwe dollars Cheesy

. That will be funny. Anyway, it might help reduce money laundering.

Thanks for sharing, I googled and have no regrets.
I didn't know there could be such big numbers on one bill wow!

thesmallgod

full member

Activity: 1498

Merit: 129

I am from Africa and the strangest currency I have seen is Zimbabwe dollar. Apart from the look and size of the country like plantain leave Grin

. The value is worthless. In up till today, I'm still wondering what could have make the price of the dollar to be so low. Some time I wonder how difficult it will be when you want to buy a brand new car with Zimbabwe dollars. You will have to good with brief cases full of Zimbabwe dollars Cheesy

. That will be funny. Anyway, it might help reduce money laundering.

Topic: What is the strangest Fiat currency you have seen? - page 3. (Read 653 times)