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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

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2. My grandmother (born 1903) to her dying day kept a 5,000,000 mark note from Germany

Tue Mar 26, 2024, 09:21 PM

Mar 2024

in the 1920's, from when she emigrated to the United States. We heard stories of people needing a barrow full of money to buy some butter.

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are you interested in old currency? collect old money? poke me. WE HAD A 2 PESO BILL??? [View all] pansypoo53219 Mar 2024 OP

I look through my change BOSSHOG Mar 2024 #1

cool. once got a old dollar bill. pansypoo53219 Mar 2024 #4

I collect wheatie pennies and bi-centennial quaters mdmc Mar 2024 #6

more old bills. but they do have 1,5,10 to 25 BILLS. pansypoo53219 Mar 2024 #7

I assume it's a Mexican 2 peso note RazorbackExpat May 2024 #8

no. it was an american 2 peso. 1800's, so who knows why. pansypoo53219 May 2024 #10

The only 2 peso notes the US government issued were for the Philippines RazorbackExpat May 2024 #11