DoChenRollingBearing
Yellow Jacket
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On October 8, like many, I went to the bank to see if I could get some of the new $100 bills that were coming out that day. I went to two banks, neither had any.
The next day I went to a third, and they did. I went to the .gov website to look over the new features, and then went at it with my loupe.
I found a lot of microprinting that they did not mention at the newmoney.gov website.
I also found out that many of the "new" features were already in Peru's new 100 soles note (2012)!
I took some pictures...
http://tinyurl.com/mrkxrnd
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Apparently some foreign exchange houses here sell Chinese Yuan as well, if I can find a nice, I will look it over and in a week or so report back...
The other interesting things I have found (but only just started looking around) is that it is hard to but investment gold down here. Gold jewelry is even a little hard to find because it is expensive. The only thing even close to a gold bullion coin I have found yet (remember, early in the investigation here) is a Peruvian 1 libra coin, with about 22% of an ounce (troy) of gold, some $300 give or take. The price they guy wanted?
$480!!
He told me that thyere is a small numismatic collector community that buys up the old Peruvian gold coins. I'll try to report back on that too.
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Why all the delay? Because we are going to Chachapoyas (in the northern Andes) and nearby ruins "Kuelap" (pre-Inca) which are apparently very extensive but not yet excavated well. Fewer tourists too...
On October 8, like many, I went to the bank to see if I could get some of the new $100 bills that were coming out that day. I went to two banks, neither had any.
The next day I went to a third, and they did. I went to the .gov website to look over the new features, and then went at it with my loupe.
I found a lot of microprinting that they did not mention at the newmoney.gov website.
I also found out that many of the "new" features were already in Peru's new 100 soles note (2012)!
I took some pictures...
http://tinyurl.com/mrkxrnd
***
Apparently some foreign exchange houses here sell Chinese Yuan as well, if I can find a nice, I will look it over and in a week or so report back...
The other interesting things I have found (but only just started looking around) is that it is hard to but investment gold down here. Gold jewelry is even a little hard to find because it is expensive. The only thing even close to a gold bullion coin I have found yet (remember, early in the investigation here) is a Peruvian 1 libra coin, with about 22% of an ounce (troy) of gold, some $300 give or take. The price they guy wanted?
$480!!
He told me that thyere is a small numismatic collector community that buys up the old Peruvian gold coins. I'll try to report back on that too.
***
Why all the delay? Because we are going to Chachapoyas (in the northern Andes) and nearby ruins "Kuelap" (pre-Inca) which are apparently very extensive but not yet excavated well. Fewer tourists too...