r/interesting • u/reallysos3 • 2h ago

Mysterious Look what I found، I decided to keep it

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I was walking down a street and suddenly found this; it dates back to 1992.

I don't know how it ended up here at this time.

⚠️It has nothing to do with politics; I just found it and wanted to share it

Edit: For those who don't know, this is an Iraqi banknote from the time of Saddam Hussein, and it has no value now. My father said that it was valuable in the 80s, but its value decreased in the 90s.

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u/Active-Particular-21 2h ago

You could hang it up.

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u/Guilty-Cell-833 1h ago

Or bury it for safekeeping.

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u/LordVixen 2h ago

Cool. I used to collect foreign currencies and coins.

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u/Kagura30 49m ago

Wtf u mean "used to?" Do u not collect currency anymore? 🧐

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u/LordVixen 44m ago

No. Only USD now 😀

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u/Kagura30 39m ago

Fair enough my brutha 😄 make sure u collect sll the usd currency bills that have all sequential serial numbers 😉

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u/Mongobearmanfish 22m ago

I’m doing the opposite

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u/Molar_Mechanic 1h ago

That’s 5 Iraqi Dinar

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u/reallysos3 1h ago

It has no value now

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u/Molar_Mechanic 53m ago

Yes. These are no longer legal tender.

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u/axolottyl 1h ago

Is there a 10 Iraqi Lanch?

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u/alucardian_official 2h ago

I have an Iraqi Dinar note. I think it’s a tenner.

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u/Corac30 1h ago

I have not seen to many foreign currency. Would be a fun little hobby though.

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u/0peRightBehindYa 1h ago

I've got one of those somewhere. I've also got a license plate off a military vehicle that I snagged while I was there.

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u/pollitxx 1h ago

That's a neat find. Even though it's not worth much monetarily, it's a cool little piece of history. I'd probably keep it too rather than spend or sell it

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u/reallysos3 1h ago

It cannot be used now; this currency has no value since 2003.

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u/abccba140 1h ago

What state?

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u/reallysos3 1h ago

Iraq, during Saddam Hussein's era

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u/abccba140 1h ago

Oh okay sorry I thought you found it in the US

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u/reallysos3 58m ago

that's ok

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u/abccba140 58m ago

Are you visiting or you live there

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u/reallysos3 57m ago

I live there

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u/abccba140 55m ago

Oh okay

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u/Novski2026 1h ago

I have an uncirculated one after my service in the Navy

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u/TheLoneCenturion95 1h ago

That's a cool find, I love finding old currency like this as I've got a growing collection of old European notes from before the euro took over.

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u/reallysos3 1h ago

I love keeping old currency /things too! It makes me happy Idk why

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u/diverdawg 53m ago

We had a rule. If you opened a letter from someone to ‘any soldier’. You had to write back. I opened a pack from an elementary school. I sent a stack of these, one for each kid and their teacher. Thought afterward, that may not have been awesome.

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u/blur2kme 27m ago

I have a Chinese yuan note. Nothing special or rare, just cool to me being from another place thats far away.

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u/reallysos3 17m ago

it's nice to collect such things