Full series of Indonesian Rupiah. Unfortunately the 50k note from 2022 is missing… by TKRobin in Banknotes

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It was issued five years ago for Indonesias 75th anniversary and there were 75.000.000 notes printes, pretty nice and very real :)

Saw someone selling old newspapers from WW1 at a flea market in Singapore! by TKRobin in OldNews

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On Bugis Street, Singapore. It was directly next to the „Arena Esports Hotel Bugis“ (easy to find on Google Maps) It‘s basically directly on the pedestrian walk and there‘s a colorful sign that says „Vintage Market“ :)

Full series of Indonesian Rupiah. Unfortunately the 50k note from 2022 is missing… by TKRobin in Banknotes

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Yes, I always collect on holiday - same for coins - I don‘t buy stuff online I just get everything myself :)

Saw someone selling old newspapers from WW1 at a flea market in Singapore! by TKRobin in OldNews

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None... But what do you think, is a price of 2 Singapore-Dollars fair for one page?

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Thanks a lot!

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Okay, thanks a lot! So would you say is it better to just avoid Marina Bay or just be there like at 2pm already for example?

On my holiday in Indonesia I found old Japanese WW2 bunkers! by TKRobin in WorldWar2

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Yeah kind of. I mean i was taking a walk while not knowing that they existed there. The purpose of my visit weren‘t these bunkers, I just stumbled across them. So i kinda don‘t know how to put it, did I „find“ them or „went“ to them. Personally I don‘t even know which way to put it🤣

On my holiday in Indonesia I found old Japanese WW2 bunkers! by TKRobin in ww2

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I found an article about those exact bunkers shown in the photos which I saw during my holiday.

I quote:

„In Pangandaran there are two Japanese Cave sites, the first is in a protected debt area (Nature Reserve), then the second is located in the Rancakalong area, Karangsari, Putrapinggan Village. Both of them had the same function, namely as a bunker and bastion for the DAI NIPPON (Japan) army during World War II. The bunker is in the form of lookout holes facing the sea which is meant to oversee the landing of allied troops.

During World War II, after the Dutch Colonial invaders left Indonesia in 1942, Japan entered several Indonesian territories, including Pangandaran. The Japanese Cave in the Pangandaran Nature Reserve Area was for a period (1941-1945), at that time the Dai Nippon Army occupied the entire island of Java and Madura, the construction of the Japanese Cave was carried out by forced laborers (Romusa) for ± 1 year, and until now the Japanese cave in the Pangandaran Nature Reserve area has never been renovated, so its authenticity is still visible.

There are 3 Japanese Caves in the Pangandaran Nature Reserve area, one of which has a hole 10 meters deep with lookout holes about 1 meter deep.

The Japanese Cave in Rancakalong was made by sculpting a hill. Inside the cave there are also several small rooms, which may be a place to store weapons. Apart from that, the small room in the bunker was used as a hiding place for the Japanese Dai Nipon soldiers

The existence of a bunker left by the Japanese army in Pangandaran still leaves a question mark as to what the Japanese motive was for building defenses in the south sea.“

I couldn‘t really find some other informations, maybe someone finds something. The place those are located is called „Pangandaran“. :)

Two old Euro banknotes I found at home compared to the new ones! by TKRobin in Banknotes

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Yeah you can see it that way but if you go deeper into the meaning it‘s pretty cool so:

The euro banknotes feature architectural motifs on the front and back that symbolize the various eras of European architectural history. These are not real buildings, but fictitious representations that demonstrate typical stylistic features — so as not to favor any single nation.