Expert: Brad Swain - 11/17/2009

Question
I have found in my possession Japanese money,military currency, post cards,ration stamps?,Japanese war bond,Imperial Japanese government passport with date stamps of feb. 1914. Just wanted to know about anyone that might have intrust in this material, the value and any one in my area I could go to and show. I live in Sacramento,California. Any info. would be helpful. Thanks,Jeff

Answer
Hi Jeff, for the coins you might try a library for a copy of the Standard Catalog of World Coins for pictures, values and lots more interesting info.
For the currency: Standard Catalog of World Paper Money.
World coin pictures may be found here: http://worldcoingallery.com/index.htm ,
http://www.coinarchives.com/ , and http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis.jsp .
Paper Money Gallery: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/notedir/mappage.html .
You might take them by a local coin shop for a first hand opinion: http://find.mapmuse.com/interest/coin_dealers
Collector value of a coin depends on date, denomination, mint mark (if any), number minted and condition of a coin, including amount of wear, any dents, scratches or cleaning as well as collector demand for it.
Collector value of a note depends on date, series letter or signature and condition, including amount of wear, any folds, tears or stains as well as collector demand.
Brad