David Lisot Video Library (1989)
Multi-Media Summary
"Legal-tender playing cards" and "cartographic paper money" may sound like incongruous titles for collecting subjects. However, the link between various collectors' items not only is possible and practical, but also can become quite fascinating. Bank notes, almost from their inception, have been used to depict a wide variety of themes that have often formed a collecting subject in their own right. Coins on bank notes and maps on bank notes, with their comparison to the original item, are the subject matter of this lecture. Packs of playing cards bear depictions of coins and bank notes, and a 52-card pack has actually served as a comprehensive atlas of the counties of England and Wales. Yasha's lecture tries to expand the interest of the collector who often prefers to limit himself to the boundaries of his own favorite subject. Speaker(s): Yasha Beresiner.
