this, improbably, is the third post what i have gone done on the coming together of the realms of money and David "Derek" Bowie. at least i think it's just the third, look you see. yes, i did a quick check but really the emphasis there is quick. in this instance, though, it's not actual, real money one can use. not unless, at the least, you find someone really, really thick.
some context then, so as if to pretend that i do proper writing or even think about structuring these all proper. every now and then (likely as often as you think) i shall while away a few moments searching on that great virtual car boot sale of the internet, looking for things not really random. certainly i shall always search Split Enz, on the off chance an item turns up, but usually it will be for Bowie. heaven forbid a reasonably priced item from (or of) him passes me by. this would very much include items that i do not have and, say, tapes (or discs) that i have several copies of but hey, who's counting.
in a quite recent search (oddly not the most recent, but the last one at time of writing to result in a purchase) the above were presented to me. no, not in the classy VHS mode image you see, that's one i took. for purposes of clarification that's a set of two (2) USA bank notes, ostensibly to the value of (does best Dr Evil voice) one million dollars each. but not "legal tender" as such, for as you can see the notes are resplendent with images and text pertaining to David Bowie.
how much does it cost to get two million (ahem) cash with Bowie on it? north of £2, but yet south of £2.50. yes, as in no, i cannot recall the precise (or exact) cost, but enough of a "throwaway" value to go sure, why would i not order these. turned up quite quickly too, and overall i would say i got the novelty factor value out of them, whatever it was i paid.
of course i was going to upload an image of each side of the notes in thermal mode for you, and there it is above. beyond appearance, a bit of information (or if you like advertising) on the website said that these would have a "real money feel". quite interestingly (maybe) they do indeed. whereas i am not an expert it does happen to be so that i'd bought some "fun" bank notes before (i believe Darth Vader ones) and they were little more than colour photocopy things.
my other posts on Bowie related money? as in not how much i have spent on his stuff, but money what has his image on? entirely possible more interesting than this post, they are. the first one was just, at time of writing, north of ten years ago, and concerned the Brixton Bowie Bank Note. click on the coloured text and off you go. no, have no idea if that remains valid or "legal tender" in the place, and believe you me i am in no rush to return there to find out. after that came some Bowie £5 Coin (click the text), which caused disproportionate hysteria when it came out. oh so many rushed to declare that it was a "worthless investment", i suspect anyone else who(m) bought it did so because, like me, they just thought it was a nice thing to have in the collection.
just what is it that i plan to do with these two (2) notes? there's every chance that i might one day bump into someone who is selling something i want that costs US$2,000,000 and for some reason they would happily accept these. until then, i think they shall just reside on the tape (CD) stand i have reserved mostly for Bowie recordings, with (perhaps) the occasional glance.
let it be said that i shall be really, really surprised if there's another (4th) instance of Bowie related money things turning up on here.
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