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Internment Camp Money

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Cinq Mille

The best-looking banknote in a denomination of 5000. Republic of Cameroon, 1962.

This is the 5000th post on Plenty of Nothing. The blog began in 2006 and has been daily since 2010.

$15 Playing Card Money

In 2008 the Canadian Mint issued this commemorative silver coin in the form of the Queen of Spades, which harks back to the days when the government of New France was so hard up for coin that it seized all the playing cards in the province and reissued them as legal tender. Source.

The Countess of Dufferin $1 Bill, 1878

Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood had her face on the Canadian one dollar bill in 1878 by virtue of being married to the Governor General, the Earl of Dufferin, who was on the two. Source.

Potosi, 1758

A bird's-eye view of the city of Potosi, Bolivia, in 1758, with the mountain Cerro Rico. This place supplied much of Europe's silver in the time of the Spanish Empire, and is still mined today. Source.

The Vampire Note

On this date in 1922 Germany issued it's largest denomination banknote till then, though as the year progressed they came out with greater and greater denominations, ultimately reaching billions of marks in face value as inflation ran rampant. This one included an engraving of a portrait by Albrecht Dürer, which some people took to be a picture of a vampire and symbolic of France, whose war reparation demands were blamed for the financial crisis. Read about it.

 

Der Wilde Mann

A 25-pfennig notgeld from 1921. Source.

2019 Serie del Caribe

Estadio Antonio Herrera Gutiérrez in Basquisimeto, Venezuela, where this year's series is not happening. Source.

It's la Serie del Caribe 2019. The teams are: Leñadores de Las Tunas (Cuba), Estrellas Orientales (Dominican Republic), Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico), Cardenales de Lara (Venezuela), Toros de Herrara (Panama) and Charros de Jalisco (Mexico).

The games take place at the Estadio Nacional Rod Carew in Panama City. Venezuela was to have been this year's host, but between the disputed presidential election and the hyperinflation it seemed better to relocate. Which is good of the Panamanians because originally they weren't even invited. This is their first involvement since 1960.

The tournament begins today and goes till February 10th.

Cangrejeros are the only one of this year's participants to have won the series before. They've done it five times: in 1951, 1953, 1955, 1993 and 2000.

Leñadores are lumberjacks, estrellas orientales are eastern stars, cangrejeros are crabbers. Cardenales are cardinals, the bird not the papal elector. Toros are bulls, and charros are horsemen.

[Toros de Herrara beat Leñadores de Las Tunas 3 - 1 in the final. It's Panama's first Caribbean Series championship since 1950.]

Venezuelans are using the country's money, the bolivar, as craft paper. Source.

1923 Mercury Dime

From 1916 till 1945 the US dime looked like this, with a bust of Liberty on the obverse and Roman fasces on the reverse. Liberty had appeared on earlier dimes, but the addition of wings to her cap led to a popular misconception that it was a portrait of Mercury. The fasces that had once seemed a suitable emblem of republican government, now smelled of Mussolini. In 1945 the Mint replaced Winged Liberty/Mercury with Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the fasces with a torch. Source.

One Pounder

A one pound note issued by the Greenock Bank Company. Source.

Morton host Dunfermline Athletic. Morton are 6th with 8 pts, Dunfermline 8th with 4 pts. Since the Pars came up from League One the record is Morton 4W, Dunfermline 3W, with 2D.

Morton can end the day anywhere from second to seventh. The only teams that can finish the day in first place are the three that have already held it: Ayr United, Ross County and Inverness CT.

Peter Houston, former manager of Dundee United and Falkirk, joins Morton as assistant manager. Queen's Park manager Gus MacPherson has left that club to take a position at St Mirren. Jim Duffy is in the running for the Raith job.

The Pars' Lee Robinson has played for Morton. Morton's Gregor Buchanan, Robert Thomson and Ryan Scully have played for Dunfermline.

The other matches: Alloa (9th) [0 - 2] Ayr United (3rd). The two promoted teams. Last year Alloa won two, Ayr one, with a draw.

Falkirk (10th) [0 - 2] Dundee United (5th). Present and former McKinnon-managed teams.

Partick (7th) [3 - 2] Queen of the South (4th). It has been eight years since QoS beat Partick in league play.

Ross County (2nd) [0 - 0] Inverness CT (1st). The Highland derby.

[Morton 1 - 1 Dunfermline. Goal by Tiffoney.]

Morton, points after five games, 2010s:

2018        8

2017        8

2016        3

2015        8

2014        9

2013        5

2012        8

2011       11

2010        4

Morton are off to a normal start. Notice, though, how every third year has a bad start. That'll be next year.

Michael Tidser's goals for Morton:

date              park              opponent       goalkeeper          competition

2010/8/10     Cappielow    Partick             Bryn Halliwell        league

2011/8/13     Cappielow    Livingston       Andrew McNeil      league

2011/8/23     Cappielow    St Mirren         Craig Samson       League Cup

2012/3/20     Falkirk          Falkirk         Michael McGovern    league

2012/8/5       Ochilview   E. Stirlingshire  Ryan McWillams    League Cup

2012/8/14     Cappielow    QoS                Lee Robinson      Challenge Cup

2012/11/13   Cappielow  Albion Rovers  Matthew McGinley  Scottish Cup

2012/11/13   Cappielow  Albion Rovers  Matthew McGinley  Scottish Cup

2012/12/17   Cappielow    Turriff Utd        Stephen Coutts     Scottish Cup

2012/12/17   Cappielow    Turriff Utd        Stephen Coutts     Scottish Cup

2012/12/29   Cappielow    Dunfermline    Paul Gallacher       league

2012/12/29   Cappielow    Dunfermline    Paul Gallacher       league

2013/1/26     Cappielow    Raith               David McGurn         league

2013/2/3       Dens            Dundee           Rab Douglas          Scottish Cup

2013/2/23     East End      Dunfermline    Paul Gallacher       league

2013/2/23     East End      Dunfermline    Paul Gallacher       league

2013/3/16     Dumbarton   Dumbarton    Stephen Grindlay    league

2015/9/22     Cappielow    Motherwell     Connor Ripley        League Cup

2016/12/3     Bellsdale    Beith Juniors    Stephen Grindlay   Scottish Cup

2017/1/7       Cappielow    Dumbarton      Mark Brown           league

2017/2/12     Ibrox             Rangers       Wes Foderingham    Scottish Cup

2017/8/12     Cappielow    St Mirren        Craig Samson        league

2017/8/12     Cappielow    St Mirren        Craig Samson        league

2018/2/3       Cappielow    Dunfermline    Lee Robinson       league

2018/7/14     Somerset     Ayr United        Ross Doohan       League Cup

2018/7/28     Cappielow   Albion Rovers    Gareth Hallford    League Cup

2018/7/28     Cappielow   Albion Rovers    Gareth Hallford    League Cup

2018/8/4       Cappielow    QoS                    Alan Martin         league

2018/8/25     Cappielow    Ross County        Scott Fox           league

2018/9/15     Tannadice   Dundee United   Matej Rakovan     league

Tidser is off to his best year since 2012-13.

1928-29: On September 17th, 1928, Morton played Arthurlie at Cappielow in the first leg of the 1927-28 Renfrewshire Victoria Cup final. Morton won 2 - 0 in front of 1000 spectators.

On September 22nd Morton visited Forthbank Park in Stirling where they lost 4 - 3 to King's Park.

1951-52. Morton hosted St Mirren and won 3 - 0.

Five years ago this week Morton knocked Celtic out of the 2013-14 Scottish Cup. Who were those Morton men and where are they now?

    Allan Moore, manager >>> Clyde, assistant manager

    Nicolas Caraux, goalkeeper >>> Atlanta United II (USL)

    Marc Fitzpatrick >>> Airdrieonians, captain

    Jonathan Page >>> Airdrieonians

    Tomas Peciar >>> FC Andau (Burgenland II. Liga Nord, Austria)

    Scott Taggart >>> Alloa Athletic

    David O'Brien >>> last seen at University of Stirling

    Michal Habai >>> SV Petzenkirchen (Niederösterreich 1. Klasse West, Austria)

    Fouad Bachirou >>> Malmö FF (Allsvenskan)

    Reece Hands >>> Cincinnati United, coach

    Dougie Imrie, goalscorer >>> Hamilton Accies, captain

    Kabba-Modou Cham >>> last seen at Royal Capellen (Belgian tier IV)

    Tony Wallace (sub) >>> Annan Athletic

    Archie Campbell (sub) >>> Dundonald Bluebell (EoSL)

    Mark McLaughlin (sub) >>> retired

Angus: Forfar [1 - 1] Brechin

It's the first round of the 2018-19 Scottish Cup. The six winners from the preliminary rounds mix it up with the Highland and Lowland League clubs. Because Selkirk quit the Lowland League the week before the draw, BSC Glasgow get a bye. Let's follow:

Nairn County [1 - 3] Beith

Forres Mechanics [2 - 2] Civil Service Strollers

Blue collar vs white collar.

Burntisland Shipyard [1 - 4] Cumbernauld Colts

Win or lose this is already the Shipyard's best Scottish Cup ever.

Linlithgow Rose [3 - 0] Fort William

Dalbeattie Star [0 - 0] Kelty Hearts

Wick Academy [1 - 2] Auchinleck Talbot

Strathspey Thistle [0 - 2] Coldstream

Coldstream is right on the English border. Long ago in the prehistory of football they played a game of ba there to decide whether the playing field was part of Scotland or England.

Deveronvale [2 - 1] Bonnyrigg Rose

The top two clubs from last year's Highland and Lowland leagues don't enter till Round Two. In the case of the Lowland League that's Spartans and East Kilbride, who are also the league leaders at this moment. They play today. Given that Albion Rovers are so bad, this match could go a long way in deciding which will play in League Two next year.

Spartans [0 - 0] East Kilbride

Kelty Hearts in the Scottish Cup:

2017-18    1QR    Kelty Hearts 0 - 1 Lothian Thistle HV

2015-16    2QR    Civil Service Strollers 0 - 4 Kelty Hearts

                  R1      Lothian Thistle HV 3 - 0 Kelty Hearts

Arthurlie vs Aberdeen. These two played each other twice in the 1904-05 Scottish League Division Two when Aberdeen first joined the league. Arthurlie won the first match 2 - 0. The second was a scoreless draw. Do you see what I'm telling you? Aberdeen have never scored on Arthurlie.

Europa League group stage, matchday 1:

Group B: Celtic 1 - 0 Rosenborg

These two met in the Champions League 2QR where Celtic eliminated Rosenborg before they themselves went out in 3QR. But because all the CL qualifying round losers go into the Europa League the two could possibly meet up again, and here they do. So Celtic will play Rosenborg four times this season, while they face many of the below-the-split clubs in their own domestic league three times. "It's no right," say the people of Scotland. "Unless it helps the coefficient."

Group G: Villareal 2 - 2 Rangers

These two met in the Round of 16 of the 2005-06 Champions League, Villareal advancing. The Spanish club has also been paired with Celtic twice, in 2003-04 and 2008-09, progressing both times.

Group I: Genk 2 - 0 Malmö

AFC Champions League quarter-finals, second leg:

Tianjin Quanjian 0 - 3 Kashima Antlers

Kashima advance.

League of Ireland, First Division: Longford Town [2 - 2] UCD

This concludes the League of Ireland 1st Division regular season. UCD will play in the Premier Division next year.

SWFL Division 1 South: Cumbernauld Colts [6 - 0] Morton

Allsvenskan: Malmö FF [4 - 0] Kalmar FF

USL: Louisville City [4 - 0] Ottawa Fury

J2: Mito HollyHock [0 - 1] Albirex Niigata

Kanto Soccer League: Vertfee Takahara Nasu [1 - 1] Tokyo 23 FC

Here ends the Kanto League season. [Tokyo 23 end up in fourth place. Summer is over.]

Kanto University League: Tsukuba University [3 - 2] Tokyo Int'l University

It's the 37th Tohoku Women's Football Championship and Empress Cup qualifier. The quarter-finals and semi-finals go this weekend:

Match No. 1: Tokiwa Gakuen High School [10 - 1] Hachinohe Gakuin University

Match No. 2: Meioh High School [0 - 5] Seiwa Gakuen High School

Match No. 3: FC Bloom Fukushima [1 - 4] Tsuruoka High School

Match No. 4: Senshu University Kitakami Senior High School [0 - 9] Sendai University

[Match No. 5: Tokiwa Gakuen High School 1 - 2 Seiwa Gakuen High School]

[Match No. 6: Tsuruoka High School 0 - 9 Sendai University]

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Danish 1st Division: Fredericia [2 - 0] Lyngby BK

Lyngby is part of Copenhagen. Lungby BK were Danish champions in 1983 and 1992, and they met Rangers in the 1992-93 Champions League.

Swiss Challenge League: Vaduz [0 - 1] Winterthur

Though they play in the Swiss league Vaduz are from Liechtenstein. They almost always win the Liechtenstein Cup, so they're in European competition nearly every year. What games have they played against Swiss clubs in UEFA competition?

2006/8/10        Basel 1 - 0 Vaduz        UEFA Cup 2QR

2006/8/24        Vaduz 2 - 1 Basel        UEFA Cup 2QR

(Basel advanced on the away goal rule.)

2015/7/30        Thun 0 - 0 Vaduz        Europa League 3QR

2015/8/6          Vaduz 2 - 2 Thun        Europa League 3QR

(Thun advanced on the away goal rule.)

Regionalliga Südwest: 1. FC Saarbrücken (4 - 1) Wormatia Worms

These two are old rivals. From 1945 until 1983 they were almost always in the same league. But then for the next 30 years they were almost never. They have been together in Regionalliga Südwest for the past five seasons.

SJFA West of Scotland Premiership: Largs Thistle [6 - 0] Irvine Meadow

See here for a lively discussion of the future shape of the football pyramid in the Highland zone. Included is this map showing the dividing line between the Highlands and Lowlands for fitba purposes: