China $10 Yuan Banknote (circa 1941-1947)

Chinese babysitter servant Shao Chi "Little Chicken"

1947 U.S. Lincoln Penny made of copper & not gold

Big Blunder by Little Chicken Shanghai, 1947— Mom hired Shao Chi "Little Chicken" as babysitter for our 1-year old sister Yuin-Lo & household chores. I don't remember much about her except this event still burning after 74 years— Mom gave her $10 to buy milk and cookies. She returned empty-handed, saying grocers would not accept the gold coins she received for her $10 bill. Turns out those gold pieces were U.S. Lincoln pennies. We had no milk and cookies till Mom shopped the next day. Mom never fired "Little Chicken" or hired another. I've been thinking perhaps she wasn't so dumb after all— gave the $10 bill to her consort for those phony gold pieces, and kept $5 in the bargain. I would not trust her to care for anyone or chores in the house. Hope Mom kept those Lincoln pennies— Just two years later, they were worth their weight in gold for hyperinflation made them equal to 23 $10,000 currency! $10,000 China Banknote 1949 (Front) 23.3 million Yuan = $1 U.S. Dollar $10,000 China Banknote 1949 (Back) 233,000 Yuan = 1 U.S. Lincoln Penny   — Peter Y. Chou       Mountain View, 6-22-2021