This site is all about paper money. Most people associate money with earning and spending. Very few consider money as an art object or a collectable item. Only in the last several years has paper money collecting as a hobby become more popular. Modern banknotes are very attractive and colorful, especially in uncirculated conditions favored by collectors.
Even old, circulated banknotes are interesting. They have history. Have you ever wondered who were these people from distant lands the notes had past through? What were their lives like? What did they buy with these notes before ending up in your hands?

This site features my entire collection:

1902* different banknotes
299* countries
1169 web pages
4300+ pictures

* including 141 donated banknote scans

The banknotes are showcased in 7 major galleries by continents. You can also find any particular country under country index.
In addition, there are 9 special exhibits:

Banknote Vignettes
Chinese Dynasties
Hybrid Polymer
Hyperinflation
Japanese Invasion Money
Millennium
Polymer Plastic
Queen Elizabeth II
U. S. Obsoletes

You will also find some interesting information related to paper money:

Banknote Collectors Directory
Banknote Dealers Directory
Banknote news
Is my money worth anything?
Paper money trivia
Replicas of U. S. Obsoletes
Who use euro?

I hope you enjoy your visit. On your way out, you may want to stop by my store to check out the banknotes I have for sale. This site changes frequently. So come back soon you hear.

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Banknote collecting, or "Notaphily", is a rapidly growing area of numismatics. Although generally not as widespread as coin and stamp collecting, the hobby is increasingly expanding. banknote also known as paper money is a kind of negotiable instrument, a promissory note made by a bank payable to the bearer on demand, used as money, and in many jurisdictions is legal tender. Along with coins (which can be used in Vending machines, slot games and jukeboxes), Paper money make up the cash or bearer forms of all modern money.

United States

March 5, 2010 - The new design for the $100 note will make its debut on Wednesday, April 21 during a ceremony at the Department of the Treasury's Cash Room. The U.S. government redesigns currency in order to stay ahead of counterfeiters and protect the public. Info courtesy of cleo phas. U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Canada

March 5, 2010 - Bank of Canada announced yesterday that starting in 2011, it will begin to issue a new series of bank notes printed on a polymer material. The new notes will incorporate security features that will "significantly increase their protection against counterfeiting." In addition, the plastic notes will last longer than the cotton paper currently in use, "resulting in lower overall production costs and reduced environmental impact." Plastics News

India

March 4, 2010 - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would shortly issue Rs 20 denomination banknotes without inset letter in both numbering panels in Mahatma Gandhi Series - 2005 bearing the signature of Dr D Subbarao, Governor.

Except for the change in the inset letter, the design of these notes to be issued now is similar in all respects to the banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi Series - 2005, with additional/new security features issued on August 16, 2006. All banknotes in the denomination of Rs 20 issued by the RBI in the past will continue to be legal tender, RBI sources said. Central Chronicle

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Prior to the 1990s, currency collecting was a relatively small adjunct to coin collecting, but the practice of currency auctions, combined with larger public awareness of paper money have caused a boom in interest and values of rare banknotes. In the late twentieth century machines were designed to recognize paper money of the smaller values long after they were designed to recognize coins distinct from slugs in slots and vending machines. This capability has become inescapable in economies where inflation has not been followed by introduction of progressively larger coin denominations.