Numismatics
Begginers guide
By Liliana Elena González Castro

Numismatics: The study or collection of
paper money, coins, and often medals.

Banknote: Piece of paper issued by a bank
representing its promise to pay a specific
sum to the bearer on demand and
acceptable as money.

Note: A piece of paper currency.

Paper money: currency printed on paper. Includes
all the various materials that have served as paper
surrogates, for instance the polymer notes.

This is a simple guide for people who wants to start a paper
money collection. Thirteen important points that make a
bill valuable and worth collect.

1.- Issue Date: The banknote below was
issued in Argentina, January 1st, 1884

2.- Issuing Authority: The banknote below
was issued by El Banco de España in 1927

3.- Authorized Signatures: The note below
was signed by Ernesto “Che Guevara” in
Cuba.

4.- Portrait: Head or face view of a
person, real or allegorical in a note’s
vignette. Ruben Dario´s portrait below.

5.- Serial Number: The note below shows a
“radar” (the same backward and forward)
serial number 663366

6.- Denomination: Also called “face value”.
The banknote below from Yugoslavia has a
face value of 500 million Dinara.

7.- Watermark is a security device. The
note below has the Tutankhamen’s mask as
a watermark at right

8.- Printer's Name: The note below was
printed by American Banknote Company

9.- Overprints: The banknote below has a
face value of 1 Cruzado novo overprinted on
1000 Cruzados banknote

10.- Specimen: Invalid note overprinted
or perforated with the word specimen.
It has usually all zero serial numbers.

11.- Notgeld: From the German roots “not”
(necessity) and “geld” (money).

11.- Notgeld were produced by almost
3500 German and Austria towns and cities
from 1914 to 1922.

12.- Polymer (plastic ) currency note
technology was developed in Australia. The
banknote below is year 2000 from Romania.

13.- Pick number is assigned to every single
note in the Standard Catalogs of World
Paper Money. Below is Zaire, pick number
40

Liliana Elena González Castro
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