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. Numismatics
Begginers guide
By Liliana Elena González Castro

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

3. 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.

4. Note: A piece of paper currency.

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. Liliana Elena González Castro
www.AsesoriaInternet.com
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