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Last updated 13 May 2025

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Featured bank notes:

  SCWPM The Banknote Book Prefix / Suffix Denom Unit Year Grade Price
E > ECUADOR (Ecuadorian paper money)
Ecuadorian bank note - click to enlarge PS251r   A 1 sucre 02/01/1920 UNC $ 12.90
1 Ecuadorian Sucre banknote uncirculated (02/01/1920) Banco Sur Americano banknotes of the Banco Sur Americano were in circulation for just a only a few days in 1920. This is a remainder note,no signature, no serial. Fleet of Clombus ships. Condor Vulture bird.Tonal.

PS251r A 1 sucre 02/01/1920 UNC $ 12.90

Ecuadorian bank note - click to enlarge

Banco Sur Americano banknotes of the Banco Sur Americano were in circulation for just a only a few days in 1920. This is a remainder note,no signature, no serial. Fleet of Clombus ships. Condor Vulture bird.Tonal.

G > GERMANY > German States (German paper money)
German bank note - click to enlarge PS935     10 million mark 01/09/1923 VF $ 5.16
10 German Million Mark banknote very fine (01/09/1923)Bayerische Bank. Bavarian Coat of Arms on reverse. No strong folds. 5 mm tear at margin. Light stains, see scan.

PS935 10 million mark 01/09/1923 VF $ 5.16

German bank note - click to enlarge

Bayerische Bank. Bavarian Coat of Arms on reverse. No strong folds. 5 mm tear at margin. Light stains, see scan.

C > CHINA > Market Stabilization Currency Bureau (Chinese paper money)
Chinese bank note - click to enlarge P641a     1 yuan 1923 aUNC $ 129.00
1 Chinese Yuan banknote about uncirculated (1923)Red pagoda on hill shoreline. Peking. Interest Bearing Exchange note. Printer: BEPA. S/M: T187-1.

P641a 1 yuan 1923 aUNC $ 129.00

Chinese bank note - click to enlarge

Red pagoda on hill shoreline. Peking. Interest Bearing Exchange note. Printer: BEPA. S/M: T187-1.

A > AUSTRIA > Notgeld (Austrian paper money)
Austrian bank note - click to enlarge PNIP17     10 heller 1923 aUNC $ 5.16
10 Austrian Heller banknote about uncirculated (1923)Uniface. Ageing tone to the paper. Market Town of Sankt Aegyd am Neuwald. Lower Austria.

PNIP17 10 heller 1923 aUNC $ 5.16

Austrian bank note - click to enlarge

Uniface. Ageing tone to the paper. Market Town of Sankt Aegyd am Neuwald. Lower Austria.

G > GERMANY > Notgeld & Inflation & Private issues (German paper money)
German bank note - click to enlarge PNIP150     2,2,2,2,2, mark 1921 aUNC $ 12.90
2,2,2,2,2, German Mark banknote about uncirculated (1921)Set of 5 notes. City of Münster in Westfalen. Printer: Gebrüder Jänecke, Hannover, Germany. Prussian province of Westphalia

PNIP150 2,2,2,2,2, mark 1921 aUNC $ 12.90

German bank note - click to enlarge

Set of 5 notes. City of Münster in Westfalen. Printer: Gebrüder Jänecke, Hannover, Germany. Prussian province of Westphalia

S > SIERRA LEONE (Paper money from Sierra Leone)
Sierra Leone bank note - click to enlarge P32b TBB B127b   5,000 leones 04/08/2013 Au-unc $ 5.81
5,000 Sierra Leone Leones banknote about uncirculated, counting crease (04/08/2013)Sengbe Pieh at right. Bumbuna hydroelectric dam on back. De La Rue. Holographic Patch. Watermark: Lion Head with electrotype 5000. Star chrome windowed security thread with demetalized BSL 5000. Lion watermark. Signatures: Sesay & Coker

P32b TBB B127b 5,000 leones 04/08/2013 Au-unc $ 5.81

Sierra Leone bank note - click to enlarge

Sengbe Pieh at right. Bumbuna hydroelectric dam on back. De La Rue. Holographic Patch. Watermark: Lion Head with electrotype 5000. Star chrome windowed security thread with demetalized BSL 5000. Lion watermark. Signatures: Sesay & Coker

R > RUSSIA > South Russia (Russian paper money)
Russian bank note - click to enlarge PS440b   AB 500 rubles 1919 aUNC $ 161.25
500 Russian Rubles banknote about uncirculated (1919)Helmeted "Russia".Issued by Gosudarstvo Rossiskoye-Russian Government. However,these were never issued due to evacuation of Sevastopol in Nov 1920.Black serial number. Printer:Waterlow (London). Watermark:500.Lion head. Light corner fold.

PS440b AB 500 rubles 1919 aUNC $ 161.25

Russian bank note - click to enlarge

Helmeted "Russia".Issued by Gosudarstvo Rossiskoye-Russian Government. However,these were never issued due to evacuation of Sevastopol in Nov 1920.Black serial number. Printer:Waterlow (London). Watermark:500.Lion head. Light corner fold.

T > TURKEY (Turkish paper money)
Turkish bank note - click to enlarge P133a TBB B211a   50 kurus 1930 EF/AU $ 45.15
50 Turkish Kurus banknote extremely fine / about uncirculated (1930)Never issued as notes were on a ship that sunk in the harbour at the beginning of WWII. See longer description. The paper is wavy/rippled with a little brown stain at the margin edge from water damage. President Mustafa Ismet Inön at right & as watermark.

P133a TBB B211a 50 kurus 1930 EF/AU $ 45.15

Turkish bank note - click to enlarge

Never issued as notes were on a ship that sunk in the harbour at the beginning of WWII. See longer description. The paper is wavy/rippled with a little brown stain at the margin edge from water damage. President Mustafa Ismet Inön at right & as watermark.

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