Paper Money

Read engaging stories about historic and modern paper currency from all over the world written by today’s top collectors.

Vanishing Tracks

August 11, 2025

5 min read

Newspaper articles confirm the existence of a forgotten Indiana railroad that was featured on obsolete currency.

Vanishing Tracks

Zambian Wildlife

July 9, 2025

5 min read

Zambia’s colorful 10-kwacha bank note depicts waterfalls, the country’s national animal, and a critically dangered species.

Zambian Wildlife

Secession & Specie

June 5, 2025

4 min read

After Mississippi left the Union, it quickly passed legislation authorizing interest-bearing paper currency.

Secession & Specie

Courtroom Collapse

May 5, 2025

3 min read

A Virginia clothier who issued advertising notes that resembled money was critically injured when a courtroom gallery collapsed.

Courtroom Collapse

Uninhabited Islands

April 1, 2025

4 min read

The Faroe Islands’ 200-kronur bank note is stunning and features breathtaking ocean scenes and native fauna.

Uninhabited Islands

Health Crisis

March 7, 2025

5 min read

An attorney who entered the banking business became gravely ill at a young age, causing his financial venture to fail.

Health Crisis

Downward Spiral

February 7, 2025

5 min read

The Confederacy attempted to stem out-of-control  inflation in the South by issuing a new series of bank notes.

Downward Spiral

Holy Land

January 7, 2025

4 min read

A bank note from Jordan depicts a religious site that is sacred to followers of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.

Holy Land

Paper Pandemonium

December 7, 2024

5 min read

The Civil War caused turmoil in commerce as citizens struggled to find an effective replacement for coinage.

Paper Pandemonium

Anatomy of a Bank Failure

November 7, 2024

3 min read

A Boston bank president suffered financial losses that ultimately led the Cochituate Bank to close its doors.

Anatomy of a Bank Failure

Egyptian Pharoah

October 7, 2024

5 min read

A colorful bank note depicts an ancient ruler and thegod Horus, who appears as a falcon behind the king’s head.

Egyptian Pharoah

Handcrafted Fabrications

September 9, 2024

5 min read

Crooks looking to make an easy profit altered the notes of banks that were no longer in business and put them in circulation in distant towns.

Handcrafted Fabrications

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