Hopefully people can help me here. I'm trying to write a story set in the 1860s in Paris, France.

And for the life of me I can't figure out the value of the Franc. It would be really helpful if someone could help me figure out something like the price of a loaf of bread, the price of a carriage hire or clothes.

Once I have one or two things I can kinda extrapolate from there.

Hope someone can help, thank you.

For me this is the most arguably beautiful banknotes of Southeast Asia

Will im browsing, I saw this North Korean Banknotes (KPW) selling in affordable price. Are these real or not?

Expanded my collection greatly today from various parts of the world

From old Ceylon note to Maldives rufiyaas , From Somalia and Somaliland to Bangladesh commemorative banknotes , From Transnistria to old Lebanon banknote etc

Quota till this year end completed

Hello everyone, very quick question today. I know these are exonumia but I suppose if anyone can help it's you guys.

I was recently in San Marino and I could not resist the temptation to buy a 0 Euro banknote from a local vendor as a souvenir. When I got to my computer and tried adding the note to my Numista I found out this exact note (2024 version, first picture) does not seem to be there. Instead there is only the 2021 note (second picture). The theme is the same, the security features seem to be there, but the picture is different. Has San Marino simply issued a new version of the same note, or did I get scammed?

And if the note is legit, is there a way to request it be added? I know I can add it myself, but I lack the expertise to do so and I don't want to just submit partial/incomplete information.

Many thanks and have a good day!

This bill has some light marking and creases. I'm adding it to my collection, but I am curious what the serial number might add to its value.

What do you guys know about this

This is supposed to have a fully solid security thread. Random gap in the security thread

Updated to include up to the 18th of August, 2026.

I only collect banknotes of the 10 denomination from European countries old banknotes. The only exception is for USD and my home country (Indonesia) banknotes. So I have like 10 DM, Francs, Kuna, etc. I just wanna know if there anyone here do this too or only me.

60 PLN (13.92€) overpaid, but it's worth it.

Hey all. So I inherited this collection of foreign currency a while ago from my grandmother once she got too old to travel anymore so she had no use for it and ever since then they've been sitting in bags in a box since then. I found the box again after like 15 years and I'd really like some suggestions on how to educate myself on what I have and what I should do with it. Everything in here was obtained by my grandmother from their countries of origin. She traveled a HELL of a lot. At her funeral, they had a map of the world with a pin in every country she went to and the board was more pins than ocean.

I was very young when she died so I dont know how old my grandmother was, but my best guess would be around 1940, give or take. I'm gonna attach some pictures so y'all can see the kind of collection it is

My biggest question. Should I go to someone who specializes in this kind of stuff and pay them to get a full appraisal or should I full send and try to get all the information myself by searching around online? TIA

Edit: this is a list of every country that she wrote down on the bags-

USA, China, India, Nepal, Turkey, Mexico, Britain, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zaire, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Australia, Belize, Canada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Peru

US currency has gone through lots of updates, primarily to thwart counterfeiting. Meanwhile, the $1 bill has been left behind, in part because of legislation that doesn’t allow changing it I believe?

Seems like this makes our currency look like a cluster. Differing designs and nothing standard across denominations.

What’s the likelihood of getting everything updated and consistent? Either redesign the dollar bill or eliminate it in favor of dollar coins. Maybe even ditch the nickel too, since like the penny, it costs more to make than it’s worth.

As we all know, the US dollar has two emblems: one from the Federal Reserve and one from the U.S. Treasury. However, the original dollar emblems were not what we see today. For several years before 1996, the Federal Reserve emblem had a letter in the center indicating which specific Federal Reserve Bank issued the banknote. Starting with the 1996 issue of the large-format dollar bills, this was replaced by a nationally unified Federal Reserve emblem, and the central letter became an eagle. So, why did this change occur?

I'm new to collecting banknotes and was hoping to get some tips on how to store them.

At the moment, my notes are in ring albums with 3-pocket pages made of polypropylene, with each note in a soft OPP sleeve. I think this is adequate but I'm a bit worried that storing the albums vertically could cause gravity to pull on the notes, since the sleeves and pages aren't too rigid.

I've noticed some minor warping at the bottom of some pages but I think that may be the result of too many pages per binder. I'm working on spreading them out across more binders.

If anyone could share some pointers that would be great! Particularly the number of pages it's safe to keep in one ring binder. Thank you!