Notaphilia

Example of paper money

Notaphilia is the knowledge of paper money or the collection of paper money . Paper bills are z. B. World banknotes , national banknotes and emergency banknotes . Just as there are coin catalogs for coin collectors, there are also catalogs for paper money. Albert Pick and Arnold Keller , for example, made important contributions in this area with their catalogs.

The first banknotes appeared in China in the 7th century . The first emergency money made out of paper in Europe came from a Moorish occupation in Spain in 1483 and the first banknotes in Europe were in Sweden in the 17th century .

Paper money is collected according to:

• Subject (e.g. famous people)
• Periods of time
• Countries
• conservation

See also

• Scripophilia

literature

• Albert Pick: Standard catalog of world paper money . Battenberg, Munich 1975, ISBN 0-87341-002-5 .
• Hans-Ludwig Grabowski , Wolfgang J. Mehlhausen: Handbook money collecting. A guide for money collectors and those who want to become one. Tips, tricks and information from the specialist. Gietl, Regenstauf 2004, ISBN 3-924861-90-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Notaphilia. In: Dudenredaktion (ed.): Duden, foreign dictionary (= Der Duden. Vol. 5). 9th, updated edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-04059-9 , p. 711.
2. ^ Hans-Ludwig Grabowski, Wolfgang J. Mehlhausen: Handbuch Geldscheinsammeln. 2004, p. 14.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} CollectorNet: History of Paper Money , Text: Kai Lindman, accessed on April 25, 2010
4. ^ Hans-Ludwig Grabowski, Wolfgang J. Mehlhausen: Handbuch Geldscheinsammeln. 2004, p. 15.
5. ^ Hans-Ludwig Grabowski, Wolfgang J. Mehlhausen: Handbuch Geldscheinsammeln. 2004, p. 16.

Web links

• Paper money collection by country ( German ) ( English ) ( French )