In the cases of countries where more than one issuing authority is in effect at a single time, follow the bank headings in the listings and it will become apparent if that country’s listing is by date or alphabetical by issuing authority. Notes of a particular bank are listed in date order and then grouped in ascending denomination order. For the ease of identification, notes are listed under their historic country name and/or the name as it appears on the banknote. The general 1960 cut-off was done to better keep pace with the ever increasing ‘modern’ listings and keep current in major price fluctuations by splitting off issues since 1961 into their own annual volume – the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Modern Issues – 1961 to present.

The scope of this volume is world paper money from the earliest known Chinese notes (1368) to issues circulating in 1960, though some later issues appear to complete a series or offer the reader material one would hope to find within this work. Introduction Welcome to this twelveth edition of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, General Issues – 1368 to 1960. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a critical article or review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper, or electronically transmitted on radio, television, or the Internet.

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