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Last updated 25 April 2025

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Featured bank notes:

  SCWPM The Banknote Book Prefix / Suffix Denom Unit Year Grade Price
C > CHINA > Market Stabilization Currency Bureau (Chinese paper money)
Chinese bank note - click to enlarge P623a TBB B1829   1 dollar 1923 aUNC $ 225.75
1 Chinese Dollar banknote about uncirculated (1923)Arched bridge over stream. Special circulating note. Peking. Year 12 of the Republic = 1923. Printer: BEPA. Smith Matravers: T184-1.

P623a TBB B1829 1 dollar 1923 aUNC $ 225.75

Chinese bank note - click to enlarge

Arched bridge over stream. Special circulating note. Peking. Year 12 of the Republic = 1923. Printer: BEPA. Smith Matravers: T184-1.

C > CHINA > Provincial Banks (Chinese paper money)
Chinese bank note - click to enlarge PS1731a TBB B46826 F-F 5 yuan 1934 F/VF $ 109.65
5 Chinese Yuan banknote fine / very fine (1934)Bank of Hopei. Beihai Park with Island of the White Pagoda in Peking. TIENTSIN. Staining, see scan of actual note. Serial F0224549F. Printer: BEPP. S/M H64-42. TBB S46826b. 162mm x 81mm

PS1731a TBB B46826 F-F 5 yuan 1934 F/VF $ 109.65

Chinese bank note - click to enlarge

Bank of Hopei. Beihai Park with Island of the White Pagoda in Peking. TIENTSIN. Staining, see scan of actual note. Serial F0224549F. Printer: BEPP. S/M H64-42. TBB S46826b. 162mm x 81mm

Chinese bank note - click to enlarge PS2280c TBB B84812 C 10 dollars 01/05/1933 F/VF $ 103.20
10 Chinese Dollars banknote fine / very fine (01/05/1933)Canton Municipal Bank. Blue serial number. Printer: Waterlow & Sons Limited, London. S/M K24-52b. San Yat-sen. Grubby circulated notes. No tears. Signatures:Huang & Chen. 164mm x 111mm. TBB B84812b

PS2280c TBB B84812 C 10 dollars 01/05/1933 F/VF $ 103.20

Chinese bank note - click to enlarge

Canton Municipal Bank. Blue serial number. Printer: Waterlow & Sons Limited, London. S/M K24-52b. San Yat-sen. Grubby circulated notes. No tears. Signatures:Huang & Chen. 164mm x 111mm. TBB B84812b

R > RUSSIA (Russian paper money)
Russian bank note - click to enlarge P103a     500 rubley 1919 EF $ 30.96
500 Russian Rubley banknote extremely fine (1919)Narodniy Komissariat Finantsov. Watermark: "500". Right cashier signature: Loshkin. Pencil annotation in margin "7". Ageing signs to paper.

P103a 500 rubley 1919 EF $ 30.96

Russian bank note - click to enlarge

Narodniy Komissariat Finantsov. Watermark: "500". Right cashier signature: Loshkin. Pencil annotation in margin "7". Ageing signs to paper.

Russian bank note - click to enlarge P94a   AA 500 rubles 1918 EF $ 23.22
500 Russian Rubles banknote extremely fine (1918)Double headed eagle. 145 x 95mm. Gosudarstvenniy Bank. Cashier signature: Heilman.No centre fold. Stain and slight softening to lower right corner.

P94a AA 500 rubles 1918 EF $ 23.22

Russian bank note - click to enlarge

Double headed eagle. 145 x 95mm. Gosudarstvenniy Bank. Cashier signature: Heilman.No centre fold. Stain and slight softening to lower right corner.

S > SIERRA LEONE (Paper money from Sierra Leone)
Sierra Leone bank note - click to enlarge P33 TBB B128a DS 10,000 leones 27/04/2010 UNC $ 12.90
10,000 Sierra Leone Leones banknote uncirculated (27/04/2010)Cotton tree in Freetown on reverse. Map on face underneath flying Dove bird. Coat of Arms. Flag. Holographic Patch. Watermark: Lion Head with electrotype 10000. Star chrome windowed security thread with demetalized BSL 10,000.

P33 TBB B128a DS 10,000 leones 27/04/2010 UNC $ 12.90

Sierra Leone bank note - click to enlarge

Cotton tree in Freetown on reverse. Map on face underneath flying Dove bird. Coat of Arms. Flag. Holographic Patch. Watermark: Lion Head with electrotype 10000. Star chrome windowed security thread with demetalized BSL 10,000.

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.

V > VIETNAM WAR PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS (Vietnamese paper money)
Vietnamese bank note - click to enlarge PProp9       (1961-75) Au-unc $ 22.58
Vietnamese banknote about uncirculated, counting crease (1961-75)Propaganda Leaflets:7-581-68 & 2609. A set of 2.

PProp9   (1961-75) Au-unc $ 22.58

Vietnamese bank note - click to enlarge

Propaganda Leaflets:7-581-68 & 2609. A set of 2.

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