How To Store Your Paper Money Collection Safely

Normally I would store my paper money in an album that had pockets large enough to take the paper notes I'm collecting. Luckily for me writing this blog and the pure enthusiasm I have for the hobby has meant more reading and research than I ordinarily would have undertaken, with the great result of better knowledge and thus less regrets in the future at the state of my collection.

What do I mean by this? It has come to my attention that collectors need to be aware that storing paper money properly is very important. If care is not taken you could end up with badly discolored , brittle and disintegrated notes.

The main issue is to store in clear pockets where both sides of the notes are visible, in order to showcase your collection easily without too much direct handling. The next thing is to ensure that you do not use PVC products as these will eventually ruin the notes over time. This is very important as the damage done will not be visible or obvious for decades but believe me you will be sorry when 50 years on you find the notes disintegrated beyond repair as you attempt to remove them from the wallet you kept the notes in.

So if you cant use PVC products what can you use? Mylar or Mylar equivalent products are the best plastics available for this type of storage. Mylar plastics are archival safe and therefore suitable for any paper storage projects. I am told that you can easily decipher PVC from Mylar by the smell. PVC has a strong smell while this is absent from Mylar products or their equivalents.

Do remember to ask and specify what you require as a lot of suppliers and dealers will not necessarily inform you of the differences when you order.

This is definitely a case of expensive being cheaper than cheap! So do store your paper money collection safely, we'll talk in more detail about this in my next posts. My appologies for being a stranger. The past week has been very challenging, with a sick 3 year old it has been practically impossible to get down to writing, he's a bit better now. Talk to you later.

Paper Money Auction of £20 Banknotes in London

The Bank of England has commissioned Spink and Son to auction a quantity of low numbered £20.00 Adam Smith Banknotes.
Date: Friday 12th October
Venue: Conference Center, Bank of England
Time: 6 - 8 pm, Doors open at 5.30
For more information please contact Barnaby Faull on 0207 563 4000

Paper Money Collecting:Banknotes are the Silent Witnesses

Paper Money Notes are the Silent Witnesses of the 2ND World War

Just last week I stumbled upon some news item on the internet about the Nazi groups growing and spreading in at least one Central American Country, in an interview one of the leaders of a major group kept claiming that the claims of Holocaust during the 2ND World War were false and untrue.

Well according to the 755 images contained in the book Silent Witnesses: Civilian Camp Money of World War 11 by Ray and Steve Feller, he is quite wrong. The beauty and importance of collecting paper money continues to amaze me and fuel my appreciation for it.

This book covers quite a lot. It is definitely a catalogue of the money that exchanged hands during this period, but it is also a historical and social document, amongst the subjects covered are:-

• the concentration camps of the German Reich

• the concentration camps of the German occupied countries

• the ghettos and their authorities

• the axis, allied and neutral internment camps

• and the post-war displaced person camps

After reading this book anyone wanting to write the holocaust off as a fantasy will find it very difficult to achieve, as we are reminded vividly about the inhumanity of human beings.

Yet again paper money has come up on top as one of the little bits of paper that wont let the truth of the inhumanity of the 2ND World War be swept under the paper.

But on a lighter note here is a clip of the launching of the book.