World Banknotes

These notes circulated in countries liberated by the Allied military forces in the last days of the Second World War.

Before Josef Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union, he was a bank robber. He masterminded a hit on a bank on his native Georgia to fund the Rev...

The Notes: This collection of banknotes features issues from former Soviet Republics, proxy states, and other notable nations where the Cold War w...

From October 29, 1929 until the beginning of the Second World War, the industrialized world suffered through one of the longest and deepest econom...

Issued by guerilla forces operating in the Japanese-occupied Philippines during the Second World War, this crude "guerilla money" features the port...

Issued by guerilla forces operating in the Japanese-occupied Philippines during the Second World War, this crude "guerilla money" features the port...

This folder pays homage to the US-led coalition that repulsed Saddam Hussein from Kuwait in 1991.

Saddam Hussein was a mass murderer and ruthless dictator. He was also a common thief, participating in what was called a foreign invasion but was r...

This remarkable collection includes 12 different high-denomination notes issued by the Weimar Republic during the German hyperinflation crisis of 1...

This folder honors the memory of Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist, longtime political prisoner, and father of South Africa.

Included: 1. Armenia | 25 Dram | Obv: Frieze with lion from Erebuni castle│Rev: Arched ornament Dimensions: 126 x 62 mm 2. Azerbaijan | 250 Mana...

If Rome had banknotes would they have looked this beautiful? A unique of 7 Roman Empire banknotes: 1, 2, 4, 8, 20, 50, 100 sesterces. Each banknote...

As the historian Simon Sebag Montefiore notes, the Romanovs were "the most spectacularly successful empire-builders since the Mongols." The assassi...

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, paid a state visit to the Bosnian city of Sarajevo....

Half off! These banknote halves are tangible proof of one of the more creative ways a sovereign nation has ever raised revenue. At the time, Greece...

Features a colorful banknote from the now-extinct nation of South Vietnam, which lost to the Communists despite backing by the US military.