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Collector's Guide · Germany · October 2026 Why Germany's Railway Printed Its Own Money in 1923 In the summer of 1923 the Deutsche Reichsbahn began paying its bills in notes it printed itself. Here is why, what one of those notes says, and how collectors read them today. The short answer During the 1923 hyperinflation the Reichsbank could not supply marks fast enough, so the Deutsche Reichsbahn, Germany's national railway, issued its own emergency notes to keep wages and payments …

Collector's Guide · World Banknotes · October 2026 Venezuela's 500 Bolívares Note Equals 500 Million Old Bolívares The 500 is the top of the bolívar digital family. Here is what the number stands for, how it differs from the 200, and what is printed on it. The short answer The Venezuelan 500 Bolívares Digitales note equals 500 million bolívares soberanos, the currency that came before the bolívar digital. Counted back through all three re …

Collector's Guide · World Banknotes · October 2026 Iran Is Removing Four Zeros From the Rial: The Timeline So Far Parliament voted in October 2025, the Guardian Council signed off in November, and the central bank is working toward a 2030 phase-out. Here is each step, and what the 10 million rial cheque becomes. The short answer Iran is removing four zeros from the rial, so 10,000 old rials will equal one new unit. Parliament approved the plan on October 5, 2025, the Guardian Cou …

Collector's Guide · Buying Guide · Updated October 7, 2026 Consecutive Serial Numbers, Explained: How to Buy a Lot of 10, 25, 50 or 100 Banknotes What "consecutive" actually promises, how to check it with one subtraction, and why the price per note falls as the lot grows. The short answer Consecutive banknotes carry serial numbers that run in unbroken order, one after the next, as they did when the printer counted them into a bundle. To check a lot, take the first and last serial …

Collector's Guide · World Banknotes · Updated October 7, 2026 Venezuela's 200 Bolívares Note Equals 200 Million Old Bolívares Why a note that says 200 stands for two hundred million, what is printed on it, and where it sits in Venezuela's string of redenominations. The short answer The Venezuelan 200 Bolívares Digitales note equals 200 million bolívares soberanos, the currency it replaced. In October 2021 the Banco Central de Venezuela removed six zero …

Monetary History · September 30, 2026 · 8 min read Yugoslavia’s October Dinar, 1993: Six Zeros Off, Ten Banknotes, 92 Days On October 1, 1993, Yugoslavia exchanged a million dinars for one. Here is every banknote the new October dinar produced, with Pick numbers and issue dates, and how the series climbed from 5,000 to 500 billion before nine more zeros came off on New Year’s Day. Quick Answer The October dinar (ISO code YUO) was introduced on October 1, 1993, when …

Collector’s Guide · September 29, 2026 · 7 min read Venezuela’s 1,000,000 Bolívar Note, Explained: The Biggest Number That Became One Dated September 3, 2020 and released in March 2021, the 1,000,000 bolívares soberanos note carries the highest face value ever printed on a Venezuelan banknote. Seven months later, it counted as exactly one bolívar. Quick Answer The Venezuela 1,000,000 bolívar note is a 1,000,000 bolívares soberanos …

Monetary History · October 1, 2026 · 7 min read Six Zeros Day: Twice on October 1, a Million Became One On October 1, 1993, Yugoslavia took six zeros off the dinar. On October 1, 2021, Venezuela took six zeros off the bolívar. Same date, same ratio, 28 years apart, and two very different stories afterward. Quick Answer Six Zeros Day is our name for October 1, the date two countries each removed exactly six zeros from their money. On October 1, 1993, Yugoslavia exchanged …

Collector's Guide · Germany · 1914–1923 What Is German Notgeld? The Emergency Money Towns Printed for Themselves Between 1914 and 1923, thousands of German towns, companies and railways printed their own money. Some of it was plain and practical. Much of it was art. A century later, it is one of the most affordable ways to hold a piece of the Weimar years in your hand. Between 1914 and 1923, towns across Germany printed their own money. Quick answer Notgeld (German for "e …

Collector's Guide · Care and Storage · Updated September 2026 How to Store Banknotes: Sleeves, Holders, and the Five Things That Ruin Paper Money A banknote that survived a hyperinflation, a war, or a century in a drawer can be undone by a rubber band and a sunny windowsill. Here is how to store paper money so it is in the same condition in thirty years as it is today, what to buy, what to throw away, and the one mistake we see more than any other. Quick answer: Store each bankno …