I agree with the #RSPCA , we should have a #rat (as well as #pigeons and #gulls ) on our #banknotes, they are valid #British #wildlife 🐀 🕊️ (there isn't an emoji for a gull)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy03zy1lr8go

Bank of England to drop Churchill from banknotes for nature themes (harder to counterfeit).

What's your preference for a fiver?

#Poll #Banknotes #Boost

I do like outlier pieces - the earliest, latest, smallest, and, today, the LARGEST. Today, Thompson's Coins shared a video with what was, in the 1990s, the largest banknote in the world. Issued by the Philippines in 1998 it is a 100,000 Piso note issued to mark the centenary of independence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EFw4gVH_nI

#Numismatics #Coins #Banknotes #Collecting @numismatics

Why Is U.S. Money Green? Blame Canada!

In the 1850s, Canadian chemist Thomas Sterry Hunt developed a green ink resistant to chemical erasure—ideal for printing secure banknotes. The formula was adopted by U.S. printers during the Civil War when greenbacks were introduced in 1862. Canada's use of chemically stable inks predated this. 🇨🇦 #Canada #USHistory #Currency #Greenback #Banknotes

https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/02/the-canadian-roots-of-the-greenback/

This week's E-Sylum has the interesting story of the first Bulgarian banknote, issued on the 1st of August 1885: https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n04.html#article21

#Numismatics #Banknotes #CoinCollecting #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons