List your Top Ten banknote countries

List your top 10 countries you have banknotes from. Count the ties until you reach 10.
Here's mine:
1st) Canada - (258- my home country & what I started collecting years ago)
2nd) Philippines - (63)
3rd) Bahamas -(15)
4th) Australia - (14)
5th) Eurozone - (12)
6th) Fiji - (11 tied with Yugoslavia)
6th) Yugoslavia -11 (tied with Fiji & 7th nation listed)
7th) Eastern Caribbean States -(9 tied with Singapore & 8th nation listed)
7th) Singapore - (9 tied with EC & 9th nation listed)
8th) Cayman Islands - (8 tied with Costa Rica & GB 10th nation listed)
8th) Costa Rica - tied with Cayman & GB 11th nation listed)
8th) GB/UK -(8 tied with Cayman & Costa Rica 12th nation listed)

That is impressive. I am sure they are all in pristine AU or UNC condition.

Quote: "BluHawk"​That is impressive. I am sure they are all in pristine AU or UNC condition.
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​Thanks. The majority of my world banknotes are in UNC but several older/rarer CDN banknotes come in various conditions.

Two years ago, I went to the Philippines for a month & fell in love with the people & the country. I came back to discover I could buy modern UNC solid radars for as little as $10 per note. That's why my 2nd highest country is the Philippines (sort of went on a buying spree).

Let me see mine:
1st) Brazil (135 - home country)
2nd) Germany (27)
3rd) Argentina (21)
4th) China (15)
5th) Russia (14)
6th) Poland (13)
7th) Portugal (12, tied with Belarus)
7th) Belarus (12, tied with Portugal)
8th) Italy (10, tied with Hungary and Thailand)
8th) Hungary (10, tied with Italy and Thailand)
8th) Thailand (10, tied with Italy and Hungary)

1. Germany - 76 (Notgelds + Empire + Federal Republic)
2. Romania - 49
3. Yugoslavia - 44
4. Venezuela - 27
5. Croatia - 25
6. Brazil - 21
7. Belarus -20
Cambodia - 20
Russia - 20 (Empire + USSR + Federation)
Hungary - 20

Was going to add my top 10, but realised they had to be listed on the Numista listings, which mine are not.

Likewise

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Quote: "COINMAN1"​Was going to add my top 10, but realised they had to be listed on the Numista listings, which mine are not.

​​I've revised the criteria (wasn't really thinking it through) bc no one should feel left out. I just started collecting world notes recently & trust me, the last thing I would have ever considered would have been having a top 10 countries list (let alone sharing this). It is all new to me too.
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​So please feel free to share "COINMAN1" & "BluHawk."
Great lists "Giobruno" & "Allexis

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This is my top 10
1. German Notgeld 2,235 (yes, 2,235)
2. Austrian Notgeld 131
3. Germany 128
4. Yugoslavia 58
5. Russia 54
6. Brazil 45
7. Poland 40
8. Cuba 36
9. Italy 33
10. Peoples Republic of China 31

Thank you for allowing me to add my list

Quote: "COINMAN1"​This is my top 10
​1. German Notgeld 2,235 (yes, 2,235)
​2. Austrian Notgeld 131
​3. Germany 128
​4. Yugoslavia 58
​5. Russia 54
​6. Brazil 45
​7. Poland 40
​8. Cuba 36
​9. Italy 33
​10. Peoples Republic of China 31
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​Thank you for allowing me to add my list
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​Seriously awesome......2235.....that is more than the notes & coins in my collection.
I am sure that is what years of hardwork looks like.

India 165
UK 50
Germany 39
Nepal 13
China 10
Bangladesh 10
Cambodia 10
Poland 8
Turkey 8
Bulgaria 7
Indonesia 5

Quote: "BluHawk"​India 165
​UK 50
​Germany 39
​Nepal 13
​China 10
​Bangladesh 10
​Cambodia 10
​Poland 8
​Turkey 8
​Bulgaria 7
​Indonesia 5
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​BluHawk,
My total banknote collection is 4,602 from 206 issuers, but in reality only 204 issuers, as they split German Notgeld into three. I am happy with that total, at the moment but always looking for more.
Hoping for swaps in 2021

Merry Christmas

coinman1

Here's my top 10
1. Zimbabwe - 58
2. North Korea - 55
3. Mongolia - 44
4. Sweden - 43
5. Indonesia - 36
6. Kyrgyzstan - 28
7. Belarus - 27
7. Venezuela - 27
9. Suriname - 25
9. Tajikistan - 25
10. Brazil - 24

Received another 9 German Notgeld banknotes. Seven added into my collection, two added to swaps. Nice little eBay purchase, and an early Christmas present to myself. Total now at 2,242 German Notgeld.

My own country, Great Britain, is 16th on my list, but I try not to collect variants of the same banknote for any country, if I can help it.

I collect coins by type, so I assume, I collect banknotes in a similar vain, with a few exceptions.

Sorry about the waffling on.

Quote: "COINMAN1"​Received another 9 German Notgeld banknotes. Seven added into my collection, two added to swaps. Nice little eBay purchase, and an early Christmas present to myself. Total now at 2,242 German Notgeld.
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​My own country, Great Britain, is 16th on my list, but I try not to collect variants of the same banknote for any country, if I can help it.
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​I collect coins by type, so I assume, I collect banknotes in a similar vain, with a few exceptions.
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​Sorry about the waffling on.

​Cool Xmas gift.
When you say variants - is it any variant. Like say different signature or year.
Long back I was like that, after joining Numista - I have sort of veered towards getting the variants. I only do that for the Indian & UK banknotes.

BluHawk,
As for coins, I collect by type, so, only collect 1 of each KM#, Y# ect. So do not want coins of the same reference number but different dates.

As for banknotes, I follow, where possible, a very similar system, so not really collect banknotes, where the catalogue number changes when the signature/date changes.

I have a few exceptions to my banknote rules. I have one of every USA $1 banknote, but with all the different issuers. Also, some German banknotes, I will collect a couple of variants.

My rule on UK coins only is exactly opposite. I collect as many dates as I can get of each denomination, irrespective of catalogue number. As you may have read in other parts of the forum, I am chasing all of the 2019 Alphabet 10 pence coins, but only from circulation or swaps. I did the 2018 series exactly the same way, except I was actually given some from a Numista member.

Sorry again for the waffling, but could talk all day and night when it comes to collecting. That's what my wife says too.

Quote: "COINMAN1"​BluHawk,
​As for coins, I collect by type, so, only collect 1 of each KM#, Y# ect. So do not want coins of the same reference number but different dates.
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​As for banknotes, I follow, where possible, a very similar system, so not really collect banknotes, where the catalogue number changes when the signature/date changes.
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​I have a few exceptions to my banknote rules. I have one of every USA $1 banknote, but with all the different issuers. Also, some German banknotes, I will collect a couple of variants.
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​My rule on UK coins only is exactly opposite. I collect as many dates as I can get of each denomination, irrespective of catalogue number. As you may have read in other parts of the forum, I am chasing all of the 2019 Alphabet 10 pence coins, but only from circulation or swaps. I did the 2018 series exactly the same way, except I was actually given some from a Numista member.
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​Sorry again for the waffling, but could talk all day and night when it comes to collecting. That's what my wife says too.
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​This would be a great topic of conversation at the local pub. Hope we get to see better times in the next year

With my Numista Christmas gift that just arrived I have to update my list:

1st) Brazil (135 - home country)
2nd) Germany (27)
3rd) Argentina (21)
4th) China (17)
5th) Russia (14)
6th) Poland (13)
7th) Portugal (12, tied with Belarus)
7th) Belarus (12, tied with Portugal)
8th) Italy (11)
9th) Hungary (10, tied with Thailand)
9th) Thailand (10, tied with Hungary)

At the end of the first year of Numista-banknotes, this is my top 10

Yugoslavia 65
Germany 59
Russia 55
Brazil 41
Congo (DRC-Zaire) 38
Argentina 35
China 32
Turkey 28
Belgium 27
Cambodia 26

With some holes in Africa and strangely also New-Zealand ... my target in 2021 to fill up my map :)

[1467 banknotes, 150 countries, 169 issuers]