How do you store your bank notes ?

As above really. I have a couple and will be running them as a side collection, because some colonies only issued notes - and they really do look good anyway ! Like the St. Helena £1 note I've just got today.

This is my note; I know it's not in great nick but it was for free.

I stored mine in photo albums until recently. I am in the process of changing the storage. I know am starting to put them in plastic holders then putting them into page holders I cut down. The page holder has a label with all the information. Then they are stored in boxes I found, they have dividers. I will try and post pics later.

I keep most of mine in pages.  They make a four note page that fits US currency nicely and another 3 note page that is quite a bit taller per note.  Can't remember the exact dimensions.
My couple of higher value notes I have slabbed and keep in a safe.

I keep notes on the album for stamps, because for me it is incidental collection.
If the note is not part horizontally, insert it vertically. All pressed, nothing is bent or broken.

I keep mine in the same type of 3-ring binder that I use for my coins but instead of 20 pockets for 2x2 flips, each leaf has 3 pockets for banknotes. I have just over 100 banknotes in my collection but is really just a sideline to my coins and I don't actively pursue them.

Well, I usually spend them ...  ;)

I don't collect notes, I've only got one Millenium $10 note that my father gave me and I keep in in the drawer of my bedside table along with all my other junk.  Your note might benefit from a month or 2 stored under a stack of books to press it out a bit.  I used to have a small collection and I used a first day cover album to store them in, similar to this one

http://www.imaginaire.com/indexv2.jsp?url=/lib/panier/affproduitindexv2.jsp&in1_code=145136&cat1=TI&cat2s=&langue=en

in plastic holders for notes...

Like such:
   ________________________________________________
 /                                                             ____________   
|                                                           / Banknote #1     |
|                                                           | 1 Dollar 1954  | |
|                                                            _____________/ |
|                                                                                       |
|                                                                                       |
|                                                                                       |
 _________________________________________________/

With a sticker on the left for identification purposes.

In lapdancer's G-strings wherever possible.

 

See radrick007  

Second that, radrick007 just summed me up in a nutshell.

Someone mentioned labelling and those of you who know me a little will not be surprised to hear I have a solution to that. I started off with little labels in the corner of the pocket but as the collection grew and I needed to shuffle notes about that became right pain. So after I had come up with my solution for labelling my coins (which some of you may have seen) then the logical progression was to apply the same principal to my banknotes:



OK, maybe a tad OCD, but aren't we all a bit like that to some degree?

radick007 it's not OCD at all, its very nice and well organized.

Seriously the term OCD is so abused and applied to everything these days unfairly. Not everything has to be chaotic in life. Organizing things is good way of keeping things in order and preserving the quality of them as we are supposed to.
Real OCD would be illness that takes over our lives up to a point where we can't function normally and abandon our wellbeing in order to control a situation whatever it may be.
These days OCD is applied to everything unfairly - according to some opinions accountancy should be classed as professionally OCD, haha.

Once again - love the look and purpose of your notes holder.

No, I'm sure that last part with the labelling and descriptions has some OCD qualities...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44DCWslbsNM

Damn those are some nice banknotes radrick.  I wish the NZ notes were a little more exciting.

Quote: neilithicDamn those are some nice banknotes radrick.  I wish the NZ notes were a little more exciting.

I love the (UNC) NZ and Australian banknotes !
You like to swap them for some Czech or other banknotes ?

No, if you see above, I commented that I don't collect banknotes.  I just admire the ones that look nice.  I have my hands full collecting coins without spending cash collecting banknotes and stamps and everything else I like looking at as well.

Quote: KartWayradick007 it's not OCD at all, its very nice and well organized.

Seriously the term OCD is so abused and applied to everything these days unfairly. Not everything has to be chaotic in life. Organizing things is good way of keeping things in order and preserving the quality of them as we are supposed to.
Real OCD would be illness that takes over our lives up to a point where we can't function normally and abandon our wellbeing in order to control a situation whatever it may be.
These days OCD is applied to everything unfairly - according to some opinions accountancy should be classed as professionally OCD, haha.

Once again - love the look and purpose of your notes holder.

Apologies KartWay, I meant no offence and I did not intend to trivialise what can be a serious psychological disorder. I was merely attempting to make light my driving compulsion for order and neatness but perhaps could have phrased it better.

lol, I didn't mean it like that. I wasn't offended. I just complimented your collection and said what I think of (people in general not you) people saying OCD about everything. What I meant was that it's not that you're OCD for taking the right care of something.
Damn, the more I explain, the weirder it sounds what I want to say.
Anyway the point was you're not the slightest bit of OCD It's cool what you've done with your notes.

Thanks man - no harm, no foul

Hi,
I recently focused on banknotes collection, I generally store mine in envelopes, will it do any harm?

best regards
Subha

You mean paper envelopes, like those you would send letters in?

It shouldn't do any harm, but why would you do that? The only people I know who do that are non-collector friends' parents/relatives who have wads of unredeemed Francs stuffed in their closets. I advise getting some plastic holders; you can also make a nice wall display out of them if you put them in frames.

(I had my 1943 Victoire 5000 Francs displayed on my bedroom wall for months)

Quote: "CassTaylor"​You mean paper envelopes, like those you would send letters in?
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​It shouldn't do any harm, but why would you do that? The only people I know who do that are non-collector friends' parents/relatives who have wads of unredeemed Francs stuffed in their closets. I advise getting some plastic holders; you can also make a nice wall display out of them if you put them in frames.
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​(I had my 1943 Victoire 5000 Francs displayed on my bedroom wall for months)

​Yes, the normal mail envelopes. The thing is I didn;t ever collect notes, and now I am slowly getting familiar as a newbie. I thought if banknotes were safe like that could be taken out to display. Thanks for the idea, I will be getting some.

Best regards
Subha

I wouldn't think it would be an issue. Just be sure to keep them out of the sun and somewhere dry. Moisture and humidity can wreak havoc on paper of any sort.

I suppose you could always look for an archive quality envelope and those little pieces of paper to slip in between each one, just to make sure they don't stick together.

Thank you both for your ideas.

I keep mine in archival quality mylar holders. I keep two sizes mainly. They are further stored in Canadian Mint bullion monster boxes. The mylar holders fit exactly. Easily stored.

Quote: "Subha Barua"​Thank you both for your ideas.

​Not a problem!

There are two kinds of holders I use for my banknotes; the 'soft' plastic sleeves I use for most of my banknotes, and the larger, harder plastic holders that I use for my larger and/or more valuable/crisp banknotes.

My most valuable banknote is about 40€ worth. I store them in those plastic things whatever they are called, but the euro banknotes and the not worth so much banknotes are just in the shelf.

Now I just need 100 ounces of silver to get that box

I also do not suffer from OCD, but like things an orderly state, which makes the banknotes easier to find.


These are my six small albums, which as you can see are lettered to designate to me certain countries. For example, the red album (A-E) contain banknotes form England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Eire and a few western end of Europe.
Each banknote is then designates its own unique number, so England is first, so started at A1. (see below)

Each small label shows designated number, country and face value.
The other five albums then contain countries around the world, where I have ended at 'M', which covers the whole of North and South America.
'L' is the largest part, so has two albums.
If a new country is obtained, it goes into the most appropriate album.

This is a list of 'A' listed banknotes, which are all on my own database.
The database has seven columns. Number. Country, Face Value, Pic#, Banknote serial number, Front Description and Rear Description.
(Serial numbers, front and rear descriptions have not been included in the list below.

A01ENGLAND10 SHILLINGS368c
A02ENGLAND10 SHILLINGS368c
A03ENGLAND10 SHILLINGS373c
A04ENGLAND1 POUND374g
A05ENGLAND1 POUND377a
A06ENGLAND1 POUND377b
A07ENGLAND10 POUNDS376c
A08ENGLAND6 PENCEM1
A09ENGLAND1 SHILLINGM2
A10SCOTLAND1 POUND111e
A11SCOTLAND1 POUND204c
A12SCOTLAND1 POUND336
A13SCOTLAND5 POUNDS342d
A14SCOTLAND5 POUNDS112c
A15IRELAND1 PUNT70b
A16Br. ARMED FORCES3 PENCEM9a
A17SCOTLAND1 POUND346
A18SCOTLAND5 POUNDS347
A19ENGLAND5 POUNDS378e
A20IRELAND5 PUNTS71e
A21ENGLAND1 POUND369c
A22IRELAND1 PUNT64a
A23N. IRELAND10 POUNDS132
A24Br. ARMED FORCES1 POUNDM22a
A25IRELAND5 PUNTS75a
A26N. IRELAND5 POUNDS70
A27N. IRELAND5 POUNDS331
A28N. IRELAND10 POUNDS332
A29SCOTLAND1 POUND351a
A30SCOTLAND5 POUNDS352b
A31SCOTLAND1 POUND358
A32SCOTLAND1 POUND356
A33ENGLAND10 POUNDS379d
A34SCOTLAND1 POUND360
A35SCOTLAND1 POUND169a
A36BRISTOL1 POUND
A37SCOTLAND5 POUNDS229N
A38SCOTLAND5 POUNDSnew

I also have a larger album for the bigger banknotes, but letter designation is the same.

IDOLENZ it is a 500 count monster box. But you can buy them empty by going to apmex.com and searching for empty monster boxes. In yellow they sell for 11.99.

I have mine in albums with sheets of either 1, 2, or 3 pockets, depending on the banknote's size (similar to those in radrick007's post). I have about 7 or 8 albums now for my 1,500+ banknotes.

I haven't seen my collection since March last year, but this March I will return to my dear coins and banknotes.

A Frame up>

I also have my banknotes in a 3 ring binder, along with my coin collection. I put most all coins in a 2x2 plastic flip before putting it in the binder; there are some in cardboard holders because that's how I got them and haven't tried to mess with it. Banknotes I try to put in thin plastic sleeves before putting them in the binder, but due to the size of different banknotes, a lot of times I can't find the right size sleeve to put it in so I just put them in the folder naked For my bullion coins, and some older, heavier silver coins, I have a separate hard box.

Being in Canada, My Canadian coins I have a separate binder for each denomination and one for US and one for all other international coins. I have one binder for tokens. HAD i for paper notes but decided to use dclear photo corners and frame them.

I have not yet decided as to where error coins should go . . . . . maybe with tokens . . . .

You cannot put banknotes or any valuable paper material in any paper storage pages. They use acid to make them and it can damage paper after some time. You need to get storage pages which were specifically made without use of acid. As I know a good source of different sizes made by BCW. For banknotes they produce 3 and 4 pocket pages. Work for all 3 hole binders. See photo of 2 different pages from my exchange album.