The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money is a three-volume guide to paper banknotes, organized alphabetically by country of origin and containing photographs, identification codes, and valuation information. It was originally compiled by Alfred Pick and is commonly used by collectors. A CD-ROM version is also available.
The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money is a comprehensive illustrated guide to paper banknotes. This three-volume publication is most commonly used by collectors. The catalog contains the paper currency of hundreds of nations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Each entry contains photographs of the front and back of each invoice, identifying information, current market value and a series of appendices.
The catalog is organized alphabetically by country of origin. In addition to photographs of the front and back of the banknotes, each entry has an identification code and denomination, printer name and valuation information. Appendices contain general reference information, including exchange tables, bank identification, and international numbers. There is also an extensive gallery of selected bead colors. Two indexes organize the accounts by country, issuer and bank.
Currency is classified mainly according to its condition in the standard catalog of world paper money. Categories for modern accounts include very good, very good, and no circulation. Older accounts are classified as good, good, or extremely fine. The amount is also determined based on the availability of the invoice in the market, the design features of a given issue and the issuing bank.
Originally published in 1975, the first editions of the standard catalog of world paper money were compiled by Alfred Pick. He created an alphanumeric system of coding each note that is still in use today. In recognition of his contribution, the publication is often referred to as Choice Catalogs. Krause Publishing took over production of the catalog in 1994.
Pick’s alphanumeric coding system provides basic information about each invoice. Each code begins with an uppercase letter prefix and is followed by a number. Occasionally, a lowercase letter follows the number to provide additional identification. The part of the first letter of the code indicates the invoice series, the numbers indicate the date and name of the series and the lowercase letters also identify any variation of the invoice in question.
In addition to the books, there is also a CD-ROM version available separately from the standard catalog of world paper money. It consists of PDF pages of entries in the books. This format can be useful for collectors as it allows the viewer to zoom in on pages to see more detail and search for codes and phrases in the PDF. It is also possible to print separate pages from the CD-ROM – an especially useful feature for collectors who want to take information along with trading events.
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