The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money is a three-volume guide to paper bills, organized alphabetically by country of origin. It contains photographs, identifying information, current market value, and appendices. The catalog is commonly used by collectors and is classified primarily according to its condition. The first issues were compiled by Alfred Pick, who devised an alphanumeric coding system for each bill that is still in use today. There is also a separately available CD-ROM version of the catalog.
The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money is a comprehensive illustrated guide to paper bills. 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 bill, identifying information, current market value, and a number of appendices.
The catalog is organized alphabetically by country of origin. In addition to the front and back photographs of the invoices, each item has an ID and denomination, printer name, and valuation information. The appendices contain general reference information, including tables for exchange rates, bank identification and international numbers. There is also an extensive color gallery of selected invoices. Two indexes organize invoices by country, issuer and bank.
Currency is classified primarily according to its condition in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Categories for modern bills include very good, very fine, and uncirculated. Older bills are classified as good, fine or extremely fine. The value is also determined based on the availability of the bill on the market, the characteristics in the design of a given issue and the issuing bank.
Originally published in 1975, the first issues of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money were compiled by Alfred Pick. He devised an alphanumeric coding system for each bill that is still in use today. In recognition of his contributions, the publication is commonly referred to as the Pick 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 further identification. The first letter of the code indicates the invoice series, the numbers indicate the date and denomination of the series, and lowercase letters further identify any variations of the invoice in question.
In addition to the books, there is also a separately available CD-ROM version of the standard catalog of world paper money. It consists of PDF pages of the entries in the books. This format can be useful for collectors, as it allows a viewer to zoom in on pages to get a closer look at details and search the PDF for codes and phrases. It is also possible to print separate pages from the CD-ROM, a particularly useful feature for collectors who wish to gather information during trading events.
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