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Paper Money & Stock Certificates
 Websites presented in alphabetical order About the New $5 Bill 
 Details about the new U.S. $5 bills, "which entered circulation on March 13, 2008." Discusses security features of the bills (watermark and embedded security thread), design features (color, symbols of freedom, and changes to President Abraham Lincoln's portrait on the bill), and other features such as easy-to-read numbers for low vision and microprinted words. Includes printable images of the bill. From the U.S. Department of Treasury, Bureau of Printing and Engraving. http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney/main.cfm/currency/new5 Topics: Money Last updated Mar 17, 2008 American Numismatic Association (ANA)
"A nonprofit, educational organization chartered by Congress in 1912," dedicated "to the study of coins, paper money, tokens and medals." The site includes articles, publications, and online exhibits; lists of ANA member dealers and numismatic conventions, clubs, and events; FAQS; and related links. http://www.money.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money Last updated Nov 14, 2006 Banknotes.com
This primarily commercial site for a bank note appraiser has a very nice Currency Museum with illustrations of many currencies, including those recently retired by introduction of the Euro. http://www.banknotes.com/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money Last updated Jan 9, 2002 Colonial Currency
"Descriptions and images of paper currencies of early America through the 1790's" (including Continental Congress issues, lottery tickets, and fiscal documents). Browsable by colony/state. Also features essays on the first printed currency (1690), Bills of Credit, Land Office Banks, devaluation, the Copper Panic, the value of money in Colonial America, the 1702 London Mint Assay, legal tender, and indenting. From the University of Notre Dame, Department of Special Collections. http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jun 11, 2002 Get Real ... Or Get Taken
Special Agent Banks of the U.S. Secret Service acts as guide to government measures against money counterfeiting. "Click What's New to learn about the security features of our redesigned currency. You'll learn what to do if you suspect a bill is fake in the Is It Bogus section. Visit the redesigned bill gallery by clicking the On the Money button to get a recap of the security features." From the U.S. Department of the Treasury. http://www.moneyfactory.gov/cd042500/start.html Topics: Money Last updated Aug 2, 2006 Know Your Money
U.S. Secret Service site designed to help consumers "detect counterfeit currency and guard against forgery loss." Includes history of United States currency, characteristics and design features, positions of important features, how to detect counterfeit money and coins, advanced technologies in counterfeiting, and what to do if you suspect a note is counterfeit. http://www.secretservice.gov/know_your_money.shtml Topics: Money Last updated Dec 8, 2002 The National Numismatic Collection
Website for the National Numismatic Collection (NNC) of the Smithsonian Institution. "The NNC contains many great rarities in coins and currency, ... as well as fascinating objects such as beads, wampum, dentalia, and other commodities once used as money." View selected coins, currency, and medals from the collection, and virtual exhibits on topics such as on the evolution of American money from gold coins to credit cards. The FAQ section includes references and links. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/numismatics/ Topics: Money Last updated Jul 29, 2009 The New Color of Money
A "source for information about the U.S. government's latest redesigns to ... currency. The U.S. government has unveiled the new design for the $20 note — that includes enhanced security features and background colors." View a tutorial on design features of the new bill, report receiving a new bill on a "money map," and play currency-themed games. Includes a glossary and educational materials. From the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney/ Topics: Money Last updated Dec 6, 2005 The New Currency: About the New $10 Notes
Overview of the new $10 note introduced on March 2, 2006. Topics include security features, such as color-shifting ink and a watermark, and design features, such as symbols of freedom, larger numbers for those with low vision, and the note's "subtle shades of orange, yellow and red." Also offers links to material about other bills. From the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney/main.cfm/currency/new10 Topics: Money Last updated Mar 22, 2006 Numismatics: Coins and Paper Money
"A select list of links to information sources and articles on Coins and Paper Money." From retired librarian Roy Davies, formerly of the University of Exeter in England. http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/numismatics.html Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money Last updated Nov 26, 2007 Stock Naked: Uncovering a Company History
A 2002 article providing a search strategy for determining whether old financial documents such as stock certificates or bonds may have value in current financial markets or in scripophily, the hobby of collecting old commercial paper. Provides links to free and fee-based services. From Nell Ingalls, formerly a research librarian at Suburban Library System Reference Service, Illinois. http://web.archive.org/web/20060428024532/http:/www.sls.lib.il.us/reference/por/features/99/comphist.html Topics: Business, Collectors & Collecting Last updated Jun 30, 2009 Why Collect Old Stocks and Bonds?
Background about the reasons for scripophily, "the hobby of collecting old stock and bond certificates." Lists reasons such as financial art, historical interest, family connections, and autographs. Also briefly answers questions of how collectible value is determined and how certificates are priced. From a company that sells old, obsolete stocks and bonds from railroad, automotive, aviation, and general industry. http://www.oldstocks.com/hobby.htm Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Investing Last updated May 21, 2008 World Paper Money
Find pictures of over 7,000 bank notes, front and back, from all over the world. Straightforward geographic arrangement makes it easy to locate any country's currency. Also includes an extensive list of links to other legal tender sites. http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money Last updated Jun 12, 2001 |
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