Have you ever heard about test and commemorative bills and coins? These shiny treasures are a hot topic among collectors. Want to know more about them? Test bills (or banknotes) and coins —also referred to as test notes, test money, or funny money— have become the target of many collectors. Their designs are fantastic, different, …

Whether you are new to this world or not, you may take for granted that banknotes are made of paper and that, when it comes to money, plastic is reserved only for bank cards—neither one nor the other.        We are so familiar with using banknotes and coins that, except as a hobby, …

The time has come to devote a small space to learn about the history and evolution of banknotes or paper money, which have reached our days. We have already seen in detail the origin of currency and its two periods of splendor in Greece and Rome. On this occasion, we will travel a little further …