World Banknotes

These are all the earlier, 'Series C', portrait notes.

Assuming all of the notes are in perfect, uncirculated condition, the majority are worth £4 each. The 'CS01' prefix is worth slightly more at £8.

The Queen of England.

Modern banknotes often include some elements that are only partially printed on each side so that when viewed against a light source, the two sides can be viewed as a whole, complete image. On English banknotes, for example, the value of the note is partially printed on each side.

The alignment of the two sides has to be very accurate for this to work and that accuracy can only be achieved with very high quality processes which are difficult for counterfeiters to achieve.

In printing, this alignment of sides or colours is known as 'registration'.

It is widely accepted that the first paper money originates from China approximately 1400 years ago.

At this time, all money took the form of metal coins which has a hole in the middle allowing them to be strung on a chord and worn around the neck. The emerging merchant class in China found that their wealth made the weight of coins impractical to carry so they deposited the coins with a trustworthy person to look after on their behalf. In recognition of the coins, the trusted person would give the merchant a slip of paper recording the value of coins deposited, which he could use to recover the coins. Eventually, these early 'promissory notes' developed into slips of paper that could be used as money equivalents, with the person holding the notes able to go to the trustworthy person who held the actual physical coins to encash the paper. The local usage if 'jiaozi' paper money of this sort was recorded in 600 AD.

The first national paper notes date from around 960AD when the Chinese Song Dynasty issued paper currency after a shortage of copper limited coin production.

Paper money was first introduced by the Chinese. It is documented that the Chinese began using paper as currency after the sixth century A.D.

I can think of 2 Martha Washington on the silver certificate and Susan B Anthony..

The value would depend on the date of issue, denomination and condition.

$12

Would need to know date and condition to estimate value.

In top condition, in a sleeve, maybe, 40-50 dollars. Bad condition, less than 10 dollars.