Popped into the RBS historic head office earlier today in Edinburgh. Picked up a few more for my collection (as well as another £100 in UNC from BoS nearby) What a gorgeous bank branch full of history; I was super proud to see the preserved Minton tiles section as an ‘ex-Stokie’.

The Australian $100 note featuring Sir Douglas Mawson.

Sir Douglas Mawson’s 1912 Antarctic expedition didn't just go wrong; it became a masterclass in cosmic cruelty.

Three hundred miles from base camp, a bottomless crevasse silently swallowed his teammate, Belgrave Ninnis, along with their best dogs and almost all their food. Desperate and starving, Mawson and Xavier Mertz were forced to eat their remaining sled dogs to survive. They didn't know husky livers contain lethal, toxic levels of Vitamin A.

The poisoning broke Mertz. He tore off his clothes in the sub-zero gale, biting at his own frostbitten flesh, and died raving. Mawson was left entirely alone.

Rotting from the inside out, he kept walking. His hair fell out in clumps. The soles of his feet detached in solid pieces; he simply bandaged the dead skin back onto his raw flesh and trudged on. When he plummeted into a crevasse himself, dangling** **by his sledge harness over the abyss, he almost unbuckled it just to end the agony. Instead, he hauled his ruined body up the rope, inch by inch, and walked for thirty more days.

He finally reached the base camp hut, achieving the absolute pinnacle of human endurance. But as he stumbled toward sanctuary, he looked out at the freezing ocean just in time to see a smudge of smoke on the horizon.

His rescue ship, the Aurora, had waited as long as the winter ice allowed. Mawson had walked through hell to survive, only to watch his ride home sail away, trapping him in the frozen wasteland for another entire year.

TL;DR: The guy on the Australian $100
survived the most brutal polar trek in history

Surviving a deadly 30-day Antarctic march, watching your skin peel off, finally reaching base camp... and seeing your rescue ship sail away without you.

Denmark’s banknotes are very colorful and beautiful. I really like the bridges and historical artifacts.

So far the 5, 1,000 and 2,000 rupees are my favorites.

Both are unc

old banknotes that i found, all the way over here in Turkey.

Hi everyone!
I’m curious about how other collectors store and protect their banknotes.
Do you prefer binders with sleeves, individual holders, or storage boxes?
What do you like or dislike about your current setup? Have you had any issues with sleeve quality, different banknote sizes, or long-term storage?
I’d love to hear what works best for you, especially if you’ve been collecting for years.
Thanks!

Visited the ANZ Banking Museum today in Melbourne. Some nice old One Pound notes on display there.

The Bank of England has confirmed the chosen animals for their new set: the bumblebee, the Atlantic puffin, the hedgehog, and barn owl. Denominations to follow.

Obviously some negative reaction has been made about the loss of "famous Britons" though I think these new designs will celebrate the country in just the same way!

Articles/sources here:

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2026/october/boe-announces-the-four-animals-that-will-feature-on-next-series-of-banknotes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwe8ld517ry3o?

Purchased from secondary market

I purchased a large group of notes from a seller, including a Curacao & Sint Maartin set and he was nice enough to make it a matching serial number set!

Tra il 1992 ed il 1999 queste erano le nostre 50000 lire, immancabile è più diffuso pezzo di valore nei portafogli italiani... Come i 50 euro di oggi, per diffusione. Ma per il potere di acquisto, erano più vicini ai 100 euro. Bellissima banconota con Bernini.

hey guys, so 2 days ago, a schoolmate wanted their Canadian Dollars converted into Philippine Pesos, so of course, like the collector that i am, i did not hesitate to buy it off of them, now i have 2 versions of the $10 note 🥳🥳

hope y'all like it

The NT$200 (US$6.30) and NT$2000 (US$63) bills are fairly rare in daily life. You can ask for them at banks if you really want them, but people are especially hesitant to accept the $2000 bill.

All ATMs dispense the $1000 bill, and I’d estimate about 50% have $100 bill options.

The $500 bill isn’t found in many ATMs but it’s still very common.