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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dave M, post: 1129942, member: 17469&quot;]There&#039;s a bit of a left brain/right brain thing that goes on with collecting banknotes, and I&#039;ll toss it out here since it seems you&#039;ve got a stack of left brain responses to your question.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is clearly true that some people collect paper money by serial numbers, by errors in printing, by various letters and numbers that distinguish where they are on the plate or at what facility they were printed or distributed. No question, and huge specialized collections have been made of such notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is another world out there to collect, based on artistic interest in the content of the banknote, the story of what the note represents, the economic situation of the country issuing the banknote, one&#039;s personal connection with a country, language or theme, and yes, the rest of the world beyond the USA.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can often categorize collectors into these buckets as you read posts on this forum, and I&#039;m sure like myself, others have scratched their heads at times wondering &quot;why the heck is he spending his money on THAT?&quot;. The answer of course is that there are no rules, and we each collect for the enjoyment of a hobby. But I think we would be remiss in not showing to any new collector that there is a big world of possibilities out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dave[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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