International Paper Money

Phrased another way, "Why do Europeans write one thousand as '1.000' instead of '1,000', and one dollar as '$1,00' instead of '$1.00'?

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See, a comma is longer than a mere dot, thus a more easily recognizable divider. So we use the comma when we indicate fractions, sub-units and the like - as in "$1,00". The innocent little dot, however, is used in cases where it is not actually necessary but only makes high figures - hundreds of thousands, millions, etc. - a little more easily recognizable.

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Actually, as long as we deal with decimal systems of the "1-100" type (1 dollar = 100 cents), the different decimal point/comma habits are easy to keep apart in everyday life. Now if a currency uses a "1-1000" setup (such as the dinar in some Arabic countries), it gets trickier ...

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Am. Bank Note Co (international notes

Here is a international Note a Mexico 10 Peso printed by the Am. Bank Note Co in N.Y.I think the back is a Mayan Calender

 

It is the Aztec calendar stone.

 

What year was that from??

 

1915.

Mexico had its banknotes done by the American Bank Note company until about the late 1970's. Great notes.

 

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Mexico 10 Peso.

I estimate it to be around 1915 by the date on the back bottom , Thanks Lettow it the Aztec Stone Calender

 

Not knocking coins, but with paper money there's just so much more space to work with that you can make much larger, more intricate designs. And you can actually work with colors! (Yes I know some places trying colorize coins, but it just doesn't look right.)

Just as with coins, I'm more interested in variety than trying to collect a bunch of similar items of the same type, so I tend to collect mostly foreign banknotes because there's so much out there. US notes just don't have that much variety in modern issues... you have to go back almost 100 years before they start looking significantly different than what's already in your wallet, and then the costs go up for anything in reasonably collectible condition. If money were no object I'd collect a lot more US notes to be sure.

But with foreign notes there's just such a huge variety, even amongst very recent notes, and most of them are very cheap even in uncirculated condition. Main reason why they make up the bulk of my paper money collection.