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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 2809822, member: 18867&quot;]<font size="4"><b>Pick (P) Number</b></font></p><p>The numbering system used in <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Catalog-World-Paper-Money/dp/1440211590/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Catalog-World-Paper-Money/dp/1440211590/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b" rel="nofollow">Standard Catalog of World Paper Money</a></u> series of books editted by George S. Cuhaj is called the Pick Number, based on a numbering system developed by Albert Pick. The Pick Number is considered the standard, universally accepted method of describing and cataloging World paper money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Albert Pick was a well-known German notaphilist (born 15 May 1922 in Cologne) who published a number of catalogs of European paper money, and, in 1974, the first Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. His collection of over 180,000 banknotes was eventually housed at the Bavarian Mortgages and Exchange Bank (Bayerischen Hypotheken- und Wechselbank, now HypoVereinsbank). This catalog underwent several incarnations, and currently is published as a three volume group. Volume I, called Specialized Issues, includes notes issued by local authorities, which circulated in a limited area. Volume II called General Issues covers notes issued on a national scope, dated 1368 through 1960. Volume III covers Modern Issues dated 1960 to present. Each of the volumes is updated regularly, with Volume III now updated every year, Volumes I and II every 3 or so years. While Pick no longer edits the catalogs (since 1994 the honor has passed to George S. Cuhaj), the catalogs are still commonly referred to as &#039;Pick Catalogs&#039; and dealers and collectors alike refer to banknotes by their &#039;Pick number.&#039;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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