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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 602620, member: 6986&quot;]I do not think the reason is cost, but availability of notes and exposure to the young collector.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On a paper money discussion board when this topic was discussed it turned out that the average age at which the participants began collecting paper money was the mid 30s.&nbsp; Coins was late teens.&nbsp; Most paper collectors migrate from coins at a later age.&nbsp; Few begin directly with paper.&nbsp; (I am one of the exceptions to these statistics.&nbsp; I started at 19 directly with paper.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There are thousands of notes from other countries that are attractive and inexpensive.&nbsp; The problem is that there are limited places to find them.&nbsp; You can put together a very nice set of WWII era notes from both sides of the war, for example, for about $100.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your local coin dealer may have his junk box but he puts little effort into paper money because the profit margin is not there.&nbsp; If you want to find nice, inexpensive notes to collect you have to search the web or go to a show.&nbsp; Even at a typical local coin show the amount of paper available is limited.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is difficult to maintain interest in a hobby when you are only exposed to it a few times a year.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Compare this to the beginning coin collector who can go week after week to the local coin shop and hunt through the junk bins for treasures.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>All the discussion regarding paper money in this thread is directed at US notes.&nbsp; Apparently no one considers collecting inexpensive world notes as a worthwhile pursuit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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