Is there a source where I can get info on the number of banknotes issued, for US and other countries' banknotes? I searched on PMG's online catalog, and they don't have that info. Googling turns up nothing on most of the notes. I'd assume that it's a lot - far greater in number than most of the coins that get minted. So, perhaps the BEP and other countries' counterparts may not record that number. But then again, all of the banknotes have serial numbers, so the issued number can be extracted from that if that's the only thing available (e.g. if "Z" is the last series of only 7 digits, then there would be 26 alphabetic characters x 0000000-9999999 numbers or 10 million = 260 million notes). I'm trying to get figures for some US notes, and hyperinflation notes from around the world. Thanks in advance!
These are the euro banknote production figures: http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/money/euro/production/html/index.en.html Your serial number example, by the way, would not work here. Christian
Thanks - any idea on how I can get one for 1918 US $5 for Chicago (G7)? I searched the link and found ones that go back to 1928, but not earlier.
Thanks, yes, it probably won't work for those. Is there a source for 20th-21st century notes? For example, 1946 Hungary and 2009 Zimbabwe hyperinflation notes? I'd imagine that there were tons and tons, especially for, say, German hyperinflation notes of 1923, as notes were worth less than the paper they were printed on. So, maybe such data wasn't tracked.
Large size notes are also referenced on the web site.....I think this is what you are looking for; http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/b1918_q.html
Thanks - do I interpret that as 30,000,000 Chicago $5 notes + the star notes as the official number issued?
Three million, not thirty million. And remember the star notes aren't additional; they replaced some of the regular notes.
