This information-packed illustrated handbook on collecting paper money is the work of Alan Ackroyd, a banknote specialist with over 25 years of professional expertise. It provides hundreds of useful tips on how to collect bank notes and bank checks (cheques) for maximum enjoyment. It explores the various paper money collecting themes and provides advice on where to obtain your paper collectibles at the best prices. It shares insider tips that can save you - and make you - a small fortune - like where to obtain collectable bank notes at face value that are already worth much more. It reveals over 40 different faults that you should look out for when acquiring your paper money collectables. It explains grading clearly and explains how a small difference in condition can mean a big differences in value. It explores the investment potential of collectible paper money and the sensational growth in value of many collectors' bank notes and historic bank checks in recent years. It reveals how to look for banknotes costing under a dollar that can quickly grow massively in value within a short time. It provides tips on how to optimize the value of your collection and protect it from various environmental hazards you should be aware of. It helps you identify strange exotic bank notes for obscure countries and how to determine their value, and why the popular value guides are often an unreliable guide to value. If you want to reap the full rewards of this fabulous hobby and understand its inner workings, then you need this book! Reach out and secure yours NOW while stocks last... "This book is the milk of paradise to the guidance-seeking currency collector!"