Ian Gradon World Paper Money.

Welcome to my website for rare and collectable world banknotes.

  Here you will find selected listings of my current stocks of GB and world paper money. There are many high grade and scarcer notes for you to look through. Please see below for terms of sale, payment instructions and also a guide to the Grading System plus some of the abbreviations used to describe the general condition of the notes.

Please feel free to tour my site and email me with your comments. All e-mail is appreciated. If any particular banknotes that you are searching for are not listed, please contact me as I may be able to acquire specific notes upon request. I search for scarcer items if you would like to send a "wants" list.

 All enquiries are treated with the strictest confidence.

Many scarce & collectable banknotes for sale.
Please visit the price list for an a-z index of notes in country origin. Most banknotes are photographed front & back, click on the thumbnail images to see a larger detailed photo. For any missing images please email me if you are interested in the listing and I can send you front & back detailed photos.

WORLD PAPER MONEY.
Situated in County Durham, in the North East of England. I travel extensively to view all quality and rare banknotes. Check my price list for some of my latest finds. I am an active buyer of all early and scarcer banknotes.

 If you cannot find what you are looking for on the website please email or call me and I can let you know what other inventory I have. I am constantly buying new stock and I am sure I will find something of interest.

Please contact me if you require any advice, or you wish to purchase any of the notes for sale. Thankyou.

BANKNOTE SHOWS.
I have a table at many UK paper money and coin shows during the year, please see below for upcoming venues that I expect to be attending. Email me if you have any paper money to sell or bring it along for a free appraisal and offer to purchase.

Only a fraction of my stock is online but all stock is available to view and purchase at the coin and banknote shows I attend around the UK.

As well as scarcer paper money I also have lower priced notes, old postal orders, bank cheques, sight notes and banking ephemera plus a good selection of old postcards with banknote images.

2023 Venues where I will be attending:  (web links are in blue)

LONDON COIN FAIR--Holiday Inn  Coram Street, Bloomsbury --upstairs in the main lobby near the stairwell entrance-- next venue I attend will be on Saturday 4th February 2023

YORK Stamp & Coin SHOW, York Racecourse-I can be found on the Mezzanine level upstairs to the right on table seven, next venue I attend is on Friday 20th & Saturday 21st January 2023

MIDLAND COIN & PAPER MONEY SHOW, National Motorcycle Museum (near the NEC), Birmingham, the second Sunday of every month, next venues to be held on Sunday 12th February--12th March--9th April--14th May--11th June 2023.

YORKSHIRE COIN & PAPER MONEY SHOW, Cedar Court Hotel, Huddersfield, (just off M62) last Sunday of every month-- next venues I attend are on 29th January--26th February 2023

LONDON WORLD PAPER MONEY FAIR--IBNS at The Bloomsbury Hotel, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3NN, next venue expected to be held on Friday 6th October & Saturday 7th October 2023

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Inland U.K. postage & packing charges are as follows:
Recorded Delivery - £2.50 (your risk, insured up to £50 value)
Special Delivery / Registered Post - £8 (insured up to £500 value), £10 (insured up to £1000 value).

Overseas -- Insured "Signed For" £8 (up to £50 cover) and £10 (over £50 to a maximum of £250 to £500 cover depending on destination). Most post will be sent both tracked & traced where possible.

For payment within the UK I prefer personal cheques or direct online bank transfers (BACS).

All bank cheques please make payable to IAN GRADON.

For easy payment is also available to overseas clients (I can also accept this form of payment from UK clients but a GB cheque or online bank transfer works out cheaper for you).

Credit card payments also available, please enquire.

I have been a member of IBNS for many years now and am an ex-Board Director, I endeavour to grade my bank notes to their standards.

TPG (third party graded or slabbed) banknotes are self describing but you will usually find them more conservatively graded than IBNS--(the knowledge of their numbering system is important coinciding with their use of EPG, PPG, OPG and NET for example).

The number and paper quality grading (i.e. EPQ, PPQ, OPQ for example) is the key but they can vary from company to company. I usually find that a perfectly UNC note I have had graded myself to come back as 67 or upwards with an EPQ, etc rating, higher numbers are usually given for more accurate design position front & back (centering). If unsure about a grade of a note please email me for more accurate descriptions.

the following is a simple guide only:

GRADING
UNC = uncirculated - (Perfect note) i.e. PMG 67 EPQ, PCGS or Legacy 67 PPQ, or higher

aU/UNC = almost UNC to UNC (i.e. edge flick, minor handling or light corner fold)

aUNC= almost UNC (minor handling up to the lightest centre fold)

GEF= Good extremely fine (light centre fold &/or minor handling) i.e. PMG58
EF = Extremely fine - (few light folds / or 1 heavy crease)
VF = Very fine - (several folds vertically or horizontally, still clean) i.e. PMG40

F = Fine - (many folds, wrinkling, etc, presentable) i.e. PMG25
VG = Very good - (well used with many faults but intact)
G = Good - (well worn, with many faults, damage etc.)
P = Poor - (missing pieces, torn in half,etc)

any other faults such as edge tears, pinholes or ink marks will be also mentioned.

Description of some abbreviations used:
Obv = Obverse
Rev = Reverse
i / a = Ink annotation
Phs = Pinholes
Canx = Cancelled
Ovpt = Overprint
W / = With
W / O = Without
Sm = Small

Abbreviations from catalogue descriptions:

P or Pick--Krause Standard Catalog of World Paper Money--SCWPM-- (Volumes I, II & III)

BNB--online Banknote Book by Owen Linzmayer  (tends to have more detailed info than SCWPM in certain areas)

C = Campbell,L.K., "POW and Concentration camp money" 2nd edition.

SB = Schwan and Boling, "WW2 Remembered, history in your hands".

Dug = Duggleby,Vincent-- "English Paper Money" 9th edition 2017.

Scotland I use "Paper Money of Scotland" Vol 1 & 2 by Jonathan Callaway & Dave Murphy.

Pirot = Pirot,Jean "Les Billets de Chambre de Commerce" 2002 ed.

Outing-- Roger Outing--"Standard Catalogue of Provincial Banknotes of England & Wales" 2010

Ros. =Rosenberg/Grabowski,  "Die Deutschen Banknoten ab 1871", 2015 ed.

BM="Billetes Municipales Guerra Civil Espanola", Berges & Amoros--2nd edition

I have an extensive library of other banknote pricing catalogues and many are used to find the most up-to-date prices outside of the scope of the above price guides. I also like to use the online Owen Linzmayer digital Banknote Book which has more detailed information available.