I have a fairly wide variety of foreign money. Most of what I have, I received from family and friends who have traveled abroad. Some have come from the “16-for-a-buck” bin at the coin shop. I organize my world coin and currency by continent. Within the section for each continent, I keep the countries alphabetized. There are a few exceptions, countries that I have enough coins from to dedicate a whole page to them. From an aesthetics standpoint, I like the design of Swiss coins the best. I am also fascinated by “non-standard” coins, that is to say: bi-metallic, holed, and non-round coins. I enjoy finding coins that I don’t recognize. I have a lot of fun researching the origins of these coins in my Standard Catalog of World Coins. The hardest coin to identify that I have found so far was my 1913 Thailand 5 Satang. My world currency is not as varied as the coin side, but I do have a few interesting pieces. One of my favorites is a W.W.II – era 500 Franc note from Algeria that my grandfather got while in the Merchant Marines.
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