Checklist of Papermoney ISSUERS

Standard Checklist of

Papermoney ISSUERS

From 1901

Copyright © 1994 Mike Tiitus

KEY: C = Current ..... on = Old Name ..... dc = Dead Country ..... ia = Issuing Authority

C	AFGHANISTAN	1919+
C	ALBANIA	1925+
C	ALGERIA	1852+
	Andorra	1936-1936 ..... Spanish Pesetas, Port Escudos
C	ANGOLA	1861
C	ARGENTINA	1883
C	ARMENIA	1919-1920 ..... 1993+
C	ARUBA	1986+
C	AUSTRALIA	1910+
C	AUSTRIA	1759+
C	AZERBAIJAN	1919-1920 ..... 1992+
	Azores	1876-1905 ..... uses Portuguese Escudos
C	BAHAMAS	~1870+
C	BAHRAIN	1964+
C	BANGLADESH	1971+
C	BARBADOS	1915 ..... 1938-1949 ..... 1973+
C	BELARUS	1991+
on	Belgian Congo	1896-1949 ..... renamed Zaire in 1971
C	BELGIUM	1810+
C	BELIZE	1974+ ..... formerly British Honduras
	Benin	formerly Dahomey ..... CFA Franc West
C	BERMUDA	1914+
C	BHUTAN	1974+
dc	Biafra	1967-1969 ..... reabsorbed into Nigeria
dc	Bohemia & Moravia	1940-1944 ..... returned to Czechoslovakia
C	BOLIVIA	1902+
C	BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA	1992+
C	BOTSWANA	1976+ ..... formerly Bechaunaland
C	BRAZIL	1771+
ia	British Caribbean Territories	1950-1963 ..... Issuing Authority
on	British Guiana	1830-1942 ..... renamed Guyana in 1966
on	British Honduras	1894-1973 ..... renamed Belize in 1973
dc	Britsh North Borneo	1895-1940 ..... absorbed into Malay Fed in 1963
ia	British West Africa	1918-1954 ..... Issuing Authority
C	BRUNEI	1967+
C	BULGARIA	1885+
	Burkina Faso	formerly Upper Volta ..... CFA Franc West
on	Burma	1904-1987 ..... renamed Myanmar in 1989
C	BURUNDI	1964+
C	CAMBODIA	1955+
dc	Cameroon (German)	1914-1922
C	CAMEROON	1961+ ..... CFA Franc Central
C	CANADA	1866+
C	CAPE VERDE	1897+
C	CAYMAN ISLANDS	1972+
C	CENTRAL AFRICAN REP	1974+
ia	Central African States from 1993 CFA Franc Central	E Cameroun F Central African Republic P Chad C Congo N Equatorial Guinea L Gabon
on	Ceylon	1800?+ ..... renamed Sri Lanka in 1972
C	CHAD	1971+ ..... CFA Franc Central
C	CHILE	1880+
X	CHINA	Until 1948
C	CHINA, PRC (Mainland)	1948+
C	CHINA, ROC (Taiwan	1946+
C	COLOMBIA	1819+
C	COMOROS	1920+
dc	Confederate States of America	1861-1864 ..... reabsorbed into USA in 1865
C	CONGO	1971+ ..... CFA Franc Central
C	COOK ISLANDS	1894 ..... 1997+
C	COSTA RICA	1865+
C	CROATIA	1848 ..... 1941-1943 ..... 1991+
C	CUBA	1857+
dc	Curacao	1892-1942 ..... Uses Neth Antilles currency
C	CYPRUS	1914+
dc	Czechoslovakia	split into Czech Rep & Slovakia in 1993
C	CZECH REPUBLIC	1993+
on	DAHOMEY	1917 ..... renamed Benin in 1975
dc	Danish West Indies	1784-1905 ..... USA possession since 1917
dc	Danzig	1914-1937 ..... annexed to Poland in 1945
C	DENMARK	1713+
C	DJIBOUTI	1913-1952 ..... Republic issues 1975+
C	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	1810+
dc	East Africa	1905-1964 ..... split into Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in 1964
ia	EAST CARIBBEAN STATES	1965+ ..... Issuing Authority
C	ECUADOR	1928+
C	EGYPT	1899+
C	EL SALVADOR	1877+
C	ENGLAND	1695+ ..... listed under Great Britain in Pick
ia	Equatorial African States 1961-1972	* Cameroun B Central African Republic A Chad C Congo D Dahomey
C	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	1969+ ..... CFA Franc Central
C	ERITREA	1977+
C	ESTONIA	1919-1940 ..... 1992+
C	ETHIOPIA	1915+
ia	European Issuing Authority	reserved
C	FAROE ISLANDS	1809+ ..... also spelled Faeroe in English
C	FALKLAND ISLANDS	1899+
C	FIJI	1867+
C	FINLAND	1790+
C	FRANCE	1710+
on	French Afras & Issas	1969-1975 ..... Republic of Dijbouti since 1977
ia	French Antilles	1961-1975
ia	French Equatorial Africa	1917-1957
	French Guiana	1795-1961 ..... uses French Francs
dc	French India	1875-1936 ..... absorbed into india in 1949
dc	French Indo-China	1896-1954
dc	French Oceania	1919-1943
C	FRENCH PACIFIC TERRITORIES	1985+ ..... CFP Franc
	FRENCH POLYNESIA	1914-1985 ..... listed under Tahiti in Pick
dc	French Sudan	1917< ..... name changed to Mali in 1960
ia	French West Africa	1903-1956
C	GABON	1971+
C	GAMBIA	1965+
C	GEORGIA	1919-1921 ..... 1993+
dc	German East Africa	1905-1915
dc	German New Guinea	1914-1915
dc	German SW Africa	1914-1918
C	GERMANY	1874+
dc	Germany, East (DDR)	1948-1989 ..... reabsorbed into Germany in 1990
C	GHANA	1958+
C	GIBRALTAR	1914+
dc	Gilbert & Ellice Islands	1942<
=	Great Britain	..... listed under England in this Checklist
C	GREECE	1822+
	Greenland	1803-1967 ..... uses Danish currency
dc	Grenada	1920<
	Guadeloupe	1848-1960 ..... uses French currency
C	GUATEMALA	1881+
C	GUERNSEY	1825+
C	GUINEA	1917-1920 ..... 1958+ [in Western Africa]
C	GUINEA-BISSAU	1975+ ..... new name of Portugese Guinea
C	GUYANA	1966+ ..... [in South America]
dc	Hainan Island	1945 emerg issue ..... listed under China
C	HAITI	1827+
	Hawaii	1879-1942 ..... 50th state of USA, 1959
dc	Hejaz	1924< ..... a province of Saudi Arabia
C	HONDURAS	1889+
dc	Hong Kong	1862-1997 absorbed into China PRC in 1997
C	HUNGARY	1914+
C	ICELAND	1777+
C	INDIA	1861+
C	INDONESIA	1945+
dc	Ionian Islands	1941 ..... listed under Gree
C	IRAN	1890+
C	IRAQ	1931+
C	IRELAND	1808+
C	IRELAND, NORTHERN	1928+
r	Irian Barat	1963 ..... a region of Indonesia
dc	Isles of Fr & Bourbon	1766-1795
C	ISLE OF MAN	1924+
C	ISRAEL	1948+
dc	Italian East Africa	1938-1930 ..... now Ethiopia & Eritrea again
dc	Italian Somaliland	1920-1951 ..... part of Somalia since 1960
C	ITALY	1874+
	Ivory Coast	1917-1943 ..... uses CFA Franc West
C	JAMAICA	1904+
C	JAPAN	1872+
C	JERSEY	1840 ..... 1941+
C	JORDAN	1949+
dc	Katanga	1961-1962 ..... reabsorbed into Zaire
C	KAZAKHSTAN	1993+
dc	Kiau Chau	1907-1914 ..... restored to China in 1922
C	KENYA	1966+
	Korea	1893-1947 ..... split into two Koreas
C	North KOREA	1945+
C	South KOREA	1949+
C	KUWAIT	1960+
C	KYRGYZSTAN	1993+
C	LAOS	1954+
C	LATVIA	1919-1940 ..... 1992+
C	LEBANON	1925+
dc	Leeward Islands	1921< ..... EC$
C	LESOTHO	1979 ..... [formerly Bastouland]
C	LIBERIA	1858-1880 ..... 1989+
C	LIBYA	1951+
	Liechtenstein	1920 emergency issue ..... uses Swiss Francs
C	LITHUANIA	1919-1940 ..... 1991+
C	LUXEMBOURG	1856+
C	MACAO	1905+
C	MACEDONIA	1992+
C	MADAGASCAR	1914+
	Madeira Islands	1871-1892 ..... autonomous region since 1976
C	MALAWI	1964+
on	Malaya	1940-1945
on	Malaya & British Borneo	1953-1961
C	MALAYSIA	1967+
C	MALDIVE ISLANDS	1947+
C	MALI	1960+ ..... CFA Franc West
C	MALTA	1914+
	Marshall Islands	reserved, still using USA currency
	Martinique	1855-1961 ..... uses French Currency
C	MAURITANIA	1973+
C	MAURITIUS	1842+
dc	Memel	1922 Notgeld issue ..... absorbed by Russia
C	MEXICO	1823
C	MOLDOVA	1853-1857 ..... 1922+
	Monaco	1920 Notgeld issue ..... uses French Francs
C	MONGOLIA	1921+
	Montenegro	1912-1917 ..... uses Yugo New Dinar
C	MOROCCO	1910+
C	MOZAMBIQUE	1877+
on	Muscat & Oman	1970< ..... name changed to Oman in 1973
C	MYANMAR	1904+ ..... named Burma until 1989
C	NAMIBIA	1993+ ..... formerly South West Africa
C	NEPAL	1951+
C	NETHERLANDS	1814+
C	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	1800s ..... 1955+
dc	Netherlands Indies	1815-1944 ..... now mostly Indonesia
dc	Netherlands New Guinea	1950-1954 ..... now part of Indonesia
	New Caledonia	Noumea ..... 1873-1978 ..... uses CFP Franc
dc	Newfoundland	1950-1920 ..... Province of Canada
on	New Hebrides	1921-1972 ..... renamed Vanuatu in 1982
C	NEW ZEALAND	1934+
	New Utopia	Reserved -- Coming soon!
C	NICARAGUA	1896+
	Niger	uses CFA Franc West
C	NIGERIA	1918+
C	NORWAY	1695+
dc	Oceania	19942-1943 Japanese Occupation Issues
C	OMAN	1970+
C	PAKISTAN	1947+
dc	Palestine	1927-1944
	Panama	1933-1944 ..... USA notes, own coins & stamps
C	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	1975+
C	PARAGUAY	1856+
C	PERU	1879+
C	PHILIPPINES	1852+
C	POLAND	1794+
C	PORTUGAL	1797+
on	Portuguese Guinea	1909-1971 ..... named Guinea-Bissau in 1974
dc	Portuguese India	1882-1959 ..... annexed to India in 1962
	Puerto Rico	1812=1909 ..... uses USA currency
C	QATAR	1973+
dc	Qatar & Dubai	196?< ..... Qatar split off c1973
	Reunion	1884-1971 ..... uses French currency
on	Rhodesia	1964-1979 ..... renamed Zimbabwe in 1980
dc	Rhodesia & Nyasaland	1956-1961
r	Riau	1963 ..... a region of Indonesia
C	ROMANIA	1877+
C	RUSSIA	Czarist issues, 1774-1917 Communist issues, 1917-1991 Republic, 1991+
C	RWANDA	1962+
dc	Rwanda-Burundi	1960-1963 ..... split into Rwanda & Burundi
dc	Saar	1919-1947 ..... part of Germany since 1947
C	ST HELENA	1722 ..... 1917 ..... 1979+
	St Lucia	1920< ..... EC Dollar
	St Pierre & Miquelon	1890-1963 ..... uses French currency
C	ST THOMAS & PRINCE	1897+ ..... aka Sao Tome e Principe
C	SAMOA	1920+ ..... formerly Western Samoa
	San Marino	uses Italian currency
=	Sao Tome e Principe	Portuguese rendition of St Thomas & Prince
dc	Sarawak	1858-1940 ..... joined Malalysia in 1963
C	SAUDI ARABIA	1953+
C	SCOTLAND	1695+
	Senegal	1853-1917 ..... uses CFA Franc West
	Serbia	1876-1943 ..... joined Yugoslavia
C	SEYCHELLES	1914+
C	SIERRA LEONE	1964+
C	SINGAPORE	1967+
C	SLOVAKIA	1993+
C	SLOVENIA	1990+
C	SOLOMON ISLANDS	1916+
C	SOMALIA	1962+
C	SOMALILAND	1994+
C	SOUTH AFRICA	1808+
on	Southern Rhodesia	1939-1955 ..... Name changed to Rhodesia in 1970
C	SPAIN	1874+
C	SRI LANKA	18??+ ..... known as Ceylon until 1972
dc	Straits Settlements	1906-1935 ..... to Malaysia & Singapore
C	SUDAN	1955+
C	SURINAM	1826+
C	SWAZILAND	1974+
C	SWEDEN	1666+
C	SWITZERLAND	1907+
C	SYRIA	1919+
=	Tahiti	see: French Polynesia
=	TAIWAN	new name for China, ROC
C	TAJIKISTAN	1994+
dc	Tangier	1941-1942 ..... int'l zone, now part of Morocco
	Tannu Tuva	1941-1942 ..... uses Russian currency
C	TANZANIA	1966+
C	TATARSTAN	1996+
C	THAILAND	1853+
	Tibet	1912-1940 ..... forcefully annexed by China in 1965
	Timor	1910-1969 ..... uses Indonesian currency
	Togo	uses CFA Franc West
C	TONGA	1921+
C	TRANSDNIESTRA	1941-1904 ..... 1994+
C	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	1905-1943 ..... 1964+
C	TUNISIA	1903+
C	TURKEY	1840+
C	TURKMENISTAN	1993+
	Turks & Caicos Islands	1903-1928 ..... uses USA currency
C	UGANDA	1966+
C	UKRAINE	1917-1942 ..... 1990+
C	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	1973+ ..... includes Dubai, but not Qatar
C	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	1812+
dc	Upper Senegal & Niger	1917< ..... name changed to Fr Sudan, after WWI
on	Upper Volta	CFA Franc West, name changed to Burkina Faso
C	URUGUAY	1835+
C	UZBEKISTAN	1918-1920 ..... 1993+
C	VANUATU	1982+ ..... new name for New Hebrildles
	Vatican City	uses Italian currency
C	VENEZUELA	1811+
C	VIET NAM	1946-1951 ..... 1964+
dc	Vie Nam, South	1956-1975
ia	WEST AFRICAN STATES 1958-1959	A Ivory Coast B Dahomey C Upper Volta D Mali E Mauritania F Niger G Senegal H Togo
ia	WEST AFRICAN STATES	A Ivory Coast D Mali E Mauritania H Niger K Senegal T Togo
on	Wester Samoa	1920+ ..... renamed Samoa in 1985
	Yemen Arab Republic	c1960+ ..... renamed Yemen Republic in 1990
	Yemen PDR	1965-1984 ..... merged with YAR in 1990
C	YEMEN REPUBLIC	1990+
C	YUGOSLAVIA	1919+
C	ZAIRE	1962+
C	ZAMBIA	1963+ ..... formerly Norther Rhodesia
C	ZIMBABWE	1980+ ..... formerly Rhodesia
dc	Zanzibar	1908-1920 ..... Zanzibar joined Tanganyika and Pemba to form Tanzania in 1964

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