How to store a banknote collection?

Sorry for the rather off topic post - although there are a couple of banknote threads around and nobody seems to mind.

I've been considering the storage of my very tiny collection of banknotes. I don't intend to get serious but I want to keep a small collection of unusual notes and those that have sentimental value for me.

I own a couple of banknote pages, but they are extremely expensive and inflexible (I need to move the banknotes with my bare hands in order to make room). Are there any cheaper and more efficient storage methods for banknote collecting?

I've been looking into banknote sleeves, but at 21 cents each they are still no bargain!

I have my 1,226 banknotes stored in albums

How are they stored inside the albums?

I got three different kind of plastic pages (or whatever you call them )

These got 3 pockets per page:


These got 2 pages per page:


And these is just one pocket:


The page is aout the size of an A4 paper sheet.

And what if you need to move banknotes around?

I do that frequently, so there's no problems. Each pocket got an opening, Sony out can easily put them in, take them out and rearrange.

I could try to show better picture of how the pages looks like in detail.

I tried to take a picture where you can see how easy it is to slide them in.

Very nice! How much do the pages cost?

My preferred method of storage is 7x5 Cellophane Sleeves Acid Free which cost about £2.99 for 200 and they are used for Greetings cards and such like here in the UK and have a sticky seal strip but I cut that off so they are just slip pocket sleeves then I store them in A5 Plastic Wallets that can hold 50 to 60 notes with sleeves each and a pack of those cost 5 for £1 from a local shop :-)
The 7x5 can be big for most notes but they are all uniformed when stored in the wallets and so far they are fantastic and I can handle each note and see both sides without ever needing to touch them unless replacing with better grades but even then I use Cotton Gloves which again cost me £1.20 something from a local Chemist called Boots :-D
Check out my You Tube Channel and you will see what I store them in now.

Hope that helps

John

Canadian monster boxes. Notes in standard size archival holders fit perfectly in them.

Citeer: "dptashny"​Very nice! How much do the pages cost?

​I pay about .9 USD/page.

Citeer: "MrNeon8"​My preferred method of storage is 7x5 Cellophane Sleeves Acid Free which cost about £2.99 for 200 and they are used for Greetings cards and such like here in the UK and have a sticky seal strip but I cut that off so they are just slip pocket sleeves then I store them in A5 Plastic Wallets that can hold 50 to 60 notes with sleeves each and a pack of those cost 5 for £1 from a local shop :-)
​The 7x5 can be big for most notes but they are all uniformed when stored in the wallets and so far they are fantastic and I can handle each note and see both sides without ever needing to touch them unless replacing with better grades but even then I use Cotton Gloves which again cost me £1.20 something from a local Chemist called Boots :-D
​Check out my You Tube Channel and you will see what I store them in now.
​
​Hope that helps
​
​John

​Have you the direct link to the video? There are 1000 videos ;-)

Citeer: "alamir"​

Citeer: "MrNeon8"​My preferred method of storage is 7x5 Cellophane Sleeves Acid Free which cost about £2.99 for 200 and they are used for Greetings cards and such like here in the UK and have a sticky seal strip but I cut that off so they are just slip pocket sleeves then I store them in A5 Plastic Wallets that can hold 50 to 60 notes with sleeves each and a pack of those cost 5 for £1 from a local shop :-)
​​The 7x5 can be big for most notes but they are all uniformed when stored in the wallets and so far they are fantastic and I can handle each note and see both sides without ever needing to touch them unless replacing with better grades but even then I use Cotton Gloves which again cost me £1.20 something from a local Chemist called Boots :-D
​​Check out my You Tube Channel and you will see what I store them in now.
​​
​​Hope that helps
​​
​​John

​​Have you the direct link to the video? There are 1000 videos ;-)

​Yes the link is in my Signature of every post I make that takes you to my Channel

I personally am not so fond of loose pages, so I use these types of albums made my Leuchtturm/Lighthouse:

https://www.leuchtturm.com/epages/leuchtturm_eu.sf/en_EU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/leuchtturm_eu/Products/309759

They're also available in black, but I happen to have the exact same ones on the picture. So far this is the cheapest album (and system) I have seen and they fit almost any type of banknote, except for those huge German and Russian banknotes from the beginning of the 20th century. For those I am obliged to use loose pages (sigh) that fit them. The pages have three slots/page and are about as big as an A4 piece of paper. Hope this helps you. In total you can fit 300(!) banknotes in one album.

I like to store banknotes with my coins workbooks

For the some hyperinflation Yugoslavian banknotes, I use papernotes sleeves .


For most of other banknotes, I use standard "A4 Lindner crystal clear" with 2, 3 or 4 banknotes. Little bit less than 1€/page.

Citeer: "Lotus07"​I personally am not so fond of loose pages, so I use these types of albums made my Leuchtturm/Lighthouse:
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​https://www.leuchtturm.com/epages/leuchtturm_eu.sf/en_EU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/leuchtturm_eu/Products/309759
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​They're also available in black, but I happen to have the exact same ones on the picture. So far this is the cheapest album (and system) I have seen and they fit almost any type of banknote, except for those huge German and Russian banknotes from the beginning of the 20th century. For those I am obliged to use loose pages (sigh) that fit them. The pages have three slots/page and are about as big as an A4 piece of paper. Hope this helps you. In total you can fit 300(!) banknotes in one album.

​Those are some of the BEST albums for banknotes, but a bit expensive. There are several ebay sellers who sell the albums and pages for a cheap cost, including shipping. In the UK, andy_jack sells them (http://www.ebay.com/usr/andy_jack) and in the US, mit_63 sells them (http://www.ebay.com/usr/mit_63). I have bought from both of them and they are great.

QG

I can't get good sleeves in Australia. Feels like anything to do with collectables is expensive. So i just store them in individual pockets, stored vertically in a box.