Numismondo just reached another milestone - 12,000 banknotes displayed! As always, we thank all of our loyal contributors and supporters as without them we would not be here and, of course, that is where all of the great images come from.

On this occasion we also want to give a special thanks to Beate Rauch of APC Paper Collectables. Beate provided a lot of encouragement and help in getting this website going a decade ago and continues to be a big supporter.

APC Paper Collectables is a long established banknote and collectible dealerships providing mail order since 1968 and the premier source for archival polyester holders. Her site provides world banknotes, German notgeld, war propaganda leaflets, surrender passes and a wide array of ephemera.

We thank our avid supporters and contributors, William Keijzers, Don Cleveland, Brent Arthurson, Ram Kumar, Art Matz, Joe Boling, Neil Shafer, John Sandrock, Daniel Nadel, Andrew Randall, Darryn Santich, Heather Arthurson, Morris Lawing, Pete from Staples Numismatics, Inc., Peter Symes, Rich Sutherland, Tod Hunt, Murtaza A. Karimjee, Dmitriy Litvak, Mahdi Bseiso, Ömer Yalcinkaya, Danijel Potocki, Weldon Burson, Claudio Marana, Darko Berger, Zlatko Viščević, David White, Frank Cassidy, Gylfi Snorrason, Neville Cuthbert, Ian Gradon, Steve The Number One Money Man, Kate Gibson, William L.S. Barrett, András (Andy) Rekay, Arthur Morowitz, Murray Hanewich, Joseph Guerdy-Lissade, Esq., J. Kevin, Hasan Genis, Lin Zhan-Wei, Loren Smith, Maria Silveiro, Mark Schiffer, Anil Bohora, Armen Hovsepian, JMJM Hans Seems, Jan Erik Kleven, Ludek Vostal, Manfred Dietl Jun and others for their help. We also want to express our sincere appreciation to Joel Shafer of Lyn Knight Auctions for the many images provided from his outstanding world banknote auctions.

New scans for Cuba, India, the Philippines and Argentina have been received and  we hope to have them displayed soon.  Thank you and a very Happy New Year to all!                                     24.12..2011

South Sudan, the world's newest country,  has now released three small denomination banknotes, the 5, 10 and 25 Piastres. These notes complement the six other Pound denominated notes they released shortly after their independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011.

All of South Sudan's new banknotes feature a portrait of the first chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), the late John Garang de Mabior. The Piastre denominations are lithographed but do have a watermark - a stylized repeating view of the South Sudan flag. All of the Pound denominations have been printed on a high quality process and include many security features and have a watermark of the Garang portrait.

It has been reported that more than 2.5 million people have been killed, and more than 5 million have become externally displaced as a result of the Sudan civil wars and war-related impacts. Hopefully the independence of South Sudan will finally bring to a close this sad period in history.

We gratefully acknowledge IBNS New York City Chapter Chairman Murtaza A. Karimjee for sending these images of South Sudan banknotes. Murtaza recently placed a Free Ad on our website to advertise his Africa Banknotes services, which appear to have very competitive prices.  4.12..2011