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Apr 27, 20191 min read
Signed Totnes notes
Ben Howard is a local Totnes lad and at the 2013 Brit Awards he received two Brit Awards for British Male Solo Artist and British...
Apr 25, 20191 min read
Totnes 1st Issue
Sometimes called the 'pink unicorn' of the Transition Town world, the Totnes 1st issue has always been a rare animal. Until recently,...
Mar 8, 20191 min read
Win £1,000 with the Lake District!
The Lake District Pound has a FANTASTIC offer at the moment! This year they are opening a prize draw for people buying 2019 LD£...
Feb 25, 20192 min read
Fakes and Forgeries
Fortunately, in the field I normally collect (Transition Towns and Micronations), there is very little call for people to fake notes....
Feb 11, 20191 min read
New currency from Ourania
Through a friend, we have managed another coup! The Royal Treasury of Norton I has produced currency in the form of 1 Gold Crown notes....
Jan 24, 20192 min read
New Transition Currency - TEWKESBURY!
In a fantastic coup, we have just received rare prototype sample/specimen notes for the JustMoney scheme in Tewkesbury. This is a scheme...
Jan 19, 20192 min read
Purple Unicorn anyone???
If one is looking for the ultimate Transition Town note, then the Totnes 1st issue has to be it. Referred to as the 'purple unicorn' of...
Jan 16, 20192 min read
Rare error issue of a well-known friend!
The Findhorn One Eko First (Craft) Series is a well known note, and not difficult to find. However, we have just become aware of a very...
Jan 14, 20191 min read
Plastic Elleore notes!
We have another scoop for collectors of Danish micronations! A single set of the Elleore 2012 and 2013 notes has come into our hands....
Jan 11, 20191 min read
Rainbow note offered to YOU!
In 1977 Freetown Christiania issued micronational banknotes. The 5 and 10 Regnbuedalere are more than ultra-rare, they are virtually...
Jan 7, 20191 min read
Brand New Lake District Notes
We are delighted to say the BRAND NEW 2019 issue Lake District notes have been released! The LD£1 is based around ‘Fun and Adventure’,...
Dec 20, 20181 min read
People's Republic of Leith
In a surprise package today, direct from Santa's sleigh, I received this little beauty. The People's Republic of Leith is a flight of...
Dec 19, 20182 min read
Back in stock!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After a successful launch - too successful some might say - we sold out of the new book "British Transition Town Money" in a couple of...
Dec 13, 20181 min read
News from Calderdale
One of those notes has just surfaced. You know the sort of notes I mean, the ones that SHOULD exist, you think exist, but have never been...
Dec 7, 20181 min read
New items in the shop
We have managed to obtain a very small number of CounterCoin from Newcastle. These super-rare first issue acrylic coins are the...
Dec 6, 20181 min read
A piece of luck!
I recently bought a collection of miscellaneous notes. In it, among the Peckham Pounds and the Hell notes were several 'million dollar'...
Dec 3, 20182 min read
Coming soon!!!!
Well, the text has been written, the pictures selected, the final area is sending us their entry within days, British Transition Town...
Nov 26, 20181 min read
Contact us
We work from a cutesy little Tea Room in the wilds of deepest Surrey. But you can contact us at any time using the following: Telephone:...
Nov 25, 20181 min read
Welcome to Curious Banknotes
Welcome to Curious Banknotes, the home of everything unusual in the banknote collecting world. We specialise in British Transition Towns...
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