Welcome to my website.

  Here you will find complete listings of my current stocks of GB and world paper money. There are many high grade and scarcer notes for you to look through. Please see below for terms of sale, payment instructions and also a guide to the Grading System plus some of the abbreviations used to describe the general condition of the notes.

Please feel free to tour my site and mail me with your comments. All e-mail is appreciated. If any particular banknotes that you are searching for are not listed, please mail me as I may be able to acquire specific notes upon request. I search for scarcer items if you would like to send a "wants" list.

 All enquiries are treated with the strictest confidence.

Many scarce & collectable notes for sale.
Please visit the Gallery to view examples of quality worldwide bank notes for sale, or visit the price list for an a-z index of notes in country origin. Some photos available online, scans available for others.

WORLD PAPER MONEY.
Situated in County Durham, in the North East of England. I will travel extensively to view better quality banknotes. Check my price list for the latest finds. I am an active buyer of early and scarce banknotes including GB and colonies, Greece, Itay, Portugal and Germany but will buy all other banknotes of interest to me and my clients.

VALUATIONS.

I have a valuation service available for insurance and probate purposes. If you require a valuation on a collection and then decide to sell to myself the valuation fee will be then refunded. All transactions are undertaken with the strictest confidence.

2008 PAPER MONEY FAIRS.
I attend numerous paper money and coin fairs during the year, please see below for upcoming venues that I will be attending. I am also the paper money consultant for LONDON COIN AUCTIONS, see below for their next auction venue. Email me if you have any paper money for sale or to consign to the next auction.

JULY FAIRS 2008 where I will have a table :  (web links are in blue)

LONDON COIN & PAPER MONEY SHOW, Jury's Hotel (2nd Floor), Gt Russell St, Blomsbury, London, Saturday 5th (nearest tube Tottenham Court)

MIDLAND COIN & PAPER MONEY SHOW, National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, Sunday 13th.

YORK Stamp & Coin SHOW , York Racecourse, near Tadcaster Rd, York, Friday 18th & Saturday 19th.

LEEDS COIN & PAPER MONEY SHOW , Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale, Nr. Wakefield, Sunday 27th.

AUGUST FAIRS 2008 where I will have a table :

MIDLAND COIN & PAPER MONEY SHOW, National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, Sunday 10th.

LEEDS COIN & PAPER MONEY SHOW , Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale, Nr. Wakefield, Sunday 30th.

LONDON COIN AUCTION:

The next auction of GB and world paper money will be held on 6th September 2008 at The Grange Hotel, Bracknell, Berks. Please view website at www.londoncoins.co.uk for online catalogue listings.

 If you would like to consign any banknotes for any upcoming auctions or sell to me directly please email me.

In the June 2007 auction there were over 250 high grade white fivers which included 40 consecutive Catterns, 20 consecutive Beale's and over 160 consecutive O'Brien's plus others.They sold for circa £40,000.

   Click here to see photo.

Inland U.K. postage & packing charges are as follows:

1st Class Post - 50p (your risk, proof of postage)
Recorded Delivery - £1.50 (your risk, insured to £28)
Special Delivery / Registered Post - £6 (insured up to £500)

Overseas Post and packing will be charged at my current rate of £1 (Europe), £2 (outside Europe) for normal airmail (your risk),

Insurance £7

For payment within the UK I prefer personal cheques or direct bank transfers but will accept Paypal but 5% fee applies, see below. All cheques please make payable to IAN GRADON.

For credit card payments is available but a direct bank transfer is preferred.

Bank drafts accepted only if made payable on a UK based bank.

For overseas customers, please click on the link below to check the value of your currency against Sterling and to calculate currency conversions.

I have been a member of IBNS for many years now and am an ex-Director to the Board, I endeavour to grade my bank notes to their high standards, the following is a very simple guide:

GRADING
UNC = uncirculated - (Perfect note)

aU/UNC = almost UNC to UNC (minor handling or corner fold)

aUNC= almost UNC (minor handling up to the lightest centre fold)

GEF= Good extremely fine (centre fold &/or minor handling)
EF = Extremely fine - (few light folds / or 1 heavy crease)
VF = Very fine - (several folds vertically or horizontally, still clean)

F = Fine - (many folds, wrinkling, etc, presentable)
VG = Very good - (well used with many faults but intact)
G = Good - (well worn, with many faults, damage etc.)
P = Poor - (missing pieces, torn in half,etc)

Description of some abbreviations used:
Obv = Obverse
Rev = Reverse
i / a = Ink annotation
Phs = Pinholes
Canx = Cancelled
Ovpt = Overprint
W / = With
W / O = Without
Sm = Small

Abbreviations for books used in descriptions:
P = Pick,A. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (3 latest volumes I, II & III)
C = Campbell,L.K., POW and Concentration camp money 1st ed.
SB = Schwan and Boling, WW2 Remembered,history in your hands
Dug = Duggleby,Vincent English Paper Money 7th edition 2006
D = Douglas,James Scottish banknotes Vol I (2nd ed),Vol II & Trevor Jones Vol III
Pirot = Pirot,Jean Les Billets de Chambre de Commerce 2002 ed.
G = Grant G.L., Standard Catalogue of Provincial Banks & Banknotes 1977

Ros =Holger Rosenberg,  Die Deutschen Banknoten ab 1871, 2006 ed.