Paper Money & Banknote Errors


The error coin collecting space is a well established one, with many leading Malaysian and overseas numismatist specializing in identifying, classifying and dealing with error coins. There are many books published in this area as well, a sign of the maturity of this subject matter.

However, the same can't be said about collecting error banknotes. I have not encountered many collectors in this space - perhaps some of you readers out there can introduce me to these collectors! Books on errors notes are also hard to find. I have been very interested in this area - a cross over from studying die variety and error coins for my Diploma in Numismatics.

I do hope to develop this area further by researching and interviewing fellow collectors, as well as sharing what I have discovered here in Numismatica. My plan is to publish several blog articles in the definition and classification of types of errors and varieties of error notes. Of course, I do welcome suggestions on other topics to cover.

So if anyone of you out there who are into collecting error notes, do contact me at alphanumis@gmail.com.

Thank you!




Just what is “Market Price”?


There has been much frenzy and debate over a Malaysian 50 cent coin from 1969 with milled edge that was graded by NGC at AU55 being auctioned off in Singapore for a whopping RM10,253 on 19 October 2013. Ever since news of this broke, I had people coming to me saying that they have that 1969 50 cent coin to sell and asking me how much I am willing to offer.

And of course my response was that the price offered is highly dependent on the type, variety, condition/grade of the coin. The grade of the coin is in turn dependent on the big 4 major factors i.e. luster, contact marks, strike and eye appeal. But that’s not the point of this article; I will save the grading part for another day.








Welcome to Numismatica.


Numismatica is the online mag and blogsite of alphaNumis, the banknote, coin and stamps specialist. We provide all things in this space; from collectables, to all sorts of accessories, books, even advice and consultancy.

A bit history of our company - it is about 1 year ago that the name alphaNumis was first thought of as a company and brand name for our business. As the name suggests, the phrase "numis" is derived from the term "numismatics".