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Planet Banknote · Reference Library

Every banknote tells a story.

A free collector’s library on world paper money, written and fact-checked by Planet Banknote: hyperinflation history, grading, authentication, and guides to the notes of 48+ countries. Learn to read the stories, then hold them.

84 reference guides48 country guides6 hyperinflations documentedUpdated July 2026

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Four guides that answer the questions almost every new collector asks first.

The flagship note

The note that made hyperinflation collecting famous.

Zimbabwe · Pick P-91

The 100 Trillion Dollar Note

Dated 2008, released January 2009, withdrawn three months later: the highest-denomination banknote of the modern era, with fourteen zeros. We publish the only grade-by-grade price index for it, updated monthly from our own retail data.

100,000,000,000,000Fourteen zeros · Pick P-91

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