Banknotes & Paper Money

Stocks & Bonds (scripophily): What to Record

Historic share certificates and bonds collected for their companies, design and history.

The Data Sheet for Stocks & Bonds (scripophily)

The 34 fields worth recording for stocks & bonds (scripophily), grouped as in the ordicio app. Fields marked with a broader category come from it; the others are specific to stocks & bonds (scripophily).

Identification

Country Text Banknotes & paper money: Country of origin or issue, by its usual English name (historic states as named at the time, e.g. Kingdom of Bavaria).
Issuer Text Banknotes & paper money: State, ruler, city or bank that issued the piece, e.g. Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Free City of Hamburg, Deutsche Bundesbank.
Denomination Text Banknotes & paper money: Face value and unit, e.g. 2 Euro, Denarius, Thaler, 10 Mark.
Date on note Text Banknotes & paper money: Date printed on the note, e.g. 1.8.1922, Series 1934.
Catalogue references Text Banknotes & paper money: Catalogue numbers with the catalogue named; coins KM, Numista N, Schoen, Jaeger (J.), ancient RIC, RRC, RPC, Sear (SG), SNG; banknotes Pick, Rosenberg, Friedberg.
Reference link Link Banknotes & paper money: Web page about this object or its reference entry (catalogue, database, sale).
Company Text: Issuing company, railway, city or state.
Security type Choice, or your own: Kind of security.
Share certificate
Bond
Founder's share
Profit-sharing certificate
Coupon sheet
Interim certificate
Cancelled Choice: Whether the security was cancelled.
Uncancelled
Cancelled (punched, stamped or cut)

Features

What distinguishes this note from others of the same issue.

Serial number Text Banknotes & paper money: Individual serial number of this object, as marked on it.
Signatures Text Banknotes & paper money: Printed signatures (and signature combination number in the catalogue).
Printer Text Banknotes & paper money: Printer named on the note, e.g. Giesecke & Devrient, Bradbury Wilkinson, ABNCo.
Watermark Text Banknotes & paper money: Watermark of the paper, e.g. portrait of Goethe, star pattern.
Note status Choice Banknotes & paper money: Whether the note was issued, a specimen or proof, a replacement or a copy.
Issued note
Specimen
Proof
Remainder (unissued)
Replacement / star note
Error note
Contemporary counterfeit
Replica / facsimile
Variety / error Text Banknotes & paper money: Die variety or minting error with its reference, e.g. doubled die obverse, off-centre strike, mule.

Physical

Width (mm) Number Banknotes & paper money: Width, measured from the front.
Height (mm) Number Banknotes & paper money: Height, measured upright as the object is meant to stand or hang.

Condition

Note grade Choice Banknotes & paper money: Condition of the paper by handling and folds, with the matching numbers of the PMG 70-point scale.
11 choices
Poor (1)
Fair (2)
Good (4 to 6)
Very good (8 to 10)
Fine (12 to 15)
Very fine (20 to 35)
Extremely fine (40 to 45)
About uncirculated (50 to 58)
Uncirculated (60 to 62)
Choice uncirculated (63 to 64)
Gem uncirculated (65 to 70)
Numeric grade Whole number, 1 to 70 Banknotes & paper money: Sheldon number 1 to 70 from a grading service or own estimate, e.g. 63 for MS-63.
Grading service Choice, or your own Banknotes & paper money: Third-party grading service whose holder or certificate the piece has.
PCGS
NGC
ANACS
ICG
PMG
PCGS Banknote
Not certified
Certification number Text Banknotes & paper money: Number on the grading holder (slab) or authentication certificate, to look it up in the service's database.
Designations Text Banknotes & paper money: Additions to the grade, e.g. RD/RB/BN for copper colour, Full Bands, Deep Cameo, DMPL, EPQ, Star; details grades such as cleaned or holed.
Condition notes Text Banknotes & paper money: Faults, wear and damage in detail.

Acquisition

How and when the object came into the collection.

Acquisition date Date Banknotes & paper money: Date the object came into the collection.
Acquisition method Choice, or your own Banknotes & paper money: How the object came into the collection.
Purchase
Auction
Gift
Inheritance
Exchange / trade
Self-collected / found
Commission
Acquired from Text Banknotes & paper money: Seller, auction house (with sale and lot number), donor or place where it was found.
Purchase price Amount Banknotes & paper money: Price paid including fees and premiums.
Provenance Text Banknotes & paper money: Earlier owners and the object's history, oldest first, with sources (labels, invoices, sale catalogues).

Value

Estimated and insured value.

Estimated value Amount Banknotes & paper money: Current market value as estimated.
Valuation date Date Banknotes & paper money: Date of the current value estimate.
Valuation basis Choice Banknotes & paper money: What the estimated value is based on.
Own estimate
Recent sales / auction results
Dealer offer
Catalogue value
Professional appraisal
Insurance valuation
Insured value Amount Banknotes & paper money: Sum the object is insured for.

Collection record

Your own inventory data.

Inventory number Text Banknotes & paper money: Your own number or label for the object, e.g. C-0042, as written on its label or album page.
Storage location Text Banknotes & paper money: Where the object is kept, e.g. room, cabinet, drawer, album and page, box.