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The
British Museum World of Money
This is a fabulously visual and concise introduction to
money in all its many aspects.
Currency Features for the Visually Impaired:
Here is a series of articles that contains results of quantitative
research into the most effective ways for enabling the visually
impaired to distinguish btween different kinds of currency.
http://www.nap.edu/html/currency/contents.html
http://www.nap.edu/html/currency/preface.html
http://books.nap.edu/html/currency/chapter4.html
Coins and Currency Collection
A catalog and historical essay on the coins of colonial
and early America from wampum and Massachusetts silver through the
provisional half disme of 1792.
The
changing face of money
A simple explanation of how money works.
FAQs and Consumer Information
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/currency/portraits.html
http://www.chicagofed.org/consumerinformation/faqs/faqscoinandcurrency.cfm
Security
Issues
Here
is a discussion around security issues and the next generation of
US currency.
California
Quarter Design Finalists:
A
visual gallery
State
Quarter Design Index:Currency
Design:
A Childs Perspective
Images of
World banknotes
An extensive collection of banknotes from around the world.
Tom Chao's Paper Money
gallery
A collector's website
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