When most people think about collecting currency, coins are typically the first thing to come to mind. However, paper money’s rich and diverse past makes it popular with collectors, as well. Canadian paper money holds an especially important distinction in the history of the world’s paper money. As societies begin to consider transitioning to cashless economies, preserving and appreciating paper money is more important than ever. Chinese Paper Money Early societies evolved from a system of gifts and debts as the means of exchange to one in which commodities, like shells or barley, were used as money. The Chinese appear…