Ibrahim Salem

Collection sales Salem's collection is being sold in a series of auctions, the first of which in October 2013 featured his African banknotes, which he had assembled over 25 years. In the catalogue he observed that "the Dark Continent had some of the most colorful ones". His African material included a collection of notes associated with Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who was known personally to Salem.

In October 2018 Salem's world collection was sold in a single sale, whilst his French, Spanish, and Portuguese notes were sold in a separate sale. His collection of South American banknotes was sold in January 2019, and included a counterfeit 20 peso note marked Banco Nacional de Cuba (F69) produced by the United States government for the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961.

The first part of Salem's British Commonwealth notes were sold in April 2019, and included a rare 1952 Bermuda £1 note with the serial number A000001, and a 1941 £5 brown Bermuda note, also with the serial number A000001, originally from the collection of the former Bermudian premier David Saul.

Honours Salem has been awarded the Al Hussein Medal of Merit, first class.

Selected publications Auction catalogues Africa. 4 October 2013. World Banknotes. 3 October 2018 French, French Colonial, Spanish & Portuguese Banknotes. 3 October 2018. (see pdf above) South America and Other Properties. 11 January 2019. British Commonwealth Part 1. 17 April 2019.

Books Banknotes of Destiny: Fame... Fortune... Fatality... (2 vols.) Ibrahim Salem, Jordan, 2016.