Ibrahim Salem

Ibrahim Salem
NationalityJordanian
EducationArchitecture
OccupationArchitect
Known forBanknote collection
SpouseAreej Salem[1]

Ibrahim Salem (Arabic: إبراهيم سالم) is an architect, and banknote collector residing in Dubai. He built a collection of more than 150,000 notes over 40 years with a specialisation in the notes of the Middle East, particularly the monetary history of Iraq during the Hashemite dynasty (1921–1958). He has been awarded the Al Hussein Medal of Merit, first class. His banknote collection is being sold through a series of auctions by Spink and Son in London which began in 2013.

Auction catalogues for the Ibrahim Salem collection.

Salem practices as an architect in Dubai.[1]

1942 British Guiana $20 banknote from the Salem collection.[2]
1961 specimen banknote of Cameroon from the Salem collection showing president Ahmadou Ahidjo.[3]
1941 £5 brown Bermuda banknote from the Salem collection, serial number A000001.[2]
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  3. ^ Auction: 13037 - The Ibrahim Salem Collection of African Banknotes Lot: 157. Spink. Retrieved 29 June 2019.