A SPANISH ROCK STAR BEFORE ROCK STARS WERE INVENTED

This note, with this man with film star looks is from Spain and was issued in 1953. The 100 peseta Note has the painter Julio  Romero de Torres on the front and one of his portraits on the reverse. the Lady also has film star looks but unfortunately her name is unknown.


EDIT: the girl's name is Maria Teresa Lopez and was Argentinian from Spanish parents. although Julio died in 1930 , Maria lived until 2003.

info from arte.laguia2000.com 

Some of Julio Ramero's works

SIR AHMADU BELLO ON THE 200 NAIRA NOTE

This note has seen a lot of traffic as it is from 2005 and has been well circulated. it is a Nigerian note and features Sir Ahmadu Bello , who was the first premier of Northern Nigeria, On the back of the 200 Naira Note is fruit and vegetables and a couple of cows - which seems to have been a theme over the last few notes - I suppose cattle are important to many cultures around the world including the Scottish culture (Aberdeen Angus Beef)

see more from Nigeria HERE HERE and HERE

and notes from Biafra HERE

Interview with Sir Ahmadu Bello

THREE ELEGANT LADIES FROM LAOS

These 3 elegant ladies are on the 1000 kip note from 2003. The note is from Laos and as well as the 3 ladies there is a picture of a temple on the front and a herd of cows on the reverse along with two geometric designs that remind me of the nail and string pictures of the 1970's


more notes from Laos HERE and HERE

also see FRENCH INDO_CHINA

10 SHILLINGS FROM KENYA

This note is the 1978 Kenyan 10 Shillings note featuring the first president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta
who died a month or so after this note was issued . The reverse has African cows on it.

KENYA'S SHILLING

MORE NOTES HERE

A PUZZLE FROM GUINEA

The scan makes this note look like it is a regular size but in fact it is tiny and a bit elongated - 102mm x 45mm ( 4 in x 1 3/4 in in old money !!). Its a 2 Sylis from Guinea and it was issued in 1981.Why guinea should have King Mohammad V of Morocco on the note is something I have not found a reason for. In 1981 Guinea was a one-party Socialist state and doesn't border Morocco at all.

If I find out any info, you will be the first to know !!!


MORE GUINEAN NOTES HERE

BANK OF GHANA CEDI

This note is a 200 Cedi note from Ghana.the front has a picture of an old man and the red star and fist with the motto "Honour and Truth" . The reverse has a classroom scene . the note is from 1991 and has a security devise which is a UV reactive "200" over the man's right shoulder.

more from Ghana HERE, HERE and HERE

A DELICATE NOTE FROM GEORGIA

This is a slightly Tatty , delicate note from Georgia. It is the 1000 rouble from 1920. I love the Georgian script although i find it a bit unfathomable.

Letters			Unicode (mkhedruli)	Name	IPA	Transcriptions				Numeric value
asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli				National	ISO 9984	BGN	Laz
Ⴀ	ⴀ	ა	U+10D0	ani	/ɑ/, Svan /a, æ/	A a	A a	A a	A a	1
Ⴁ	ⴁ	ბ	U+10D1	bani	/b/	B b	B b	B b	B b	2
Ⴂ	ⴂ	გ	U+10D2	gani	/ɡ/	G g	G g	G g	G g	3
Ⴃ	ⴃ	დ	U+10D3	doni	/d/	D d	D d	D d	D d	4
Ⴄ	ⴄ	ე	U+10D4	eni	/ɛ/	E e	E e	E e	E e	5
Ⴅ	ⴅ	ვ	U+10D5	vini	/v/	V v	V v	V v	V v	6
Ⴆ	ⴆ	ზ	U+10D6	zeni	/z/	Z z	Z z	Z z	Z z	7
Ⴡ	ⴡ	ჱ	U+10F1	he	/eɪ/, Svan /eː/	—	Ē ē	Ey ey	—	8
Ⴇ	ⴇ	თ	U+10D7	tani	/t⁽ʰ⁾/	T t	T' t'	T' t'	T t	9
Ⴈ	ⴈ	ი	U+10D8	ini	/i/	I i	I i	I i	I i	10
Ⴉ	ⴉ	კ	U+10D9	k'ani	/kʼ/	K' k'	K k	K k	Ǩ ǩ	20
Ⴊ	ⴊ	ლ	U+10DA	lasi	/l/	L l	L l	L l	L l	30
Ⴋ	ⴋ	მ	U+10DB	mani	/m/	M m	M m	M m	M m	40
Ⴌ	ⴌ	ნ	U+10DC	nari	/n/	N n	N n	N n	N n	50
Ⴢ	ⴢ	ჲ	U+10F2	hie	/je/, Mingrelian, Laz, & Svan /j/	—	Y y	J j	Y y	60
Ⴍ	ⴍ	ო	U+10DD	oni	/ɔ/, Svan /ɔ, œ/	O o	O o	O o	O o	70
Ⴎ	ⴎ	პ	U+10DE	p'ari	/pʼ/	P' p'	P p	P p	Ṗ ṗ	80
Ⴏ	ⴏ	ჟ	U+10DF	zhani	/ʒ/	Zh zh	Ž ž	Zh zh	J j	90
Ⴐ	ⴐ	რ	U+10E0	rae	/r/	R r	R r	R r	R r	100
Ⴑ	ⴑ	ს	U+10E1	sani	/s/	S s	S s	S s	S s	200
Ⴒ	ⴒ	ტ	U+10E2	t'ari	/tʼ/	T' t'	T t	T t	Ť ť	300
Ⴣ	ⴣ	ჳ	U+10F3	vie	/uɪ/, Svan /w/	—	W w	—	—	400[72]
Ⴓ	ⴓ	უ	U+10E3	uni	/u/, Svan /u, y/	U u	U u	U u	U u	400[72]
—	ⴧ	ჷ	U+10F7	yn, schva	Mingrelian & Svan /ə/	—	—	—	—	—
Ⴔ	ⴔ	ფ	U+10E4	pari	/p⁽ʰ⁾/	P p	P' p'	P' p'	P p	500
Ⴕ	ⴕ	ქ	U+10E5	kani	/k⁽ʰ⁾/	K k	K' k'	K' k'	K k	600
Ⴖ	ⴖ	ღ	U+10E6	ghani	/ɣ/	Gh gh	Ḡ ḡ	Gh gh	Ğ ğ	700
Ⴗ	ⴗ	ყ	U+10E7	q'ari	/qʼ/	Q' q'	Q q	Q q	Q q	800
—	—	ჸ	U+10F8	elif	Mingrelian & Svan /ʔ/	—	—	—	—	—
Ⴘ	ⴘ	შ	U+10E8	shini	/ʃ/	Sh sh	Š š	Sh sh	Ş ş	900
Ⴙ	ⴙ	ჩ	U+10E9	chini	/tʃ⁽ʰ⁾/	Ch ch	Č' č'	Ch' ch'	Ç ç	1000
Ⴚ	ⴚ	ც	U+10EA	tsani	/ts⁽ʰ⁾/	Ts ts	C' c'	Ts' ts'	Ts ts	2000
Ⴛ	ⴛ	ძ	U+10EB	dzili	/dz/	Dz dz	J j	Dz dz	Ž ž	3000
Ⴜ	ⴜ	წ	U+10EC	ts'ili	/tsʼ/	Ts' ts'	C c	Ts ts	Ts’ ts’	4000
Ⴝ	ⴝ	ჭ	U+10ED	ch'ari	/tʃʼ/	Ch' ch'	Č č	Ch ch	Ç̌ ç̌	5000
Ⴞ	ⴞ	ხ	U+10EE	khani	/χ/	Kh kh	X x	Kh kh	X x	6000
Ⴤ	ⴤ	ჴ	U+10F4	qari, hari	/q⁽ʰ⁾/	—	H̠ ẖ	q'	—	7000
Ⴟ	ⴟ	ჯ	U+10EF	jani	/dʒ/	J j	J̌ ǰ	J j	C c	8000
Ⴠ	ⴠ	ჰ	U+10F0	hae	/h/	H h	H h	H h	H h	9000
Ⴥ	ⴥ	ჵ	U+10F5	hoe	/oː/	—	Ō ō	—	—	10000
—	—	ჶ	U+10F6	fi	Laz /f/	—	F f	—	F f	—

wikipedia

more from Georgia HERE and HERE

VIETNAM VERSION FROM FRENCH INDO-CHINA

This note is a delightful note from French Indochina and was one of the last issues before france pulled out and the various countries became independent. This note was circulated around what is now, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

this note is a 1 Piastre (100 piastre = 1 dong) note and each of the notes have the same front (local flora) but the reverse had different pictures depending on which country it was issued in. This note has a temple dragon so it is from the Vietnam area. Cambodia had the royal house boat and Laos had a pagoda .

more french indochina notes HERE and HERE

 By PHGCOM - self-made, adapted from Public Domain, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4733176