MATCHING SERIAL NUMBERS

These notes above were a Christmas present and are quite exciting. They are  5 and 10 pound notes from 2016 and both have the same serial number which makes them collectable how ever there is also a print error in the 10 pound note   

on the front of the £5 note is the bank's old headquarters in Edinburgh and Sir Walter Scott whereas the reverse has a picture from "brig o' doon" . "Brig" is scots for bridge and this bridge from Ayrshire in Scotland, is the setting for the burn's poem "Tam o' Shanter"

The £10 note has a similar front view to the £5 note but the reverse has the Glenfinnan Viaduct. The viaduct has been featured in many films including some of the Harry Potter films.

you can get more info on the banknotes Here


more Scottish notes Here

ANOTHER VENEZUELAN REVOLUTIONARY

Sorry for the long delay in posting on the blog. I been training for one of my other hobbies - lapidary so the banknotes had to take a backseat for a while. 

So here we have a 50 Bolivares from Venezuela. this note is from 1998. The front has the "palacio de Las Acedamias" which is in the middle of Caracas. it was built in 1684 as a convent . it was also an army barracks, a hospital and college before  being given to the university of Caracas in 1876. it also features Andres Bello , a contemporary of Simon Bolivar, who spent 19 years in England as a diplomatic representative of the revolution. 

the reverse has the central bank building in Caracas.

you can see more notes from Venezuela Here, Here and Here