SPANISH ROMANTIC POET

Here is a 100 peseta note from 1965 (1970) it has Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, a famous Spanish writer. the reverse has a lady reading with her parasol over her shoulder and the cathedral of Seville.

A LARGE GERMAN NOTE FROM 1910

This is a large old note from 1910 from Germany with mercury (left) and Ceres (right) on the front and Germania  on the reverse.

TURBULENT TIME FOR YUGOSLAVIA

this is the 10 Dinara note from Yugoslavia which was issued in 1944.this was a period of huge change for Yugoslavia. Up until 1943 it was the kingdom of Yugoslavia, it was then  declared as a democratic federal Yugoslavia and then in 1945 the monarchy was abolished and the communist federal people's republic was declared in 1946.

the front of the note has a soldier with his rifle.


lots more notes Here

LAO'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER

This note is a Lao 2000 kip note from 1997 with Kaysone Phomvihane, the leader of the Lao people's revolutionary party and first prime minister of the Lao people's republic.the reverse has a hydroelectric plant.

more notes Here, here, here, here, here  and here

CEYLON OR SRI LANKA

These two notes are both using two different formats of printing orientation - landscape on the front and portrait on the reverse. They are both from Sri Lanka (ceylon) . The top note is the 10 rupee note issued by the central bank of ceylon ( even tho the bank was called the central bank of Sri Lanka from 1950). it has the Malibar Grey Hornbill sitting on a Pebble Tamarind tree. The reverse has 4 native species  to sri lanka - yellow eared bulbul, gunthers whipping frog , rhododendron and a form of crocus.

The second note is the 1995 50 rupee from the central bank of Sri Lanka. The front has a male dancer in traditional costume and the reverse had a shield and sword .

more notes here, here, here, and  here

NEPAL ROYAL MASSACRE

This is a nice clean 1 rupee note from Nepal. It has King Birenda Bir Bikram Shah and a temple on the front and two musk deer on the reverse.

the king was one of the victims of the Nepalese royal massacre in 2001.

More Nepali notes Here, Here and Here

ZIONIST THINKER FROM BEFORE ISRAEL

This is an Israeli note from 1979 on the front is Ze'ev Jabotinsky - a revisionist zionist (later the political ideology of the Likud party) and Herod's gate on the reverse.

COSTA RICAN POLITICAL THINKER

The note above is the 10 colones from 1986. It has Rodrigo Facio Brenes, a Costa rican political thinker from the 40's and 50's on the front along with the university of Costa Rica building and the central Bank building on the reverse.

MORE COSTA RICAN NOTES HERE

BI-LINGUAL NOTE FROM BELGIUM

This is an interesting note as it is in two languages and two denominations . It is from 1943/4 and is a 5 frank note in french or 1 Belga in Flemish. This note was issued under German occupation which started in 1940 and ended in 1945.