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

FASCIST PUPPET STATE OF CROATIA BUT NICE NOTES

These are a couple of wonderful notes from Croatia.They are the 1000 kuna and 5000 kuna notes from 1943. Unfortunately the scans don't do the colours Justice, particularly the reds of the 5000 kuna note are quite striking.

the 5000 kuna note, produced in Zagreb, has some lovely decoration and a box with a cross on it - could it be a pulpit? and thepanel with the denomination in it has almost an Islamic pattern feel to it. The reverse has a couple in traditional dress.

The 1000 kuna note is a bit plainer but still is quite intricate in the centre of the front is a frieze with two panels , The top being a battle / cavalry scene and the bottom a hunting scene. The reverse has two women in traditional dress.

Croatia from 1941 until 1945 was a fascist puppet state run by both Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. it was run by the Ustase a ultra nationalist group which murdered hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma peoples.

The present state of Croatia does not recognise this state as a historical link



Modern Croatian notes HERE and HERE

THE PATRON SAINT OF BULGARIA

This is the 1 Lev Note from 1999. As you can see, Bulgaria uses the Cyrillic script which makes identifying it that bit more interesting . it pictures St John of Rila, The patron saint of Bulgaria, who was, by all accounts the Bulgarian version of St Francis of Assisi, and was revered as a saint in his own lifetime, The reverse has the Monastery of Rila.

More Bulgarian notes HERE and HERE

 

RILA MONASTERY

MORE BANGLADESH

Here we have a note from Bangladesh. It is a 50 Taka and was issued in 2005. This note has the national assembly building on the front and the Bagha Mosque in Rajshahi on the reverse.


more from Bangladesh HERE

AZERBAIJANIAN POET

The note above is the 500 Manat note from Azerbaijan and was issued in 1993. The front of the note has the Sunni romantic poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209) and the reverse has a persian design.

You can see more notes from Azerbaijan  Here


an excerpt translated from the original persian




Haft Paykar ( the seven beauties) (1197)

Take not apart the good pearl from the string;  from him who is of evil nature flee. An evil nature acts consistently:  have you not heard that Nature does not err? The evil-natured man keeps faith with none; the erring nature does not fail to err. The scorpion since it is by nature bad— to let it live's a fault, to kill it, good. Seek knowledge,  for through knowledge you effect that doors to you be opened and not closed. He who shames not at learning can draw forth pearls from the water, rubies from the rock. Whilst he to whom no knowledge is assigned— that person (you will find) ashamed to learn. How many, keen of mind, in effort slack,  sell pottery from lack of pearls (to sell)! How many a dullard, through his being taught,  becomes the chief judge of the Seven Climes!

NEW ARGENTINIAN NOTES

Above are two notes from Argentina . The first is the 1000 pesos from the 1966-69 issue with General jose de san martin , a leader in the independence movement in south america against the spanish empire. It also has a picture  of a sailing ship on the reverse.

the second note is a one peso note from the 1908-25 issue and has "liberty" on the front and under the "Un Peso" there is a box with a watermark and the way it is written helps date the  note. they all have 1 peso but it is the way the P and E is written that decides.

you can see more notes from Argentina HERE and HERE

BANK OF ENGLAND POLYMER £5 NOTE

Northern Ireland has had them for ages, All 3 Scottish Banks now have them and finally the bank of England has released a Polymer note - the last UK bank to do so. It was issued in September of this year (2016) and has caused a bit of a stir as Sir Winston Churchill has replaced the last woman on bank of England Notes (Elizabeth Fry)

The front has Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill on the reverse.

TWO 1 POUND NOTES

These notes are two versions of the British 1 pound note issued by different banks. The lower one was issued by the Bank of England up until 1988 when the £1 coin took over and £1 notes were discontinued, likewise with the Bank of Scotland note which was issued until 1988, although the Royal bank of Scotland still issues £1 notes. 

The first note is the £1 note issued in 1981 by the Bank of Scotland, with Sir Walter Scott on the front and a sailing ship and the medallion of Pallas on the reverse.

The bank of England £1 note issued between 1981 and 1984 with Queen Elizabeth II on the front and Sir Isaac Newton on the reverse.

See more from Great Britain HERE

see more Scottish notes HERE

PEOPLE ARE GREAT - MORE VIETNAM NOTES

People have been so generous and gave me some incredible notes. Here are two of them from Vietnam

First is the 100,000 dong from 2006 with Ho Chi Minh on the front and the temple of literature on the reverse. Them there is the 10,000 dong note, again with Ho Chi Minh on the front and this time an oil platform on the reverse.

both notes are polymer plastic and you can tell the issue year from the serial number - in the case of the 10,000 dong the serial number is DR 10742329 so the first two numbers are the year code so in this case the first two numbers 10 means that the issue year is 2010

see more Vietnam notes HERE and Here  and HERE

ho chi Minh documentary