OMANI 1RIAL FROM 1977

 This is the 1 Rial note from Oman issued in 1977. The front has the the national symbol of 2 crossed swords with a dagger (khanjar). The reverse has the Rustaq Fortress.

More Omani notes HERE 

PRE REVOLUTIONARY KOPEKS

The note above is a 50 Kopek note from 1915 which was released by the Russian small note treasury. This is a pre-revolutionary note from Tsarist Russia. 

The note has writing in the Cyrillic  alphabet. More info on the Cyrillic alphabets HERE

More Russian notes HERE

THREE MAHATMA GANDHI NOTES

 

Above is a lovely part set of Indian rupee notes. The first note is the 20 Rupee note in a kind of olive colour and was issued in 2020. The front has Mahatma Gandhi and the reverse has the Ellora  caves and a cute picture of Gandhi’s  spectacles.

The second note, in a turquoise colour, is the 50 rupee note from 2019, the front has the Mahatma on the front. The reverse has a monument from Hampi.

The third note is the purple 100 rupee note from 2018. Again the, mahatma on the front and Rani ki vav  on the reverse.

One the back of these note, there is a panel with 15 languages . Hindi and English are the main languages but the panel has the following languages 

Assamese

Bengali

Gujarati

Kannada

Kashmiri 

Konkani

Malayalam

Marathi

Nepali

Odia

Punjabi

Sanskrit 

Tamil

Telugu

Urdu

More Indian notes HERE

The symbol for rupee  (₹) 

LOVELY DESIGNS ON A 200 RIAL NOTES

 Yellow seems to be the in colour at the moment. This note is the Yemeni 200 Rial note from 1439 in the Islamic calendar or 2017/18 in the Gregorian calendar . The front has the fortress at Zabid and the reverse has a landscape in the Al Mahrah Governorate. I like the designs on the edges which meet up if you make the note into a tube.

More Yemeni Notes HERE

DIX MILLE LIVRES DE BANQUE DU LIBAN

 

This lovely note is the 10,000 Livres from Lebanon and is dated 2014.  The front has the cedar tree, the symbol of Lebanon and 10000 in Arabic numerals. The reverse has the martyr’s monument in Beruit. 

You can find more Lebanese notes HERE

POLYMER COSTA RICAN 1000 COLONES

 This is the 1000 Colones note from Costa Rica. It’s the series 3 from 2019. It has Bráulio Carrillo Colina on the front with a Guanacaste tree, a whitetailed deer and some Costa Rican nightblooming cactus on the reverse. This is a lovely polymer note.

More Costa Rican notes HERE

THE FINAL THREE NOTES FROM THE IRANIAN SET

 

So this time we have 3 notes from the Islamic Republic of Iran. They are the 5000, 10,000 , and 20,000 Rial notes. 

The first two images are the 5000 Rial note which has the Ayatollah Khomeini on the front and pottery from Zabol on the reverse.  The date of this note is 2013 and it is from the 3 series of that note.

Images 3 and 4 are the 10,000 rial note and has the Ayatollah Khomeini on the from but on the left hand side of the note - all the other notes I have , have him on the right side. The Back has the tomb of the Persian poet Hafez, in Shiraz . This note is from 2017. 

And finally the 20,000 Rial note, with the Ayatollah on the front and on the back is the windcatchers of Abarkooh. This note is from 2014.

All 3 notes have the Ayatollah as the watermark but in the 10,000 Rial note Ayatollah Khomeini is looking down and wearing glasses as if he was reading.

THE SECOND IF THE IRANIAN NOTE SET

 

These two notes are the 1000 and 2000 rial notes from the Islamic Republic of Iran. The first two images are the 1000 rial note with Ayatollah Khomeini on the front and the dome on the rock, Jerusalem on the back. The issue dates are between 1992 and 2019 but the have the no 35 signature combination. 

The 2000 Rial note has the Ayatollah on the front and the back has the Kaaba , which is the cube at the centre of the mosque in Mecca. The dates above apply to this note and it has the same signature combination too.

Ayatollah Khomeini is the watermark on both.

Inside the Kaaba

THE FIRST OF A SET OF IRANIAN NOTES

 

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These notes above are the 200 and 500 rial notes from the Islamic Republic of Iran. The top two images are the obverse (front) and reverse (back) of the 200 Rial  note. The front has the Jame mosque of Yazd and the back has farmers. The actual date is a bit more complicated. We know that it’s from the issue period of between 1981-2005 and has the signature no 28 (from the standard catalog of world paper money).

The 500 Rial note is the bottom two images with the front having the image of a prayer gathering and the Feyziyed madressa  Religious school in Qom at the bottom left. The back has the entrance gates to Tehran university. Again it doesn’t have a date so it’s from the 2003-2009 issue with the signature combination 33

Both notes have Ayatollah khomeini as the watermark

IRAN SET

 

A RATHER LOVELY BIRTHDAY PRESENT

 The note above is a one pound note (£) from the national bank of Scotland. The national bank was founded in 1825 in Edinburgh, Scotland and was a commercial bank until 1918 when Lloyds bank took them over. They continued to use the name until 1959. After a few takeovers it eventually became part of the Royal bank of Scotland, which still operates today. 

This is the second £1 note from this bank but this is in a much better condition and was issued in 1958, one year earlier than my previous one. A wee thank you to my friend Gillian  who gave me this beautiful note. You can see more notes from Scotland HERE

WEIMAR REPUBLIC HYPERINFLATION NOTE

The note above is the 100000 mark note from the Weimar Republic.This was the first of 11 issues in 1923, which was at the height of the period of hyperinflation . On the left is georg giese a prominent merchant from the 1500’s 
 

5 NAKFA NOTE FROM ERITREA

 

This is a 5 Nakfa note issued in 1997, from Eritrea. this one adds to the two in the collection already. i have the 1 and the 10 Nakfa notes so  the 5 Nakfa make a run of 3. the 5 Nakfa has a similar design but instead of the 3 females on the 1 and 10 notes, this has 3 males on the front and a Jacaranda tree on the reverse 

More Eritrean Notes HERE

SOMALIAN 1000 SHILIN

This is the 1000 shilin note from Somalia, issued in 1996. it has women weaving baskets on the front and the port of mogadishu on the reverse.

More notes Here

 

TWO NOTES FROM GUINEA

 These two notes are from Guinea. although they have the 1st march 1960 on the notes, they were actually issued in 2006 and 2015 respectively. the 1000franc note has a girl on the front and ore mining on the back. the 100 franc note has a woman on the front and banana harvesting on the back.

More Guinea notes HERE

GREEN AND BLUE NOTES FROM TANZANIA

 Two notes from Tanzania here the 500 and the 1000 shillings notes. Both are from the 2010 issue. the green 500 shillings note has sheik Abeid Amani karume, the first president of Zanzibar, on the front and central Hall of the Dar es Salaam university on the reverse. whereas the blue 1000 shilling note has julius kambarage Nyerere on the front and the State house on the reverse.

More Notes from Tanzania HERE

SINGLE FIGURE BANKNOTES FROM ZIMBABWE

These 2 notes were issued in 2019, from the reserve bank of Zimbabwe. both notes have the chiremba, balancing rock formation on the front with the 2 dollar having the parliament building and a tourch on the reverse. the 5 dollar note has Giraffs on the reverse.

 More Zimbabwean notes here