A GOOD DAY AT THE ANTIQUES FAIR

Normally I would list these individually but thought as I bought them all at the same antique fair.

So firstly we have a 50 Riels from Cambodia issued in 1972 and the front  has fishermen fishing from a boat - one on each side of the note, while the reverse has Angkor wat temple complex.

More notes from Cambodia Here

The second note is called a guerrilla note from the Philippines. during WWII the Japanese occupied the Philippines and issued its own money but resistance fighters gathered in the different provinces and had their own underground governments and this was their currency, this note was from the Negros island and is for 10 pesos.

find more notes from the Philippines HERE

you can find more info and this website that documents all the wartime money used in the Philippines

www.guerrilla-money.com

The third  note is a 10 dalasi note from The Gambia.This note, from 1996, has the sacred ibis in the centre of the front of the note with a child on the right. The reverse has the Abuko earth satellite station

More Gambian notes HERE

The next note is the 25 Piastres note from Sudan and it was issued in 1985. The front has a camel and the map of Sudan while the reverse has the Central bank of Sudan building.

More Sudan notes HERE


And finally, the last two notes are from Ethiopia. The two are similar but from different dates. Both have a boy and some long horn cows on the front and the reverse has two white throated bee-eaters and the waterfall at Tisisat. 

The first note is green and has the signature of Teferra Deguefe which dates it to 1976 . The second one, which  is black / brown on a multi coloured background is dated at 1998. There are also differing symbols on the reverse  in the far right centre.

ETHIOPIA

The Federal Republic of Ethiopia is a north eastern African country has a unique place in African countries that, apart from 5 years during world war II when the Italians invaded, it has never come under colonial rule. Emperor Haile Salassie ruled until 1974 when the military Junta , The Derg, took power.they themselves were toppled in 1991 and 3 years later Ethiopia adopted a constitution with municipal elections the following year. The Capital city is Addis ababa.
The Ethiopians have their own calendar called the Ge'ez calendar. The ethiopian year 2005 started on September 11th 2012 in the gregorian calendar.the language of Ethiopia is Amharic and the written scriot is called Ge'ez
Monetary unit: 1 Birr = 100 Santeems

The note above is a 10 Birr note from 2006 , there is a girl weaving on the front and a tractor ploughing on the reverse.