So no goodbye, but see you later!
]]>That's one of the nice things about collecting banknotes: you learn something new every day. Who would've thought that Turkmenistan was like some sort of Switzerland? (Spoiler alert: it's not)
But since we now have a sane person in the White House again, Harriet Tubman is back on the table! White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters the Treasury was "exploring ways to speed up" the process. The move would make Harriet Tubman the first African American to appear on a US banknote, and the first woman for more than 100 years. I think that's great news!
(And now, angry mails from MAGA-idiots in 3-2-1...)
]]>Did someone leave a sketch on a copying machine? Which was almost without ink?
]]>On the front, the banknote depicts a young Lapulapu, an image of the Battle of Mactan, the QCP logo, and the Karaoka, the large outrigger warships used by native Filipinos.
The back of the note shows the Philippine eagle, or the Manaol, which symbolizes clear vision, freedom, and strength; and which embodies the ancient Visayan belief that all living creatures originated from an eagle.
Also featured are the tree of a coconut, which was food the people of Samar provided to Ferdinand Magellan and his crew; and Mount Apo, which is located in Mindanao, where the circumnavigators finally found directional clues to their intended destination of Maluku or the Spice Island.
]]>I think the new series looks beautiful. If I were to design a new series for an Arabic country, it probably would look a lot like this in regards to the colors, the themes and the images.
Courtesy of Amraan Amjad.
]]>The themes per banknote:
Source of photos. Tip courtesy of Amraan Amjad.
]]>The interesting thing about this note is that it is the first banknote in the world using Cinema and Vivid security features. If you look at the video on the Cinema website, you can see how cool it is. Looking forward to see what Lebanon has done with this technique!
]]>The 100-baht note uses the same front as the regular notes but has changed the color of the note to be more yellow. This note will be issued in a volume of 20 million copies.
The 1,000-baht note has a vertical orientation. The images on the back are from the Royal Coronation Ceremony.
From the press release: The main image of the obverse of the souvenir banknote is a portrait of Leonid Kadenyuk, above which is the inscription - THE FIRST COSMONAUT OF UKRAINE; logo of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (right); under the portrait there are inscriptions: LEONID KADENIUK / 1951 LEONID 2018 / KADENIUK; to the left of the inscriptions - the element SPARK in the form of a globe that has a kinetic effect; bottom left on the background of the molecular structure - a stylized image of the plant; small State Emblem of Ukraine, over which the inscription UKRAINE and the flag of Ukraine (under the inscription KADENYUK); under the coat of arms - the number 1 (ie the first) and the image of the spacecraft; below the inscriptions: NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE; in the lower right corner of the banknote - an element made of optically variable paint (when changing the angle of the banknote, the color of the image changes from gold to green). Along the lower edge of the inscription LEONID KADENYUK,
The main image of the reverse side - the spacecraft "Colombia" against the background of the planets of the solar system; above it the inscriptions THE FIRST ASTRONAUT OF UKRAINE; on the right - number 1 and the image of the spaceship; inscriptions: 1997 (under the rocket), 2020 (below); bottom right vertically: the serial number of the banknote and the inscription - IS NOT A PAYMENT. Along the lower edge of the inscription LEONID KADENYUK, repeated six times.
The size of the note is 80×170 mm and 50,000 pieces have been issued (including 40,000 in a souvenir package).
]]>The back of the note shows the rainforest ecosystem represented with the jaguar and the ceiba and zapote trees, in the Ancient Mayan City and protected tropical forests of Calakmul, in the state of Campeche. Calakmul has been recognized as a natural and cultural world heritage site by UNESCO.
]]>Now new 1,000- and 10,000-colon notes have also been announced. They will be issued at some moment in 2021.
ANother interesting piece from the press release: "While Ethiopia has never had a symbol to represent its currency, a new symbol has been designed and will be soon unveiled to symbolize the Birr."
Engliš was the first rector of Masaryk University in Brno and from 1947 to 1948 rector of Charles University in Prague. Together with Alois Rašín (who featured the first commemorative Czech banknote), he was instrumental in the Czechoslovak currency reform after the First World War as Minister of Finance. From 1934 to 1938 he was governor of the Czechoslovak National Bank.
Now in November 2020 the design of this new note has been chosen. A total of 20,000 notes will be sold at a premium in folders.
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