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Abgar V

On August 24, 2009, the board of the Central Bank of Armenia adopted a decision on introducing a new banknote with a nominal value of AMD 100,000.

Alija Sirotanović

Despite the obvious similarities, the 10-dinar banknote and its 1000-old-dinar predecessor with the same design are older (1955) and showed Arif Heralić, a metal worker working on a blast furnace in Zenica.

Amulet

In Bolivia, the god Ekeko furnishes a standard amulet, to whom one should offer at least one banknote or a cigarette to obtain fortune and welfare.

Ang Bagong Lipunan Series

Also on June 30, 1981 the bust profile of President Ferdinand E. Marcos on the 10-peso banknote was overprinted for the Presidential Inauguration on that date.

Banknote counter

Modern banknote counting machines use a technology developed by Tokyo Calculating Machine Works of Shinagawa, Tokyo and introduced in 1962.

Banknotes of Zimbabwe

However, there was an error with early runs of the $10 banknote (Pick no. 3b), because it bears Salisbury as the name of the capital city instead of Harare.

Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie

The Bibliothèque nationale de France(BnF) : Governor Christian Noyer and President of the Bibliothèque nationale de France Bruno Racine have signed a cooperation agreement on January 3, 2012, regarding the presentation of coin and banknote collections in the furture Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie.

Guðbrandur Þorláksson

Guðbrandur Þorláksson is pictured on the now obsolete Icelandic 50 króna banknote.

Jamaican dollar

Among the critics are Finance Minister Audley Shaw, who says that the introduction of such a banknote is a sign that the Jamaican Dollar is losing value.

K. P. Chen

In 1916, both K. P. Chen and Li Ming stood up for Chang Kia-ngau and accused the government of wrongfully issuing the order when Chang's Bank of China's Shanghai office got into trouble for refusing to obey the governments order to suspend banknote remittance.

Kazakhstani tenge

2,000 tenge banknote issued in 2011 to commemorate the 7th Asian Winter Games in Astana.

Kevin Sharkey

His work has included, Samantha Mumba's bust and 'Moolah' (a life sized cow covered in 50,000 euro of real banknotes – during the height of Ireland's Celtic Tiger phenomenon).

Lao kip

On November 15, 2010 a 100,000 kip banknote was issued to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the founding of the capital, Vientiane and the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Lithuanian litas

In November 1990 The Bank of Lithuania decided to work with the United States Banknote Corporation (now American Banknote Corporation).

New Design series

The reverse side of the banknote features the Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan, site of the first Philippine Congress and where the Malolos Constitution was drafted.

Niv Horesh

Drawing on recently declassified archival materials, Niv Horesh revises previous assumptions about China's prewar economy, including the extent of foreign banknote circulation and the economic significance of the May Thirtieth Movement of 1925.

Origami paper

Banknotes are common media for folding as the subject in the center of the banknote, like George Washington, can make a striking appearance on the finished model.

Osman Waqialla

In 1967 he moved to England and worked as a consultant calligrapher to the firm of banknote makers De La Rue.

Polymer substrate

Countries whose whole banknote production is in polymer are: Australia, Romania, Vietnam and New Zealand.

Refunding Certificate

The Refunding Certificate, issued only in the $10 denomination depicting Benjamin Franklin, was a type of interest-bearing banknote issued by the United States Treasury.

Somerset Bridge, Bermuda

On a series of Bermuda pound banknotes issued from 2009, the bridge is featured on the reverse of the pink five pound note, along with Horseshoe Bay and opposite an Atlantic blue marlin.

Tamme-Lauri oak

Tamme-Lauri oak is depicted on the back side of Estonian ten kroon banknote.

The Million Pound Note

They persuade the Bank of England to issue a one million pound banknote, which they present to Adams in an envelope (only telling him that it contains some money).

Ugandan shilling

In 2005, the Bank of Uganda was considering whether to replace the low value notes such as the 1000 shilling with coins.


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