Archive for August 2006

Belize is an adventurer’s paradise… Front : Belize (1991) $2 Back : Belize (1991) $2 …. the stuff of Indiana Jones with Mayan temples, huge rainforest canopies, marine wildlife, aqua activities and more. Rich with flora, fuana and sea, it’s caribbean paradise at its best. The tapir is Belize’s National Animal. Banknote Common Attributes –…

Belize is an adventurer’s paradise… Front : Belize (1991) $2 Back : Belize (1991) $2 …. the stuff of Indiana Jones with Mayan temples, huge rainforest canopies, marine wildlife, aqua activities and more. Rich with flora, fuana and sea, it’s caribbean paradise at its best. The tapir is Belize’s National Animal. Banknote Common Attributes –…

Red-brown and orange on multicolored underprint. Tassili cave carvings of animals at lower center,…. Front : Algeria (1998) 1000 Dinars Back : Algeria (1998) 1000 Dinars …. water buffalo’s head at right and as watermark. Hoggar cave painting of antelope at left , ruins at center on back. The banknote is based on Algeria’s prehistoric…

The banknote carries a reproduction of the Queen, a canoe masthead symbol of Reserve Bank… Front : Fiji (2002)$10 Back : Fiji (2002) $10 …. Manusa bird on front, left bottom. A quick google on this bird did not produce any details about this bird. Any ideas anyone? On the reverse is the Parliament House…

Last year The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) issued a £5 banknote in honor of Jack William Nicklaus, aka “The Golden Bear” who played in his 38th final at St. Andrews Open Championship. RBS presented Jack Nicklaus with a frame displaying three of the commemorative notes, which bear the serial numbers 1966, representing his…

Last month the Bank of Korea unveiled the design for the new W1,000 note. This note supposed to have better security features and expected to issue in 2007. The color has changed from red to blue. The image of Yi Hwang, a prominent Confucian scholar of the Chosun era (1392-1910), remains, but the back now…

Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz (July 17, 1843 -October 19, 1914) was an army general who served as President of Argentina…… Front : 1000 Australes (1988-90) Back : 1000 Australes (1988-90) …. from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904. Banknote 1000 Australes – front…

The face on the front of the banknote is that of the famous Polish son Mikolaj Kopernik aka Nicolas Copernicus. Front : Poland 1982 1000 Zlotych Back : Poland 1982 1000 Zlotych Nicolas was born February 19, 1473 in Torun, Poland. Copernicus was a proponent of the theory that the Sun, and not the Earth,…

Tabular Barter The first people didn’t buy goods from other people with money. They used barter. Barter is the exchange of personal possessions of value for other goods that you want. This kind of exchange started at the beginning of humankind and is still used today. From 9,000-6,000 B.C., livestock was often used as a…