banknotes

5000 Portuguese Escudos banknote (Antonio Sergio)

This banknote of 5000 Portuguese escudos features philosopher Antonio Sergio de Sousa on both sides. The back of the Cinco Mil Escudos Ouro bill shows de Sousa, with hat, walking.

You get: £5.45000

1 PTE = £0.0010900000

Allied Irish Banks Limited 5 Pounds banknote (Young girl)

This blue and purple five pounds banknote from Northern Ireland has an image of Dunluce Castle in Bushmills, County Antrim. The identity of the girl on the front of the note is unknown, as with the other banknotes issued at the same time that also feature generic portraits.

You get: £3.75000

1 NIP = £0.7500000000

Bank of England 5 Pounds Sterling banknote (Helmeted Britannia)

This blue-orange-purple British five pounds sterling banknote features Britannia and Saint George. On the £5 note a caption reads ‘Bank of England’.

You get: £4.60000

1 GBP = £0.9200000000

Bank of Scotland 5 Pounds banknote (1961-1967 series)

This Scottish five pounds sterling banknote features the coat of arms of the Bank of Scotland. The words ‘Bank of Scotland’ are printed on the note.

You get: £4.25000

1 SCP = £0.8500000000

1 Chinese Fen banknote (1953 issue)

This 1 fen banknote from China features an old lorry packed with produce. The small-sized bill’s value is equivalent to 1/100 of a Chinese Yuan.

You get: £0.00067

1 CNY = £0.0668700000

1 old Lev banknote Bulgaria

The tower building on the banknote of 1 old Bulgarian Lev is the Monument for the battle of Shipka Pass. Other elements on the old 1 BGL bill include the Bulgarian coat of arms with a lion and star.

You get: £0.00025

1 BGN = £0.0002500000

1 Swedish Krone banknote (1914 issue)

This Swedish en kronor banknote has the Swedish coat of arms flanked by two lions and a crown. On the banknote a caption reads ‘Sveriges Riksbank’, the central bank of Sweden.

You get: £0.01425

1 SEK = £0.0142500000

10 DDR Mark banknote Deutschen Notenbank (1948)

The Zehn Deutsche Mark banknote is dated 1948 and has a simple design with geometrical patterns.

You get: £0.10170

1 DEM = £0.0101700000

10 Malaysian Ringgit (1st series)

Malaysia’s First Series $10 Ringgit banknote is red coloured and decorated with geometrical patterns. The animal on the back side of the old RM10 bill is a barking dear, Malaysia’s national symbol.

You get: £1.20330

1 MYR = £0.1203300000

10 old Mexican Pesos banknote (la Tehuana)

On the front side of the old $10 Pesos banknote from Mexico is the image of an Isthmus Zapotec girl wearing a large white headdress called a resplandor. The back side of the Diez Pesos bill shows a landscape painting of the central Mexican city of Guanajuato by German artist Carl Nebel.

You get: £0.00023

1 MXN = £0.0000232000

10 South African Rand banknote (van Riebeeck framed)

The framed banknote of 10 rand from South Africa is themed around the topic ‘trade’. On the front side are the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The back side features three sailing ships on their way to Cape Town.

You get: £0.28800

1 ZAR = £0.0288000000

10 Zambian Kwacha banknote (President Kenneth Kaunda type 1989)

This blue-grey coloured banknote of ten Zambian Kwacha has the portrait of former president Kenneth David Kaunda (1924-2021) on the front side. The back side of the old K10 note from 1989 depicts the Supreme Court building and a giraffe.

You get: £0.05000

1 ZMW = £0.0050000000

100 Danish Kroner banknote 1944-1963 issue

Printed on the green colored Danish 100 hundrede kroner banknote is the text ‘Danmarks nationalbank’. The banknote has a complex design featuring fish tails.

You get: £0.54000

1 DKK = £0.0054000000

100 Finnish Markkaa banknote (1955 wheat gray)

This grey-colored Finnish sata markkaa bill features wheat crops and the coat of arms of Finland. The words ‘Suomen Pankki’ are printed on the banknote.

You get: £1.27700

1 FIM = £0.0127700000

100 Moroccan Dirhams banknote (1970 issue)

This Moroccan cent dirhams – one hundred dirhams note shows King Hassan II, Monarch of Morocco. The banknote contains the words ‘Banque Du Maroc’.

You get: £0.50200

1 MAD = £0.0050200000

100 old Polish Zlotych banknote (1948 issue)

The old 100 Zlotych banknote, dated 1948, shows the image of a male factory worker on the front side. The red coloured Sto Zlotych features the theme of ‘industry’, with an image of factories and smoking chimneys on the back side.