banknotes

10000 South Korean won banknote (1979 issue)

The undated 1979 issue of the 10,000 South Korean won banknote features a portrait of the fourth King of the Joseon dynastie, Sejong the Great. On the back of the old 10,000 KRW note is a pagode from the largest of the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon dynasty: Gyeongbokgung.

You get: £3.10000

1 KRW = £0.0003100000

100000 Argentine Australes banknote

Argentine president Jose Evaristo Uriburu is featured on the obverse side of this 100,000 Australes banknote. The high denomination of 100,000 (cien mil) Australes had to be issued because of the very high inflation in Argentina. The A100,000 banknote was later replaced by a bill of $10 pesos, following changeover from the austral to the … Continued

You get: £0.10000

1 ARS = £0.0000010000

100000 Russian Rubles banknote 1995

The banknote of 100,000 old Russian Rubles, dated 1995, was replaced when the Ruble was redenominated: 1000 old Rubles became 1 new Ruble. Three zeroes were dropped and this banknote was replaced by a similar looking banknote of 100 new Rubles. Both banknotes feature landmarks of Russia’s capital city Moscow.

You get: £6.00000

1 RUB = £0.0000600000

100000 Uzbekistani Som banknote (Ulugʻbek Observatory)

The front of this 100,000 Uzbekistani Som bill features a statue of Mirzo Ulug, a Timurid Sultan and an astronomer and mathematician. Standing tall beside him is an image of the Solar system. The back of the 100,000 UZS bill features the Mirzo Ulugʻbek Observatory in Samarkand. The observatory made significant contributions to astronomy as … Continued

You get: £1.00000

1 UZS = £0.0000100000

1000000 old Polish Zlotych banknote (Władysław Reymont)

Wladyslaw Reymont, Laureate of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is portrayed on the banknote of 1 Million old Polish Zlotych. The reverse side of the 1,000,000 PLZ note features a rural landscape with tree and farm.

You get: £5.02500

1 PLN = £0.0000050250

10000000 Turkish Old Lira banknote (7th emission group 1970)

This on milyon turk lirasi banknote portrays the father of the Turks, Atatürk. The paper banknote contains the words ‘Turkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi’. The value of a 10,000,000 old Turkish Lira banknote is very low as a result of prolonged hyperinflation in Turkey. Six zeroes were dropped and this banknote was replaced by a note of 10 … Continued

You get: £1.50000

1 TRL = £0.0000001500

2 American Dollars banknote

The banknote of two dollars depicts the portrait of Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father and third President of the USA. On the paper banknote a caption reads ‘Federal Reserve Note – the United States of America’. The back side shows the signing of the Declaration of Independence at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia in … Continued

You get: £1.39986

1 USD = £0.6999300000

2 Barbados Dollars banknote (National Heroes Square)

Like all other Bajan banknotes, the $2 dollars bill has an important Barbadian scientist or statesman on the front side and National Heroes Square, Bridgetown, on the back side. The man on the portrait on the front side is scientist and agronomist John Redman Bovell.

You get: £0.43902

1 BBD = £0.2195100000

2 Belgian Francs banknote (Societe Generale)

The Belgian banknote of 2 deux francs features the portrait of Queen Louise-Marie. The 2 FR note contains the words ‘société générale de Belgique’.

You get: £0.03388

1 BFR = £0.0169400000

2 Brazilian Reais banknote

The R$2 reais banknote from Brazil shows the Hawksbill turtle, a sea turtle that is critically endangered largely due to fishing practices and illicit trading in turtles and their shells. The front side of the two reais note shows the head of the Republic, a young woman wearing a crown of bay leaves in Roman … Continued

You get: £0.19356

1 BRL = £0.0967800000

2 Bulgarian Leva banknote

The banknote of 2 Bulgarian Leva features the historian Saint Paisius of Hilendar on the front side. On the back side of the violet coloured 2 leva bill is the text of Paisius’ book on the history of Bulgaria ‘Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya’.

You get: £0.00050

1 BGN = £0.0002500000

2 Polish Zlote banknote (Nieobiegowy)

This two Zloty banknote’s most striking feature is the text ‘NIEOBIEGOWY’ printed in red on both sides. It means ‘non-negotiable’ or ‘not in circulation’. The front side features the mining shaft winding tower of the Katowice coal mine.

You get: £0.01500

1 PLN = £0.0075000000

2 Singapore Dollars banknote purple (Ships series)

This two dollars banknote measures 133mm by 63mm. The paper note contains the words ‘Singapore – Singapura’. The purple colored $2 SGD banknote features a tongkan boat on the front and a Chingay procession on the backside.

You get: £0.74494

1 SGD = £0.3724700000

20 Czechoslovak Korun banknote 1988 (Jan Ámos Komensky)

The blue colored note of twenty Czechoslovak korun features the philosopher Jan Amos Komensky. On the reverse side of the Dvacet Korun bill is the tree of life and a young couple.

You get: £0.06780

1 CZK = £0.0033900000

20 Finnish Markkaa banknote (Vaino Linna)

The bill of 20 kaksikymmenta markkaa shows Vaino Linna, Finnish author. Text on the paper banknote reads ‘Suomen Pankki’. The image on the back of the twenty Finnish markkaa note shows a street in Tampere, Finland.

You get: £0.25980

1 FIM = £0.0129900000

20 Georgian Laris banknote (type 2016)

This otsi 20 Lari banknote from Georgia depicts national hero Ilya Chavchavadze. Chavchavadze was a poet and writer who was at the forefront of the Georgian nationalist movement against Russia towards the end of the 19th Century. The back of the 20 Georgian Lari bill shows the monument to King Vakhtang Gorgasalu, founder of Georgia’s … Continued

You get: £4.15920

1 GEL = £0.2079600000

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