banknotes

500 Kenyan Shillings banknote (1995)

The National Assembly building of the Republic of Kenya is featured on the reverse side of this 500 Kenyan Shilling note.

You get: £1.48500

1 KES = £0.0029700000

500 New Taiwan Dollar banknote

The 500 new Taiwan dollar or yuan banknote celebrates Taiwan’s favourite sport, baseball. It shows a youth team celebrating a win by throwing their caps in the air, and a pitcher in action. The reverse of the 500 TWD note features a herd of Sika deer, with Dabajian Mountain in the background.

You get: £9.46000

1 TWD = £0.0189200000

500 Pakistani Rupees banknote

You get: £0.89000

1 PKR = £0.0017800000

500 Sri Lankan rupees banknote (Drummers)

The Heritage Series Sri Lankan 500 Rupees banknote features musicians and a dancer on the front, and a kingfisher, an orchid and a temple on the rear.

You get: £0.64500

1 LKR = £0.0012900000

500 Thai Baht banknote (Mature King Rama IX)

This purple and red-violet 500 baht note shows the portrait of a mature King Rama IX. Printed on the paper banknote is the text ‘Bank of Thailand’. On the backside of the 500 THB are the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, King Rama I with hat and Rama II with sword.

You get: £6.55500

1 THB = £0.0131100000

500 Uruguayan Peso banknote (Alfredo Vásquez Acevedo)

Alfredo Vásquez Acevedo was a prominent Uruguayan lawyer, educator and politician. He played an important role in developing Uruguay’s education system and is featured on the obverse of this 500 UYU bill. The back of this 500 Uruguayan Peso banknote features the Republic University building.

You get: £6.56000

1 UYU = £0.0131200000

500,000 Peruvian intis banknote

The 500,000 Intis banknote from Peru shows Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes, whose portrait is also on the 10 Intis banknote. On the reverse side of the Quinientos Mil Intis bill is the Iglesia de la Caridad church in Lima.

You get: £0.22000

1 PEN = £0.0000004400

5000 CFP francs banknote (2014)

The blue coloured banknote of 5000 CFP francs features marine life of the French overseas collectivities of French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna. The fish on the ₣5000 francs bill include pennant coralfish, a humphead wrasse and an oyster with pearl.

You get: £26.70000

1 XPF = £0.0053400000

5000 CFP francs banknote (Bougainville & Despointes)

The 5000 CFP francs banknote from French Polynesia shows Louis Antoine de Bougainville, admiral and explorer on the front side with tree sailing ships from the French Navy ‘Marine Nationale’. The portrait on the back side is that of admiral Auguste Febvrier-Despointes, first commandant of New Caledonia.

You get: £20.85000

1 XPF = £0.0041700000

5000 Chilean Pesos banknote (Gabriela Mistral)

The red-carmin coloured banknote of $5,000 Chilean Pesos features the portrait of national hero Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957). On the back side is the tropical rain forest of Chili’s national park ‘La Campana’.

You get: £3.10000

1 CLP = £0.0006200000

5000 Chilean Pesos banknote (type 1981 to 2008)

The old 5,000 Chilean Pesos note is fondly known as a ‘gabriela’. It has a portrait of the Chilean writer and educator Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, who was better known by her nom de plume Gabriela Mistral. Mistral was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1945, becoming the first Latin American writer to achieve this … Continued

You get: £2.35000

1 CLP = £0.0004700000

5000 Colombian Pesos banknote (Silva type Nocturno)

Colombian poet José Asunción Silva is featured on this $5000 pesos banknote, along with his most famous poem ‘Nocturno’ in a very small font. The woman on the back is Silva’s sister, Elvira. The poem was written in response to her death.

You get: £0.70000

1 COP = £0.0001400000

5000 Costa Rican Colones polymer banknote (Alfredo González Flores)

Alfredo González Flores is featured alongside the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica building on the obverse side of this Cinco Mil Colones banknote. The back of the polymer 2000 CRC bill depicts a mangrove swamp, the flowers of the red mangrove, a Panamanian white-faced capuchin and a racer mangrove crab.

You get: £5.85000

1 CRC = £0.0011700000

5000 Dracme Cassa Mediterranea banknote

This banknote of 5000 dracme is purple-pink colored and features the statue of Biblical hero David by Italian sculptor Michelangelo. Text on the five thousand drachmai banknote reads ‘Cassa Mediterranea di Credito per la Grecia’ and ‘Buono per Cinquemila dracme’.

You get: £10.05000

1 GRD = £0.0020100000

5000 French Francs banknote (Banque de l’Algerie)

The French bill of 5000 cinq mille francs features the text ‘Trésor’, printed on a Banque de l’Algérie banknote. Printed on the banknote is the text ‘Banque de France’.

You get: £3.15000

1 FRF = £0.0006300000

5000 French Francs banknote (Henry IV)

The banknote of 5000 cinq mille francs depicts the image of King Henry IV of France. On the five thousand franc note a caption reads ‘Banque de France’.