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With our extensive list of world coins and banknotes. Our articles showcase the story of each piece. Focusing on the unique people, artifacts, and wildlife they feature. As one can not fully appreciate a banknote without knowing its story.
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Dec 7, 20221 min read
Luiz de Camões, The One-Eyed Poet: 1,000 Escudos (Angola, 1973)-Reference
This colonial-era Angolan banknote represents the 5th denomination of the Angolan Escudo (Series 1973). The observe feature a portrait of...
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Apr 18, 20221 min read
Notes Of The Conflicted Colony: 20 Escudos (Portuguese Timor, 1967)-Reference
This Portuguese Timor banknote represents the 1st denomination of the Timorese Escudo (Series 1967). The observe features a portrait of...
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Mar 8, 20224 min read
Notes Of The Reformed Dinar, The Girl: 50 Million Dinara (Yugoslavia, 1993)-Article
This Yugoslavian banknote represents the 12th denomination of the “Reformed Dinar” (6th of Series 1993). A product of dissolution of...
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May 3, 20211 min read
The Head Of Zeus: 1000 Drachmae (Greece, 1970)-Reference
This Greek banknote represents the 4th denomination of the Third Modern Drachma (Series 1964). The observe depict Zeus (God of the sky),...
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Apr 16, 20211 min read
Life On The Cook Islands, Rarotonga: 10 Dollars (Cook Islands, 1992)-Reference
This Cook Islands banknote represents the 2nd denomination of Cook Islands Dollar (Series 1992). The observe features the Cook Islands...
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Jan 9, 20213 min read
Rentenmarks, Mortgaging A Country's Future: 1 Rentenmark (Deutsche Reich, 1937)-Article
This Deutsches Reich-era banknote represents the 1st denomination, of the 1937 issued Rentenmark. The Rentenmark was first issued on the...
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Dec 16, 20201 min read
Life On The Cook Islands, Ngaputoru And Mangaia: 20 Dollars (Cook Islands, 1992)-Reference
This Cook Islands banknote represents the 3rd denomination of Cook Islands Dollar (Series 1992). The observe features islander preparing...
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Oct 31, 20202 min read
Magyar’s End, Pre-Soviet Hungry: 100 Pengo (Kingdom of Hungry, 1945)-Founder's Article
This World War II-era note represents the 2nd denomination of the Pengo Series 1945. It symbolically represents the end of Magyar...
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