Thursday, May 17, 2012

Mozambique P-118

MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique escudo

P-118a
Value: 500 escudos
Issued by: Banco de Mocambique
Date: 22 March 1967 (Issued: 1976)
Re-validation: Overprint on Mozambique P-110

 Alfredo Augusto Caldas Xavier (1852-1896), Portuguese military engineer, explorer, and colonial administrator of Portuguese Mozambique.  

 Seal of Portuguese Mozambique and Seal of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino

Watermark: Caldas Xavier

Honduras P-81

HONDURAS
Honduran lempira (HNL)

P-81b
Value: 5 lempira
Issued by: Banco Central de Honduras
Date: 18 September 1997
Printer: De La Rue, London, England

Francisco Morazan (1792-1842)

Battle of La Trinidad, 11 November 1827

Watermark: Not available

India P-86

REPUBLIC OF INDIA
Indian rupee 

P-86d
Value: 100 rupees
Issued by: Reserve Bank of India
Date: ND (1990-1996)

Asoka Column 

Agriculture 

Watermark: Unknown 
Remark: Denomination at lower right on front right of horizontal bar
Without plate letter
Signature: S. Venkitaramanan 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Hong Kong P-182

COLONY OF HONG KONG 
Hong Kong dollar 

P-182j
Value: 10 dollars
Issued by: Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Date: 31 March 1982
Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson, New Malden, England

Britannia (allegoric woman); Seal of the Hong Kong Colony 

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Building

Watermark: Soldier's head; numeral 10

Netherlands Indies P-111

NETHERLANDS INDIES 
Netherlands Indies guilder 

P-111a
Value: 1 gulden
Issued by: Ministry of Finance
Date: ND (issued under Law of 2 March 1943)
Printer: American Bank Note Company
Purpose: Muntbiljet (Small Change State Note)

Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria (1880-1962), Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its colonial realm from 1890 to 1948; 
Coat of Arms of the Netherlands

Value and citation from the Netherlands Indies Penal Code (Wetboek van Strafrecht)

Watermark: Spotted paper
Signatures: H.J. Van Mook and R.E. Smits

Netherlands Indies P-110

NETHERLANDS INDIES 
Netherlands Indies guilder 

P-110a
Value: 50 cent
Issued by: Ministry of Finance
Date: ND (issued under Law of 2 March 1943)
Printer: American Bank Note Company
Purpose: Muntbiljet (Small Change State Note)

Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria (1880-1962), Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its colonial realm from 1890 to 1948; 
Coat of Arms of the Netherlands

Value and citation from the Netherlands Indies Penal Code (Wetboek van Strafrecht)

Watermark: Spotted paper
Signatures: H.J. Van Mook and R.E. Smits

Sunday, May 13, 2012

South Vietnam P-30

REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
South Vietnamese dong


P-30a
Value: 50 dong
Issued by: National Bank of Vietnam
Date: ND (1972)

Independence Hall in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) 

Horses 

Watermark: Vietnamese lady 

Vietnam P-119

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Vietnamese dong (VND) 

P-119a
Value: 10,000 dong
Issued by: State Bank of Vietnam
Date: 2006

 Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Vietnamese revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945-1955), and president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was a key figure in the foundation of the DR Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. 
 
Offshore oil rigs

Watermark: Traditional house on a single pole
Material: Polymer 
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