Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Sri Lanka P-115

SRI LANKA
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)

P-115
Value: 10 rupees
Issued by: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Date: 12 December 2001

Sinhalese chinze 

Presidential Secretariat Building in Colombo

Watermark: Sinhalese chinze with a sword (Part of Sri Lankan Coat of Arms) 
Printer: Thomas de la Rue, London

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Philippines P-208

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Philippine peso (PHP)

P-208
Value: 100 piso
Issued by: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Date: 2010

Manuel Acuna Roxas (1892-1948), the fifth president of the Philippines from 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948; old BSP building in Manila; Inauguration of the Third Philippine Republic. 

Mayon Volcano in Albay; whale shark (Rhincodon typus); Bicol textile design. 

Watermark: Manuel A. Roxas
Printer: FC Oberthur, France

Tajikistan P-14

REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
Tajikistani somoni (TJS)

P-14a(1)
Value: 1 somoni
Issued by: National Bank of Tajikistan
Date: 1999

Mirzo Tursunzoda (1911-1977), an important poet and a prominent Tajik political figure. 

National Bank of Tajikistan building in Dushanbe. 

Watermark: Mirzo Tursunzoda

Uzbekistan P-82

REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekistan som (UZS)

P-82
Value: 1,000 som 
Issued by: Uzbekiston Republikasy Markaziy Banki 
Date: 2001

Coat of Arms

Amir Temur Museum, Tashkent

Watermark: Coat of Arms; numeral 1000

Turkmenistan P-17

TURKMENISTAN
Turkmenistani manat (TMT)

P-17
Value: 50 manat
Issued by: Turkmenistanyn Merkezi Banky
Date: 2005

Obverse:
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (1940-2006), first President of Turkmenistan from 1991 until his death. 

Reverse:
Golden Horse "Yanardag" of the Achalteks.

Watermark: Saparmurat Niyazov

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Tajikistan P-20

REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
Tajikistani somoni (TJS)

P-20
Value: 3 somoni
Issued by: National Bank of Tajikistan
Date: 2010

Shirinsho Shotemur (1899-1937), a prominent Tajik politician of the 20th century, who has made a major contribution to the early history of the Soviet Tajikistan. 

Majlisi Oli (Parliament) building in Dushanbe. 

Watermark: Shirinsho Shotemur

Laos P-NEW

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Lao kip (LAK) 

P-NEW
Value: 2,000 kip
Issued by: Bank of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Date: 2011

Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992), leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. He served as the first Prime Minister of the LPDR from 1975 until 1991 and then as President from 1991 until his death; Wat Xieng Thong (Golden City Temple) in Luang Prabang. 

Hydroelectric complex.

Watermark: Kaysone Phomvihane; ornament

Suriname P-139

REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
Surinamese guilder

P-139b
Value: 100 gulden
Issued by: Centrale Bank van Suriname
Date: 10 February 1998
Printer: Thomas de La Rue and Company, Ltd., London

Central Bank building, Paramaribo; factory. 

Strip mining; toucan bird (Ramphastos tucanus).

Watermark: Toucan's head

Suriname P-138

REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
Surinamese guilder

P-138c
Value: 25 gulden
Issued by: Centrale Bank van Suriname
Date: 1 December 1996
Printer: Thomas de La Rue and Company, Ltd., London

Central Bank building, Paramaribo; Olympic sprinters. 

Anthony Conrad Nesty (born 1967), Surinamese interntional swimmer who was an Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meters butterfly event in 1988; toucan bird (Ramphastos tucanus).

Watermark: Toucan's head

Suriname P-132

REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
Surinamese guilder

P-132b
Value: 25 gulden
Issued by: Centrale Bank van Suriname
Date: 9 January 1988
Printer: Thomas de La Rue and Company, Ltd., London

Cornelis Gerard Anton de Kom (1898-1945), Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author;
Part of the Monument of the Revolution in Paramaribo; row houses and famous building in Paramaribo. 

Toucan bird (Ramphastos tucanus); speaker in front of a small crowd.

Watermark: Toucan's head
Signature: Henk Otmar Goedschalk (President)

Suriname P-128

REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
Surinamese guilder

P-128b
Value: 100 gulden
Issued by: Centrale Bank van Suriname
Date: 1 November 1985
Printer: Johan Enschede, Netherlands

Part of the Monument of the Revolution (Military Coup of the 25th of February 1980) in Paramaribo.

Presidential Palace and Residence at Onafhankelijkheidsplein (Independence Square) in Paramaribo.

Watermark: Parrot's head
Signature: Henk Otmar Goedschalk (President)

Suriname P-127

REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
Surinamese guilder

P-127b
Value: 25 gulden
Issued by: Centrale Bank van Suriname
Date: 1 November 1985
Printer: Johan Enschede, Netherlands

Part of the Monument of the Revolution (Military Coup of the 25th of February 1980) in Paramaribo.

Presidential Palace and Residence at Onafhankelijkheidsplein (Independence Square) in Paramaribo.

Watermark: Parrot's head
Signature: Henk Otmar Goedschalk (President)

Suriname P-121

REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
Surinamese guilder

P-121
Value: 10 gulden
Issued by: Centrale Bank van Suriname
Date: 1 September 1963
Printer: Johan Enschede, Netherlands

Woman with basket full of fruits; torch and banner.

Coat of Arms

Watermark: Parrot's head
Signature: Victor Maximiliaan de Miranda (President)

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Peru P-145

REPUBLIC OF PERU
Peruvian inti 

P-145
Value: 100,000 intis
Issued by: Banco Central de Reserva del Peru
Date: 21 December 1989
Printer: Banco de Mexico

Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes (1816-1880), Peruvian military hero and declared patron of the Army of Peru in 1951. Bolognesi dead in an effort to defense the town of Arica from Chilean assault in the War of the Pacific. 

Lake Titicaca with ancient Peruvian sailing reed boats. 

Watermark: Francisco Bolognesi

Peru P-136

REPUBLIC OF PERU
Peruvian inti 

P-136b
Value: 1,000 intis
Issued by: Banco Central de Reserva del Peru
Date: 28 June 1988
Printer: Thomas de la Rue and Company, Ltd., London

Andres Avelino Caceres Dorregaray (1836-1923), three times President of Peru and considered a national hero for leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879-1883), where he fought as a general in the Peruvian Army. 

Ruins of Chan Chan, located near Trujillo, the largest Pre-Columbian city in South America. 

Watermark: Andres Avelino Caceres Dorregaray

Peru P-134

REPUBLIC OF PERU
Peruvian inti 

P-134b
Value: 500 intis
Issued by: Banco Central de Reserva del Peru
Date: 26 June 1987
Printer: Bundesdruckerei, Berlin, Germany

Tupac Amaru II (1742-1781), leader of indigenous uprising in 1780 against the Spanish in Peru. Although unsuccesful, he later became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle of independence and indigenous rights movement. Tupac Amaru II was beheaded after being tortured by the Spaniards.   

Andes Mountains; a mountain hiker. 

Watermark: Tupac Amaru II

Peru P-133

REPUBLIC OF PERU
Peruvian inti 

P-133
Value: 100 intis
Issued by: Banco Central de Reserva del Peru
Date: 26 June 1987
Printer: Bundesdruckerei, Berlin, Germany

Ramon Castilla y Marquesado (1797-1867), Peruvian caudillo (military leader) and President of Peru for four times. 

Woman at work at a ring spinning machine (cotton spinning frame). 

Watermark: Ramon Castilla

Peru P-131

REPUBLIC OF PERU
Peruvian inti 

P-131b
Value: 50 intis
Issued by: Banco Central de Reserva del Peru
Date: 26 June 1987
Printer: Casa da Moeda do Brasil

Nicolas de Pierola (1839-1913), a prominent Peruvian politician, the Finance Minister, and twice President of the Republic of Peru (from 1879 to 1881 and 1895 to 1899). 

Drilling rig. 

Watermark: Nicolas de Pierola