Showing posts with label Oceania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oceania. Show all posts

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Fiji P-NEW

FIJI
Fiji dollar

P-NEW
Value: 5 dollars
Issued by: Reserve Bank of Fiji
Date: ND (2012)

Kulawai (red-throated lorikeet); Kato ni Masima (salt basket)

Crested iguana; Balaka palm; Masiratu flower; Mount Valili in Vanua Levu

Clear Window: i-Taukei man (native Fijian)
Printer: De La Rue, London
Material: Polymer

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Samoa P-38

Country or State: SAMOA
Currency: Samoan tala (ISO 4217 Code: WST)

P-38a
Value: 5 tala
Dimension: 141 × 72 mm
Features
Obverse:
Samoan fale and trees in a bay 

Reverse:
Villa Vailima, former residence of Robert Louis Stevenson in Mount Vaea; currently official residence of Samoan Head of State

Watermark: Malietoa Tanumafili II
Date: ND (2008)
Issued by: Central Bank of Samoa

Papua New Guinea P-29

Country or State: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Currency: Papua New Guinean kina (ISO 4217 Code: PGK)

P-28
Value: 5 kina
Dimension: 140 × 70 mm
Features
Obverse:
Parliament House; National Emblem of Papua New Guinea

 Reverse:
Traditional currencies of Papua New Guinea: Hombuli mask from Sepik, a Kina shell necklace, and shell necklace from New Ireland province

Material: Polymer 
Clear window: Complex clear window incorporating a vignette of the Bank of PNG logo
Shadow image: Bank of PNG logo
Date: 2008 (the first two numbers of the serial number give the last two numbers of the year of issue)
Issued by: Bank of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea P-28

Country or State: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Currency: Papua New Guinean kina (ISO 4217 Code: PGK)

P-28
Value: 2 kina
Dimension: 140 × 70 mm
Features
Obverse:
Parliament House; National Emblem of Papua New Guinea

Reverse:
Mount Hagen axe; Kula arm band from Milne Bay; engraved dogs teeth from Bouganville; clay pot from the Sepik region

Material: Polymer 
Clear window: Complex clear window incorporating a vignette of the Bank of PNG logo
Shadow image: Bank of PNG logo
Date: 2007 (the first two numbers of the serial number give the last two numbers of the year of issue)
Issued by: Bank of Papua New Guinea

New Zealand P-185

Country or State: NEW ZEALAND
Currency: New Zealand dollar (ISO 4217 Code: NZD)

P-185a
Value: 5 dollars
Dimension: 135 × 66 mm
Features
Obverse:
Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, at the of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest; 
Aoraki/Mount Cook; Massey Ferguson TE20 tractor 

Reverse:
Hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin); Campbell Island scene

Material: Polymer
Watermark: Queen Elizabeth II
Signature: Donald Thomas Brash (Governor of RBNZ)
Date: 1999 (the first two numbers of the serial number give the last two numbers of the year of issue)
Issued by: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Printer: Note Printing Australia

New Zealand P-170

Country or State: NEW ZEALAND
Currency: New Zealand dollar (ISO 4217 Code: NZD)

P-170c
Value: 2 dollars
Dimension: 142 × 72.5 mm
Features
Obverse:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand (1952-present)

Reverse:
Titipounamu (rifleman bird); mistletoe

Watermark: Captain James Cook
Date: ND (1981-1992)
Issued by: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson, New Malden, England

Monday, September 5, 2011

Fiji P-110

Country or State: FIJI
Currency: Fiji dollar (ISO 4217 Code: FJD)

P-110a
Value: 5 dollars
Dimension: 137 × 66 mm
Features
Obverse:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Fiji (1952-1987), currently Paramount Chief of Fiji 

Reverse:
Mount Valili; crested iguana; Balaka palm; Masiratu flower

Watermark: Fijian head
Date: ND (2007)
Issued by: Reserve Bank of Fiji
Printer: Thomas de la Rue, London

Australia P-43

Country or State: AUSTRALIA
Currency: Australian dollar (ISO 4217 Code: AUD)

P-43e

Value: 2 dollars
Dimension: 152 × 76 mm
Features
Obverse:
John Macarthur (1767-1834), British military officer, entrepreneur, politician and pioneer of settlement in Australia; Merino sheep 

Reverse:
William James Farrer (1845-1906), Australian agronomist and plant breeder; wheat

Watermark: Captain James Cook
Signatures: Robert A. Johnston (Governor of RBA); Bernard W. Fraser (Secretary to the Treasury)
Date: ND (1974-1985)
Issued by: Reserve Bank of Australia

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Tonga P-38

Country or State: TONGA 
Currency: Tongan pa'anga (ISO 4217 Code: TOP)

P-38
Value: 2 pa'anga
Dimension: 151 × 70 mm
Features
Obverse:
King George Tupou V (1948-2012), King of Tonga from 2006 until his death on March 18, 2012. 

Reverse:
School; rugby players

Watermark: King George Tupou V
Date: ND (2009)
Issued by: Pangike Pule Fakafonua 'o Tonga (National Reserve Bank of Tonga)

Tonga P-37

Country or State: TONGA 
Currency: Tongan pa'anga (ISO 4217 Code: TOP)

P-37
Value: 1 pa'anga
Dimension: 151 × 70 mm
Features
Obverse:
King George Tupou V (1948-2012), King of Tonga from 2006 until his death on March 18, 2012.

Reverse:
Pacific Ocean's whale

Watermark: King George Tupou V
Date: ND (2009)
Issued by: Pangike Pule Fakafonua 'o Tonga (National Reserve Bank of Tonga)

Solomon Islands P-25

Country or State: SOLOMON ISLANDS
Currency: Solomon Islands dollar (ISO 4217 Code: SBD)

P-25
Value: 2 dollars 
Dimension: 140 × 70 mm
Features
Obverse:
Coat of Arms and Flag of the Solomon Islands 

Reverse:
Traditional fishermen 

Watermark: Head of an eagle
Date: ND (2006)
Issued by: Central Bank of Solomon Islands
Remark: Ascending serial number

Monday, August 29, 2011

Australia P-57

Country or State: AUSTRALIA
Currency: Australian dollar (ISO 4217 Code: AUD)

P-57f
Value: 5 dollars
Dimension: 130 × 65 mm
Features
Obverse:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952-present); eucalyptus leaves 

Reverse:
Old and New Parliament Houses, Canberra 

Material: Polymer
Shadow image: Coat of Arms of Australia
Window: Eucalyptus leaf
Date: 2008 (the first two numbers of the serial number give the last two numbers of the year of issue
Signatures: Glenn R. Stevens (Governor, RBA); Kenneth R. Henry (Secretary to the Treasury)
Issued by: Reserve Bank of Australia
Printer: Note Printing Australia