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Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

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1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain $10 obverse 1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

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1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain $5 obverse
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...

1793–1877 ruler of Argentina, 1829–1852 $20 obverse
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

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1821–1906 President, 1862–1868 $2 obverse
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

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1843–1914 President, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 $100 obverse
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

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1811–1888 President, 1868–1874 $50 obverse

*See also Argentina in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan , MBE was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament....

1861–1932 suffragette, first woman elected to Parliament, 1920–1924 $50 reverse 1995
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
$5 obverse 1992
John Flynn
John Flynn (minister)
John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.-Biography:...

1880–1951 founder, Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1928 $20 reverse 1994
Mary Gilmore
Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore DBE was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist.-Early life:Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales...

1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993
Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...

1861–1931 international opera soprano, 1886–1926 $100 obverse 1996
John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...

1865–1931 general during World War I $100 reverse 1996
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

1815–1896 The Father of the Federation $5 obverse 2001
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

1864–1941 poet, author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) $10 obverse 1993
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney.-Early life:...

1777–1855 businesswoman $20 obverse 1994
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...

1825–1910 politician, journalist, suffragette $5 reverse 2001
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
David Unaipon was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. He was the most widely known Aboriginal in Australia, and broke stereotypes of Aboriginals...

1872–1967 inventor, writer $50 obverse 1995

*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since 2212
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

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1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 $100 obverse 9090
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain
Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

1849–1931 suffragist $50 reverse
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...

1849–1931 founder, Victorian Order of Nurses, 1893 $50 reverse
Elizabeth II
Style of the Canadian sovereign
The title and style of the Canadian sovereign is the formal mode of address of the monarch of Canada. The form is based on those that were inherited from the United Kingdom and France, used in the colonies to refer to the reigning monarch in Europe...

1926- Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$20 obverse
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

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1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948 $50 obverse
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

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1941-1919 7th Prime Minister, 1896–1911 $5 obverse
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

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1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 $10 obverse
Nellie Mooney McClung
Nellie McClung
Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...

1873–1951 suffragist $50 reverse
Louise Crummy McKinney
Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...

1868–1931 first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire, 1917–1921 $50 reverse
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...

1868–1933 British Empire's first woman judge, 1916–1933 $50 reverse
Irene Marryat Parlby
Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...

1868–1965 first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta, 1921–1935 $50 reverse

*See also Canada Banknotes Out of Circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi
Fifth series of the renminbi
The fifth series of the renminbi is the current coin and banknote series of the Chinese currency, the renminbi. They were progressively introduced since 1999 and consist of ¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1 coins, and ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 notes. ¥20 is a new denomination.-First edition:Coins of the first...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

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1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 ¥1 obverse 2004
¥5 obverse 2002
¥10 obverse 2001
¥20 obverse 2000
¥50 obverse 2001
¥100 obverse 1999

*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...


Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso
Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...

1865–1896 poet $5,000 obverse 1995
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...

1792–1840 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain $2,000 obverse 2005
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister and Labor Minister , mayor of Bogotá and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off...

1903–1948 Labor Party leader, two-time presidential candidate, assassinated during second campaign $1,000 both 2005
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer.Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería...

1865–1920 astronomer $20,000 obverse 1996
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....

1837–1895 writer, politician, soldier $50,000 obverse 1992
Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...

1795–1817 seamstress, spy, executed by Spain $10,000 obverse 1995

Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...


Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila was a bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats under Italian rule....

1812–1882 Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture 10 kn obverse 1994
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

1643–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse
Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...

1589–1638 Baroque poet 50 kn obverse
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...

1801–1859 ban, 1848–1859; abolished serfdom 20 kn obverse
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

1450–1524 poet and humanist 500 kn obverse
Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranic
Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

1814–1890 ban, 1873–1880; modernized economy and education 100 kn obverse
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force...

1871–1928 founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, 1905 200 kn obverse
Ante Starčević
Ante Starcevic
Ante Starčević , was a Croatian politician and writer whose activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.His works are base for Croatian nationalism, he is often referred to as Father of the Fatherland by Croats.-Life:...

1823–1896 politician and writer 1,000 kn obverse
Tomislav
Tomislav
King Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 910–925, and then became first King of the Croatian Kingdom in 925–928....

???-928 1st King of Croatia, 925-928 1,000 kn reverse
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

1621–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse

Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....


Currency: Czech Krone (since 1918)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ottokar I of Bohemia
Ottokar I of Bohemia
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1155–1230 First heredetary king of Bohemia 20 czk obverse 1993 - 2008
Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

1211–1282 medieval Bohemian princess 50 czk obverse 1993 - 2011
Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

1346–1348 king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor 100 czk obverse 1993
John Amos Comenius 1592–1670 bishop of Unity of the Brethren 200 czk obverse 1993
Božena Němcová
Božena Nemcová
Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...

1820–1862 author 500 czk obverse 1993
František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...

1798–1876 historian and politician 1000 czk obverse 1993
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.- Biography :...

1878–1930 Czech operatic soprano 2000 czk obverse 1993
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1850–1937 president of Czechoslovakia 5000 czk obverse 1993

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...

1859–1935 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...

1849–1927 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...

1885–1962 author 50 kr obverse 2005
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...

1885–1962 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922 500 kr obverse 2003
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.-Early life:...

1812–1890 actress, 1827–1864 200 kr obverse 2003
Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...

1865–1931 composer, conductor, violinist 100 kr obverse 2002

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

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1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pt.50 reverse 1996
£1 reverse 1979
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

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unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE £10 reverse 2003

*See also Egypt Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (1992–2010)
Symbol: KR
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist. With respect to the latter, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns...

1839–1907 linguist, theologian, folklorist 10 KR obverse 1991
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...

1841–1882 established Estonia's first political newspaper Sakala, 1878 500 KR obverse 1991
Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

1916–1975 chess grandmaster 5 KR obverse 1991
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...

1843–1886 poet 100 KR obverse 1991
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....

1878–1940 author 25 KR obverse 1991
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...

1873–1918 composer, organist 50 KR obverse 1994
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a...

1792–1879 biologist, pioneer of embryology 2 KR obverse 1992

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen was a prince of Transylvania , duke of Opole and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary. His last armed intervention in 1626 was part of the Thirty Years' War...

1580–1629 Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629; led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy 2,000 Ft both 1998
Charles I
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

1288–1342 King of Hungary, 1308–1342 200 Ft obverse 1998
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

1443–1490 King of Hungary, 1458–1490 1,000 Ft obverse 1998
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

1803–1876 statesman and reformer 20,000 Ft obverse 2001
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

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1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 500 Ft obverse 1998
Stephen I 975-1038 1st King of Hungary, 1006–1038 10,000 Ft obverse 1997
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

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1791–1860 statesman and political theorist 5,000 Ft obverse 1999

*See also Hungary in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir ????-???? 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir was the daughter of the Icelandic priest Jón Arason and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir. She was one of twelve children and was an active seamstress. She taught this skill actively. Ragnheiður became the wife of two consecutive bishops in the Hólar see -- Gísli...

1646–1715 developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr both 1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is one of the most famous artists of Iceland.The paintings of Kjarval vary greatly in style. Most of them are rather realistic presentations of the Icelandic landscape whereas others are more influenced by a somewhat mythical style...

1885–1972 painter 2,000 kr obverse 1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the 19th century independence movement 500 kr both 1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. He is currently pictured on the Icelandic 1000 krónur bill....

1605–1675 Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature 1,000 kr obverse 1984
Gísli Þorláksson ????-???? Lutheran bishop of Hólar, 1657–1684; husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir ????-???? 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986

India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs.
See also Indian rupee
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

1869–1948 political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement Rs.5 obverse 2002
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Rs.100 obverse 1996
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Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Hassan Modarres
Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres , was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth...

1870–1937 notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...

100 ریال obverse 1985-
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

1902–1989 leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

1000 ریال obverse 1992-
2000 ریال obverse 2005-
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10000 ریال obverse 1992-
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50000 ریال obverse 2005-
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Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currency: New Sheqel (since 1985)
Symbol:
See also Israeli new sheqel
Israeli new sheqel
The Israeli New Shekel is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

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1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 ₪50 obverse 1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

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1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 ₪100 obverse
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

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1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 ₪20 obverse
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

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1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1973 ₪200 obverse

*See also Israel in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥
See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Higuchi Ichiyō 1872–1896 author ¥5,000 obverse 2004
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...

1876–1928 bacteriologist ¥1,000 obverse
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

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1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author ¥10,000 obverse

*See also Japan in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....


Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound
Jersey pound
The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern...

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Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, 1952- £1 obverse 1971
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£10 obverse
£20 obverse
£50 obverse
Francis Pierson 1757–1781 Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey
Battle of Jersey
The Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...

£10 reverse

*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Korea, South
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...


Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol:
See also South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

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Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I . A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy. Yi Hwang is often...

1501–1570 Confucian
Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China...

 scholar
₩1,000 obverse 1983
Yi I
Yi I
Yi I was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang . Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok...

1536–1584 Confucian scholar ₩5,000 obverse
King Sejong the Great 1397–1450 monarch ₩10,000 obverse
Shin Saimdang 1504–1551 poet, calligraphist ₩50,000 obverse 2009

*See also South Korea in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (since 1993)
Symbol: Lt
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 50 Lt obverse 2003
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language 100 Lt obverse 2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...

1858–1899 poet, physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem 500 Lt obverse 2009
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement 20 Lt obverse 2001
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement 200 Lt obverse 2000

Malaysia


Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan 1895 – 1960 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 (Supreme Head of State)
of the Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

RM 1 obverse 1967
RM 2 obverse 1996
RM 5 obverse 1967
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RM 10 obverse 1967
RM 20 obverse 1982
RM 50 obverse 1967
RM 100 obverse 1967
RM 500 obverse 1982 - 1999
RM 1,000 obverse 1967 - 1999

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1648/51-1695 nun, scholar, poet $200 obverse 1996
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...

1753–1811 Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence $1,000 obverse 2004
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

1806–1832 31st President, 1858–1872 $20 both 1996
(polymer in 2002)
José María Morelos
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...

1765–1815 leader for Mexican independence $50 obverse 1996
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Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

1402–1472 Texcocan king $100 obverse 1996
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...

 and Frida Kalho
1829–1862 Artists and Communist Party militants $500 obverse 1996

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
-Pre-dollar:Prior to 10 July 1967, the New Zealand pound, using the £sd system, was the main currency of New Zealand. Since 1934, banknotes of the New Zealand pound were issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and came in denominations of 10s, £1, £5, £10, and £50.-First issue: 1967 -...

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II 1926 - Queen
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...

 and Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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$20 Obverse 1967
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...

1919–2008 Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

 (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.
$5 1990
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...

1874–1950 Played a significant role in the revival of Maori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Maori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for 38 years.
$50 1990
Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 in 1908.
$100 1990
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard
Katherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...

1848–1934 Prominent suffragette
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...

, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.
$10 1990

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...

1812–1885 writer, scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore 50 kr obverse 1997
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air...

1867–1917 scientist 200 kr obverse 1994
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...

1895–1962 opera singer 100 kr obverse 1997
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...

1863–1944 Expressionist painter 1,000 kr obverse 2001
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...

1882-1849 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1928 500 kr obverse 1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948;
"Father of the Nation"
Rs. 10 obverse 2006
Rs. 20 obverse 2005
Rs. 50 obverse 1977
Rs. 100 obverse 2006
Rs. 500 obverse 2006
Rs. 1,000 obverse 2007
Rs. 5,000 obverse 2006

Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Currency: Nuevo sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian nuevo sol
The nuevo sol plural: nuevos soles; currency sign: S/.) is the currency of Peru. It is subdivided into 100 cents, called céntimos in Spanish. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. It is most commonly referred to just as sol...

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José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He sacrificed his life crashing into an Ecuadorian battery during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian war.-Combat History:Lieutenant Quinones was a fighter pilot...

1914–1941 National aviation hero Nuevo sol S/. 10 obverse 1991–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian. He was born in Pisco, Peru on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a...

1897–1960 Historian Nuevo sol S/. 20 obverse 1991–
Abraham Valdelomar
Abraham Valdelomar
Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...

1888–1919 Poet Nuevo sol S/. 50 obverse 1991–
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country...

1903–1980 Minister of education, Historian Nuevo sol S/. 100 obverse 1991–
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586–1617 Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Nuevo sol S/. 200 obverse 1995–

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


Currency: Peso (since 1903)
Symbol:
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...

1869–1964 1st President, 1899–1901 P5 obverse 1985
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

1932–1983 leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos' autocracy P500 both 2002
Andrés Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...

1863–1897 leader in the Philippine Revolution P10 obverse 1987
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....

1935- 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1998–2005; swore in President Macapagal-Arroyo P200 reverse 2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...

1898–1945 founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Vicente Lim
Vicente Lim
Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...

1889–1945 Brigadier General, Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...

1864–1903 1st Prime Minister, 1899; author of the 1st Constitution P10 obverse 1987
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...

1910–1997 9th President, 1961–1965 P200 obverse 2002
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

1947- daughter of President Macapagal; 14th President, 2001-2009 P200 reverse 2002
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...

1878–1961 4th President, 1944–1946 P50 obverse 1987
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...

1878–1944 2nd President, 1935–1944 P20 obverse 1987
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

1892–1948 5th President, 1946–1948 P100 obverse 2002
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos
In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

1886–1942 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

1933-2009 11th President,1986-1992 P500 obverse 2010

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol:
See also Polish coins and banknotes
Polish coins and banknotes
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland. For historical ones, see here.-Coins:Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated....

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Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 20 zł obverse 1995
Casimir III
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

1310–1370 King of Poland, 1333–1370 50 zł obverse
Jogaila
Jogaila
Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

1351–1434 King of Poland, 1386–1434 100 zł obverse
Mieszko I 935-992 Duke of Poland, 960-922 10 zł obverse
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...

1520–1572 King of Poland, 1530–1572 200 zł obverse

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Romanian leu
Romanian leu
The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...

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Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher 200 L obverse 2006
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer 100 L obverse 2005
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet 500 L obverse 2005
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist 5 L obverse 2005
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting 10 L obverse 2005
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Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister,historian 1931–1932 1 L obverse 2005
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot 50 L obverse 2005

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...


Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб
See also Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...

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Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.-Surname spelling:The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.-Early...

1809–1881 Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk, 1847–1861 руб5,000 obverse 2000
Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

1672–1725 Tsar, 1682–1725 руб500 obverse 1998
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 1019–1054 руб1,000 obverse 2000

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

See under United Kingdom

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijic
Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...

1865–1927 geographer 500 din. both 2004
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanovic
Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...

1869–1958 Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile, 1942–1943 5,000 din. both 2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

1787–1864 linguist; reformer of the Serbian language 10 din. both 2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...

1856–1914 composer and music educator 50 din. both 2005
Petar II
Petar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...

1813–1851 Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830–1851; Serbian language poet 20 din. both 2006
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrovic
Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...

1873–1915 painter 200 din. both 2006
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

1856–1943 inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer 100 din. both 2006
Ðorđe Vajfert 1850–1937 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia, 1912–1926 1,000 din. both 2006

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore dollar
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar or Dollar is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

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Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak was an eminent Singaporean politician and the first President of Singapore of Minangkabau descent. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999.-Early life:...

1910–1970 First President, 1965–1970 S$2 obverse 1999
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Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Charles XI
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....

1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 500 kr obverse 1985
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 1,000 kr obverse 1989
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 20 kr obverse 1991
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...

1820–1887 opera singer 50 kr obverse 1996
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy 100 kr obverse 1986
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar , better known as , which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.-Biography:Polhem was born on the island of Gotland...

1661–1751 industrialist; planned and started construction of the Göta Canal 500 kr reverse 1985

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc
Banknotes of the Swiss franc
The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1825 by the Caisse de Dépôt of the city of Bern.During the 19th century the Cantons had the right of printing notes. Following the law of 8 March 1881 the Swiss National Bank had the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Switzerland. First notes...

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Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...

1818–1897 historian of the arts 1,000 Fr. obverse 1998
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

1887–1965 modernist architect 10 Fr. obverse 1997
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter...

1901–1966 sculptor, painter, draftsman 100 Fr. obverse 1998
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

1892–1955 composer 20 Fr. obverse 1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...

1878–1947 French-speaking Swiss author 200 Fr. obverse 1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter and sculptor. Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Täuber began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen...

1889–1943 artist, painter, sculptor 50 Fr. obverse 1995

Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan)


Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

1866–1925 Founding father of the Republic of China $100 obverse 2001
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

1887–1975 President of the Republic of China, 1948–1975 $200 obverse 2002

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 Founder and 1st President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1923-1938
1 TL obverse 1926 - 1938
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İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1938-1950
2.5 TL obverse 1938–1950
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Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...

1910–1997 Mathematician 10 TL reverse 2009–present
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...

1240?-1321? Poet and Sufi mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

200 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 Poet of the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...

100 TL reverse 1983–1989
Itri
Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...

1640?-1711 Composer and performer of Turkish classical music 100 TL reverse 2009–present
Kemaleddin Bey 1870–1927 Architect 20 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan and conqueror of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

1000 TL reverse 1986–1992
Mevlana 1207–1273 Philosopher 5000 TL reverse 1981–1994
Aydın Sayılı
Aydin Sayili
Aydın Sayılı was a historian of science. His career was aided by chance meeting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom he impressed enough to receive a state-supported scholarship to attend graduate school at Harvard, where he studied under George Sarton....

1913–1993 Historian of science 5 TL reverse 2009–present
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 Architect and civil engineer 10000 TL reverse 1982–1995
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz , aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian...

1862–1936 First female Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 novelist
50 TL reverse 2009–present

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...


Currency: Hryvnia (since 1996)
Symbol: Ƨ
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Ƨ20 obverse 2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Ƨ50 obverse 2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Ƨ5 obverse 2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Ƨ10 obverse 2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Ƨ100 obverse 2006
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and composer who lived in the Russian Empire and who made important contributions to Russian philosophy and culture. He lived and worked in Ukraine and passionately and consciously identified with its people, differentiating them...

1722–1794 poet, philosopher, composer Ƨ500 obverse 2006
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

1871–1913 poet, writer Ƨ200 obverse 2001
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Ƨ1 obverse 2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Ƨ2 obverse 2004

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1695)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.

England & Wales

Exclusive sterling note issue granted to the Bank of England.
Bank of England

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

1809–1882 naturalist £10 reverse 2000
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- £5 obverse 2002
£10 obverse 2000
£20 obverse 1999
£20 obverse 2007
£50 obverse 1994
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry , née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist...

1780–1845 prison reformer £5 reverse 2002
John Houblon
John Houblon
Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.-Biography:Sir John was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger...

1632–1712 1st Governor, Bank of England, 1694–1697 £50 reverse 1994
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist £20 reverse 2007

Scotland

Three commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Bank of Scotland
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Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

1771–1832 historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes £5 obverse 2007
£10 obverse 2007
£20 obverse 1999
£50 obverse 2007
£100 obverse 2007


Royal Bank of Scotland
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Lord Ilay
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

1682–1761 founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 obverse 1987
£5 obverse 1987
£10 obverse 1987
£20 obverse 1987
£50 obverse 1987
£100 obverse 1987
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

1850–1894 Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1994
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

1847–1922 Inventor of the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1997
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

1900–2002 Queen Consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II 
(special commemorative issue)
£20 reverse 2000
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

1940- Notable American golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er
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£5 reverse 2005


Clydesdale Bank
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Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£5 obverse 1998
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor
Mary Mitchell Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria.Her determined work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals, spreading Christianity and promoting women's rights.-Early life:...

1848–1915 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

£10 both 1998
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 1998
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...

£50 both 1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£100 both 1998
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...

1881–1955 Discoverer of penicillin
Penicillin
Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....

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£5 obverse 2009
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£10 obverse 2009
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 2009
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.-Education:She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh...

1864–1917 Doctor and suffragist. £50 obverse 2009
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...

1868-1928 Architect and designer. £100 obverse 2009

Northern Ireland

Four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Northern Bank

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John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company....

1840–1921 Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company £10 obverse 2005
Harry Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...

1884–1960 Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 £20 obverse 2005
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

£50 obverse 2005
Sir James Martin 1893–1981 Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat £100 obverse 2005


Ulster Bank

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George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

1946–2005 Footballer for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£5 obverse 2006

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

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John Adams
John Adams
John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

1735–1826 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...

1722–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...

1737–1802 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...

1741–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from...

1725–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clinton
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

1739–1812 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clymer
George Clymer
George Clymer was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution...

1739–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Dickinson
John Dickinson (delegate)
John Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of...

1732–1808 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Ellery 1727–1820 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Floyd
William Floyd
William Floyd was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:...

1734–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

1706–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Founding Father $100 obverse 1996
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

1822–1877 18th President, 1869–1877 $50 obverse 2004
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 $10 both 2006
John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

1737–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Harrison, V 1726–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were part of the Quaker Society of Friends. Immediately after their marriage they moved to New Jersey, which became Joseph Hewes’s home state. Hewes was formally educated at Princeton and after...

1730–1779 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Heyward, Jr. 1746–1809 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Hooper
William Hooper
William Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...

1742–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...

1707–1785 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...

1737–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

1731–1796 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

1767–1845 7th President, 1829–1837 $20 obverse 2003
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 3rd President, 1801–1809; signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 both 1976
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...

1732–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....

1713–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1809–1865 16th President, 1861–1865 $5 both 2000
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

1716–1778 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Livingston (1746-1813)
Robert R Livingston was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor," after the office he held for 25 years....

1746–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

1734–1817 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

1742–1787 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

1726–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (merchant)
Robert Morris, Jr. was a British-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution...

1734–1806 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

1740–1799 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...

1731–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Read
George Read (signer)
George Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...

1733–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

1745–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...

1749–1800 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...

1721–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Early life:...

1730–1781 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...

1729–1824 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Walton
George Walton
George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

1749/50-1804 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 1st President, 1789–1797 $1 obverse 1963
William Williams
William Williams (signer)
William Williams was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from...

1731–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing was an American merchant and financier and a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania....

1731–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
James Wilson
James Wilson
James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution...

1742–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey , he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration...

1723–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976

Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...


Currency: Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (since 2008)
Symbol: Bs
See also Venezuelan bolívar
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...

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Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Ravelo y Rodríguez de Espinoza , commonly known as Francisco de Miranda , was a Venezuelan revolutionary...

1750–1816 military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 2 bolívares obverse 2008
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, or 'The First Black' was a Venezuelan soldier who at first fought with the royal army, only to later go over to the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of lieutenant.The nickname of Negro Primero was inspired by his...

1790–1821 soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain 5 bolívares obverse 2008
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro was a native Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.-Life:...

c1530-1568 Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization 10 bolívares obverse 2008
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...

1799–1866 heroine of Venezuelan War of Independence 20 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....

1769–1854 philosopher, educator 50 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

1783–1830 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 100 bolívares obverse 2008

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n, 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L, 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a, 1983–1985)
Austral (A, 1985–1991)
Peso ($, 1992–Present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional
Argentine peso moneda nacional
The peso moneda nacional was the currency of Argentina between November 5, 1881 and December 31, 1969. It was subdivided into 100 centavos, with the argentino worth 5 pesos. Its symbol was m$n or $m/n. Its ISO 4217 code was ARM.-History:...

, Argentine peso ley
Argentine peso ley
The peso ley 18.188, usually known as either peso or, to distinguish it from the earlier peso moneda nacional, informally as peso ley, was the currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was $, sometimes $L. Its name comes from law...

, Argentine peso argentino
Argentine peso argentino
The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.-History:...

, Argentine austral
Argentine austral
The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...

, and Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile, he was one of the most influential Argentine liberals of his age.-Biography:...

1810–1884 political theorist and diplomat Peso Argentino $a5,000 obverse 1984–1987
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

1837–1885 President of Argentina, 1874–1880 Austral A500 obverse 1988–1992
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain Peso Ley $L1 obverse 1970–1981
$L5 obverse 1971–1981
$L10 obverse 1970–1981
Peso Argentino $a10,000 obverse 1984–1987
Miguel Juárez Celman 1844–1909 President of Argentina, 1886–1890 Austral A5,000 obverse 1988–1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain Peso Moneda Nacional m$n5 obverse 1935–1965
m$n10 obverse 1936–1965
m$n50 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n100 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n500 obverse 1944–1968
1964–1968
m$n1,000 obverse 1944–1975
m$n5,000 obverse 1962–1975
m$n10,000 obverse 1961–1975
Peso Ley $L50 obverse 1972–1981
$L100 obverse 1971–1981
$L500 obverse 1972–1984
$L1,000 obverse 1973–1984
$L5,000 obverse 1977–1984
$L10,000 obverse 1976–1985
$L50,000 obverse 1979–1985
$L100,000 obverse
$L500,000 obverse 1980–1985
$L1,000,000 obverse 1981–1985
Peso Argentino $a1 obverse 1983–1985
$a5 obverse 1983–1987
$a10 obverse
$a50 obverse
$a100 obverse
$a500 obverse 1984–1987
$a1,000 obverse 1983–1987
Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1991
A50,000 obverse
A500,000 obverse 1990–1991
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

1801–1870 President of Argentina, 1854–1860 Austral A5 obverse 1986–1991
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 Australes note, which is now obsolete....

1809–1867 President of Argentina, 1860–1861 Austral A10 obverse 1985–1991
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

1821–1906 President of Argentina, 1862–1868 Austral A50 obverse 1986–1991
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

1846–1906 President of Argentina, 1890–1892 Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1992
Peso $1 obverse 1992-????
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....

1835–1906 President of Argentina, 1904–1906 Austral A500,000 obverse 1990–1993
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

1780–1845 President of Argentina, 1826–1827 Austral A1 obverse 1985–1991
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

1843–1914 President of Argentina, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 Austral A1,000 obverse 1988–1992
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina.He graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and participated in the constitutional assembly of 1860. He was a number of times a national deputy and senator. In 1882 he occupied a seat on the Supreme Court of the Province of...

1822–1907 President of Argentina, 1892–1895 Austral A50,000 obverse 1989–1993
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

1811–1888 President of Argentina, 1868–1874 Austral A100 obverse 1985–1992
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

1831–1914 President of Argentina, 1895–1898 Austral A100,000 obverse 1990–1993

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–Present)
See also Australian pound
Australian pound
The pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...

 and Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

1743–1820 English botonist, introduced the West to eucalyptus Dollar $5 obverse 1967–1992
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...

1808–1877 humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare Dollar $5 reverse 1967–1992
James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

1728–1779 explorer, first European to visit the Australian east coast Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

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Pound £1 obverse 1953–1966
Dollar $1 obverse 1966–1984
William Farrer
William Farrer
William James Farrer was a leading Australian agronomist and plant breeder. Farrer is best remembered as the originator of the "Federation" strain of wheat, distributed in 1903...

1845–1906 leading agronomist, wheat breeder Dollar $2 reverse 1966–1988
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

1774–1814 navigator and cartographer, author of A Voyage to Terra Australis Pound 10/- obverse 1953–1966
Howard Florey 1898–1968 Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin, 1945 Dollar $50 obverse 1973–1995
John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

1786–1847 explorer of Australia Pound £5 obverse 1953–1966
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.- Early life :Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...

1850–1915 inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) Dollar $20 reverse 1966–1994
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...

1797–1873 first Australian-born explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

1867–1922 poet and novelist Dollar $10 reverse 1966–1993
John Macarthur
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

1766–1834 pioneer of the Australian wool industry Dollar $2 obverse 1966–1988
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

1882–1958 Antarctic explorer and geologist Dollar $100 obverse 1984–1996
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

1738–1814 established first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales Pound £10 obverse 1953–1966
Ian Clunies Ross
Ian Clunies Ross
Sir Ian Clunies Ross, CMG is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO.-Family:...

1899–1959 scientist, leader in veterinary medicine Dollar $50 reverse 1973–1995
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC , often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia...

1897–1935 aviator; first to fly across the Pacific, 1928 Dollar $20 obverse 1966–1994
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

1795–1869 English explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" .-Early life:...

1834–1916 astronomer, discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" Dollar $100 reverse 1984–1996

Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...


Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Austrian schilling
Austrian schilling
The schilling was the currency of Austria from 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...

1851–1914 economist Schilling S100 obverse 1985–2001
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. His father was Johann Daffinger....

1790–1849 miniature painter and sculpture Schilling S20 obverse 1988–2001
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

1856–1939 co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology Schilling S50 obverse 1987–2001
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner , was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin. He is noted for having first distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the...

1868–1943 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 both 1997–2001
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Franz Arnold Obermayer, a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper, and his second wife Marie.Rosa had 12 brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the...

1858–1938 feminist, painter, author Schilling S500 obverse 1997–2001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

1756–1791 classical composer and pianist Schilling S5,000 obverse 1989–2001
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...

1887–1961 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 obverse 1983–1997
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner
Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...

1841–1918 architect Schilling S500 obverse 1986–1997

Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Albert II
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

1934- King of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse 1994–2001
James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...

1860–1949 impressionist painter Franc 100 fr. obverse
Victor Horta
Victor Horta
Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...

1861–1947 Art Nouveau architect Franc 2,000 fr. obverse
René Magritte
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...

1898–1967 surrealist artist Franc 500 fr. obverse
Paola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium....

1937- Queen Consort of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

1886–1952 Flemish expressionist painter Franc 1,000 fr. obverse
Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...

1814–1894 musician, inventor of the saxophone Franc 200 fr. obverse

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 dollar $100 obverse 1976–1990
1990–2004
Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

1894–1972 Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, 1910–1936
dollar $5 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

1926- Princess of York, 1936–1952 dollar $20 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth II Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1954–1974
$2 obverse 1954–1975
1986–1996
$5 obverse 1954–1972
$10 obverse 1954–1971
$20 obverse 1954–1969
1969–1993
1993–2004
$50 obverse 1954–1975
$100 obverse 1954–1976
$1,000 obverse 1954–1992
1992–2000
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

1865–1936 King of the United Kingdom
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...

 and the British Dominions, 1910–1936
dollar $1 obverse 1935–1936
Albert
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

1895–1952 Duke of York, 1920–1936 dollar $50 obverse 1935–1937
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

King of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1936–1954
$2 obverse
$5 obverse
$10 obverse
$20 obverse
$50 obverse
Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....

1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1928–1974 dollar $100 obverse 1935–1937
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 dollar $50 obverse 1975–1989
1989–2004
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

1841–1919 7th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911 dollar $5 obverse 1972–1986
1986–2001
$1,000 obverse 1935–1937
1937–1954
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 dollar $10 obverse 1971–1989
1989–2000
$100 obverse 1937–1954
$500 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

1867–1953 Royal consort to George V, 1910–1936 dollar $2 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...

1897–1965 Princess Royal of Canada, 1932–1965 dollar $10 obverse 1935–1937

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (¥, 1948–Present)
See also Fourth series of the renminbi
Fourth series of the renminbi
The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.-Banknotes:Banknotes are available in :*First edition**¥0.1 ,**¥0.2...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 Renminbi ¥100 obverse 1992–1999
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

1898–1976 1st Premier, 1949–1976; 1st Foreign Minister, 1949–1958
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

1898–1969 2nd President, 1959–1968
Zhu De
Zhu De
Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...

1886–1976 founder, Chinese Red Army

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

1805–1875 poet and author of fairy tales Krone 10 kr obverse 1952–1955
obverse 1954–1975
Christian Ditlev Frederik
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer....

1748–1827 agricultural reformer Krone 500 kr obverse 1964–1975
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen....

1779–1856 author; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1975–1998
Jens Juel
Jens Juel (painter)
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle.-Early life and career:...

1745–1802 painter Krone 100 kr obverse 1974–1995
obverse 1995–1999
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff ????-???? wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 10 kr obverse 1975–1980
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...

1777–1851 physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism Krone 100 kr obverse 1962–1974
Ole Rømer 1644–1710 astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light Krone 50 kr obverse 1957–1975
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg ????-???? daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 50 kr obverse 1975–1999
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

1770–1844 sculptor Krone 5 kr obverse 1952–1962
Pauline Lucia Tutein 1761–1827 wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 20 kr obverse 1980–1990
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen ????-???? noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 500 kr obverse 1974–1997

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Farouk I
Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....

1920–1965 King of Egypt, 1936–1952 Pound £1 obverse 1950–1952
£5 obverse 1946–1952
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE Pound £10 reverse 1970–1979
1979–2003
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pound Pt.50 obverse 1968–1981
1981–1986
£1 obverse 1968–1979
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

unknown Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1333-1324 BCE Pound Pt.25 obverse 1952–1962
Pt.50 obverse 1952–1962
£1 obverse 1930–1950
1952–1963
1963–1968
£5 obverse 1952–1963
1963–1969
1970–1981
£10 obverse 1952–1962
1962–1970
£100 obverse 1979–1994

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (KR, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...

1865–1943 painter Kroon 1 KR obverse 1992-????

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–Present)
See also Faroese króna
Faroese króna
The króna is the currency of the Faroe Islands. It is issued by the Danish National Bank. It is not an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it does not have an ISO 4217 currency code. The ISO 4217 code for the Danish krone is DKK...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi...

1773–1853 first poet to write in Faroese Króna 1,000 kr obverse 1980–2005
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...

1819–1909 established modern orthography for the Faroese language Króna 100 kr obverse 1964–1978
obverse 1978–2003
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...

1765–1809 seaman, trader, poet Króna 50 kr obverse 1967–1978
obverse 1978–2001

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Finnish mark
Finnish mark
The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro , which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...

1898–1976 modernist architect Mark 50mk reverse 1986–2002
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.The world's first...

1792–1803 priest and statesman Mark 1,000mk reverse 1986–2002
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas , and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was one of the...

1920–1992 novelist Mark 20mk reverse 1993–2002
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...

1802–1884 historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) Mark 500mk reverse 1986–2002
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...

1897–1973 Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist Mark 10mk reverse 1986–1992
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

1865–1957 classical composer Mark 100mk reverse 1986–2002

France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also French franc
French franc
The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...

1839–1906 Post-Impressionist painter Franc ₣100 obverse 1997–2002
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...

1859–1906 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

1900–1944 author and aviator Franc ₣50 obverse 1992–2002
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

1862–1918 impressionist composer Franc ₣20 both 1997–2002
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

1832–1923 engineer and architect Franc ₣200 obverse 1996–2002

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also German mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"...

1854–1915 Nobel Prize winner, 1908 Deutsche Mark 200 DM obverse 1990–2002
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

1777–1855 mathematician and scientist Deutsche Mark 10 DM obverse 1991–2002
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...

1785–1863 older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...

1786–1859 younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...

1647–1717 naturalist and illustrator Deutsche Mark 500 DM obverse 1992–2002
Balthasar Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

1687–1753 Baroque architect Deutsche Mark 50 DM obverse 1991–2002
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

1819–1896 classical pianist and composer Deutsche Mark 100 DM obverse 1990–2002
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....

1785–1859 novelist Deutsche Mark 5 DM obverse 1992–2002
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Anna Elisabeth von Droste-Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.-Biography:...

1797–1848 poet and author Deutsche Mark 20 DM obverse 1992–2002

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Greek drachma
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
John Capodistria 1776–1831 1st Governor of Greece, 1827–1831 Drachma 500 Δρ. obverse 1983–2002
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis was a Greek writer and revolutionary of Aromanian origin, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.-Early...

1757–1798 revolutionary, first casualty of the Greek War of Independence Drachma 200 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

1770–1843 General during the Greek War of Independence Drachma 5,000 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Coraïs was a humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as...

1748–1833 linguist, author of the first modern Greek dictionary Drachma 100 Δρ. reverse 1978–2002
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...

1883–1962 pioneer in early cancer detection Drachma 10,000 Δρ. obverse 1995–2002

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

1877–1919 poet Forint 500 Ft obverse 1970–1999
1992–1999
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

1881–1945 composer, pianist Forint 1,000 Ft obverse 1983–1999
1993–1999
György Dózsa
György Dózsa
György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

????-1514 led a peasants' revolt against the nobility Forint 20 Ft obverse 1948–1992
1920–1992
1960–1992
Francis II
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 Forint 50 Ft obverse 1953–1996
1966–1996
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

1802–1894 statesman and freedom fighter Forint 100 Ft obverse 1948–1998
1920–1998
1959–1998
1992–1998
Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

1823–1849 national poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Forint 10 Ft obverse 1947–1992
1950–1992
1959–1992
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

1791–1860 statesman and political theorist Forint 5,000 Ft obverse 1991–1999

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfr Arnarson is recognized as the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. According to Landnáma he built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874...

unknown first permanent settler of Iceland, 874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1960–1969
Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

1818–1906 King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1919
obverse 1919–1920
10 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1916–1920
50 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1916–1920
100 kr obverse 1916–1935
Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

1870–1947 King of Denmark, 1912–1947;
King of Iceland, 1918–1944
Króna 5 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1935
10 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1934
50 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1931–1936
100 kr obverse 1929–1935
Jón Eiríksson 1728–1787 promoter of enlightenment Króna 5 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1960
10 kr 1969–1984
50 kr obverse 1936–1948
obverse 1948–1960
Frederick VIII
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...

1843–1912 King of Denmark, 1906–1912 Króna 50 kr obverse 1907–1916
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned was an Icelandic scholar and an apologist. His father was Jón Jónsson, who died in 1591...

1568–1648 scholar Króna 10 kr obverse 1981–1984
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.-Life:...

1663–1730 medieval Icelanic scholar Króna 100 kr obverse 1981–1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the Icelandic independence movement Króna 10 kr obverse 1934–1947
obverse 1947–1969
100 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1973
500 kr obverse 1944–1948
obverse 1948–1968
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson was an Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman.He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp...

1541–1627 bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584 Króna 50 kr obverse 1981–1987

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

1878–1944 founded the Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

5 ریال obverse 1924–1937
10 ریال obverse 1924–1951
20 ریال obverse 1924–1951
50 ریال obverse 1924–1962
100 ریال obverse 1924–1954
500 ریال obverse 1924–1974
1000 ریال obverse 1936–1974
Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

1919–1980 second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

10 ریال obverse 1951–1979
20 ریال obverse 1951–1979
50 ریال obverse 1962–1979
100 ریال obverse 1954–1976
200 ریال obverse 1965–1979
500 ریال obverse 1974–1979
1000 ریال obverse 1974–1979
10000 ریال obverse 1975–1979
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah 100 ریال obverse 1976–1979

Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Irish pound
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series B Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland replaced the Series A Banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1982 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the series was replaced in 1993 by Series C Banknotes.-Banknotes:...

 and Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series C Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; it replaced Series B Banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet. He is known for having translated and made commentaries upon the work of Pseudo-Dionysius.-Name:...

815-877 theologian, philosopher, poet Pound £5 obverse 1975–1994
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...

1860–1949 1st President, 1938–1945 Pound £50 obverse 1995–2002
James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

1882–1941 author and poet Pound £10 obverse 1993–2002
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...

1787–1841 founder, The Sisters of Mercy, 1831 Pound £5 obverse 1994–2002
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...

1670–1738 most famous Irish bard Pound £50 obverse 1977–1995
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847; often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century...

1775–1847 a leader of Catholic Emancipation Pound £20 obverse 1992–2002
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

1846–1891 statesman, forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement Pound £100 both 1995–2002
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

1667–1745 satirist and poet Pound £10 obverse 1976–1993
W. B. Yeats 1865–1939 Nobel Prize winner, 1923 Pound £20 obverse 1976–1992

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–Present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 New Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1985–1999
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

1886–1973 1st Prime Minister, 1948–1953 and 1955–1963 Pound £500 obverse 1977–1984
Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1980–1986
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 New Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1986–1999
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

1873–1934 National Poet Pound £10 obverse 1970–1984
Edmond James de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild
Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his generous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.- Early years :A...

1845–1934 philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs Sheqel ₪500 obverse 1982–1986
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

1879–1955 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921 Pound £5 obverse 1972–1984
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...

1895–1969 3rd Prime Minister, 1963–1969 Sheqel ₪5,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1985–1999
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...

1860–1904 founder of the Zionist movement Pound £100
₪10
obverse 1969–1984
1975–1984
Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1980–1986
Ze'ev Jabotinsky 1880–1940 a leader in the Zionist movement Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1980–1986
Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

1135/8-1204 author of the Mishneh Sheqel ₪1,000 obverse 1983–1986
New Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1986–1999
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....

1898–1978 4th Prime Minister, 1969–1974 Sheqel ₪10,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1985–1999
Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...

1784–1885 philanthropist Pound £10 obverse 1975–1984
Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1980–1986
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 New Sheqel ₪20 obverse 1988–1999
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1972 New Sheqel ₪200 obverse 1992–1999
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandate Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.-Biography:...

1860–1945 a leader of the Zionist movement Pound £5 obverse 1976–1984
Haim Weizman 1874–1952 1st President of Israel, 1949–1952 Pound £50 obverse 1972–1984
1978–1984
Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1980–1986

Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Italian lira
Italian lira
The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

1801–1835 opera composer Lira 5,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...

1598–1680 Baroque sculptor and architect Lira 50,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

1571–1610 Baroque artist Lira 100,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...

1874–1937 Nobel Prize winner, 1909 Lira 2,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...

1870–1952 developed the Montessori method of education Lira 1,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

1483–1520 Renaissance painter Lira 500,000 ₤ obverse 1997–2002
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

1745–1827 developer of the electric battery, 1800 Lira 10,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)

See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi
Prince was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan , genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire...

1841–1909 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister, 1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901 Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1963–1986
Nitobe Inazo 1862–1933 politician, economist, author Yen ¥5,000 obverse 1984–2004
Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo
Viscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...

1854–1936 20th Prime Minister, 1921–1922 Yen ¥50 obverse 1951–1958
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

574-622 regent, politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1946–1956
¥1,000 obverse 1950–1965
¥5,000 obverse 1957–1986
¥10,000 obverse 1958–1986
Ninomiya Sontoku
Ninomiya Sontoku
, born Ninomiya Kinjirō , was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist.-Life:Ninomiya Sontoku was born to a poor peasant family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province. His father died when he was 14 and his mother died...

1787–1856 philosopher, economist, moralist Yen ¥1 obverse 1946–1958
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

1867–1916 novelist Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1984–2004
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke
Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...

1837–1919 politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1953–1974
Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji period. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.-Early life:Iwakura was born in Kyoto as the second son of a low-ranking courtier and nobleman . In 1836 he was adopted by another nobleman, , from whom he received his family...

1825–1883 politician Yen ¥500 obverse 1951–1971
¥500 obverse 1969–1994
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author Yen ¥10,000 obverse 1984–2004

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 Litas 50 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language Litas 100 Lt obverse 1993–2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...

1860–1930 standardized the Lithuanian language Litas 5 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement Litas 20 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Motiejus Valančius
Motiejus Valancius
Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...

1801–1875 a leader in the Lithuanian national movement Litas 2 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement Litas 200 Lt obverse 1997–2000
Žemaitė
Žemaite
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...

1845–1921 author Litas 1 Lt obverse 1994–1998

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Luxembourgish franc
Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourgish franc was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 1999 . The franc remained in circulation until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jean I
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. He is the father of the current ruler, Grand Duke Henri, and the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma...

1921- Grand Duke, 1964–2000 Franc 100 fr. obverse 1986–2002
1,000 fr. obverse 1985–2002
5,000 fr. obverse 1993–2002

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

1879–1919 Leader in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1919 Peso $10 both 1993–1997

Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...

1607–1676 admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1676 Gulden ƒ100 obverse 1972–1981
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

1580–1666 painter Gulden ƒ10 obverse 1971–1977
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

1632–1677 rationalist philosopher Gulden ƒ1,000 obverse 1973–1996
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...

1562–1621 composer, organist, teacher Gulden ƒ25 obverse 1972–1990
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

1587–1697 writer, playwright Gulden ƒ5 obverse 1976–1988

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...

1802–1829 mathematician Krone 500 kr obverse 1948–2002
1978–2002
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

1832–1910 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1903 Krone 50 kr obverse 1950–1999
1966–1999
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

1779–1849 Speaker of the Storting, 1815 and 1818 Krone 5 kr obverse 1901–1945
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50 kr obverse
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Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...

1813–1885 writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1979–1997
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

1782–1830 co-author of the Constitution, 1814 Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1991–2001
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

1843–1907 composer and pianist Krone 500 kr obverse 1991–2000
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

1828–1906 playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1949–1999
1975–2001
Christian Michelsen
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

1857–1925 Prime Minister, 1905–1907 Krone 10 kr obverse 1954–1999
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

1861–1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace, 1922 Krone 5 kr obverse 1955–1999
10 kr obverse 1972–1999
Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

1829–1907 King of Norway, 1872–1905 Krone 5 kr obverse 1877–1998
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100 kr obverse
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Peder Tordenskjold
Peder Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold , commonly referred to as Tordenskjold , was a Norwegian nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War...

1691–1720 Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War Krone 10 kr obverse 1901–1945
100 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...

1818–1870 poet and journalist Krone 50 kr obverse 1985–1997
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

1808–1845 poet and writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1949–1999
1962–1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–Present)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948; "Father of the Nation" Rupee Rs. 5 obverse 1997–2002

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–Present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.-Before 20th century:-20th century Interwar:-Post WWII:-1974 series:-See also:* Polish coins and banknotes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Józef Bem
Józef Bem
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...

1794–1850 general; war hero Złoty 10 zł obverse 1982–1995
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 Złoty 2,000 zł reverse 1977–1995
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

1810–1849 romantic composer and pianist Złoty 5,000 zł obverse 1982–1995
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

1473–1543 developed a heliocentric model of the solar system Złoty 1,000 zł obverse 1962–1965
1975–1995
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) Złoty 20,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836–1871 general; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune Złoty 200 zł obverse 1976–1995
Dubrawka
Dubrawka
Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, by his wife Biagota....

940/45-977 Queen Consort of Mieszko I, 965-977 Złoty 2 zł obverse 1936–1940
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

1746–1817 general; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising, 1794 Złoty 500 zł obverse 1976–1995
Mieszko I
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...

935-992 King of Poland, 960-992 Złoty 2,000 zł obverse 1977–1995
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1819–1872 conductor and composer Złoty 100,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

1860–1941 3rd Prime Minister, 1919 Złoty 2,000,000 zł obverse 1992–1995
Emilia Plater
Emilia Plater
Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1806–1831 countess; hero from the November Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1936–1939
1940–1944
Władysław Reymont 1867–1925 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1924 Złoty 1,000,000 zł obverse 1991–1995
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

1846–1916 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1905 Złoty 500,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Stanisław Staszic 1755–1826 priest, philosopher, statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Złoty 50,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Karol Świerczewski
Karol Swierczewski
Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...

1897–1947 leader in post-World War II government Złoty 50 zł obverse 1975–1995
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...

1826–1864 general; hero from the January Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1982–1995
Ludwik Waryński
Ludwik Warynski
Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...

1856–1889 socialist activist Złoty 100 zł obverse 1975–1995
Stanisław Wyspiański 1869–1907 playwright Złoty 10,000 zł obverse 1988–1995

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...


Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...

1467–1520 explorer and navigator, discovered the sea route to Brazil, 1500 Escudo 1,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

1469–1524 explorer and navigator, sailed from Europe to India, 1497–1498 Escudo 5,000$ obverse 1996–2002
João de Barros
João de Barros
João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...

1496–1570 historian Escudo 500$ obverse 1997–2002
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.-Purposes of the Dias expedition:...

1450–1500 explorer and navigator, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Escudo 2,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Henry the Navigator 1394–1460 patron of Portuguese exploration Escudo 10,000$ obverse 1996–2002

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu
Banknotes of the Romanian leu
-1917 issue :Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of the leu, the ban -1917 issue ("paper coins"):Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....

1867–1944 biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Leu 200 L obverse 1992–1996
Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

1819–1852 a leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher Leu 5,000 L obverse 1998–2002
Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...

1876–1957 sculptor Leu 500 L both 1991–1992
1992–1996
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer Leu 1,000,000 L obverse 2003–2007
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...

1820–1873 Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia, 1859–1862; Dominator of Romania, 1862–1866 Leu 50 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet Leu 1,000 L obverse 1991–1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist Leu 50,000 L obverse 1996–2002
2000–2004
2001–2007
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting Leu 100,000 L obverse 1998–2004
2001–2007
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains...

1824–1872 leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 Leu 5,000 L obverse 1992–1993
1993–1998
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister, 1931–1932 Leu 10,000 L obverse 1994–1999
1999–2002
2000–2007
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri or — occasionally — as Domnul Tudor .-Background:Tudor was born in Vladimiri, Gorj County in a family of landed peasants...

1780–1821 revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia Leu 25 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot Leu 500,000 L obverse 2000–2007

Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...


Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–Present)
See also Slovenian tolar
Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotins...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...

1876–1918 writer, playwright, poet Tolar 10,000 SIT obverse 1995–2007
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

1550–1591 Renaissance composer Tolar 200 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopic
Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

1869–1943 impressionist painter Tolar 100 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...

1861–1926 realist painter Tolar 5,000 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...

1872–1957 architect Tolar 500 SIT obverse 1992–2007
France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

1800–1849 poet Tolar 1,000 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...

1508–1586 founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia Tolar 10 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...

1641–1693 scholar Tolar 20 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...

1754–1802 mathematician and physicist Tolar 50 SIT obverse 1993–2007

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–Present)
See also South African pound
South African pound
In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies. At that time, the only British colony in Southern Africa was the Cape of Good Hope Colony. As time went on, the British pound sterling and its associated subsidiary coinage became the currency of...

 and South African rand
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

1619–1677 Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town, 1652–1662 Pound 10/- obverse 1948–1961
£1 obverse
£5 obverse
£10 obverse 1952–1961
£100 obverse
Rand R1 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1973
obverse 1973–1975
obverse 1975–1977
R2 obverse 1961–1974
obverse 1974–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R5 obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R10 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R20 obverse 1961–1979
obverse 1979–1993
R50 obverse 1984–1992

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....


Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble or rouble was the currency of the Soviet Union. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, ....

 and Russian chervonets.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

1870–1924 leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman
Premier of the Soviet Union
The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...

 of the Council of People's Commissars, 1917–1924
Ruble руб10 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1991
руб25 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1992
руб50 obverse
руб100 obverse
Chervonet 5 chervozev obverse 1937–1947
10 chervozev obverse

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Spanish peseta
Spanish peseta
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....

1851–1901 novelist Peseta 200 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

1451–1506 navigator and explorer, discovered the Americas, 1492 Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Hernando Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

1485–1547 conquistador of Mexico Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro
María Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...

1837–1885 writer, poet Peseta 500 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Rebellion of 1768]]....

1716–1795 explorer, colonial administrator, first Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1766–1768 Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1987–2002
Felipe
Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

1968- Prince of Asturias, 1977- Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1982–1987
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...

1881–1958 poet; Nobel Prize winner, 1956 Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...

1938- King of Spain, 1975- Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
10,000 ₧ obverse
obverse 1987–2002
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Mutis
-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...

1732–1808 botanist and mathematician Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1987–2002
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

1843–1920 novelist Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...

1475–1541 conquistador of Peru Peseta 1,000 ₧ reverse 1992–2002

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles XI 1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 Krona 500 kr obverse 1985–1999
obverse 1989–2006
Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...

1763–1844 King of Sweden and Norway, 1818–1844 Krona 1,000 kr obverse 1976–1998
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 Krona 5 kr reverse 1890–1987
obverse 1965–1998
10 kr reverse 1892–1987
obverse 1940–1987
50 kr reverse ????-1987
100 kr reverse ????-1987
1,000 kr reverse 1890–1987
Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

1746–1792 King of Sweden, 1771–1792 Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998
Gustav V 1858–1950 King of Sweden, 1907–1950 Krona 5 kr obverse 1948–1987
1,000 kr reverse 1952–1987
Gustav II Adolf
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

1594–1632 King of Sweden, 1611–1632 Krona 100 kr obverse ????-1998
obverse 1986–2006
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...

1882–1973 King of Sweden, 1950–1973 Krona 5 kr obverse 1954–1987
10 kr obverse 1963–1998
10,000 kr obverse 1958–1991
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 Krona 20 kr obverse 1992–2006
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...

1599–1667 Baroque architect Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1976–2000
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...

1740–1799 aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...

1707–1783 mathematician, physicist Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...

1848–1931 psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants Franc 1,000 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...

1516–1565 authored Historiae animalium
Historiae animalium (Gesner)
Historiae animalium published at Zurich in 1551-58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich...

(1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology
Franc 50 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...

1819–1890 writer Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1956–2000
Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

316/7-397 patron saint of soldiers Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1957–2000
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

1746–1827 teacher and education reformer Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1930–1976
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...

1708–1777 anatomist and physiologist Franc 500 Fr. obverse 1977–2000

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–Present)
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

 and Turkish new lira
Turkish new lira
The new Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2009 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kurush...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 founder of the Republic of Turkey; 1st President, 1923–1938 Lira ₤2½ obverse 1939–1952
obverse 1952–1966
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₤5 obverse 1937–1952
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₤10 obverse 1938–1952
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both 1979–1987
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₤20 obverse 1966–1987
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₤50 obverse 1927–1938
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₤500 obverse 1927–1939
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obverse 1962–1976
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obverse 1984–1989
₤1,000 obverse 1927–1939
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obverse 1979–1986
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₤5,000 obverse 1981–1994
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₤10,000 obverse 1982–1995
obverse 1984–1995
obverse 1989–1995
obverse 1993–1995
₤20,000 obverse 1988–1997
obverse 1995–1997
₤50,000 obverse 1989–1999
obverse 1995–1999
₤100,000 both 1991–2001
both 1994–2001
both 1996–2001
₤250,000 obverse 1992–2006
obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1998–2006
₤500,000 obverse 1993–2006
obverse 1994–2006
obverse 1997–2006
₤1,000,000 obverse 1995–2006
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obverse 2002–2006
₤5,000,000 obverse 1997–2006
₤10,000,000 obverse 1999–2006
₤20,000,000 obverse 2001–2006
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem Lira ₤100 reverse 1983–1989
reverse 1984–1989
İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President, 1938–1950 Lira 50 kuruş obverse 1944–1947
₤1 obverse 1942–1947
₤2½ obverse 1947–1952
₤10 obverse 1942–1950
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₤50 obverse 1942–1951
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₤100 obverse 1942–1946
obverse 1947–1952
₤500 obverse 1940–1946
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₤1,000 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1444–1446 and 1451–1481 Lira ₤1,000 reverse 1986–1989
reverse 1988–1992
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī , also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and popularly known as Mevlānā in Turkey and Mawlānā in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic...

1207–1273 Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" Lira ₤5,000 reverse 1981–1994
reverse 1985–1994
reverse 1988–1994
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, 1512–1588 Lira ₤10,000 reverse 1982–1995
reverse 1984–1995
reverse 1989–1995
reverse 1993–1995

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...



Currency: Hryvnia

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

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1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain $10 obverse 1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

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1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain $5 obverse
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...

1793–1877 ruler of Argentina, 1829–1852 $20 obverse
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

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1821–1906 President, 1862–1868 $2 obverse
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

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1843–1914 President, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 $100 obverse
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

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1811–1888 President, 1868–1874 $50 obverse

*See also Argentina in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan , MBE was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament....

1861–1932 suffragette, first woman elected to Parliament, 1920–1924 $50 reverse 1995
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
$5 obverse 1992
John Flynn
John Flynn (minister)
John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.-Biography:...

1880–1951 founder, Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1928 $20 reverse 1994
Mary Gilmore
Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore DBE was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist.-Early life:Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales...

1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993
Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...

1861–1931 international opera soprano, 1886–1926 $100 obverse 1996
John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...

1865–1931 general during World War I $100 reverse 1996
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

1815–1896 The Father of the Federation $5 obverse 2001
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

1864–1941 poet, author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) $10 obverse 1993
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney.-Early life:...

1777–1855 businesswoman $20 obverse 1994
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...

1825–1910 politician, journalist, suffragette $5 reverse 2001
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
David Unaipon was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. He was the most widely known Aboriginal in Australia, and broke stereotypes of Aboriginals...

1872–1967 inventor, writer $50 obverse 1995

*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since 2212
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

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1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 $100 obverse 9090
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain
Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

1849–1931 suffragist $50 reverse
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...

1849–1931 founder, Victorian Order of Nurses, 1893 $50 reverse
Elizabeth II
Style of the Canadian sovereign
The title and style of the Canadian sovereign is the formal mode of address of the monarch of Canada. The form is based on those that were inherited from the United Kingdom and France, used in the colonies to refer to the reigning monarch in Europe...

1926- Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

, 1952-
$20 obverse
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

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1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948 $50 obverse
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

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1941-1919 7th Prime Minister, 1896–1911 $5 obverse
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

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1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 $10 obverse
Nellie Mooney McClung
Nellie McClung
Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...

1873–1951 suffragist $50 reverse
Louise Crummy McKinney
Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...

1868–1931 first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire, 1917–1921 $50 reverse
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...

1868–1933 British Empire's first woman judge, 1916–1933 $50 reverse
Irene Marryat Parlby
Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...

1868–1965 first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta, 1921–1935 $50 reverse

*See also Canada Banknotes Out of Circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi
Fifth series of the renminbi
The fifth series of the renminbi is the current coin and banknote series of the Chinese currency, the renminbi. They were progressively introduced since 1999 and consist of ¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1 coins, and ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 notes. ¥20 is a new denomination.-First edition:Coins of the first...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

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1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 ¥1 obverse 2004
¥5 obverse 2002
¥10 obverse 2001
¥20 obverse 2000
¥50 obverse 2001
¥100 obverse 1999

*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...


Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso
Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...

1865–1896 poet $5,000 obverse 1995
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...

1792–1840 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain $2,000 obverse 2005
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister and Labor Minister , mayor of Bogotá and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off...

1903–1948 Labor Party leader, two-time presidential candidate, assassinated during second campaign $1,000 both 2005
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer.Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería...

1865–1920 astronomer $20,000 obverse 1996
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....

1837–1895 writer, politician, soldier $50,000 obverse 1992
Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...

1795–1817 seamstress, spy, executed by Spain $10,000 obverse 1995

Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...


Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila was a bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats under Italian rule....

1812–1882 Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture 10 kn obverse 1994
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

1643–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse
Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...

1589–1638 Baroque poet 50 kn obverse
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...

1801–1859 ban, 1848–1859; abolished serfdom 20 kn obverse
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

1450–1524 poet and humanist 500 kn obverse
Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranic
Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

1814–1890 ban, 1873–1880; modernized economy and education 100 kn obverse
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force...

1871–1928 founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, 1905 200 kn obverse
Ante Starčević
Ante Starcevic
Ante Starčević , was a Croatian politician and writer whose activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.His works are base for Croatian nationalism, he is often referred to as Father of the Fatherland by Croats.-Life:...

1823–1896 politician and writer 1,000 kn obverse
Tomislav
Tomislav
King Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 910–925, and then became first King of the Croatian Kingdom in 925–928....

???-928 1st King of Croatia, 925-928 1,000 kn reverse
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

1621–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse

Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....


Currency: Czech Krone (since 1918)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ottokar I of Bohemia
Ottokar I of Bohemia
-External links:...

1155–1230 First heredetary king of Bohemia 20 czk obverse 1993 - 2008
Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

1211–1282 medieval Bohemian princess 50 czk obverse 1993 - 2011
Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

1346–1348 king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor 100 czk obverse 1993
John Amos Comenius 1592–1670 bishop of Unity of the Brethren 200 czk obverse 1993
Božena Němcová
Božena Nemcová
Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...

1820–1862 author 500 czk obverse 1993
František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...

1798–1876 historian and politician 1000 czk obverse 1993
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.- Biography :...

1878–1930 Czech operatic soprano 2000 czk obverse 1993
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1850–1937 president of Czechoslovakia 5000 czk obverse 1993

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...

1859–1935 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...

1849–1927 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...

1885–1962 author 50 kr obverse 2005
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...

1885–1962 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922 500 kr obverse 2003
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.-Early life:...

1812–1890 actress, 1827–1864 200 kr obverse 2003
Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...

1865–1931 composer, conductor, violinist 100 kr obverse 2002

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

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1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pt.50 reverse 1996
£1 reverse 1979
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

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unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE £10 reverse 2003

*See also Egypt Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (1992–2010)
Symbol: KR
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist. With respect to the latter, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns...

1839–1907 linguist, theologian, folklorist 10 KR obverse 1991
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...

1841–1882 established Estonia's first political newspaper Sakala, 1878 500 KR obverse 1991
Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

1916–1975 chess grandmaster 5 KR obverse 1991
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...

1843–1886 poet 100 KR obverse 1991
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....

1878–1940 author 25 KR obverse 1991
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...

1873–1918 composer, organist 50 KR obverse 1994
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a...

1792–1879 biologist, pioneer of embryology 2 KR obverse 1992

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen was a prince of Transylvania , duke of Opole and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary. His last armed intervention in 1626 was part of the Thirty Years' War...

1580–1629 Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629; led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy 2,000 Ft both 1998
Charles I
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

1288–1342 King of Hungary, 1308–1342 200 Ft obverse 1998
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

1443–1490 King of Hungary, 1458–1490 1,000 Ft obverse 1998
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

1803–1876 statesman and reformer 20,000 Ft obverse 2001
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

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1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 500 Ft obverse 1998
Stephen I 975-1038 1st King of Hungary, 1006–1038 10,000 Ft obverse 1997
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

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1791–1860 statesman and political theorist 5,000 Ft obverse 1999

*See also Hungary in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir ????-???? 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir was the daughter of the Icelandic priest Jón Arason and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir. She was one of twelve children and was an active seamstress. She taught this skill actively. Ragnheiður became the wife of two consecutive bishops in the Hólar see -- Gísli...

1646–1715 developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr both 1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is one of the most famous artists of Iceland.The paintings of Kjarval vary greatly in style. Most of them are rather realistic presentations of the Icelandic landscape whereas others are more influenced by a somewhat mythical style...

1885–1972 painter 2,000 kr obverse 1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the 19th century independence movement 500 kr both 1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. He is currently pictured on the Icelandic 1000 krónur bill....

1605–1675 Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature 1,000 kr obverse 1984
Gísli Þorláksson ????-???? Lutheran bishop of Hólar, 1657–1684; husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir ????-???? 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986

India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs.
See also Indian rupee
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

1869–1948 political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement Rs.5 obverse 2002
Rs.10 obverse 1996
Rs.20 obverse 2002
Rs.50 obverse 1997
Rs.100 obverse 1996
Rs.500 obverse 2000
Rs.1,000 obverse 2000

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Hassan Modarres
Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres , was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth...

1870–1937 notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...

100 ریال obverse 1985-
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

1902–1989 leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

1000 ریال obverse 1992-
2000 ریال obverse 2005-
5000 ریال obverse 1993-
10000 ریال obverse 1992-
20000 ریال obverse 2003-
50000 ریال obverse 2005-
100000 ریال obverse 2010-

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currency: New Sheqel (since 1985)
Symbol:
See also Israeli new sheqel
Israeli new sheqel
The Israeli New Shekel is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

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1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 ₪50 obverse 1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

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1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 ₪100 obverse
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

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1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 ₪20 obverse
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

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1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1973 ₪200 obverse

*See also Israel in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥
See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Higuchi Ichiyō 1872–1896 author ¥5,000 obverse 2004
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...

1876–1928 bacteriologist ¥1,000 obverse
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

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1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author ¥10,000 obverse

*See also Japan in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....


Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound
Jersey pound
The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern...

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Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, 1952- £1 obverse 1971
£5 obverse
£10 obverse
£20 obverse
£50 obverse
Francis Pierson 1757–1781 Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey
Battle of Jersey
The Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...

£10 reverse

*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Korea, South
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...


Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol:
See also South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I . A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy. Yi Hwang is often...

1501–1570 Confucian
Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China...

 scholar
₩1,000 obverse 1983
Yi I
Yi I
Yi I was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang . Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok...

1536–1584 Confucian scholar ₩5,000 obverse
King Sejong the Great 1397–1450 monarch ₩10,000 obverse
Shin Saimdang 1504–1551 poet, calligraphist ₩50,000 obverse 2009

*See also South Korea in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (since 1993)
Symbol: Lt
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 50 Lt obverse 2003
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language 100 Lt obverse 2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...

1858–1899 poet, physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem 500 Lt obverse 2009
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement 20 Lt obverse 2001
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement 200 Lt obverse 2000

Malaysia


Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan 1895 – 1960 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 (Supreme Head of State)
of the Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

RM 1 obverse 1967
RM 2 obverse 1996
RM 5 obverse 1967
(polymer in 1996)
RM 10 obverse 1967
RM 20 obverse 1982
RM 50 obverse 1967
RM 100 obverse 1967
RM 500 obverse 1982 - 1999
RM 1,000 obverse 1967 - 1999

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1648/51-1695 nun, scholar, poet $200 obverse 1996
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...

1753–1811 Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence $1,000 obverse 2004
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

1806–1832 31st President, 1858–1872 $20 both 1996
(polymer in 2002)
José María Morelos
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...

1765–1815 leader for Mexican independence $50 obverse 1996
(polymer in 2006)
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

1402–1472 Texcocan king $100 obverse 1996
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...

 and Frida Kalho
1829–1862 Artists and Communist Party militants $500 obverse 1996

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
-Pre-dollar:Prior to 10 July 1967, the New Zealand pound, using the £sd system, was the main currency of New Zealand. Since 1934, banknotes of the New Zealand pound were issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and came in denominations of 10s, £1, £5, £10, and £50.-First issue: 1967 -...

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II 1926 - Queen
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...

 and Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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$20 Obverse 1967
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...

1919–2008 Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

 (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.
$5 1990
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...

1874–1950 Played a significant role in the revival of Maori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Maori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for 38 years.
$50 1990
Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 in 1908.
$100 1990
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard
Katherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...

1848–1934 Prominent suffragette
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...

, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.
$10 1990

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...

1812–1885 writer, scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore 50 kr obverse 1997
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air...

1867–1917 scientist 200 kr obverse 1994
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...

1895–1962 opera singer 100 kr obverse 1997
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...

1863–1944 Expressionist painter 1,000 kr obverse 2001
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...

1882-1849 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1928 500 kr obverse 1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948;
"Father of the Nation"
Rs. 10 obverse 2006
Rs. 20 obverse 2005
Rs. 50 obverse 1977
Rs. 100 obverse 2006
Rs. 500 obverse 2006
Rs. 1,000 obverse 2007
Rs. 5,000 obverse 2006

Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Currency: Nuevo sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian nuevo sol
The nuevo sol plural: nuevos soles; currency sign: S/.) is the currency of Peru. It is subdivided into 100 cents, called céntimos in Spanish. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. It is most commonly referred to just as sol...

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José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He sacrificed his life crashing into an Ecuadorian battery during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian war.-Combat History:Lieutenant Quinones was a fighter pilot...

1914–1941 National aviation hero Nuevo sol S/. 10 obverse 1991–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian. He was born in Pisco, Peru on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a...

1897–1960 Historian Nuevo sol S/. 20 obverse 1991–
Abraham Valdelomar
Abraham Valdelomar
Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...

1888–1919 Poet Nuevo sol S/. 50 obverse 1991–
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country...

1903–1980 Minister of education, Historian Nuevo sol S/. 100 obverse 1991–
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586–1617 Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Nuevo sol S/. 200 obverse 1995–

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


Currency: Peso (since 1903)
Symbol:
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...

1869–1964 1st President, 1899–1901 P5 obverse 1985
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

1932–1983 leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos' autocracy P500 both 2002
Andrés Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...

1863–1897 leader in the Philippine Revolution P10 obverse 1987
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....

1935- 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1998–2005; swore in President Macapagal-Arroyo P200 reverse 2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...

1898–1945 founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Vicente Lim
Vicente Lim
Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...

1889–1945 Brigadier General, Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...

1864–1903 1st Prime Minister, 1899; author of the 1st Constitution P10 obverse 1987
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...

1910–1997 9th President, 1961–1965 P200 obverse 2002
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

1947- daughter of President Macapagal; 14th President, 2001-2009 P200 reverse 2002
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...

1878–1961 4th President, 1944–1946 P50 obverse 1987
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...

1878–1944 2nd President, 1935–1944 P20 obverse 1987
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

1892–1948 5th President, 1946–1948 P100 obverse 2002
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos
In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

1886–1942 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

1933-2009 11th President,1986-1992 P500 obverse 2010

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol:
See also Polish coins and banknotes
Polish coins and banknotes
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland. For historical ones, see here.-Coins:Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated....

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Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 20 zł obverse 1995
Casimir III
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

1310–1370 King of Poland, 1333–1370 50 zł obverse
Jogaila
Jogaila
Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

1351–1434 King of Poland, 1386–1434 100 zł obverse
Mieszko I 935-992 Duke of Poland, 960-922 10 zł obverse
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...

1520–1572 King of Poland, 1530–1572 200 zł obverse

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Romanian leu
Romanian leu
The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...

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Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher 200 L obverse 2006
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer 100 L obverse 2005
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet 500 L obverse 2005
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist 5 L obverse 2005
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting 10 L obverse 2005
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Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister,historian 1931–1932 1 L obverse 2005
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot 50 L obverse 2005

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...


Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб
See also Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...

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Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.-Surname spelling:The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.-Early...

1809–1881 Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk, 1847–1861 руб5,000 obverse 2000
Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

1672–1725 Tsar, 1682–1725 руб500 obverse 1998
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 1019–1054 руб1,000 obverse 2000

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

See under United Kingdom

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijic
Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...

1865–1927 geographer 500 din. both 2004
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanovic
Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...

1869–1958 Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile, 1942–1943 5,000 din. both 2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

1787–1864 linguist; reformer of the Serbian language 10 din. both 2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...

1856–1914 composer and music educator 50 din. both 2005
Petar II
Petar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...

1813–1851 Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830–1851; Serbian language poet 20 din. both 2006
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrovic
Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...

1873–1915 painter 200 din. both 2006
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

1856–1943 inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer 100 din. both 2006
Ðorđe Vajfert 1850–1937 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia, 1912–1926 1,000 din. both 2006

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore dollar
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar or Dollar is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

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Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak was an eminent Singaporean politician and the first President of Singapore of Minangkabau descent. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999.-Early life:...

1910–1970 First President, 1965–1970 S$2 obverse 1999
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Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Charles XI
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....

1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 500 kr obverse 1985
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 1,000 kr obverse 1989
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 20 kr obverse 1991
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...

1820–1887 opera singer 50 kr obverse 1996
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy 100 kr obverse 1986
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar , better known as , which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.-Biography:Polhem was born on the island of Gotland...

1661–1751 industrialist; planned and started construction of the Göta Canal 500 kr reverse 1985

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc
Banknotes of the Swiss franc
The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1825 by the Caisse de Dépôt of the city of Bern.During the 19th century the Cantons had the right of printing notes. Following the law of 8 March 1881 the Swiss National Bank had the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Switzerland. First notes...

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Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...

1818–1897 historian of the arts 1,000 Fr. obverse 1998
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

1887–1965 modernist architect 10 Fr. obverse 1997
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter...

1901–1966 sculptor, painter, draftsman 100 Fr. obverse 1998
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

1892–1955 composer 20 Fr. obverse 1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...

1878–1947 French-speaking Swiss author 200 Fr. obverse 1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter and sculptor. Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Täuber began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen...

1889–1943 artist, painter, sculptor 50 Fr. obverse 1995

Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan)


Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

1866–1925 Founding father of the Republic of China $100 obverse 2001
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

1887–1975 President of the Republic of China, 1948–1975 $200 obverse 2002

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 Founder and 1st President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1923-1938
1 TL obverse 1926 - 1938
1950–present
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İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1938-1950
2.5 TL obverse 1938–1950
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Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...

1910–1997 Mathematician 10 TL reverse 2009–present
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...

1240?-1321? Poet and Sufi mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

200 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 Poet of the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...

100 TL reverse 1983–1989
Itri
Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...

1640?-1711 Composer and performer of Turkish classical music 100 TL reverse 2009–present
Kemaleddin Bey 1870–1927 Architect 20 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan and conqueror of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

1000 TL reverse 1986–1992
Mevlana 1207–1273 Philosopher 5000 TL reverse 1981–1994
Aydın Sayılı
Aydin Sayili
Aydın Sayılı was a historian of science. His career was aided by chance meeting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom he impressed enough to receive a state-supported scholarship to attend graduate school at Harvard, where he studied under George Sarton....

1913–1993 Historian of science 5 TL reverse 2009–present
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 Architect and civil engineer 10000 TL reverse 1982–1995
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz , aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian...

1862–1936 First female Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 novelist
50 TL reverse 2009–present

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...


Currency: Hryvnia (since 1996)
Symbol: Ƨ
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Ƨ20 obverse 2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Ƨ50 obverse 2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Ƨ5 obverse 2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Ƨ10 obverse 2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Ƨ100 obverse 2006
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and composer who lived in the Russian Empire and who made important contributions to Russian philosophy and culture. He lived and worked in Ukraine and passionately and consciously identified with its people, differentiating them...

1722–1794 poet, philosopher, composer Ƨ500 obverse 2006
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

1871–1913 poet, writer Ƨ200 obverse 2001
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Ƨ1 obverse 2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Ƨ2 obverse 2004

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1695)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.

England & Wales

Exclusive sterling note issue granted to the Bank of England.
Bank of England

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

1809–1882 naturalist £10 reverse 2000
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- £5 obverse 2002
£10 obverse 2000
£20 obverse 1999
£20 obverse 2007
£50 obverse 1994
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry , née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist...

1780–1845 prison reformer £5 reverse 2002
John Houblon
John Houblon
Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.-Biography:Sir John was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger...

1632–1712 1st Governor, Bank of England, 1694–1697 £50 reverse 1994
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist £20 reverse 2007

Scotland

Three commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Bank of Scotland
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Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

1771–1832 historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes £5 obverse 2007
£10 obverse 2007
£20 obverse 1999
£50 obverse 2007
£100 obverse 2007


Royal Bank of Scotland
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Lord Ilay
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

1682–1761 founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 obverse 1987
£5 obverse 1987
£10 obverse 1987
£20 obverse 1987
£50 obverse 1987
£100 obverse 1987
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

1850–1894 Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1994
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

1847–1922 Inventor of the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1997
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

1900–2002 Queen Consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II 
(special commemorative issue)
£20 reverse 2000
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

1940- Notable American golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er
(special commemorative issue)
£5 reverse 2005


Clydesdale Bank
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£5 obverse 1998
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor
Mary Mitchell Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria.Her determined work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals, spreading Christianity and promoting women's rights.-Early life:...

1848–1915 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

£10 both 1998
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 1998
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...

£50 both 1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£100 both 1998
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...

1881–1955 Discoverer of penicillin
Penicillin
Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....

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£5 obverse 2009
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£10 obverse 2009
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 2009
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.-Education:She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh...

1864–1917 Doctor and suffragist. £50 obverse 2009
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...

1868-1928 Architect and designer. £100 obverse 2009

Northern Ireland

Four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Northern Bank

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John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company....

1840–1921 Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company £10 obverse 2005
Harry Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...

1884–1960 Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 £20 obverse 2005
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

£50 obverse 2005
Sir James Martin 1893–1981 Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat £100 obverse 2005


Ulster Bank

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George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

1946–2005 Footballer for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£5 obverse 2006

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

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John Adams
John Adams
John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

1735–1826 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...

1722–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...

1737–1802 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...

1741–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from...

1725–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clinton
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

1739–1812 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clymer
George Clymer
George Clymer was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution...

1739–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Dickinson
John Dickinson (delegate)
John Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of...

1732–1808 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Ellery 1727–1820 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Floyd
William Floyd
William Floyd was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:...

1734–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

1706–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Founding Father $100 obverse 1996
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

1822–1877 18th President, 1869–1877 $50 obverse 2004
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 $10 both 2006
John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

1737–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Harrison, V 1726–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were part of the Quaker Society of Friends. Immediately after their marriage they moved to New Jersey, which became Joseph Hewes’s home state. Hewes was formally educated at Princeton and after...

1730–1779 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Heyward, Jr. 1746–1809 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Hooper
William Hooper
William Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...

1742–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...

1707–1785 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...

1737–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

1731–1796 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

1767–1845 7th President, 1829–1837 $20 obverse 2003
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 3rd President, 1801–1809; signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 both 1976
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...

1732–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....

1713–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1809–1865 16th President, 1861–1865 $5 both 2000
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

1716–1778 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Livingston (1746-1813)
Robert R Livingston was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor," after the office he held for 25 years....

1746–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

1734–1817 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

1742–1787 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

1726–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (merchant)
Robert Morris, Jr. was a British-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution...

1734–1806 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

1740–1799 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...

1731–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Read
George Read (signer)
George Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...

1733–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

1745–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...

1749–1800 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...

1721–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Early life:...

1730–1781 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...

1729–1824 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Walton
George Walton
George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

1749/50-1804 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 1st President, 1789–1797 $1 obverse 1963
William Williams
William Williams (signer)
William Williams was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from...

1731–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing was an American merchant and financier and a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania....

1731–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
James Wilson
James Wilson
James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution...

1742–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey , he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration...

1723–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976

Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...


Currency: Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (since 2008)
Symbol: Bs
See also Venezuelan bolívar
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Ravelo y Rodríguez de Espinoza , commonly known as Francisco de Miranda , was a Venezuelan revolutionary...

1750–1816 military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 2 bolívares obverse 2008
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, or 'The First Black' was a Venezuelan soldier who at first fought with the royal army, only to later go over to the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of lieutenant.The nickname of Negro Primero was inspired by his...

1790–1821 soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain 5 bolívares obverse 2008
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro was a native Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.-Life:...

c1530-1568 Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization 10 bolívares obverse 2008
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...

1799–1866 heroine of Venezuelan War of Independence 20 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....

1769–1854 philosopher, educator 50 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

1783–1830 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 100 bolívares obverse 2008

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n, 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L, 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a, 1983–1985)
Austral (A, 1985–1991)
Peso ($, 1992–Present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional
Argentine peso moneda nacional
The peso moneda nacional was the currency of Argentina between November 5, 1881 and December 31, 1969. It was subdivided into 100 centavos, with the argentino worth 5 pesos. Its symbol was m$n or $m/n. Its ISO 4217 code was ARM.-History:...

, Argentine peso ley
Argentine peso ley
The peso ley 18.188, usually known as either peso or, to distinguish it from the earlier peso moneda nacional, informally as peso ley, was the currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was $, sometimes $L. Its name comes from law...

, Argentine peso argentino
Argentine peso argentino
The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.-History:...

, Argentine austral
Argentine austral
The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...

, and Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile, he was one of the most influential Argentine liberals of his age.-Biography:...

1810–1884 political theorist and diplomat Peso Argentino $a5,000 obverse 1984–1987
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

1837–1885 President of Argentina, 1874–1880 Austral A500 obverse 1988–1992
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain Peso Ley $L1 obverse 1970–1981
$L5 obverse 1971–1981
$L10 obverse 1970–1981
Peso Argentino $a10,000 obverse 1984–1987
Miguel Juárez Celman 1844–1909 President of Argentina, 1886–1890 Austral A5,000 obverse 1988–1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain Peso Moneda Nacional m$n5 obverse 1935–1965
m$n10 obverse 1936–1965
m$n50 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n100 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n500 obverse 1944–1968
1964–1968
m$n1,000 obverse 1944–1975
m$n5,000 obverse 1962–1975
m$n10,000 obverse 1961–1975
Peso Ley $L50 obverse 1972–1981
$L100 obverse 1971–1981
$L500 obverse 1972–1984
$L1,000 obverse 1973–1984
$L5,000 obverse 1977–1984
$L10,000 obverse 1976–1985
$L50,000 obverse 1979–1985
$L100,000 obverse
$L500,000 obverse 1980–1985
$L1,000,000 obverse 1981–1985
Peso Argentino $a1 obverse 1983–1985
$a5 obverse 1983–1987
$a10 obverse
$a50 obverse
$a100 obverse
$a500 obverse 1984–1987
$a1,000 obverse 1983–1987
Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1991
A50,000 obverse
A500,000 obverse 1990–1991
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

1801–1870 President of Argentina, 1854–1860 Austral A5 obverse 1986–1991
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 Australes note, which is now obsolete....

1809–1867 President of Argentina, 1860–1861 Austral A10 obverse 1985–1991
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

1821–1906 President of Argentina, 1862–1868 Austral A50 obverse 1986–1991
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

1846–1906 President of Argentina, 1890–1892 Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1992
Peso $1 obverse 1992-????
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....

1835–1906 President of Argentina, 1904–1906 Austral A500,000 obverse 1990–1993
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

1780–1845 President of Argentina, 1826–1827 Austral A1 obverse 1985–1991
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

1843–1914 President of Argentina, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 Austral A1,000 obverse 1988–1992
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina.He graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and participated in the constitutional assembly of 1860. He was a number of times a national deputy and senator. In 1882 he occupied a seat on the Supreme Court of the Province of...

1822–1907 President of Argentina, 1892–1895 Austral A50,000 obverse 1989–1993
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

1811–1888 President of Argentina, 1868–1874 Austral A100 obverse 1985–1992
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

1831–1914 President of Argentina, 1895–1898 Austral A100,000 obverse 1990–1993

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–Present)
See also Australian pound
Australian pound
The pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...

 and Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

1743–1820 English botonist, introduced the West to eucalyptus Dollar $5 obverse 1967–1992
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...

1808–1877 humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare Dollar $5 reverse 1967–1992
James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

1728–1779 explorer, first European to visit the Australian east coast Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
Pound £1 obverse 1953–1966
Dollar $1 obverse 1966–1984
William Farrer
William Farrer
William James Farrer was a leading Australian agronomist and plant breeder. Farrer is best remembered as the originator of the "Federation" strain of wheat, distributed in 1903...

1845–1906 leading agronomist, wheat breeder Dollar $2 reverse 1966–1988
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

1774–1814 navigator and cartographer, author of A Voyage to Terra Australis Pound 10/- obverse 1953–1966
Howard Florey 1898–1968 Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin, 1945 Dollar $50 obverse 1973–1995
John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

1786–1847 explorer of Australia Pound £5 obverse 1953–1966
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.- Early life :Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...

1850–1915 inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) Dollar $20 reverse 1966–1994
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...

1797–1873 first Australian-born explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

1867–1922 poet and novelist Dollar $10 reverse 1966–1993
John Macarthur
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

1766–1834 pioneer of the Australian wool industry Dollar $2 obverse 1966–1988
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

1882–1958 Antarctic explorer and geologist Dollar $100 obverse 1984–1996
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

1738–1814 established first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales Pound £10 obverse 1953–1966
Ian Clunies Ross
Ian Clunies Ross
Sir Ian Clunies Ross, CMG is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO.-Family:...

1899–1959 scientist, leader in veterinary medicine Dollar $50 reverse 1973–1995
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC , often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia...

1897–1935 aviator; first to fly across the Pacific, 1928 Dollar $20 obverse 1966–1994
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

1795–1869 English explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" .-Early life:...

1834–1916 astronomer, discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" Dollar $100 reverse 1984–1996

Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...


Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Austrian schilling
Austrian schilling
The schilling was the currency of Austria from 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...

1851–1914 economist Schilling S100 obverse 1985–2001
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. His father was Johann Daffinger....

1790–1849 miniature painter and sculpture Schilling S20 obverse 1988–2001
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

1856–1939 co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology Schilling S50 obverse 1987–2001
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner , was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin. He is noted for having first distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the...

1868–1943 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 both 1997–2001
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Franz Arnold Obermayer, a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper, and his second wife Marie.Rosa had 12 brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the...

1858–1938 feminist, painter, author Schilling S500 obverse 1997–2001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

1756–1791 classical composer and pianist Schilling S5,000 obverse 1989–2001
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...

1887–1961 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 obverse 1983–1997
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner
Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...

1841–1918 architect Schilling S500 obverse 1986–1997

Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Albert II
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

1934- King of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse 1994–2001
James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...

1860–1949 impressionist painter Franc 100 fr. obverse
Victor Horta
Victor Horta
Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...

1861–1947 Art Nouveau architect Franc 2,000 fr. obverse
René Magritte
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...

1898–1967 surrealist artist Franc 500 fr. obverse
Paola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium....

1937- Queen Consort of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

1886–1952 Flemish expressionist painter Franc 1,000 fr. obverse
Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...

1814–1894 musician, inventor of the saxophone Franc 200 fr. obverse

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 dollar $100 obverse 1976–1990
1990–2004
Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

1894–1972 Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, 1910–1936
dollar $5 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

1926- Princess of York, 1936–1952 dollar $20 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth II Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1954–1974
$2 obverse 1954–1975
1986–1996
$5 obverse 1954–1972
$10 obverse 1954–1971
$20 obverse 1954–1969
1969–1993
1993–2004
$50 obverse 1954–1975
$100 obverse 1954–1976
$1,000 obverse 1954–1992
1992–2000
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

1865–1936 King of the United Kingdom
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...

 and the British Dominions, 1910–1936
dollar $1 obverse 1935–1936
Albert
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

1895–1952 Duke of York, 1920–1936 dollar $50 obverse 1935–1937
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

King of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1936–1954
$2 obverse
$5 obverse
$10 obverse
$20 obverse
$50 obverse
Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....

1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1928–1974 dollar $100 obverse 1935–1937
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 dollar $50 obverse 1975–1989
1989–2004
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

1841–1919 7th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911 dollar $5 obverse 1972–1986
1986–2001
$1,000 obverse 1935–1937
1937–1954
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 dollar $10 obverse 1971–1989
1989–2000
$100 obverse 1937–1954
$500 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

1867–1953 Royal consort to George V, 1910–1936 dollar $2 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...

1897–1965 Princess Royal of Canada, 1932–1965 dollar $10 obverse 1935–1937

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (¥, 1948–Present)
See also Fourth series of the renminbi
Fourth series of the renminbi
The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.-Banknotes:Banknotes are available in :*First edition**¥0.1 ,**¥0.2...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 Renminbi ¥100 obverse 1992–1999
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

1898–1976 1st Premier, 1949–1976; 1st Foreign Minister, 1949–1958
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

1898–1969 2nd President, 1959–1968
Zhu De
Zhu De
Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...

1886–1976 founder, Chinese Red Army

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

1805–1875 poet and author of fairy tales Krone 10 kr obverse 1952–1955
obverse 1954–1975
Christian Ditlev Frederik
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer....

1748–1827 agricultural reformer Krone 500 kr obverse 1964–1975
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen....

1779–1856 author; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1975–1998
Jens Juel
Jens Juel (painter)
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle.-Early life and career:...

1745–1802 painter Krone 100 kr obverse 1974–1995
obverse 1995–1999
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff ????-???? wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 10 kr obverse 1975–1980
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...

1777–1851 physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism Krone 100 kr obverse 1962–1974
Ole Rømer 1644–1710 astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light Krone 50 kr obverse 1957–1975
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg ????-???? daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 50 kr obverse 1975–1999
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

1770–1844 sculptor Krone 5 kr obverse 1952–1962
Pauline Lucia Tutein 1761–1827 wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 20 kr obverse 1980–1990
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen ????-???? noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 500 kr obverse 1974–1997

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Farouk I
Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....

1920–1965 King of Egypt, 1936–1952 Pound £1 obverse 1950–1952
£5 obverse 1946–1952
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE Pound £10 reverse 1970–1979
1979–2003
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pound Pt.50 obverse 1968–1981
1981–1986
£1 obverse 1968–1979
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

unknown Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1333-1324 BCE Pound Pt.25 obverse 1952–1962
Pt.50 obverse 1952–1962
£1 obverse 1930–1950
1952–1963
1963–1968
£5 obverse 1952–1963
1963–1969
1970–1981
£10 obverse 1952–1962
1962–1970
£100 obverse 1979–1994

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (KR, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...

1865–1943 painter Kroon 1 KR obverse 1992-????

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–Present)
See also Faroese króna
Faroese króna
The króna is the currency of the Faroe Islands. It is issued by the Danish National Bank. It is not an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it does not have an ISO 4217 currency code. The ISO 4217 code for the Danish krone is DKK...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi...

1773–1853 first poet to write in Faroese Króna 1,000 kr obverse 1980–2005
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...

1819–1909 established modern orthography for the Faroese language Króna 100 kr obverse 1964–1978
obverse 1978–2003
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...

1765–1809 seaman, trader, poet Króna 50 kr obverse 1967–1978
obverse 1978–2001

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Finnish mark
Finnish mark
The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro , which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...

1898–1976 modernist architect Mark 50mk reverse 1986–2002
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.The world's first...

1792–1803 priest and statesman Mark 1,000mk reverse 1986–2002
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas , and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was one of the...

1920–1992 novelist Mark 20mk reverse 1993–2002
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...

1802–1884 historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) Mark 500mk reverse 1986–2002
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...

1897–1973 Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist Mark 10mk reverse 1986–1992
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

1865–1957 classical composer Mark 100mk reverse 1986–2002

France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also French franc
French franc
The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...

1839–1906 Post-Impressionist painter Franc ₣100 obverse 1997–2002
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...

1859–1906 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

1900–1944 author and aviator Franc ₣50 obverse 1992–2002
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

1862–1918 impressionist composer Franc ₣20 both 1997–2002
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

1832–1923 engineer and architect Franc ₣200 obverse 1996–2002

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also German mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"...

1854–1915 Nobel Prize winner, 1908 Deutsche Mark 200 DM obverse 1990–2002
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

1777–1855 mathematician and scientist Deutsche Mark 10 DM obverse 1991–2002
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...

1785–1863 older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...

1786–1859 younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...

1647–1717 naturalist and illustrator Deutsche Mark 500 DM obverse 1992–2002
Balthasar Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

1687–1753 Baroque architect Deutsche Mark 50 DM obverse 1991–2002
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

1819–1896 classical pianist and composer Deutsche Mark 100 DM obverse 1990–2002
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....

1785–1859 novelist Deutsche Mark 5 DM obverse 1992–2002
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Anna Elisabeth von Droste-Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.-Biography:...

1797–1848 poet and author Deutsche Mark 20 DM obverse 1992–2002

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Greek drachma
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
John Capodistria 1776–1831 1st Governor of Greece, 1827–1831 Drachma 500 Δρ. obverse 1983–2002
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis was a Greek writer and revolutionary of Aromanian origin, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.-Early...

1757–1798 revolutionary, first casualty of the Greek War of Independence Drachma 200 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

1770–1843 General during the Greek War of Independence Drachma 5,000 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Coraïs was a humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as...

1748–1833 linguist, author of the first modern Greek dictionary Drachma 100 Δρ. reverse 1978–2002
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...

1883–1962 pioneer in early cancer detection Drachma 10,000 Δρ. obverse 1995–2002

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

1877–1919 poet Forint 500 Ft obverse 1970–1999
1992–1999
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

1881–1945 composer, pianist Forint 1,000 Ft obverse 1983–1999
1993–1999
György Dózsa
György Dózsa
György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

????-1514 led a peasants' revolt against the nobility Forint 20 Ft obverse 1948–1992
1920–1992
1960–1992
Francis II
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 Forint 50 Ft obverse 1953–1996
1966–1996
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

1802–1894 statesman and freedom fighter Forint 100 Ft obverse 1948–1998
1920–1998
1959–1998
1992–1998
Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

1823–1849 national poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Forint 10 Ft obverse 1947–1992
1950–1992
1959–1992
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

1791–1860 statesman and political theorist Forint 5,000 Ft obverse 1991–1999

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfr Arnarson is recognized as the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. According to Landnáma he built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874...

unknown first permanent settler of Iceland, 874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1960–1969
Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

1818–1906 King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1919
obverse 1919–1920
10 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1916–1920
50 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1916–1920
100 kr obverse 1916–1935
Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

1870–1947 King of Denmark, 1912–1947;
King of Iceland, 1918–1944
Króna 5 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1935
10 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1934
50 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1931–1936
100 kr obverse 1929–1935
Jón Eiríksson 1728–1787 promoter of enlightenment Króna 5 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1960
10 kr 1969–1984
50 kr obverse 1936–1948
obverse 1948–1960
Frederick VIII
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...

1843–1912 King of Denmark, 1906–1912 Króna 50 kr obverse 1907–1916
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned was an Icelandic scholar and an apologist. His father was Jón Jónsson, who died in 1591...

1568–1648 scholar Króna 10 kr obverse 1981–1984
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.-Life:...

1663–1730 medieval Icelanic scholar Króna 100 kr obverse 1981–1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the Icelandic independence movement Króna 10 kr obverse 1934–1947
obverse 1947–1969
100 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1973
500 kr obverse 1944–1948
obverse 1948–1968
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson was an Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman.He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp...

1541–1627 bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584 Króna 50 kr obverse 1981–1987

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

1878–1944 founded the Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

5 ریال obverse 1924–1937
10 ریال obverse 1924–1951
20 ریال obverse 1924–1951
50 ریال obverse 1924–1962
100 ریال obverse 1924–1954
500 ریال obverse 1924–1974
1000 ریال obverse 1936–1974
Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

1919–1980 second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

10 ریال obverse 1951–1979
20 ریال obverse 1951–1979
50 ریال obverse 1962–1979
100 ریال obverse 1954–1976
200 ریال obverse 1965–1979
500 ریال obverse 1974–1979
1000 ریال obverse 1974–1979
10000 ریال obverse 1975–1979
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah 100 ریال obverse 1976–1979

Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Irish pound
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series B Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland replaced the Series A Banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1982 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the series was replaced in 1993 by Series C Banknotes.-Banknotes:...

 and Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series C Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; it replaced Series B Banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet. He is known for having translated and made commentaries upon the work of Pseudo-Dionysius.-Name:...

815-877 theologian, philosopher, poet Pound £5 obverse 1975–1994
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...

1860–1949 1st President, 1938–1945 Pound £50 obverse 1995–2002
James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

1882–1941 author and poet Pound £10 obverse 1993–2002
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...

1787–1841 founder, The Sisters of Mercy, 1831 Pound £5 obverse 1994–2002
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...

1670–1738 most famous Irish bard Pound £50 obverse 1977–1995
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847; often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century...

1775–1847 a leader of Catholic Emancipation Pound £20 obverse 1992–2002
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

1846–1891 statesman, forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement Pound £100 both 1995–2002
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

1667–1745 satirist and poet Pound £10 obverse 1976–1993
W. B. Yeats 1865–1939 Nobel Prize winner, 1923 Pound £20 obverse 1976–1992

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–Present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 New Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1985–1999
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

1886–1973 1st Prime Minister, 1948–1953 and 1955–1963 Pound £500 obverse 1977–1984
Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1980–1986
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 New Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1986–1999
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

1873–1934 National Poet Pound £10 obverse 1970–1984
Edmond James de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild
Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his generous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.- Early years :A...

1845–1934 philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs Sheqel ₪500 obverse 1982–1986
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

1879–1955 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921 Pound £5 obverse 1972–1984
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...

1895–1969 3rd Prime Minister, 1963–1969 Sheqel ₪5,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1985–1999
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...

1860–1904 founder of the Zionist movement Pound £100
₪10
obverse 1969–1984
1975–1984
Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1980–1986
Ze'ev Jabotinsky 1880–1940 a leader in the Zionist movement Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1980–1986
Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

1135/8-1204 author of the Mishneh Sheqel ₪1,000 obverse 1983–1986
New Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1986–1999
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....

1898–1978 4th Prime Minister, 1969–1974 Sheqel ₪10,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1985–1999
Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...

1784–1885 philanthropist Pound £10 obverse 1975–1984
Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1980–1986
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 New Sheqel ₪20 obverse 1988–1999
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1972 New Sheqel ₪200 obverse 1992–1999
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandate Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.-Biography:...

1860–1945 a leader of the Zionist movement Pound £5 obverse 1976–1984
Haim Weizman 1874–1952 1st President of Israel, 1949–1952 Pound £50 obverse 1972–1984
1978–1984
Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1980–1986

Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Italian lira
Italian lira
The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

1801–1835 opera composer Lira 5,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...

1598–1680 Baroque sculptor and architect Lira 50,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

1571–1610 Baroque artist Lira 100,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...

1874–1937 Nobel Prize winner, 1909 Lira 2,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...

1870–1952 developed the Montessori method of education Lira 1,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

1483–1520 Renaissance painter Lira 500,000 ₤ obverse 1997–2002
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

1745–1827 developer of the electric battery, 1800 Lira 10,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)

See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi
Prince was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan , genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire...

1841–1909 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister, 1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901 Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1963–1986
Nitobe Inazo 1862–1933 politician, economist, author Yen ¥5,000 obverse 1984–2004
Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo
Viscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...

1854–1936 20th Prime Minister, 1921–1922 Yen ¥50 obverse 1951–1958
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

574-622 regent, politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1946–1956
¥1,000 obverse 1950–1965
¥5,000 obverse 1957–1986
¥10,000 obverse 1958–1986
Ninomiya Sontoku
Ninomiya Sontoku
, born Ninomiya Kinjirō , was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist.-Life:Ninomiya Sontoku was born to a poor peasant family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province. His father died when he was 14 and his mother died...

1787–1856 philosopher, economist, moralist Yen ¥1 obverse 1946–1958
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

1867–1916 novelist Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1984–2004
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke
Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...

1837–1919 politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1953–1974
Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji period. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.-Early life:Iwakura was born in Kyoto as the second son of a low-ranking courtier and nobleman . In 1836 he was adopted by another nobleman, , from whom he received his family...

1825–1883 politician Yen ¥500 obverse 1951–1971
¥500 obverse 1969–1994
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author Yen ¥10,000 obverse 1984–2004

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 Litas 50 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language Litas 100 Lt obverse 1993–2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...

1860–1930 standardized the Lithuanian language Litas 5 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement Litas 20 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Motiejus Valančius
Motiejus Valancius
Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...

1801–1875 a leader in the Lithuanian national movement Litas 2 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement Litas 200 Lt obverse 1997–2000
Žemaitė
Žemaite
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...

1845–1921 author Litas 1 Lt obverse 1994–1998

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Luxembourgish franc
Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourgish franc was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 1999 . The franc remained in circulation until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jean I
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. He is the father of the current ruler, Grand Duke Henri, and the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma...

1921- Grand Duke, 1964–2000 Franc 100 fr. obverse 1986–2002
1,000 fr. obverse 1985–2002
5,000 fr. obverse 1993–2002

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

1879–1919 Leader in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1919 Peso $10 both 1993–1997

Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...

1607–1676 admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1676 Gulden ƒ100 obverse 1972–1981
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

1580–1666 painter Gulden ƒ10 obverse 1971–1977
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

1632–1677 rationalist philosopher Gulden ƒ1,000 obverse 1973–1996
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...

1562–1621 composer, organist, teacher Gulden ƒ25 obverse 1972–1990
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

1587–1697 writer, playwright Gulden ƒ5 obverse 1976–1988

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...

1802–1829 mathematician Krone 500 kr obverse 1948–2002
1978–2002
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

1832–1910 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1903 Krone 50 kr obverse 1950–1999
1966–1999
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

1779–1849 Speaker of the Storting, 1815 and 1818 Krone 5 kr obverse 1901–1945
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50 kr obverse
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Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...

1813–1885 writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1979–1997
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

1782–1830 co-author of the Constitution, 1814 Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1991–2001
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

1843–1907 composer and pianist Krone 500 kr obverse 1991–2000
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

1828–1906 playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1949–1999
1975–2001
Christian Michelsen
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

1857–1925 Prime Minister, 1905–1907 Krone 10 kr obverse 1954–1999
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

1861–1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace, 1922 Krone 5 kr obverse 1955–1999
10 kr obverse 1972–1999
Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

1829–1907 King of Norway, 1872–1905 Krone 5 kr obverse 1877–1998
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Peder Tordenskjold
Peder Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold , commonly referred to as Tordenskjold , was a Norwegian nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War...

1691–1720 Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War Krone 10 kr obverse 1901–1945
100 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...

1818–1870 poet and journalist Krone 50 kr obverse 1985–1997
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

1808–1845 poet and writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1949–1999
1962–1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–Present)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948; "Father of the Nation" Rupee Rs. 5 obverse 1997–2002

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–Present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.-Before 20th century:-20th century Interwar:-Post WWII:-1974 series:-See also:* Polish coins and banknotes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Józef Bem
Józef Bem
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...

1794–1850 general; war hero Złoty 10 zł obverse 1982–1995
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 Złoty 2,000 zł reverse 1977–1995
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

1810–1849 romantic composer and pianist Złoty 5,000 zł obverse 1982–1995
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

1473–1543 developed a heliocentric model of the solar system Złoty 1,000 zł obverse 1962–1965
1975–1995
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) Złoty 20,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836–1871 general; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune Złoty 200 zł obverse 1976–1995
Dubrawka
Dubrawka
Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, by his wife Biagota....

940/45-977 Queen Consort of Mieszko I, 965-977 Złoty 2 zł obverse 1936–1940
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

1746–1817 general; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising, 1794 Złoty 500 zł obverse 1976–1995
Mieszko I
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...

935-992 King of Poland, 960-992 Złoty 2,000 zł obverse 1977–1995
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1819–1872 conductor and composer Złoty 100,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

1860–1941 3rd Prime Minister, 1919 Złoty 2,000,000 zł obverse 1992–1995
Emilia Plater
Emilia Plater
Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1806–1831 countess; hero from the November Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1936–1939
1940–1944
Władysław Reymont 1867–1925 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1924 Złoty 1,000,000 zł obverse 1991–1995
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

1846–1916 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1905 Złoty 500,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Stanisław Staszic 1755–1826 priest, philosopher, statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Złoty 50,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Karol Świerczewski
Karol Swierczewski
Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...

1897–1947 leader in post-World War II government Złoty 50 zł obverse 1975–1995
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...

1826–1864 general; hero from the January Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1982–1995
Ludwik Waryński
Ludwik Warynski
Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...

1856–1889 socialist activist Złoty 100 zł obverse 1975–1995
Stanisław Wyspiański 1869–1907 playwright Złoty 10,000 zł obverse 1988–1995

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...


Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...

1467–1520 explorer and navigator, discovered the sea route to Brazil, 1500 Escudo 1,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

1469–1524 explorer and navigator, sailed from Europe to India, 1497–1498 Escudo 5,000$ obverse 1996–2002
João de Barros
João de Barros
João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...

1496–1570 historian Escudo 500$ obverse 1997–2002
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.-Purposes of the Dias expedition:...

1450–1500 explorer and navigator, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Escudo 2,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Henry the Navigator 1394–1460 patron of Portuguese exploration Escudo 10,000$ obverse 1996–2002

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu
Banknotes of the Romanian leu
-1917 issue :Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of the leu, the ban -1917 issue ("paper coins"):Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....

1867–1944 biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Leu 200 L obverse 1992–1996
Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

1819–1852 a leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher Leu 5,000 L obverse 1998–2002
Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...

1876–1957 sculptor Leu 500 L both 1991–1992
1992–1996
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer Leu 1,000,000 L obverse 2003–2007
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...

1820–1873 Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia, 1859–1862; Dominator of Romania, 1862–1866 Leu 50 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet Leu 1,000 L obverse 1991–1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist Leu 50,000 L obverse 1996–2002
2000–2004
2001–2007
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting Leu 100,000 L obverse 1998–2004
2001–2007
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains...

1824–1872 leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 Leu 5,000 L obverse 1992–1993
1993–1998
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister, 1931–1932 Leu 10,000 L obverse 1994–1999
1999–2002
2000–2007
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri or — occasionally — as Domnul Tudor .-Background:Tudor was born in Vladimiri, Gorj County in a family of landed peasants...

1780–1821 revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia Leu 25 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot Leu 500,000 L obverse 2000–2007

Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...


Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–Present)
See also Slovenian tolar
Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotins...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...

1876–1918 writer, playwright, poet Tolar 10,000 SIT obverse 1995–2007
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

1550–1591 Renaissance composer Tolar 200 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopic
Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

1869–1943 impressionist painter Tolar 100 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...

1861–1926 realist painter Tolar 5,000 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...

1872–1957 architect Tolar 500 SIT obverse 1992–2007
France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

1800–1849 poet Tolar 1,000 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...

1508–1586 founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia Tolar 10 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...

1641–1693 scholar Tolar 20 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...

1754–1802 mathematician and physicist Tolar 50 SIT obverse 1993–2007

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–Present)
See also South African pound
South African pound
In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies. At that time, the only British colony in Southern Africa was the Cape of Good Hope Colony. As time went on, the British pound sterling and its associated subsidiary coinage became the currency of...

 and South African rand
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

1619–1677 Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town, 1652–1662 Pound 10/- obverse 1948–1961
£1 obverse
£5 obverse
£10 obverse 1952–1961
£100 obverse
Rand R1 obverse 1961–1966
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obverse 1973–1975
obverse 1975–1977
R2 obverse 1961–1974
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obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R5 obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
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R10 obverse 1961–1966
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obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R20 obverse 1961–1979
obverse 1979–1993
R50 obverse 1984–1992

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....


Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble or rouble was the currency of the Soviet Union. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, ....

 and Russian chervonets.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

1870–1924 leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman
Premier of the Soviet Union
The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...

 of the Council of People's Commissars, 1917–1924
Ruble руб10 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1991
руб25 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1992
руб50 obverse
руб100 obverse
Chervonet 5 chervozev obverse 1937–1947
10 chervozev obverse

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Spanish peseta
Spanish peseta
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....

1851–1901 novelist Peseta 200 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

1451–1506 navigator and explorer, discovered the Americas, 1492 Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Hernando Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

1485–1547 conquistador of Mexico Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro
María Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...

1837–1885 writer, poet Peseta 500 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Rebellion of 1768]]....

1716–1795 explorer, colonial administrator, first Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1766–1768 Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1987–2002
Felipe
Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

1968- Prince of Asturias, 1977- Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1982–1987
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...

1881–1958 poet; Nobel Prize winner, 1956 Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...

1938- King of Spain, 1975- Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
10,000 ₧ obverse
obverse 1987–2002
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Mutis
-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...

1732–1808 botanist and mathematician Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1987–2002
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

1843–1920 novelist Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...

1475–1541 conquistador of Peru Peseta 1,000 ₧ reverse 1992–2002

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles XI 1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 Krona 500 kr obverse 1985–1999
obverse 1989–2006
Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...

1763–1844 King of Sweden and Norway, 1818–1844 Krona 1,000 kr obverse 1976–1998
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 Krona 5 kr reverse 1890–1987
obverse 1965–1998
10 kr reverse 1892–1987
obverse 1940–1987
50 kr reverse ????-1987
100 kr reverse ????-1987
1,000 kr reverse 1890–1987
Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

1746–1792 King of Sweden, 1771–1792 Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998
Gustav V 1858–1950 King of Sweden, 1907–1950 Krona 5 kr obverse 1948–1987
1,000 kr reverse 1952–1987
Gustav II Adolf
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

1594–1632 King of Sweden, 1611–1632 Krona 100 kr obverse ????-1998
obverse 1986–2006
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...

1882–1973 King of Sweden, 1950–1973 Krona 5 kr obverse 1954–1987
10 kr obverse 1963–1998
10,000 kr obverse 1958–1991
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 Krona 20 kr obverse 1992–2006
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...

1599–1667 Baroque architect Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1976–2000
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...

1740–1799 aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...

1707–1783 mathematician, physicist Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...

1848–1931 psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants Franc 1,000 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...

1516–1565 authored Historiae animalium
Historiae animalium (Gesner)
Historiae animalium published at Zurich in 1551-58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich...

(1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology
Franc 50 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...

1819–1890 writer Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1956–2000
Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

316/7-397 patron saint of soldiers Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1957–2000
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

1746–1827 teacher and education reformer Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1930–1976
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...

1708–1777 anatomist and physiologist Franc 500 Fr. obverse 1977–2000

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–Present)
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

 and Turkish new lira
Turkish new lira
The new Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2009 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kurush...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 founder of the Republic of Turkey; 1st President, 1923–1938 Lira ₤2½ obverse 1939–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1955–1966
obverse 1957–1966
obverse 1960–1966
₤5 obverse 1937–1952
obverse 1952–1968
obverse 1959–1968
obverse 1961–1968
obverse 1965–1968
obverse 1968–1983
obverse 1976–1983
₤10 obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1953–1966
obverse 1958–1966
obverse 1960–1966
obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1963–1966
obverse 1966–1981
obverse 1975–1981
both 1979–1987
both 1982–1987
₤20 obverse 1966–1987
obverse 1974–1987
obverse 1979–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤50 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1951–1979
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1956–1979
obverse 1957–1979
obverse 1960–1979
obverse 1964–1979
obverse 1971–1979
obverse 1976–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤100 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1942
obverse 1952–1976
obverse 1956–1976
obverse 1958–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1964–1976
obverse 1969–1976
obverse 1972–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1983–1986
obverse 1984–1989
₤500 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1976
obverse 1959–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1968–1976
obverse 1971–1984
obverse 1974–1984
obverse 1983–1989
obverse 1984–1989
₤1,000 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1978–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1981–1986
obverse 1986–1992
obverse 1988–1992
₤5,000 obverse 1981–1994
obverse 1985–1994
obverse 1988–1994
obverse 1990–1994
₤10,000 obverse 1982–1995
obverse 1984–1995
obverse 1989–1995
obverse 1993–1995
₤20,000 obverse 1988–1997
obverse 1995–1997
₤50,000 obverse 1989–1999
obverse 1995–1999
₤100,000 both 1991–2001
both 1994–2001
both 1996–2001
₤250,000 obverse 1992–2006
obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1998–2006
₤500,000 obverse 1993–2006
obverse 1994–2006
obverse 1997–2006
₤1,000,000 obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1996–2006
obverse 2002–2006
₤5,000,000 obverse 1997–2006
₤10,000,000 obverse 1999–2006
₤20,000,000 obverse 2001–2006
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem Lira ₤100 reverse 1983–1989
reverse 1984–1989
İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President, 1938–1950 Lira 50 kuruş obverse 1944–1947
₤1 obverse 1942–1947
₤2½ obverse 1947–1952
₤10 obverse 1942–1950
obverse 1947–1952
obverse 1948–1952
₤50 obverse 1942–1951
obverse 1947–1951
₤100 obverse 1942–1946
obverse 1947–1952
₤500 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
₤1,000 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1444–1446 and 1451–1481 Lira ₤1,000 reverse 1986–1989
reverse 1988–1992
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī , also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and popularly known as Mevlānā in Turkey and Mawlānā in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic...

1207–1273 Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" Lira ₤5,000 reverse 1981–1994
reverse 1985–1994
reverse 1988–1994
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, 1512–1588 Lira ₤10,000 reverse 1982–1995
reverse 1984–1995
reverse 1989–1995
reverse 1993–1995

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...



Currency: Hryvnia

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

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1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain $10 obverse 1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

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1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain $5 obverse
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...

1793–1877 ruler of Argentina, 1829–1852 $20 obverse
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

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1821–1906 President, 1862–1868 $2 obverse
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

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1843–1914 President, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 $100 obverse
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

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1811–1888 President, 1868–1874 $50 obverse

*See also Argentina in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan , MBE was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament....

1861–1932 suffragette, first woman elected to Parliament, 1920–1924 $50 reverse 1995
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
$5 obverse 1992
John Flynn
John Flynn (minister)
John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.-Biography:...

1880–1951 founder, Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1928 $20 reverse 1994
Mary Gilmore
Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore DBE was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist.-Early life:Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales...

1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993
Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...

1861–1931 international opera soprano, 1886–1926 $100 obverse 1996
John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...

1865–1931 general during World War I $100 reverse 1996
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

1815–1896 The Father of the Federation $5 obverse 2001
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

1864–1941 poet, author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) $10 obverse 1993
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney.-Early life:...

1777–1855 businesswoman $20 obverse 1994
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...

1825–1910 politician, journalist, suffragette $5 reverse 2001
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
David Unaipon was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. He was the most widely known Aboriginal in Australia, and broke stereotypes of Aboriginals...

1872–1967 inventor, writer $50 obverse 1995

*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since 2212
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

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1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 $100 obverse 9090
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain
Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

1849–1931 suffragist $50 reverse
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...

1849–1931 founder, Victorian Order of Nurses, 1893 $50 reverse
Elizabeth II
Style of the Canadian sovereign
The title and style of the Canadian sovereign is the formal mode of address of the monarch of Canada. The form is based on those that were inherited from the United Kingdom and France, used in the colonies to refer to the reigning monarch in Europe...

1926- Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

, 1952-
$20 obverse
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

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1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948 $50 obverse
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

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1941-1919 7th Prime Minister, 1896–1911 $5 obverse
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

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1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 $10 obverse
Nellie Mooney McClung
Nellie McClung
Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...

1873–1951 suffragist $50 reverse
Louise Crummy McKinney
Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...

1868–1931 first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire, 1917–1921 $50 reverse
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...

1868–1933 British Empire's first woman judge, 1916–1933 $50 reverse
Irene Marryat Parlby
Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...

1868–1965 first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta, 1921–1935 $50 reverse

*See also Canada Banknotes Out of Circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi
Fifth series of the renminbi
The fifth series of the renminbi is the current coin and banknote series of the Chinese currency, the renminbi. They were progressively introduced since 1999 and consist of ¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1 coins, and ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 notes. ¥20 is a new denomination.-First edition:Coins of the first...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

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1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 ¥1 obverse 2004
¥5 obverse 2002
¥10 obverse 2001
¥20 obverse 2000
¥50 obverse 2001
¥100 obverse 1999

*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...


Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso
Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...

1865–1896 poet $5,000 obverse 1995
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...

1792–1840 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain $2,000 obverse 2005
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister and Labor Minister , mayor of Bogotá and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off...

1903–1948 Labor Party leader, two-time presidential candidate, assassinated during second campaign $1,000 both 2005
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer.Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería...

1865–1920 astronomer $20,000 obverse 1996
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....

1837–1895 writer, politician, soldier $50,000 obverse 1992
Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...

1795–1817 seamstress, spy, executed by Spain $10,000 obverse 1995

Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...


Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila was a bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats under Italian rule....

1812–1882 Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture 10 kn obverse 1994
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

1643–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse
Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...

1589–1638 Baroque poet 50 kn obverse
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...

1801–1859 ban, 1848–1859; abolished serfdom 20 kn obverse
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

1450–1524 poet and humanist 500 kn obverse
Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranic
Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

1814–1890 ban, 1873–1880; modernized economy and education 100 kn obverse
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force...

1871–1928 founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, 1905 200 kn obverse
Ante Starčević
Ante Starcevic
Ante Starčević , was a Croatian politician and writer whose activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.His works are base for Croatian nationalism, he is often referred to as Father of the Fatherland by Croats.-Life:...

1823–1896 politician and writer 1,000 kn obverse
Tomislav
Tomislav
King Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 910–925, and then became first King of the Croatian Kingdom in 925–928....

???-928 1st King of Croatia, 925-928 1,000 kn reverse
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

1621–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse

Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....


Currency: Czech Krone (since 1918)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ottokar I of Bohemia
Ottokar I of Bohemia
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1155–1230 First heredetary king of Bohemia 20 czk obverse 1993 - 2008
Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

1211–1282 medieval Bohemian princess 50 czk obverse 1993 - 2011
Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

1346–1348 king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor 100 czk obverse 1993
John Amos Comenius 1592–1670 bishop of Unity of the Brethren 200 czk obverse 1993
Božena Němcová
Božena Nemcová
Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...

1820–1862 author 500 czk obverse 1993
František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...

1798–1876 historian and politician 1000 czk obverse 1993
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.- Biography :...

1878–1930 Czech operatic soprano 2000 czk obverse 1993
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1850–1937 president of Czechoslovakia 5000 czk obverse 1993

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...

1859–1935 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...

1849–1927 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...

1885–1962 author 50 kr obverse 2005
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...

1885–1962 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922 500 kr obverse 2003
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.-Early life:...

1812–1890 actress, 1827–1864 200 kr obverse 2003
Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...

1865–1931 composer, conductor, violinist 100 kr obverse 2002

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

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1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pt.50 reverse 1996
£1 reverse 1979
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

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unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE £10 reverse 2003

*See also Egypt Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (1992–2010)
Symbol: KR
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist. With respect to the latter, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns...

1839–1907 linguist, theologian, folklorist 10 KR obverse 1991
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...

1841–1882 established Estonia's first political newspaper Sakala, 1878 500 KR obverse 1991
Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

1916–1975 chess grandmaster 5 KR obverse 1991
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...

1843–1886 poet 100 KR obverse 1991
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....

1878–1940 author 25 KR obverse 1991
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...

1873–1918 composer, organist 50 KR obverse 1994
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a...

1792–1879 biologist, pioneer of embryology 2 KR obverse 1992

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen was a prince of Transylvania , duke of Opole and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary. His last armed intervention in 1626 was part of the Thirty Years' War...

1580–1629 Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629; led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy 2,000 Ft both 1998
Charles I
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

1288–1342 King of Hungary, 1308–1342 200 Ft obverse 1998
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

1443–1490 King of Hungary, 1458–1490 1,000 Ft obverse 1998
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

1803–1876 statesman and reformer 20,000 Ft obverse 2001
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

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1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 500 Ft obverse 1998
Stephen I 975-1038 1st King of Hungary, 1006–1038 10,000 Ft obverse 1997
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

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1791–1860 statesman and political theorist 5,000 Ft obverse 1999

*See also Hungary in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir ????-???? 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir was the daughter of the Icelandic priest Jón Arason and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir. She was one of twelve children and was an active seamstress. She taught this skill actively. Ragnheiður became the wife of two consecutive bishops in the Hólar see -- Gísli...

1646–1715 developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr both 1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is one of the most famous artists of Iceland.The paintings of Kjarval vary greatly in style. Most of them are rather realistic presentations of the Icelandic landscape whereas others are more influenced by a somewhat mythical style...

1885–1972 painter 2,000 kr obverse 1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the 19th century independence movement 500 kr both 1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. He is currently pictured on the Icelandic 1000 krónur bill....

1605–1675 Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature 1,000 kr obverse 1984
Gísli Þorláksson ????-???? Lutheran bishop of Hólar, 1657–1684; husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir ????-???? 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986

India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs.
See also Indian rupee
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

1869–1948 political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement Rs.5 obverse 2002
Rs.10 obverse 1996
Rs.20 obverse 2002
Rs.50 obverse 1997
Rs.100 obverse 1996
Rs.500 obverse 2000
Rs.1,000 obverse 2000

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Hassan Modarres
Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres , was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth...

1870–1937 notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...

100 ریال obverse 1985-
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

1902–1989 leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

1000 ریال obverse 1992-
2000 ریال obverse 2005-
5000 ریال obverse 1993-
10000 ریال obverse 1992-
20000 ریال obverse 2003-
50000 ریال obverse 2005-
100000 ریال obverse 2010-

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currency: New Sheqel (since 1985)
Symbol:
See also Israeli new sheqel
Israeli new sheqel
The Israeli New Shekel is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

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1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 ₪50 obverse 1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

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1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 ₪100 obverse
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

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1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 ₪20 obverse
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

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1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1973 ₪200 obverse

*See also Israel in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥
See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Higuchi Ichiyō 1872–1896 author ¥5,000 obverse 2004
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...

1876–1928 bacteriologist ¥1,000 obverse
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

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1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author ¥10,000 obverse

*See also Japan in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....


Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound
Jersey pound
The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, 1952- £1 obverse 1971
£5 obverse
£10 obverse
£20 obverse
£50 obverse
Francis Pierson 1757–1781 Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey
Battle of Jersey
The Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...

£10 reverse

*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Korea, South
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...


Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol:
See also South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

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Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I . A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy. Yi Hwang is often...

1501–1570 Confucian
Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China...

 scholar
₩1,000 obverse 1983
Yi I
Yi I
Yi I was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang . Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok...

1536–1584 Confucian scholar ₩5,000 obverse
King Sejong the Great 1397–1450 monarch ₩10,000 obverse
Shin Saimdang 1504–1551 poet, calligraphist ₩50,000 obverse 2009

*See also South Korea in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (since 1993)
Symbol: Lt
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 50 Lt obverse 2003
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language 100 Lt obverse 2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...

1858–1899 poet, physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem 500 Lt obverse 2009
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement 20 Lt obverse 2001
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement 200 Lt obverse 2000

Malaysia


Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan 1895 – 1960 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 (Supreme Head of State)
of the Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

RM 1 obverse 1967
RM 2 obverse 1996
RM 5 obverse 1967
(polymer in 1996)
RM 10 obverse 1967
RM 20 obverse 1982
RM 50 obverse 1967
RM 100 obverse 1967
RM 500 obverse 1982 - 1999
RM 1,000 obverse 1967 - 1999

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1648/51-1695 nun, scholar, poet $200 obverse 1996
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...

1753–1811 Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence $1,000 obverse 2004
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

1806–1832 31st President, 1858–1872 $20 both 1996
(polymer in 2002)
José María Morelos
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...

1765–1815 leader for Mexican independence $50 obverse 1996
(polymer in 2006)
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

1402–1472 Texcocan king $100 obverse 1996
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...

 and Frida Kalho
1829–1862 Artists and Communist Party militants $500 obverse 1996

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
-Pre-dollar:Prior to 10 July 1967, the New Zealand pound, using the £sd system, was the main currency of New Zealand. Since 1934, banknotes of the New Zealand pound were issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and came in denominations of 10s, £1, £5, £10, and £50.-First issue: 1967 -...

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II 1926 - Queen
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...

 and Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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$20 Obverse 1967
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...

1919–2008 Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

 (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.
$5 1990
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...

1874–1950 Played a significant role in the revival of Maori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Maori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for 38 years.
$50 1990
Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 in 1908.
$100 1990
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard
Katherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...

1848–1934 Prominent suffragette
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...

, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.
$10 1990

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...

1812–1885 writer, scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore 50 kr obverse 1997
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air...

1867–1917 scientist 200 kr obverse 1994
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...

1895–1962 opera singer 100 kr obverse 1997
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...

1863–1944 Expressionist painter 1,000 kr obverse 2001
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...

1882-1849 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1928 500 kr obverse 1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948;
"Father of the Nation"
Rs. 10 obverse 2006
Rs. 20 obverse 2005
Rs. 50 obverse 1977
Rs. 100 obverse 2006
Rs. 500 obverse 2006
Rs. 1,000 obverse 2007
Rs. 5,000 obverse 2006

Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Currency: Nuevo sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian nuevo sol
The nuevo sol plural: nuevos soles; currency sign: S/.) is the currency of Peru. It is subdivided into 100 cents, called céntimos in Spanish. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. It is most commonly referred to just as sol...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He sacrificed his life crashing into an Ecuadorian battery during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian war.-Combat History:Lieutenant Quinones was a fighter pilot...

1914–1941 National aviation hero Nuevo sol S/. 10 obverse 1991–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian. He was born in Pisco, Peru on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a...

1897–1960 Historian Nuevo sol S/. 20 obverse 1991–
Abraham Valdelomar
Abraham Valdelomar
Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...

1888–1919 Poet Nuevo sol S/. 50 obverse 1991–
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country...

1903–1980 Minister of education, Historian Nuevo sol S/. 100 obverse 1991–
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586–1617 Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Nuevo sol S/. 200 obverse 1995–

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


Currency: Peso (since 1903)
Symbol:
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...

1869–1964 1st President, 1899–1901 P5 obverse 1985
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

1932–1983 leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos' autocracy P500 both 2002
Andrés Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...

1863–1897 leader in the Philippine Revolution P10 obverse 1987
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....

1935- 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1998–2005; swore in President Macapagal-Arroyo P200 reverse 2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...

1898–1945 founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Vicente Lim
Vicente Lim
Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...

1889–1945 Brigadier General, Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...

1864–1903 1st Prime Minister, 1899; author of the 1st Constitution P10 obverse 1987
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...

1910–1997 9th President, 1961–1965 P200 obverse 2002
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

1947- daughter of President Macapagal; 14th President, 2001-2009 P200 reverse 2002
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...

1878–1961 4th President, 1944–1946 P50 obverse 1987
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...

1878–1944 2nd President, 1935–1944 P20 obverse 1987
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

1892–1948 5th President, 1946–1948 P100 obverse 2002
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos
In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

1886–1942 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

1933-2009 11th President,1986-1992 P500 obverse 2010

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol:
See also Polish coins and banknotes
Polish coins and banknotes
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland. For historical ones, see here.-Coins:Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 20 zł obverse 1995
Casimir III
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

1310–1370 King of Poland, 1333–1370 50 zł obverse
Jogaila
Jogaila
Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

1351–1434 King of Poland, 1386–1434 100 zł obverse
Mieszko I 935-992 Duke of Poland, 960-922 10 zł obverse
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...

1520–1572 King of Poland, 1530–1572 200 zł obverse

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Romanian leu
Romanian leu
The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher 200 L obverse 2006
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer 100 L obverse 2005
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet 500 L obverse 2005
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist 5 L obverse 2005
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting 10 L obverse 2005
2008
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister,historian 1931–1932 1 L obverse 2005
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot 50 L obverse 2005

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...


Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб
See also Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...

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Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.-Surname spelling:The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.-Early...

1809–1881 Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk, 1847–1861 руб5,000 obverse 2000
Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

1672–1725 Tsar, 1682–1725 руб500 obverse 1998
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 1019–1054 руб1,000 obverse 2000

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

See under United Kingdom

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijic
Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...

1865–1927 geographer 500 din. both 2004
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanovic
Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...

1869–1958 Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile, 1942–1943 5,000 din. both 2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

1787–1864 linguist; reformer of the Serbian language 10 din. both 2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...

1856–1914 composer and music educator 50 din. both 2005
Petar II
Petar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...

1813–1851 Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830–1851; Serbian language poet 20 din. both 2006
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrovic
Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...

1873–1915 painter 200 din. both 2006
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

1856–1943 inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer 100 din. both 2006
Ðorđe Vajfert 1850–1937 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia, 1912–1926 1,000 din. both 2006

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore dollar
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar or Dollar is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

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Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak was an eminent Singaporean politician and the first President of Singapore of Minangkabau descent. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999.-Early life:...

1910–1970 First President, 1965–1970 S$2 obverse 1999
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Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Charles XI
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....

1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 500 kr obverse 1985
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 1,000 kr obverse 1989
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 20 kr obverse 1991
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...

1820–1887 opera singer 50 kr obverse 1996
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy 100 kr obverse 1986
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar , better known as , which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.-Biography:Polhem was born on the island of Gotland...

1661–1751 industrialist; planned and started construction of the Göta Canal 500 kr reverse 1985

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc
Banknotes of the Swiss franc
The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1825 by the Caisse de Dépôt of the city of Bern.During the 19th century the Cantons had the right of printing notes. Following the law of 8 March 1881 the Swiss National Bank had the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Switzerland. First notes...

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Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...

1818–1897 historian of the arts 1,000 Fr. obverse 1998
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

1887–1965 modernist architect 10 Fr. obverse 1997
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter...

1901–1966 sculptor, painter, draftsman 100 Fr. obverse 1998
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

1892–1955 composer 20 Fr. obverse 1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...

1878–1947 French-speaking Swiss author 200 Fr. obverse 1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter and sculptor. Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Täuber began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen...

1889–1943 artist, painter, sculptor 50 Fr. obverse 1995

Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan)


Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

1866–1925 Founding father of the Republic of China $100 obverse 2001
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

1887–1975 President of the Republic of China, 1948–1975 $200 obverse 2002

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 Founder and 1st President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1923-1938
1 TL obverse 1926 - 1938
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İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1938-1950
2.5 TL obverse 1938–1950
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Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...

1910–1997 Mathematician 10 TL reverse 2009–present
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...

1240?-1321? Poet and Sufi mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

200 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 Poet of the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...

100 TL reverse 1983–1989
Itri
Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...

1640?-1711 Composer and performer of Turkish classical music 100 TL reverse 2009–present
Kemaleddin Bey 1870–1927 Architect 20 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan and conqueror of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

1000 TL reverse 1986–1992
Mevlana 1207–1273 Philosopher 5000 TL reverse 1981–1994
Aydın Sayılı
Aydin Sayili
Aydın Sayılı was a historian of science. His career was aided by chance meeting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom he impressed enough to receive a state-supported scholarship to attend graduate school at Harvard, where he studied under George Sarton....

1913–1993 Historian of science 5 TL reverse 2009–present
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 Architect and civil engineer 10000 TL reverse 1982–1995
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz , aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian...

1862–1936 First female Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 novelist
50 TL reverse 2009–present

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...


Currency: Hryvnia (since 1996)
Symbol: Ƨ
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Ƨ20 obverse 2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Ƨ50 obverse 2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Ƨ5 obverse 2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Ƨ10 obverse 2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Ƨ100 obverse 2006
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and composer who lived in the Russian Empire and who made important contributions to Russian philosophy and culture. He lived and worked in Ukraine and passionately and consciously identified with its people, differentiating them...

1722–1794 poet, philosopher, composer Ƨ500 obverse 2006
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

1871–1913 poet, writer Ƨ200 obverse 2001
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Ƨ1 obverse 2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Ƨ2 obverse 2004

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1695)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.

England & Wales

Exclusive sterling note issue granted to the Bank of England.
Bank of England

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

1809–1882 naturalist £10 reverse 2000
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- £5 obverse 2002
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Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry , née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist...

1780–1845 prison reformer £5 reverse 2002
John Houblon
John Houblon
Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.-Biography:Sir John was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger...

1632–1712 1st Governor, Bank of England, 1694–1697 £50 reverse 1994
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist £20 reverse 2007

Scotland

Three commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Bank of Scotland
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Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

1771–1832 historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes £5 obverse 2007
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Lord Ilay
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

1682–1761 founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 obverse 1987
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

1850–1894 Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
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£1 reverse 1994
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

1847–1922 Inventor of the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1997
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

1900–2002 Queen Consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II 
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Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

1940- Notable American golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

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Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£5 obverse 1998
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor
Mary Mitchell Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria.Her determined work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals, spreading Christianity and promoting women's rights.-Early life:...

1848–1915 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

£10 both 1998
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 1998
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...

£50 both 1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£100 both 1998
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...

1881–1955 Discoverer of penicillin
Penicillin
Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....

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£5 obverse 2009
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£10 obverse 2009
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 2009
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.-Education:She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh...

1864–1917 Doctor and suffragist. £50 obverse 2009
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...

1868-1928 Architect and designer. £100 obverse 2009

Northern Ireland

Four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Northern Bank

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company....

1840–1921 Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company £10 obverse 2005
Harry Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...

1884–1960 Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 £20 obverse 2005
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

£50 obverse 2005
Sir James Martin 1893–1981 Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat £100 obverse 2005


Ulster Bank

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

1946–2005 Footballer for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£5 obverse 2006

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
John Adams
John Adams
John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

1735–1826 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...

1722–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...

1737–1802 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...

1741–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from...

1725–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clinton
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

1739–1812 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clymer
George Clymer
George Clymer was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution...

1739–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Dickinson
John Dickinson (delegate)
John Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of...

1732–1808 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Ellery 1727–1820 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Floyd
William Floyd
William Floyd was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:...

1734–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

1706–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Founding Father $100 obverse 1996
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

1822–1877 18th President, 1869–1877 $50 obverse 2004
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 $10 both 2006
John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

1737–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Harrison, V 1726–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were part of the Quaker Society of Friends. Immediately after their marriage they moved to New Jersey, which became Joseph Hewes’s home state. Hewes was formally educated at Princeton and after...

1730–1779 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Heyward, Jr. 1746–1809 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Hooper
William Hooper
William Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...

1742–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...

1707–1785 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...

1737–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

1731–1796 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

1767–1845 7th President, 1829–1837 $20 obverse 2003
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 3rd President, 1801–1809; signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 both 1976
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...

1732–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....

1713–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1809–1865 16th President, 1861–1865 $5 both 2000
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

1716–1778 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Livingston (1746-1813)
Robert R Livingston was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor," after the office he held for 25 years....

1746–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

1734–1817 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

1742–1787 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

1726–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (merchant)
Robert Morris, Jr. was a British-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution...

1734–1806 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

1740–1799 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...

1731–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Read
George Read (signer)
George Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...

1733–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

1745–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...

1749–1800 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...

1721–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Early life:...

1730–1781 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...

1729–1824 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Walton
George Walton
George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

1749/50-1804 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 1st President, 1789–1797 $1 obverse 1963
William Williams
William Williams (signer)
William Williams was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from...

1731–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing was an American merchant and financier and a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania....

1731–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
James Wilson
James Wilson
James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution...

1742–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey , he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration...

1723–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976

Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...


Currency: Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (since 2008)
Symbol: Bs
See also Venezuelan bolívar
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Ravelo y Rodríguez de Espinoza , commonly known as Francisco de Miranda , was a Venezuelan revolutionary...

1750–1816 military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 2 bolívares obverse 2008
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, or 'The First Black' was a Venezuelan soldier who at first fought with the royal army, only to later go over to the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of lieutenant.The nickname of Negro Primero was inspired by his...

1790–1821 soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain 5 bolívares obverse 2008
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro was a native Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.-Life:...

c1530-1568 Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization 10 bolívares obverse 2008
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...

1799–1866 heroine of Venezuelan War of Independence 20 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....

1769–1854 philosopher, educator 50 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

1783–1830 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 100 bolívares obverse 2008

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n, 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L, 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a, 1983–1985)
Austral (A, 1985–1991)
Peso ($, 1992–Present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional
Argentine peso moneda nacional
The peso moneda nacional was the currency of Argentina between November 5, 1881 and December 31, 1969. It was subdivided into 100 centavos, with the argentino worth 5 pesos. Its symbol was m$n or $m/n. Its ISO 4217 code was ARM.-History:...

, Argentine peso ley
Argentine peso ley
The peso ley 18.188, usually known as either peso or, to distinguish it from the earlier peso moneda nacional, informally as peso ley, was the currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was $, sometimes $L. Its name comes from law...

, Argentine peso argentino
Argentine peso argentino
The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.-History:...

, Argentine austral
Argentine austral
The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...

, and Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile, he was one of the most influential Argentine liberals of his age.-Biography:...

1810–1884 political theorist and diplomat Peso Argentino $a5,000 obverse 1984–1987
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

1837–1885 President of Argentina, 1874–1880 Austral A500 obverse 1988–1992
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain Peso Ley $L1 obverse 1970–1981
$L5 obverse 1971–1981
$L10 obverse 1970–1981
Peso Argentino $a10,000 obverse 1984–1987
Miguel Juárez Celman 1844–1909 President of Argentina, 1886–1890 Austral A5,000 obverse 1988–1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain Peso Moneda Nacional m$n5 obverse 1935–1965
m$n10 obverse 1936–1965
m$n50 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n100 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n500 obverse 1944–1968
1964–1968
m$n1,000 obverse 1944–1975
m$n5,000 obverse 1962–1975
m$n10,000 obverse 1961–1975
Peso Ley $L50 obverse 1972–1981
$L100 obverse 1971–1981
$L500 obverse 1972–1984
$L1,000 obverse 1973–1984
$L5,000 obverse 1977–1984
$L10,000 obverse 1976–1985
$L50,000 obverse 1979–1985
$L100,000 obverse
$L500,000 obverse 1980–1985
$L1,000,000 obverse 1981–1985
Peso Argentino $a1 obverse 1983–1985
$a5 obverse 1983–1987
$a10 obverse
$a50 obverse
$a100 obverse
$a500 obverse 1984–1987
$a1,000 obverse 1983–1987
Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1991
A50,000 obverse
A500,000 obverse 1990–1991
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

1801–1870 President of Argentina, 1854–1860 Austral A5 obverse 1986–1991
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 Australes note, which is now obsolete....

1809–1867 President of Argentina, 1860–1861 Austral A10 obverse 1985–1991
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

1821–1906 President of Argentina, 1862–1868 Austral A50 obverse 1986–1991
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

1846–1906 President of Argentina, 1890–1892 Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1992
Peso $1 obverse 1992-????
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....

1835–1906 President of Argentina, 1904–1906 Austral A500,000 obverse 1990–1993
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

1780–1845 President of Argentina, 1826–1827 Austral A1 obverse 1985–1991
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

1843–1914 President of Argentina, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 Austral A1,000 obverse 1988–1992
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina.He graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and participated in the constitutional assembly of 1860. He was a number of times a national deputy and senator. In 1882 he occupied a seat on the Supreme Court of the Province of...

1822–1907 President of Argentina, 1892–1895 Austral A50,000 obverse 1989–1993
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

1811–1888 President of Argentina, 1868–1874 Austral A100 obverse 1985–1992
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

1831–1914 President of Argentina, 1895–1898 Austral A100,000 obverse 1990–1993

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–Present)
See also Australian pound
Australian pound
The pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...

 and Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

1743–1820 English botonist, introduced the West to eucalyptus Dollar $5 obverse 1967–1992
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...

1808–1877 humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare Dollar $5 reverse 1967–1992
James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

1728–1779 explorer, first European to visit the Australian east coast Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
Pound £1 obverse 1953–1966
Dollar $1 obverse 1966–1984
William Farrer
William Farrer
William James Farrer was a leading Australian agronomist and plant breeder. Farrer is best remembered as the originator of the "Federation" strain of wheat, distributed in 1903...

1845–1906 leading agronomist, wheat breeder Dollar $2 reverse 1966–1988
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

1774–1814 navigator and cartographer, author of A Voyage to Terra Australis Pound 10/- obverse 1953–1966
Howard Florey 1898–1968 Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin, 1945 Dollar $50 obverse 1973–1995
John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

1786–1847 explorer of Australia Pound £5 obverse 1953–1966
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.- Early life :Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...

1850–1915 inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) Dollar $20 reverse 1966–1994
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...

1797–1873 first Australian-born explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

1867–1922 poet and novelist Dollar $10 reverse 1966–1993
John Macarthur
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

1766–1834 pioneer of the Australian wool industry Dollar $2 obverse 1966–1988
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

1882–1958 Antarctic explorer and geologist Dollar $100 obverse 1984–1996
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

1738–1814 established first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales Pound £10 obverse 1953–1966
Ian Clunies Ross
Ian Clunies Ross
Sir Ian Clunies Ross, CMG is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO.-Family:...

1899–1959 scientist, leader in veterinary medicine Dollar $50 reverse 1973–1995
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC , often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia...

1897–1935 aviator; first to fly across the Pacific, 1928 Dollar $20 obverse 1966–1994
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

1795–1869 English explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" .-Early life:...

1834–1916 astronomer, discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" Dollar $100 reverse 1984–1996

Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...


Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Austrian schilling
Austrian schilling
The schilling was the currency of Austria from 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...

1851–1914 economist Schilling S100 obverse 1985–2001
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. His father was Johann Daffinger....

1790–1849 miniature painter and sculpture Schilling S20 obverse 1988–2001
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

1856–1939 co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology Schilling S50 obverse 1987–2001
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner , was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin. He is noted for having first distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the...

1868–1943 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 both 1997–2001
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Franz Arnold Obermayer, a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper, and his second wife Marie.Rosa had 12 brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the...

1858–1938 feminist, painter, author Schilling S500 obverse 1997–2001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

1756–1791 classical composer and pianist Schilling S5,000 obverse 1989–2001
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...

1887–1961 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 obverse 1983–1997
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner
Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...

1841–1918 architect Schilling S500 obverse 1986–1997

Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Albert II
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

1934- King of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse 1994–2001
James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...

1860–1949 impressionist painter Franc 100 fr. obverse
Victor Horta
Victor Horta
Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...

1861–1947 Art Nouveau architect Franc 2,000 fr. obverse
René Magritte
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...

1898–1967 surrealist artist Franc 500 fr. obverse
Paola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium....

1937- Queen Consort of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

1886–1952 Flemish expressionist painter Franc 1,000 fr. obverse
Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...

1814–1894 musician, inventor of the saxophone Franc 200 fr. obverse

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 dollar $100 obverse 1976–1990
1990–2004
Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

1894–1972 Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, 1910–1936
dollar $5 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

1926- Princess of York, 1936–1952 dollar $20 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth II Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1954–1974
$2 obverse 1954–1975
1986–1996
$5 obverse 1954–1972
$10 obverse 1954–1971
$20 obverse 1954–1969
1969–1993
1993–2004
$50 obverse 1954–1975
$100 obverse 1954–1976
$1,000 obverse 1954–1992
1992–2000
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

1865–1936 King of the United Kingdom
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...

 and the British Dominions, 1910–1936
dollar $1 obverse 1935–1936
Albert
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

1895–1952 Duke of York, 1920–1936 dollar $50 obverse 1935–1937
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

King of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1936–1954
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$5 obverse
$10 obverse
$20 obverse
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Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....

1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1928–1974 dollar $100 obverse 1935–1937
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 dollar $50 obverse 1975–1989
1989–2004
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

1841–1919 7th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911 dollar $5 obverse 1972–1986
1986–2001
$1,000 obverse 1935–1937
1937–1954
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 dollar $10 obverse 1971–1989
1989–2000
$100 obverse 1937–1954
$500 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

1867–1953 Royal consort to George V, 1910–1936 dollar $2 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...

1897–1965 Princess Royal of Canada, 1932–1965 dollar $10 obverse 1935–1937

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (¥, 1948–Present)
See also Fourth series of the renminbi
Fourth series of the renminbi
The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.-Banknotes:Banknotes are available in :*First edition**¥0.1 ,**¥0.2...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 Renminbi ¥100 obverse 1992–1999
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

1898–1976 1st Premier, 1949–1976; 1st Foreign Minister, 1949–1958
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

1898–1969 2nd President, 1959–1968
Zhu De
Zhu De
Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...

1886–1976 founder, Chinese Red Army

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

1805–1875 poet and author of fairy tales Krone 10 kr obverse 1952–1955
obverse 1954–1975
Christian Ditlev Frederik
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer....

1748–1827 agricultural reformer Krone 500 kr obverse 1964–1975
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen....

1779–1856 author; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1975–1998
Jens Juel
Jens Juel (painter)
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle.-Early life and career:...

1745–1802 painter Krone 100 kr obverse 1974–1995
obverse 1995–1999
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff ????-???? wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 10 kr obverse 1975–1980
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...

1777–1851 physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism Krone 100 kr obverse 1962–1974
Ole Rømer 1644–1710 astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light Krone 50 kr obverse 1957–1975
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg ????-???? daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 50 kr obverse 1975–1999
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

1770–1844 sculptor Krone 5 kr obverse 1952–1962
Pauline Lucia Tutein 1761–1827 wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 20 kr obverse 1980–1990
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen ????-???? noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 500 kr obverse 1974–1997

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Farouk I
Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....

1920–1965 King of Egypt, 1936–1952 Pound £1 obverse 1950–1952
£5 obverse 1946–1952
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE Pound £10 reverse 1970–1979
1979–2003
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pound Pt.50 obverse 1968–1981
1981–1986
£1 obverse 1968–1979
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

unknown Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1333-1324 BCE Pound Pt.25 obverse 1952–1962
Pt.50 obverse 1952–1962
£1 obverse 1930–1950
1952–1963
1963–1968
£5 obverse 1952–1963
1963–1969
1970–1981
£10 obverse 1952–1962
1962–1970
£100 obverse 1979–1994

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (KR, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...

1865–1943 painter Kroon 1 KR obverse 1992-????

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–Present)
See also Faroese króna
Faroese króna
The króna is the currency of the Faroe Islands. It is issued by the Danish National Bank. It is not an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it does not have an ISO 4217 currency code. The ISO 4217 code for the Danish krone is DKK...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi...

1773–1853 first poet to write in Faroese Króna 1,000 kr obverse 1980–2005
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...

1819–1909 established modern orthography for the Faroese language Króna 100 kr obverse 1964–1978
obverse 1978–2003
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...

1765–1809 seaman, trader, poet Króna 50 kr obverse 1967–1978
obverse 1978–2001

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Finnish mark
Finnish mark
The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro , which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...

1898–1976 modernist architect Mark 50mk reverse 1986–2002
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.The world's first...

1792–1803 priest and statesman Mark 1,000mk reverse 1986–2002
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas , and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was one of the...

1920–1992 novelist Mark 20mk reverse 1993–2002
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...

1802–1884 historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) Mark 500mk reverse 1986–2002
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...

1897–1973 Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist Mark 10mk reverse 1986–1992
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

1865–1957 classical composer Mark 100mk reverse 1986–2002

France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also French franc
French franc
The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...

1839–1906 Post-Impressionist painter Franc ₣100 obverse 1997–2002
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...

1859–1906 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

1900–1944 author and aviator Franc ₣50 obverse 1992–2002
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

1862–1918 impressionist composer Franc ₣20 both 1997–2002
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

1832–1923 engineer and architect Franc ₣200 obverse 1996–2002

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also German mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"...

1854–1915 Nobel Prize winner, 1908 Deutsche Mark 200 DM obverse 1990–2002
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

1777–1855 mathematician and scientist Deutsche Mark 10 DM obverse 1991–2002
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...

1785–1863 older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...

1786–1859 younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...

1647–1717 naturalist and illustrator Deutsche Mark 500 DM obverse 1992–2002
Balthasar Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

1687–1753 Baroque architect Deutsche Mark 50 DM obverse 1991–2002
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

1819–1896 classical pianist and composer Deutsche Mark 100 DM obverse 1990–2002
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....

1785–1859 novelist Deutsche Mark 5 DM obverse 1992–2002
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Anna Elisabeth von Droste-Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.-Biography:...

1797–1848 poet and author Deutsche Mark 20 DM obverse 1992–2002

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Greek drachma
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
John Capodistria 1776–1831 1st Governor of Greece, 1827–1831 Drachma 500 Δρ. obverse 1983–2002
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis was a Greek writer and revolutionary of Aromanian origin, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.-Early...

1757–1798 revolutionary, first casualty of the Greek War of Independence Drachma 200 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

1770–1843 General during the Greek War of Independence Drachma 5,000 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Coraïs was a humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as...

1748–1833 linguist, author of the first modern Greek dictionary Drachma 100 Δρ. reverse 1978–2002
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...

1883–1962 pioneer in early cancer detection Drachma 10,000 Δρ. obverse 1995–2002

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

1877–1919 poet Forint 500 Ft obverse 1970–1999
1992–1999
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

1881–1945 composer, pianist Forint 1,000 Ft obverse 1983–1999
1993–1999
György Dózsa
György Dózsa
György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

????-1514 led a peasants' revolt against the nobility Forint 20 Ft obverse 1948–1992
1920–1992
1960–1992
Francis II
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 Forint 50 Ft obverse 1953–1996
1966–1996
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

1802–1894 statesman and freedom fighter Forint 100 Ft obverse 1948–1998
1920–1998
1959–1998
1992–1998
Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

1823–1849 national poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Forint 10 Ft obverse 1947–1992
1950–1992
1959–1992
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

1791–1860 statesman and political theorist Forint 5,000 Ft obverse 1991–1999

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfr Arnarson is recognized as the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. According to Landnáma he built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874...

unknown first permanent settler of Iceland, 874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1960–1969
Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

1818–1906 King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1919
obverse 1919–1920
10 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1916–1920
50 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1916–1920
100 kr obverse 1916–1935
Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

1870–1947 King of Denmark, 1912–1947;
King of Iceland, 1918–1944
Króna 5 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1935
10 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1934
50 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1931–1936
100 kr obverse 1929–1935
Jón Eiríksson 1728–1787 promoter of enlightenment Króna 5 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1960
10 kr 1969–1984
50 kr obverse 1936–1948
obverse 1948–1960
Frederick VIII
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...

1843–1912 King of Denmark, 1906–1912 Króna 50 kr obverse 1907–1916
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned was an Icelandic scholar and an apologist. His father was Jón Jónsson, who died in 1591...

1568–1648 scholar Króna 10 kr obverse 1981–1984
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.-Life:...

1663–1730 medieval Icelanic scholar Króna 100 kr obverse 1981–1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the Icelandic independence movement Króna 10 kr obverse 1934–1947
obverse 1947–1969
100 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1973
500 kr obverse 1944–1948
obverse 1948–1968
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson was an Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman.He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp...

1541–1627 bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584 Króna 50 kr obverse 1981–1987

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

1878–1944 founded the Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

5 ریال obverse 1924–1937
10 ریال obverse 1924–1951
20 ریال obverse 1924–1951
50 ریال obverse 1924–1962
100 ریال obverse 1924–1954
500 ریال obverse 1924–1974
1000 ریال obverse 1936–1974
Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

1919–1980 second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

10 ریال obverse 1951–1979
20 ریال obverse 1951–1979
50 ریال obverse 1962–1979
100 ریال obverse 1954–1976
200 ریال obverse 1965–1979
500 ریال obverse 1974–1979
1000 ریال obverse 1974–1979
10000 ریال obverse 1975–1979
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah 100 ریال obverse 1976–1979

Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Irish pound
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series B Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland replaced the Series A Banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1982 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the series was replaced in 1993 by Series C Banknotes.-Banknotes:...

 and Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series C Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; it replaced Series B Banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet. He is known for having translated and made commentaries upon the work of Pseudo-Dionysius.-Name:...

815-877 theologian, philosopher, poet Pound £5 obverse 1975–1994
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...

1860–1949 1st President, 1938–1945 Pound £50 obverse 1995–2002
James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

1882–1941 author and poet Pound £10 obverse 1993–2002
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...

1787–1841 founder, The Sisters of Mercy, 1831 Pound £5 obverse 1994–2002
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...

1670–1738 most famous Irish bard Pound £50 obverse 1977–1995
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847; often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century...

1775–1847 a leader of Catholic Emancipation Pound £20 obverse 1992–2002
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

1846–1891 statesman, forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement Pound £100 both 1995–2002
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

1667–1745 satirist and poet Pound £10 obverse 1976–1993
W. B. Yeats 1865–1939 Nobel Prize winner, 1923 Pound £20 obverse 1976–1992

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–Present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 New Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1985–1999
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

1886–1973 1st Prime Minister, 1948–1953 and 1955–1963 Pound £500 obverse 1977–1984
Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1980–1986
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 New Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1986–1999
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

1873–1934 National Poet Pound £10 obverse 1970–1984
Edmond James de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild
Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his generous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.- Early years :A...

1845–1934 philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs Sheqel ₪500 obverse 1982–1986
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

1879–1955 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921 Pound £5 obverse 1972–1984
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...

1895–1969 3rd Prime Minister, 1963–1969 Sheqel ₪5,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1985–1999
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...

1860–1904 founder of the Zionist movement Pound £100
₪10
obverse 1969–1984
1975–1984
Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1980–1986
Ze'ev Jabotinsky 1880–1940 a leader in the Zionist movement Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1980–1986
Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

1135/8-1204 author of the Mishneh Sheqel ₪1,000 obverse 1983–1986
New Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1986–1999
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....

1898–1978 4th Prime Minister, 1969–1974 Sheqel ₪10,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1985–1999
Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...

1784–1885 philanthropist Pound £10 obverse 1975–1984
Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1980–1986
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 New Sheqel ₪20 obverse 1988–1999
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1972 New Sheqel ₪200 obverse 1992–1999
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandate Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.-Biography:...

1860–1945 a leader of the Zionist movement Pound £5 obverse 1976–1984
Haim Weizman 1874–1952 1st President of Israel, 1949–1952 Pound £50 obverse 1972–1984
1978–1984
Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1980–1986

Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Italian lira
Italian lira
The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

1801–1835 opera composer Lira 5,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...

1598–1680 Baroque sculptor and architect Lira 50,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

1571–1610 Baroque artist Lira 100,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...

1874–1937 Nobel Prize winner, 1909 Lira 2,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...

1870–1952 developed the Montessori method of education Lira 1,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

1483–1520 Renaissance painter Lira 500,000 ₤ obverse 1997–2002
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

1745–1827 developer of the electric battery, 1800 Lira 10,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)

See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi
Prince was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan , genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire...

1841–1909 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister, 1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901 Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1963–1986
Nitobe Inazo 1862–1933 politician, economist, author Yen ¥5,000 obverse 1984–2004
Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo
Viscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...

1854–1936 20th Prime Minister, 1921–1922 Yen ¥50 obverse 1951–1958
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

574-622 regent, politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1946–1956
¥1,000 obverse 1950–1965
¥5,000 obverse 1957–1986
¥10,000 obverse 1958–1986
Ninomiya Sontoku
Ninomiya Sontoku
, born Ninomiya Kinjirō , was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist.-Life:Ninomiya Sontoku was born to a poor peasant family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province. His father died when he was 14 and his mother died...

1787–1856 philosopher, economist, moralist Yen ¥1 obverse 1946–1958
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

1867–1916 novelist Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1984–2004
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke
Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...

1837–1919 politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1953–1974
Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji period. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.-Early life:Iwakura was born in Kyoto as the second son of a low-ranking courtier and nobleman . In 1836 he was adopted by another nobleman, , from whom he received his family...

1825–1883 politician Yen ¥500 obverse 1951–1971
¥500 obverse 1969–1994
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author Yen ¥10,000 obverse 1984–2004

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 Litas 50 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language Litas 100 Lt obverse 1993–2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...

1860–1930 standardized the Lithuanian language Litas 5 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement Litas 20 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Motiejus Valančius
Motiejus Valancius
Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...

1801–1875 a leader in the Lithuanian national movement Litas 2 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement Litas 200 Lt obverse 1997–2000
Žemaitė
Žemaite
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...

1845–1921 author Litas 1 Lt obverse 1994–1998

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Luxembourgish franc
Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourgish franc was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 1999 . The franc remained in circulation until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jean I
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. He is the father of the current ruler, Grand Duke Henri, and the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma...

1921- Grand Duke, 1964–2000 Franc 100 fr. obverse 1986–2002
1,000 fr. obverse 1985–2002
5,000 fr. obverse 1993–2002

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

1879–1919 Leader in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1919 Peso $10 both 1993–1997

Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...

1607–1676 admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1676 Gulden ƒ100 obverse 1972–1981
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

1580–1666 painter Gulden ƒ10 obverse 1971–1977
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

1632–1677 rationalist philosopher Gulden ƒ1,000 obverse 1973–1996
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...

1562–1621 composer, organist, teacher Gulden ƒ25 obverse 1972–1990
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

1587–1697 writer, playwright Gulden ƒ5 obverse 1976–1988

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...

1802–1829 mathematician Krone 500 kr obverse 1948–2002
1978–2002
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

1832–1910 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1903 Krone 50 kr obverse 1950–1999
1966–1999
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

1779–1849 Speaker of the Storting, 1815 and 1818 Krone 5 kr obverse 1901–1945
10 kr obverse
50 kr obverse
100 kr obverse
500 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...

1813–1885 writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1979–1997
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

1782–1830 co-author of the Constitution, 1814 Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1991–2001
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

1843–1907 composer and pianist Krone 500 kr obverse 1991–2000
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

1828–1906 playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1949–1999
1975–2001
Christian Michelsen
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

1857–1925 Prime Minister, 1905–1907 Krone 10 kr obverse 1954–1999
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

1861–1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace, 1922 Krone 5 kr obverse 1955–1999
10 kr obverse 1972–1999
Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

1829–1907 King of Norway, 1872–1905 Krone 5 kr obverse 1877–1998
10 kr obverse
50 kr obverse
100 kr obverse
500 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Peder Tordenskjold
Peder Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold , commonly referred to as Tordenskjold , was a Norwegian nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War...

1691–1720 Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War Krone 10 kr obverse 1901–1945
100 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...

1818–1870 poet and journalist Krone 50 kr obverse 1985–1997
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

1808–1845 poet and writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1949–1999
1962–1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–Present)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948; "Father of the Nation" Rupee Rs. 5 obverse 1997–2002

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–Present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.-Before 20th century:-20th century Interwar:-Post WWII:-1974 series:-See also:* Polish coins and banknotes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Józef Bem
Józef Bem
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...

1794–1850 general; war hero Złoty 10 zł obverse 1982–1995
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 Złoty 2,000 zł reverse 1977–1995
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

1810–1849 romantic composer and pianist Złoty 5,000 zł obverse 1982–1995
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

1473–1543 developed a heliocentric model of the solar system Złoty 1,000 zł obverse 1962–1965
1975–1995
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) Złoty 20,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836–1871 general; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune Złoty 200 zł obverse 1976–1995
Dubrawka
Dubrawka
Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, by his wife Biagota....

940/45-977 Queen Consort of Mieszko I, 965-977 Złoty 2 zł obverse 1936–1940
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

1746–1817 general; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising, 1794 Złoty 500 zł obverse 1976–1995
Mieszko I
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...

935-992 King of Poland, 960-992 Złoty 2,000 zł obverse 1977–1995
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1819–1872 conductor and composer Złoty 100,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

1860–1941 3rd Prime Minister, 1919 Złoty 2,000,000 zł obverse 1992–1995
Emilia Plater
Emilia Plater
Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1806–1831 countess; hero from the November Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1936–1939
1940–1944
Władysław Reymont 1867–1925 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1924 Złoty 1,000,000 zł obverse 1991–1995
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

1846–1916 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1905 Złoty 500,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Stanisław Staszic 1755–1826 priest, philosopher, statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Złoty 50,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Karol Świerczewski
Karol Swierczewski
Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...

1897–1947 leader in post-World War II government Złoty 50 zł obverse 1975–1995
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...

1826–1864 general; hero from the January Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1982–1995
Ludwik Waryński
Ludwik Warynski
Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...

1856–1889 socialist activist Złoty 100 zł obverse 1975–1995
Stanisław Wyspiański 1869–1907 playwright Złoty 10,000 zł obverse 1988–1995

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...


Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...

1467–1520 explorer and navigator, discovered the sea route to Brazil, 1500 Escudo 1,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

1469–1524 explorer and navigator, sailed from Europe to India, 1497–1498 Escudo 5,000$ obverse 1996–2002
João de Barros
João de Barros
João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...

1496–1570 historian Escudo 500$ obverse 1997–2002
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.-Purposes of the Dias expedition:...

1450–1500 explorer and navigator, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Escudo 2,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Henry the Navigator 1394–1460 patron of Portuguese exploration Escudo 10,000$ obverse 1996–2002

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu
Banknotes of the Romanian leu
-1917 issue :Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of the leu, the ban -1917 issue ("paper coins"):Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....

1867–1944 biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Leu 200 L obverse 1992–1996
Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

1819–1852 a leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher Leu 5,000 L obverse 1998–2002
Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...

1876–1957 sculptor Leu 500 L both 1991–1992
1992–1996
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer Leu 1,000,000 L obverse 2003–2007
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...

1820–1873 Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia, 1859–1862; Dominator of Romania, 1862–1866 Leu 50 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet Leu 1,000 L obverse 1991–1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist Leu 50,000 L obverse 1996–2002
2000–2004
2001–2007
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting Leu 100,000 L obverse 1998–2004
2001–2007
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains...

1824–1872 leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 Leu 5,000 L obverse 1992–1993
1993–1998
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister, 1931–1932 Leu 10,000 L obverse 1994–1999
1999–2002
2000–2007
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri or — occasionally — as Domnul Tudor .-Background:Tudor was born in Vladimiri, Gorj County in a family of landed peasants...

1780–1821 revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia Leu 25 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot Leu 500,000 L obverse 2000–2007

Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...


Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–Present)
See also Slovenian tolar
Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotins...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...

1876–1918 writer, playwright, poet Tolar 10,000 SIT obverse 1995–2007
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

1550–1591 Renaissance composer Tolar 200 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopic
Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

1869–1943 impressionist painter Tolar 100 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...

1861–1926 realist painter Tolar 5,000 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...

1872–1957 architect Tolar 500 SIT obverse 1992–2007
France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

1800–1849 poet Tolar 1,000 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...

1508–1586 founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia Tolar 10 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...

1641–1693 scholar Tolar 20 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...

1754–1802 mathematician and physicist Tolar 50 SIT obverse 1993–2007

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–Present)
See also South African pound
South African pound
In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies. At that time, the only British colony in Southern Africa was the Cape of Good Hope Colony. As time went on, the British pound sterling and its associated subsidiary coinage became the currency of...

 and South African rand
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

1619–1677 Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town, 1652–1662 Pound 10/- obverse 1948–1961
£1 obverse
£5 obverse
£10 obverse 1952–1961
£100 obverse
Rand R1 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1973
obverse 1973–1975
obverse 1975–1977
R2 obverse 1961–1974
obverse 1974–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R5 obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R10 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R20 obverse 1961–1979
obverse 1979–1993
R50 obverse 1984–1992

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....


Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble or rouble was the currency of the Soviet Union. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, ....

 and Russian chervonets.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

1870–1924 leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman
Premier of the Soviet Union
The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...

 of the Council of People's Commissars, 1917–1924
Ruble руб10 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1991
руб25 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1992
руб50 obverse
руб100 obverse
Chervonet 5 chervozev obverse 1937–1947
10 chervozev obverse

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Spanish peseta
Spanish peseta
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....

1851–1901 novelist Peseta 200 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

1451–1506 navigator and explorer, discovered the Americas, 1492 Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Hernando Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

1485–1547 conquistador of Mexico Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro
María Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...

1837–1885 writer, poet Peseta 500 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Rebellion of 1768]]....

1716–1795 explorer, colonial administrator, first Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1766–1768 Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1987–2002
Felipe
Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

1968- Prince of Asturias, 1977- Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1982–1987
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...

1881–1958 poet; Nobel Prize winner, 1956 Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...

1938- King of Spain, 1975- Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
10,000 ₧ obverse
obverse 1987–2002
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Mutis
-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...

1732–1808 botanist and mathematician Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1987–2002
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

1843–1920 novelist Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...

1475–1541 conquistador of Peru Peseta 1,000 ₧ reverse 1992–2002

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles XI 1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 Krona 500 kr obverse 1985–1999
obverse 1989–2006
Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...

1763–1844 King of Sweden and Norway, 1818–1844 Krona 1,000 kr obverse 1976–1998
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 Krona 5 kr reverse 1890–1987
obverse 1965–1998
10 kr reverse 1892–1987
obverse 1940–1987
50 kr reverse ????-1987
100 kr reverse ????-1987
1,000 kr reverse 1890–1987
Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

1746–1792 King of Sweden, 1771–1792 Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998
Gustav V 1858–1950 King of Sweden, 1907–1950 Krona 5 kr obverse 1948–1987
1,000 kr reverse 1952–1987
Gustav II Adolf
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

1594–1632 King of Sweden, 1611–1632 Krona 100 kr obverse ????-1998
obverse 1986–2006
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...

1882–1973 King of Sweden, 1950–1973 Krona 5 kr obverse 1954–1987
10 kr obverse 1963–1998
10,000 kr obverse 1958–1991
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 Krona 20 kr obverse 1992–2006
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...

1599–1667 Baroque architect Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1976–2000
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...

1740–1799 aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...

1707–1783 mathematician, physicist Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...

1848–1931 psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants Franc 1,000 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...

1516–1565 authored Historiae animalium
Historiae animalium (Gesner)
Historiae animalium published at Zurich in 1551-58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich...

(1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology
Franc 50 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...

1819–1890 writer Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1956–2000
Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

316/7-397 patron saint of soldiers Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1957–2000
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

1746–1827 teacher and education reformer Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1930–1976
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...

1708–1777 anatomist and physiologist Franc 500 Fr. obverse 1977–2000

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–Present)
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

 and Turkish new lira
Turkish new lira
The new Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2009 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kurush...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 founder of the Republic of Turkey; 1st President, 1923–1938 Lira ₤2½ obverse 1939–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1955–1966
obverse 1957–1966
obverse 1960–1966
₤5 obverse 1937–1952
obverse 1952–1968
obverse 1959–1968
obverse 1961–1968
obverse 1965–1968
obverse 1968–1983
obverse 1976–1983
₤10 obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1953–1966
obverse 1958–1966
obverse 1960–1966
obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1963–1966
obverse 1966–1981
obverse 1975–1981
both 1979–1987
both 1982–1987
₤20 obverse 1966–1987
obverse 1974–1987
obverse 1979–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤50 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1951–1979
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1956–1979
obverse 1957–1979
obverse 1960–1979
obverse 1964–1979
obverse 1971–1979
obverse 1976–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤100 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1942
obverse 1952–1976
obverse 1956–1976
obverse 1958–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1964–1976
obverse 1969–1976
obverse 1972–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1983–1986
obverse 1984–1989
₤500 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1976
obverse 1959–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1968–1976
obverse 1971–1984
obverse 1974–1984
obverse 1983–1989
obverse 1984–1989
₤1,000 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1978–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1981–1986
obverse 1986–1992
obverse 1988–1992
₤5,000 obverse 1981–1994
obverse 1985–1994
obverse 1988–1994
obverse 1990–1994
₤10,000 obverse 1982–1995
obverse 1984–1995
obverse 1989–1995
obverse 1993–1995
₤20,000 obverse 1988–1997
obverse 1995–1997
₤50,000 obverse 1989–1999
obverse 1995–1999
₤100,000 both 1991–2001
both 1994–2001
both 1996–2001
₤250,000 obverse 1992–2006
obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1998–2006
₤500,000 obverse 1993–2006
obverse 1994–2006
obverse 1997–2006
₤1,000,000 obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1996–2006
obverse 2002–2006
₤5,000,000 obverse 1997–2006
₤10,000,000 obverse 1999–2006
₤20,000,000 obverse 2001–2006
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem Lira ₤100 reverse 1983–1989
reverse 1984–1989
İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President, 1938–1950 Lira 50 kuruş obverse 1944–1947
₤1 obverse 1942–1947
₤2½ obverse 1947–1952
₤10 obverse 1942–1950
obverse 1947–1952
obverse 1948–1952
₤50 obverse 1942–1951
obverse 1947–1951
₤100 obverse 1942–1946
obverse 1947–1952
₤500 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
₤1,000 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1444–1446 and 1451–1481 Lira ₤1,000 reverse 1986–1989
reverse 1988–1992
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī , also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and popularly known as Mevlānā in Turkey and Mawlānā in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic...

1207–1273 Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" Lira ₤5,000 reverse 1981–1994
reverse 1985–1994
reverse 1988–1994
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, 1512–1588 Lira ₤10,000 reverse 1982–1995
reverse 1984–1995
reverse 1989–1995
reverse 1993–1995

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...



Currency: Hryvnia

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

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1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain $10 obverse 1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

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1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain $5 obverse
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...

1793–1877 ruler of Argentina, 1829–1852 $20 obverse
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

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1821–1906 President, 1862–1868 $2 obverse
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

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1843–1914 President, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 $100 obverse
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

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1811–1888 President, 1868–1874 $50 obverse

*See also Argentina in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan , MBE was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament....

1861–1932 suffragette, first woman elected to Parliament, 1920–1924 $50 reverse 1995
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
$5 obverse 1992
John Flynn
John Flynn (minister)
John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.-Biography:...

1880–1951 founder, Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1928 $20 reverse 1994
Mary Gilmore
Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore DBE was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist.-Early life:Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales...

1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993
Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...

1861–1931 international opera soprano, 1886–1926 $100 obverse 1996
John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...

1865–1931 general during World War I $100 reverse 1996
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

1815–1896 The Father of the Federation $5 obverse 2001
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

1864–1941 poet, author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) $10 obverse 1993
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney.-Early life:...

1777–1855 businesswoman $20 obverse 1994
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...

1825–1910 politician, journalist, suffragette $5 reverse 2001
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
David Unaipon was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. He was the most widely known Aboriginal in Australia, and broke stereotypes of Aboriginals...

1872–1967 inventor, writer $50 obverse 1995

*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since 2212
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

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1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 $100 obverse 9090
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain
Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

1849–1931 suffragist $50 reverse
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...

1849–1931 founder, Victorian Order of Nurses, 1893 $50 reverse
Elizabeth II
Style of the Canadian sovereign
The title and style of the Canadian sovereign is the formal mode of address of the monarch of Canada. The form is based on those that were inherited from the United Kingdom and France, used in the colonies to refer to the reigning monarch in Europe...

1926- Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

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1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948 $50 obverse
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

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1941-1919 7th Prime Minister, 1896–1911 $5 obverse
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

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1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 $10 obverse
Nellie Mooney McClung
Nellie McClung
Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...

1873–1951 suffragist $50 reverse
Louise Crummy McKinney
Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...

1868–1931 first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire, 1917–1921 $50 reverse
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...

1868–1933 British Empire's first woman judge, 1916–1933 $50 reverse
Irene Marryat Parlby
Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...

1868–1965 first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta, 1921–1935 $50 reverse

*See also Canada Banknotes Out of Circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi
Fifth series of the renminbi
The fifth series of the renminbi is the current coin and banknote series of the Chinese currency, the renminbi. They were progressively introduced since 1999 and consist of ¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1 coins, and ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 notes. ¥20 is a new denomination.-First edition:Coins of the first...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

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1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 ¥1 obverse 2004
¥5 obverse 2002
¥10 obverse 2001
¥20 obverse 2000
¥50 obverse 2001
¥100 obverse 1999

*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...


Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso
Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...

1865–1896 poet $5,000 obverse 1995
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...

1792–1840 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain $2,000 obverse 2005
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister and Labor Minister , mayor of Bogotá and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off...

1903–1948 Labor Party leader, two-time presidential candidate, assassinated during second campaign $1,000 both 2005
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer.Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería...

1865–1920 astronomer $20,000 obverse 1996
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....

1837–1895 writer, politician, soldier $50,000 obverse 1992
Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...

1795–1817 seamstress, spy, executed by Spain $10,000 obverse 1995

Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...


Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila was a bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats under Italian rule....

1812–1882 Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture 10 kn obverse 1994
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

1643–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse
Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...

1589–1638 Baroque poet 50 kn obverse
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...

1801–1859 ban, 1848–1859; abolished serfdom 20 kn obverse
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

1450–1524 poet and humanist 500 kn obverse
Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranic
Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

1814–1890 ban, 1873–1880; modernized economy and education 100 kn obverse
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force...

1871–1928 founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, 1905 200 kn obverse
Ante Starčević
Ante Starcevic
Ante Starčević , was a Croatian politician and writer whose activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.His works are base for Croatian nationalism, he is often referred to as Father of the Fatherland by Croats.-Life:...

1823–1896 politician and writer 1,000 kn obverse
Tomislav
Tomislav
King Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 910–925, and then became first King of the Croatian Kingdom in 925–928....

???-928 1st King of Croatia, 925-928 1,000 kn reverse
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

1621–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse

Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....


Currency: Czech Krone (since 1918)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ottokar I of Bohemia
Ottokar I of Bohemia
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1155–1230 First heredetary king of Bohemia 20 czk obverse 1993 - 2008
Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

1211–1282 medieval Bohemian princess 50 czk obverse 1993 - 2011
Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

1346–1348 king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor 100 czk obverse 1993
John Amos Comenius 1592–1670 bishop of Unity of the Brethren 200 czk obverse 1993
Božena Němcová
Božena Nemcová
Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...

1820–1862 author 500 czk obverse 1993
František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...

1798–1876 historian and politician 1000 czk obverse 1993
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.- Biography :...

1878–1930 Czech operatic soprano 2000 czk obverse 1993
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1850–1937 president of Czechoslovakia 5000 czk obverse 1993

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...

1859–1935 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...

1849–1927 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...

1885–1962 author 50 kr obverse 2005
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...

1885–1962 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922 500 kr obverse 2003
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.-Early life:...

1812–1890 actress, 1827–1864 200 kr obverse 2003
Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...

1865–1931 composer, conductor, violinist 100 kr obverse 2002

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

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1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pt.50 reverse 1996
£1 reverse 1979
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

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unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE £10 reverse 2003

*See also Egypt Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (1992–2010)
Symbol: KR
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist. With respect to the latter, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns...

1839–1907 linguist, theologian, folklorist 10 KR obverse 1991
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...

1841–1882 established Estonia's first political newspaper Sakala, 1878 500 KR obverse 1991
Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

1916–1975 chess grandmaster 5 KR obverse 1991
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...

1843–1886 poet 100 KR obverse 1991
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....

1878–1940 author 25 KR obverse 1991
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...

1873–1918 composer, organist 50 KR obverse 1994
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a...

1792–1879 biologist, pioneer of embryology 2 KR obverse 1992

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen was a prince of Transylvania , duke of Opole and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary. His last armed intervention in 1626 was part of the Thirty Years' War...

1580–1629 Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629; led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy 2,000 Ft both 1998
Charles I
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

1288–1342 King of Hungary, 1308–1342 200 Ft obverse 1998
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

1443–1490 King of Hungary, 1458–1490 1,000 Ft obverse 1998
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

1803–1876 statesman and reformer 20,000 Ft obverse 2001
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

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1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 500 Ft obverse 1998
Stephen I 975-1038 1st King of Hungary, 1006–1038 10,000 Ft obverse 1997
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

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1791–1860 statesman and political theorist 5,000 Ft obverse 1999

*See also Hungary in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir ????-???? 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir was the daughter of the Icelandic priest Jón Arason and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir. She was one of twelve children and was an active seamstress. She taught this skill actively. Ragnheiður became the wife of two consecutive bishops in the Hólar see -- Gísli...

1646–1715 developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr both 1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is one of the most famous artists of Iceland.The paintings of Kjarval vary greatly in style. Most of them are rather realistic presentations of the Icelandic landscape whereas others are more influenced by a somewhat mythical style...

1885–1972 painter 2,000 kr obverse 1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the 19th century independence movement 500 kr both 1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. He is currently pictured on the Icelandic 1000 krónur bill....

1605–1675 Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature 1,000 kr obverse 1984
Gísli Þorláksson ????-???? Lutheran bishop of Hólar, 1657–1684; husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir ????-???? 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986

India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs.
See also Indian rupee
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

1869–1948 political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement Rs.5 obverse 2002
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Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Hassan Modarres
Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres , was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth...

1870–1937 notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...

100 ریال obverse 1985-
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

1902–1989 leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

1000 ریال obverse 1992-
2000 ریال obverse 2005-
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Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currency: New Sheqel (since 1985)
Symbol:
See also Israeli new sheqel
Israeli new sheqel
The Israeli New Shekel is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

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1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 ₪50 obverse 1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

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1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 ₪100 obverse
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

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1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 ₪20 obverse
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

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1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1973 ₪200 obverse

*See also Israel in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥
See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Higuchi Ichiyō 1872–1896 author ¥5,000 obverse 2004
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...

1876–1928 bacteriologist ¥1,000 obverse
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

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1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author ¥10,000 obverse

*See also Japan in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....


Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound
Jersey pound
The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern...

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Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, 1952- £1 obverse 1971
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Francis Pierson 1757–1781 Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey
Battle of Jersey
The Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...

£10 reverse

*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Korea, South
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...


Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol:
See also South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I . A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy. Yi Hwang is often...

1501–1570 Confucian
Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China...

 scholar
₩1,000 obverse 1983
Yi I
Yi I
Yi I was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang . Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok...

1536–1584 Confucian scholar ₩5,000 obverse
King Sejong the Great 1397–1450 monarch ₩10,000 obverse
Shin Saimdang 1504–1551 poet, calligraphist ₩50,000 obverse 2009

*See also South Korea in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (since 1993)
Symbol: Lt
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 50 Lt obverse 2003
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language 100 Lt obverse 2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...

1858–1899 poet, physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem 500 Lt obverse 2009
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement 20 Lt obverse 2001
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement 200 Lt obverse 2000

Malaysia


Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...

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Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan 1895 – 1960 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 (Supreme Head of State)
of the Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

RM 1 obverse 1967
RM 2 obverse 1996
RM 5 obverse 1967
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RM 10 obverse 1967
RM 20 obverse 1982
RM 50 obverse 1967
RM 100 obverse 1967
RM 500 obverse 1982 - 1999
RM 1,000 obverse 1967 - 1999

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1648/51-1695 nun, scholar, poet $200 obverse 1996
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...

1753–1811 Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence $1,000 obverse 2004
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

1806–1832 31st President, 1858–1872 $20 both 1996
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José María Morelos
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...

1765–1815 leader for Mexican independence $50 obverse 1996
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Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

1402–1472 Texcocan king $100 obverse 1996
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...

 and Frida Kalho
1829–1862 Artists and Communist Party militants $500 obverse 1996

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
-Pre-dollar:Prior to 10 July 1967, the New Zealand pound, using the £sd system, was the main currency of New Zealand. Since 1934, banknotes of the New Zealand pound were issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and came in denominations of 10s, £1, £5, £10, and £50.-First issue: 1967 -...

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II 1926 - Queen
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...

 and Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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$20 Obverse 1967
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...

1919–2008 Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

 (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.
$5 1990
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...

1874–1950 Played a significant role in the revival of Maori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Maori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for 38 years.
$50 1990
Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 in 1908.
$100 1990
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard
Katherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...

1848–1934 Prominent suffragette
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...

, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.
$10 1990

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...

1812–1885 writer, scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore 50 kr obverse 1997
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air...

1867–1917 scientist 200 kr obverse 1994
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...

1895–1962 opera singer 100 kr obverse 1997
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...

1863–1944 Expressionist painter 1,000 kr obverse 2001
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...

1882-1849 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1928 500 kr obverse 1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948;
"Father of the Nation"
Rs. 10 obverse 2006
Rs. 20 obverse 2005
Rs. 50 obverse 1977
Rs. 100 obverse 2006
Rs. 500 obverse 2006
Rs. 1,000 obverse 2007
Rs. 5,000 obverse 2006

Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Currency: Nuevo sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian nuevo sol
The nuevo sol plural: nuevos soles; currency sign: S/.) is the currency of Peru. It is subdivided into 100 cents, called céntimos in Spanish. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. It is most commonly referred to just as sol...

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José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He sacrificed his life crashing into an Ecuadorian battery during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian war.-Combat History:Lieutenant Quinones was a fighter pilot...

1914–1941 National aviation hero Nuevo sol S/. 10 obverse 1991–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian. He was born in Pisco, Peru on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a...

1897–1960 Historian Nuevo sol S/. 20 obverse 1991–
Abraham Valdelomar
Abraham Valdelomar
Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...

1888–1919 Poet Nuevo sol S/. 50 obverse 1991–
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country...

1903–1980 Minister of education, Historian Nuevo sol S/. 100 obverse 1991–
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586–1617 Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Nuevo sol S/. 200 obverse 1995–

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


Currency: Peso (since 1903)
Symbol:
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...

1869–1964 1st President, 1899–1901 P5 obverse 1985
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

1932–1983 leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos' autocracy P500 both 2002
Andrés Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...

1863–1897 leader in the Philippine Revolution P10 obverse 1987
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....

1935- 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1998–2005; swore in President Macapagal-Arroyo P200 reverse 2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...

1898–1945 founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Vicente Lim
Vicente Lim
Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...

1889–1945 Brigadier General, Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...

1864–1903 1st Prime Minister, 1899; author of the 1st Constitution P10 obverse 1987
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...

1910–1997 9th President, 1961–1965 P200 obverse 2002
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

1947- daughter of President Macapagal; 14th President, 2001-2009 P200 reverse 2002
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...

1878–1961 4th President, 1944–1946 P50 obverse 1987
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...

1878–1944 2nd President, 1935–1944 P20 obverse 1987
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

1892–1948 5th President, 1946–1948 P100 obverse 2002
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos
In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

1886–1942 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

1933-2009 11th President,1986-1992 P500 obverse 2010

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol:
See also Polish coins and banknotes
Polish coins and banknotes
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland. For historical ones, see here.-Coins:Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated....

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Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 20 zł obverse 1995
Casimir III
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

1310–1370 King of Poland, 1333–1370 50 zł obverse
Jogaila
Jogaila
Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

1351–1434 King of Poland, 1386–1434 100 zł obverse
Mieszko I 935-992 Duke of Poland, 960-922 10 zł obverse
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...

1520–1572 King of Poland, 1530–1572 200 zł obverse

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Romanian leu
Romanian leu
The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...

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Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher 200 L obverse 2006
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer 100 L obverse 2005
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet 500 L obverse 2005
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist 5 L obverse 2005
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting 10 L obverse 2005
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Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister,historian 1931–1932 1 L obverse 2005
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot 50 L obverse 2005

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...


Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб
See also Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...

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Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.-Surname spelling:The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.-Early...

1809–1881 Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk, 1847–1861 руб5,000 obverse 2000
Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

1672–1725 Tsar, 1682–1725 руб500 obverse 1998
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 1019–1054 руб1,000 obverse 2000

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

See under United Kingdom

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijic
Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...

1865–1927 geographer 500 din. both 2004
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanovic
Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...

1869–1958 Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile, 1942–1943 5,000 din. both 2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

1787–1864 linguist; reformer of the Serbian language 10 din. both 2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...

1856–1914 composer and music educator 50 din. both 2005
Petar II
Petar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...

1813–1851 Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830–1851; Serbian language poet 20 din. both 2006
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrovic
Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...

1873–1915 painter 200 din. both 2006
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

1856–1943 inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer 100 din. both 2006
Ðorđe Vajfert 1850–1937 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia, 1912–1926 1,000 din. both 2006

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore dollar
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar or Dollar is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

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Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak was an eminent Singaporean politician and the first President of Singapore of Minangkabau descent. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999.-Early life:...

1910–1970 First President, 1965–1970 S$2 obverse 1999
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Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Charles XI
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....

1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 500 kr obverse 1985
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 1,000 kr obverse 1989
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 20 kr obverse 1991
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...

1820–1887 opera singer 50 kr obverse 1996
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy 100 kr obverse 1986
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar , better known as , which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.-Biography:Polhem was born on the island of Gotland...

1661–1751 industrialist; planned and started construction of the Göta Canal 500 kr reverse 1985

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc
Banknotes of the Swiss franc
The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1825 by the Caisse de Dépôt of the city of Bern.During the 19th century the Cantons had the right of printing notes. Following the law of 8 March 1881 the Swiss National Bank had the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Switzerland. First notes...

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Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...

1818–1897 historian of the arts 1,000 Fr. obverse 1998
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

1887–1965 modernist architect 10 Fr. obverse 1997
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter...

1901–1966 sculptor, painter, draftsman 100 Fr. obverse 1998
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

1892–1955 composer 20 Fr. obverse 1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...

1878–1947 French-speaking Swiss author 200 Fr. obverse 1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter and sculptor. Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Täuber began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen...

1889–1943 artist, painter, sculptor 50 Fr. obverse 1995

Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan)


Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

1866–1925 Founding father of the Republic of China $100 obverse 2001
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

1887–1975 President of the Republic of China, 1948–1975 $200 obverse 2002

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 Founder and 1st President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1923-1938
1 TL obverse 1926 - 1938
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İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1938-1950
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Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...

1910–1997 Mathematician 10 TL reverse 2009–present
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...

1240?-1321? Poet and Sufi mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

200 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 Poet of the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...

100 TL reverse 1983–1989
Itri
Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...

1640?-1711 Composer and performer of Turkish classical music 100 TL reverse 2009–present
Kemaleddin Bey 1870–1927 Architect 20 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan and conqueror of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

1000 TL reverse 1986–1992
Mevlana 1207–1273 Philosopher 5000 TL reverse 1981–1994
Aydın Sayılı
Aydin Sayili
Aydın Sayılı was a historian of science. His career was aided by chance meeting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom he impressed enough to receive a state-supported scholarship to attend graduate school at Harvard, where he studied under George Sarton....

1913–1993 Historian of science 5 TL reverse 2009–present
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 Architect and civil engineer 10000 TL reverse 1982–1995
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz , aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian...

1862–1936 First female Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 novelist
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Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...


Currency: Hryvnia (since 1996)
Symbol: Ƨ
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Ƨ20 obverse 2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Ƨ50 obverse 2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Ƨ5 obverse 2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Ƨ10 obverse 2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Ƨ100 obverse 2006
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and composer who lived in the Russian Empire and who made important contributions to Russian philosophy and culture. He lived and worked in Ukraine and passionately and consciously identified with its people, differentiating them...

1722–1794 poet, philosopher, composer Ƨ500 obverse 2006
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

1871–1913 poet, writer Ƨ200 obverse 2001
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Ƨ1 obverse 2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Ƨ2 obverse 2004

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1695)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.

England & Wales

Exclusive sterling note issue granted to the Bank of England.
Bank of England

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

1809–1882 naturalist £10 reverse 2000
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- £5 obverse 2002
£10 obverse 2000
£20 obverse 1999
£20 obverse 2007
£50 obverse 1994
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry , née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist...

1780–1845 prison reformer £5 reverse 2002
John Houblon
John Houblon
Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.-Biography:Sir John was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger...

1632–1712 1st Governor, Bank of England, 1694–1697 £50 reverse 1994
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist £20 reverse 2007

Scotland

Three commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Bank of Scotland
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

1771–1832 historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes £5 obverse 2007
£10 obverse 2007
£20 obverse 1999
£50 obverse 2007
£100 obverse 2007


Royal Bank of Scotland
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Lord Ilay
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

1682–1761 founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 obverse 1987
£5 obverse 1987
£10 obverse 1987
£20 obverse 1987
£50 obverse 1987
£100 obverse 1987
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

1850–1894 Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1994
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

1847–1922 Inventor of the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1997
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

1900–2002 Queen Consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II 
(special commemorative issue)
£20 reverse 2000
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

1940- Notable American golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er
(special commemorative issue)
£5 reverse 2005


Clydesdale Bank
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£5 obverse 1998
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor
Mary Mitchell Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria.Her determined work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals, spreading Christianity and promoting women's rights.-Early life:...

1848–1915 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

£10 both 1998
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 1998
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...

£50 both 1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£100 both 1998
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...

1881–1955 Discoverer of penicillin
Penicillin
Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....

.
£5 obverse 2009
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£10 obverse 2009
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 2009
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.-Education:She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh...

1864–1917 Doctor and suffragist. £50 obverse 2009
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...

1868-1928 Architect and designer. £100 obverse 2009

Northern Ireland

Four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Northern Bank

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company....

1840–1921 Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company £10 obverse 2005
Harry Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...

1884–1960 Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 £20 obverse 2005
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

£50 obverse 2005
Sir James Martin 1893–1981 Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat £100 obverse 2005


Ulster Bank

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

1946–2005 Footballer for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£5 obverse 2006

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
John Adams
John Adams
John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

1735–1826 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...

1722–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...

1737–1802 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...

1741–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from...

1725–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clinton
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

1739–1812 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clymer
George Clymer
George Clymer was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution...

1739–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Dickinson
John Dickinson (delegate)
John Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of...

1732–1808 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Ellery 1727–1820 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Floyd
William Floyd
William Floyd was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:...

1734–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

1706–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Founding Father $100 obverse 1996
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

1822–1877 18th President, 1869–1877 $50 obverse 2004
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 $10 both 2006
John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

1737–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Harrison, V 1726–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were part of the Quaker Society of Friends. Immediately after their marriage they moved to New Jersey, which became Joseph Hewes’s home state. Hewes was formally educated at Princeton and after...

1730–1779 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Heyward, Jr. 1746–1809 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Hooper
William Hooper
William Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...

1742–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...

1707–1785 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...

1737–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

1731–1796 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

1767–1845 7th President, 1829–1837 $20 obverse 2003
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 3rd President, 1801–1809; signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 both 1976
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...

1732–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....

1713–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1809–1865 16th President, 1861–1865 $5 both 2000
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

1716–1778 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Livingston (1746-1813)
Robert R Livingston was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor," after the office he held for 25 years....

1746–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

1734–1817 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

1742–1787 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

1726–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (merchant)
Robert Morris, Jr. was a British-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution...

1734–1806 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

1740–1799 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...

1731–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Read
George Read (signer)
George Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...

1733–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

1745–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...

1749–1800 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...

1721–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Early life:...

1730–1781 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...

1729–1824 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Walton
George Walton
George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

1749/50-1804 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 1st President, 1789–1797 $1 obverse 1963
William Williams
William Williams (signer)
William Williams was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from...

1731–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing was an American merchant and financier and a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania....

1731–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
James Wilson
James Wilson
James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution...

1742–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey , he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration...

1723–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976

Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...


Currency: Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (since 2008)
Symbol: Bs
See also Venezuelan bolívar
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Ravelo y Rodríguez de Espinoza , commonly known as Francisco de Miranda , was a Venezuelan revolutionary...

1750–1816 military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 2 bolívares obverse 2008
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, or 'The First Black' was a Venezuelan soldier who at first fought with the royal army, only to later go over to the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of lieutenant.The nickname of Negro Primero was inspired by his...

1790–1821 soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain 5 bolívares obverse 2008
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro was a native Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.-Life:...

c1530-1568 Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization 10 bolívares obverse 2008
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...

1799–1866 heroine of Venezuelan War of Independence 20 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....

1769–1854 philosopher, educator 50 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

1783–1830 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 100 bolívares obverse 2008

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n, 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L, 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a, 1983–1985)
Austral (A, 1985–1991)
Peso ($, 1992–Present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional
Argentine peso moneda nacional
The peso moneda nacional was the currency of Argentina between November 5, 1881 and December 31, 1969. It was subdivided into 100 centavos, with the argentino worth 5 pesos. Its symbol was m$n or $m/n. Its ISO 4217 code was ARM.-History:...

, Argentine peso ley
Argentine peso ley
The peso ley 18.188, usually known as either peso or, to distinguish it from the earlier peso moneda nacional, informally as peso ley, was the currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was $, sometimes $L. Its name comes from law...

, Argentine peso argentino
Argentine peso argentino
The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.-History:...

, Argentine austral
Argentine austral
The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...

, and Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile, he was one of the most influential Argentine liberals of his age.-Biography:...

1810–1884 political theorist and diplomat Peso Argentino $a5,000 obverse 1984–1987
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

1837–1885 President of Argentina, 1874–1880 Austral A500 obverse 1988–1992
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain Peso Ley $L1 obverse 1970–1981
$L5 obverse 1971–1981
$L10 obverse 1970–1981
Peso Argentino $a10,000 obverse 1984–1987
Miguel Juárez Celman 1844–1909 President of Argentina, 1886–1890 Austral A5,000 obverse 1988–1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain Peso Moneda Nacional m$n5 obverse 1935–1965
m$n10 obverse 1936–1965
m$n50 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n100 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n500 obverse 1944–1968
1964–1968
m$n1,000 obverse 1944–1975
m$n5,000 obverse 1962–1975
m$n10,000 obverse 1961–1975
Peso Ley $L50 obverse 1972–1981
$L100 obverse 1971–1981
$L500 obverse 1972–1984
$L1,000 obverse 1973–1984
$L5,000 obverse 1977–1984
$L10,000 obverse 1976–1985
$L50,000 obverse 1979–1985
$L100,000 obverse
$L500,000 obverse 1980–1985
$L1,000,000 obverse 1981–1985
Peso Argentino $a1 obverse 1983–1985
$a5 obverse 1983–1987
$a10 obverse
$a50 obverse
$a100 obverse
$a500 obverse 1984–1987
$a1,000 obverse 1983–1987
Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1991
A50,000 obverse
A500,000 obverse 1990–1991
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

1801–1870 President of Argentina, 1854–1860 Austral A5 obverse 1986–1991
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 Australes note, which is now obsolete....

1809–1867 President of Argentina, 1860–1861 Austral A10 obverse 1985–1991
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

1821–1906 President of Argentina, 1862–1868 Austral A50 obverse 1986–1991
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

1846–1906 President of Argentina, 1890–1892 Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1992
Peso $1 obverse 1992-????
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....

1835–1906 President of Argentina, 1904–1906 Austral A500,000 obverse 1990–1993
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

1780–1845 President of Argentina, 1826–1827 Austral A1 obverse 1985–1991
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

1843–1914 President of Argentina, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 Austral A1,000 obverse 1988–1992
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina.He graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and participated in the constitutional assembly of 1860. He was a number of times a national deputy and senator. In 1882 he occupied a seat on the Supreme Court of the Province of...

1822–1907 President of Argentina, 1892–1895 Austral A50,000 obverse 1989–1993
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

1811–1888 President of Argentina, 1868–1874 Austral A100 obverse 1985–1992
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

1831–1914 President of Argentina, 1895–1898 Austral A100,000 obverse 1990–1993

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–Present)
See also Australian pound
Australian pound
The pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...

 and Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

1743–1820 English botonist, introduced the West to eucalyptus Dollar $5 obverse 1967–1992
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...

1808–1877 humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare Dollar $5 reverse 1967–1992
James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

1728–1779 explorer, first European to visit the Australian east coast Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

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Pound £1 obverse 1953–1966
Dollar $1 obverse 1966–1984
William Farrer
William Farrer
William James Farrer was a leading Australian agronomist and plant breeder. Farrer is best remembered as the originator of the "Federation" strain of wheat, distributed in 1903...

1845–1906 leading agronomist, wheat breeder Dollar $2 reverse 1966–1988
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

1774–1814 navigator and cartographer, author of A Voyage to Terra Australis Pound 10/- obverse 1953–1966
Howard Florey 1898–1968 Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin, 1945 Dollar $50 obverse 1973–1995
John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

1786–1847 explorer of Australia Pound £5 obverse 1953–1966
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.- Early life :Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...

1850–1915 inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) Dollar $20 reverse 1966–1994
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...

1797–1873 first Australian-born explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

1867–1922 poet and novelist Dollar $10 reverse 1966–1993
John Macarthur
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

1766–1834 pioneer of the Australian wool industry Dollar $2 obverse 1966–1988
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

1882–1958 Antarctic explorer and geologist Dollar $100 obverse 1984–1996
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

1738–1814 established first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales Pound £10 obverse 1953–1966
Ian Clunies Ross
Ian Clunies Ross
Sir Ian Clunies Ross, CMG is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO.-Family:...

1899–1959 scientist, leader in veterinary medicine Dollar $50 reverse 1973–1995
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC , often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia...

1897–1935 aviator; first to fly across the Pacific, 1928 Dollar $20 obverse 1966–1994
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

1795–1869 English explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" .-Early life:...

1834–1916 astronomer, discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" Dollar $100 reverse 1984–1996

Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...


Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Austrian schilling
Austrian schilling
The schilling was the currency of Austria from 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...

1851–1914 economist Schilling S100 obverse 1985–2001
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. His father was Johann Daffinger....

1790–1849 miniature painter and sculpture Schilling S20 obverse 1988–2001
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

1856–1939 co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology Schilling S50 obverse 1987–2001
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner , was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin. He is noted for having first distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the...

1868–1943 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 both 1997–2001
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Franz Arnold Obermayer, a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper, and his second wife Marie.Rosa had 12 brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the...

1858–1938 feminist, painter, author Schilling S500 obverse 1997–2001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

1756–1791 classical composer and pianist Schilling S5,000 obverse 1989–2001
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...

1887–1961 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 obverse 1983–1997
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner
Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...

1841–1918 architect Schilling S500 obverse 1986–1997

Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Albert II
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

1934- King of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse 1994–2001
James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...

1860–1949 impressionist painter Franc 100 fr. obverse
Victor Horta
Victor Horta
Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...

1861–1947 Art Nouveau architect Franc 2,000 fr. obverse
René Magritte
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...

1898–1967 surrealist artist Franc 500 fr. obverse
Paola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium....

1937- Queen Consort of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

1886–1952 Flemish expressionist painter Franc 1,000 fr. obverse
Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...

1814–1894 musician, inventor of the saxophone Franc 200 fr. obverse

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 dollar $100 obverse 1976–1990
1990–2004
Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

1894–1972 Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, 1910–1936
dollar $5 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

1926- Princess of York, 1936–1952 dollar $20 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth II Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1954–1974
$2 obverse 1954–1975
1986–1996
$5 obverse 1954–1972
$10 obverse 1954–1971
$20 obverse 1954–1969
1969–1993
1993–2004
$50 obverse 1954–1975
$100 obverse 1954–1976
$1,000 obverse 1954–1992
1992–2000
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

1865–1936 King of the United Kingdom
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...

 and the British Dominions, 1910–1936
dollar $1 obverse 1935–1936
Albert
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

1895–1952 Duke of York, 1920–1936 dollar $50 obverse 1935–1937
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

King of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1936–1954
$2 obverse
$5 obverse
$10 obverse
$20 obverse
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Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....

1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1928–1974 dollar $100 obverse 1935–1937
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 dollar $50 obverse 1975–1989
1989–2004
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

1841–1919 7th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911 dollar $5 obverse 1972–1986
1986–2001
$1,000 obverse 1935–1937
1937–1954
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 dollar $10 obverse 1971–1989
1989–2000
$100 obverse 1937–1954
$500 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

1867–1953 Royal consort to George V, 1910–1936 dollar $2 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...

1897–1965 Princess Royal of Canada, 1932–1965 dollar $10 obverse 1935–1937

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (¥, 1948–Present)
See also Fourth series of the renminbi
Fourth series of the renminbi
The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.-Banknotes:Banknotes are available in :*First edition**¥0.1 ,**¥0.2...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 Renminbi ¥100 obverse 1992–1999
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

1898–1976 1st Premier, 1949–1976; 1st Foreign Minister, 1949–1958
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

1898–1969 2nd President, 1959–1968
Zhu De
Zhu De
Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...

1886–1976 founder, Chinese Red Army

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

1805–1875 poet and author of fairy tales Krone 10 kr obverse 1952–1955
obverse 1954–1975
Christian Ditlev Frederik
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer....

1748–1827 agricultural reformer Krone 500 kr obverse 1964–1975
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen....

1779–1856 author; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1975–1998
Jens Juel
Jens Juel (painter)
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle.-Early life and career:...

1745–1802 painter Krone 100 kr obverse 1974–1995
obverse 1995–1999
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff ????-???? wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 10 kr obverse 1975–1980
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...

1777–1851 physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism Krone 100 kr obverse 1962–1974
Ole Rømer 1644–1710 astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light Krone 50 kr obverse 1957–1975
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg ????-???? daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 50 kr obverse 1975–1999
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

1770–1844 sculptor Krone 5 kr obverse 1952–1962
Pauline Lucia Tutein 1761–1827 wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 20 kr obverse 1980–1990
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen ????-???? noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 500 kr obverse 1974–1997

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Farouk I
Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....

1920–1965 King of Egypt, 1936–1952 Pound £1 obverse 1950–1952
£5 obverse 1946–1952
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE Pound £10 reverse 1970–1979
1979–2003
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pound Pt.50 obverse 1968–1981
1981–1986
£1 obverse 1968–1979
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

unknown Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1333-1324 BCE Pound Pt.25 obverse 1952–1962
Pt.50 obverse 1952–1962
£1 obverse 1930–1950
1952–1963
1963–1968
£5 obverse 1952–1963
1963–1969
1970–1981
£10 obverse 1952–1962
1962–1970
£100 obverse 1979–1994

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (KR, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...

1865–1943 painter Kroon 1 KR obverse 1992-????

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–Present)
See also Faroese króna
Faroese króna
The króna is the currency of the Faroe Islands. It is issued by the Danish National Bank. It is not an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it does not have an ISO 4217 currency code. The ISO 4217 code for the Danish krone is DKK...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi...

1773–1853 first poet to write in Faroese Króna 1,000 kr obverse 1980–2005
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...

1819–1909 established modern orthography for the Faroese language Króna 100 kr obverse 1964–1978
obverse 1978–2003
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...

1765–1809 seaman, trader, poet Króna 50 kr obverse 1967–1978
obverse 1978–2001

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Finnish mark
Finnish mark
The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro , which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...

1898–1976 modernist architect Mark 50mk reverse 1986–2002
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.The world's first...

1792–1803 priest and statesman Mark 1,000mk reverse 1986–2002
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas , and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was one of the...

1920–1992 novelist Mark 20mk reverse 1993–2002
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...

1802–1884 historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) Mark 500mk reverse 1986–2002
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...

1897–1973 Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist Mark 10mk reverse 1986–1992
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

1865–1957 classical composer Mark 100mk reverse 1986–2002

France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also French franc
French franc
The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...

1839–1906 Post-Impressionist painter Franc ₣100 obverse 1997–2002
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...

1859–1906 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

1900–1944 author and aviator Franc ₣50 obverse 1992–2002
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

1862–1918 impressionist composer Franc ₣20 both 1997–2002
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

1832–1923 engineer and architect Franc ₣200 obverse 1996–2002

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also German mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"...

1854–1915 Nobel Prize winner, 1908 Deutsche Mark 200 DM obverse 1990–2002
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

1777–1855 mathematician and scientist Deutsche Mark 10 DM obverse 1991–2002
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...

1785–1863 older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...

1786–1859 younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...

1647–1717 naturalist and illustrator Deutsche Mark 500 DM obverse 1992–2002
Balthasar Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

1687–1753 Baroque architect Deutsche Mark 50 DM obverse 1991–2002
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

1819–1896 classical pianist and composer Deutsche Mark 100 DM obverse 1990–2002
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....

1785–1859 novelist Deutsche Mark 5 DM obverse 1992–2002
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Anna Elisabeth von Droste-Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.-Biography:...

1797–1848 poet and author Deutsche Mark 20 DM obverse 1992–2002

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Greek drachma
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
John Capodistria 1776–1831 1st Governor of Greece, 1827–1831 Drachma 500 Δρ. obverse 1983–2002
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis was a Greek writer and revolutionary of Aromanian origin, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.-Early...

1757–1798 revolutionary, first casualty of the Greek War of Independence Drachma 200 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

1770–1843 General during the Greek War of Independence Drachma 5,000 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Coraïs was a humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as...

1748–1833 linguist, author of the first modern Greek dictionary Drachma 100 Δρ. reverse 1978–2002
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...

1883–1962 pioneer in early cancer detection Drachma 10,000 Δρ. obverse 1995–2002

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

1877–1919 poet Forint 500 Ft obverse 1970–1999
1992–1999
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

1881–1945 composer, pianist Forint 1,000 Ft obverse 1983–1999
1993–1999
György Dózsa
György Dózsa
György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

????-1514 led a peasants' revolt against the nobility Forint 20 Ft obverse 1948–1992
1920–1992
1960–1992
Francis II
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 Forint 50 Ft obverse 1953–1996
1966–1996
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

1802–1894 statesman and freedom fighter Forint 100 Ft obverse 1948–1998
1920–1998
1959–1998
1992–1998
Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

1823–1849 national poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Forint 10 Ft obverse 1947–1992
1950–1992
1959–1992
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

1791–1860 statesman and political theorist Forint 5,000 Ft obverse 1991–1999

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfr Arnarson is recognized as the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. According to Landnáma he built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874...

unknown first permanent settler of Iceland, 874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1960–1969
Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

1818–1906 King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1919
obverse 1919–1920
10 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1916–1920
50 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1916–1920
100 kr obverse 1916–1935
Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

1870–1947 King of Denmark, 1912–1947;
King of Iceland, 1918–1944
Króna 5 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1935
10 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1934
50 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1931–1936
100 kr obverse 1929–1935
Jón Eiríksson 1728–1787 promoter of enlightenment Króna 5 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1960
10 kr 1969–1984
50 kr obverse 1936–1948
obverse 1948–1960
Frederick VIII
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...

1843–1912 King of Denmark, 1906–1912 Króna 50 kr obverse 1907–1916
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned was an Icelandic scholar and an apologist. His father was Jón Jónsson, who died in 1591...

1568–1648 scholar Króna 10 kr obverse 1981–1984
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.-Life:...

1663–1730 medieval Icelanic scholar Króna 100 kr obverse 1981–1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the Icelandic independence movement Króna 10 kr obverse 1934–1947
obverse 1947–1969
100 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1973
500 kr obverse 1944–1948
obverse 1948–1968
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson was an Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman.He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp...

1541–1627 bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584 Króna 50 kr obverse 1981–1987

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

1878–1944 founded the Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

5 ریال obverse 1924–1937
10 ریال obverse 1924–1951
20 ریال obverse 1924–1951
50 ریال obverse 1924–1962
100 ریال obverse 1924–1954
500 ریال obverse 1924–1974
1000 ریال obverse 1936–1974
Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

1919–1980 second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

10 ریال obverse 1951–1979
20 ریال obverse 1951–1979
50 ریال obverse 1962–1979
100 ریال obverse 1954–1976
200 ریال obverse 1965–1979
500 ریال obverse 1974–1979
1000 ریال obverse 1974–1979
10000 ریال obverse 1975–1979
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah 100 ریال obverse 1976–1979

Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Irish pound
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series B Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland replaced the Series A Banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1982 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the series was replaced in 1993 by Series C Banknotes.-Banknotes:...

 and Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series C Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; it replaced Series B Banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet. He is known for having translated and made commentaries upon the work of Pseudo-Dionysius.-Name:...

815-877 theologian, philosopher, poet Pound £5 obverse 1975–1994
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...

1860–1949 1st President, 1938–1945 Pound £50 obverse 1995–2002
James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

1882–1941 author and poet Pound £10 obverse 1993–2002
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...

1787–1841 founder, The Sisters of Mercy, 1831 Pound £5 obverse 1994–2002
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...

1670–1738 most famous Irish bard Pound £50 obverse 1977–1995
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847; often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century...

1775–1847 a leader of Catholic Emancipation Pound £20 obverse 1992–2002
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

1846–1891 statesman, forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement Pound £100 both 1995–2002
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

1667–1745 satirist and poet Pound £10 obverse 1976–1993
W. B. Yeats 1865–1939 Nobel Prize winner, 1923 Pound £20 obverse 1976–1992

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–Present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 New Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1985–1999
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

1886–1973 1st Prime Minister, 1948–1953 and 1955–1963 Pound £500 obverse 1977–1984
Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1980–1986
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 New Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1986–1999
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

1873–1934 National Poet Pound £10 obverse 1970–1984
Edmond James de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild
Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his generous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.- Early years :A...

1845–1934 philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs Sheqel ₪500 obverse 1982–1986
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

1879–1955 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921 Pound £5 obverse 1972–1984
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...

1895–1969 3rd Prime Minister, 1963–1969 Sheqel ₪5,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1985–1999
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...

1860–1904 founder of the Zionist movement Pound £100
₪10
obverse 1969–1984
1975–1984
Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1980–1986
Ze'ev Jabotinsky 1880–1940 a leader in the Zionist movement Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1980–1986
Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

1135/8-1204 author of the Mishneh Sheqel ₪1,000 obverse 1983–1986
New Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1986–1999
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....

1898–1978 4th Prime Minister, 1969–1974 Sheqel ₪10,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1985–1999
Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...

1784–1885 philanthropist Pound £10 obverse 1975–1984
Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1980–1986
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 New Sheqel ₪20 obverse 1988–1999
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1972 New Sheqel ₪200 obverse 1992–1999
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandate Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.-Biography:...

1860–1945 a leader of the Zionist movement Pound £5 obverse 1976–1984
Haim Weizman 1874–1952 1st President of Israel, 1949–1952 Pound £50 obverse 1972–1984
1978–1984
Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1980–1986

Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Italian lira
Italian lira
The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

1801–1835 opera composer Lira 5,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...

1598–1680 Baroque sculptor and architect Lira 50,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

1571–1610 Baroque artist Lira 100,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...

1874–1937 Nobel Prize winner, 1909 Lira 2,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...

1870–1952 developed the Montessori method of education Lira 1,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

1483–1520 Renaissance painter Lira 500,000 ₤ obverse 1997–2002
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

1745–1827 developer of the electric battery, 1800 Lira 10,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)

See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi
Prince was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan , genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire...

1841–1909 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister, 1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901 Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1963–1986
Nitobe Inazo 1862–1933 politician, economist, author Yen ¥5,000 obverse 1984–2004
Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo
Viscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...

1854–1936 20th Prime Minister, 1921–1922 Yen ¥50 obverse 1951–1958
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

574-622 regent, politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1946–1956
¥1,000 obverse 1950–1965
¥5,000 obverse 1957–1986
¥10,000 obverse 1958–1986
Ninomiya Sontoku
Ninomiya Sontoku
, born Ninomiya Kinjirō , was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist.-Life:Ninomiya Sontoku was born to a poor peasant family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province. His father died when he was 14 and his mother died...

1787–1856 philosopher, economist, moralist Yen ¥1 obverse 1946–1958
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

1867–1916 novelist Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1984–2004
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke
Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...

1837–1919 politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1953–1974
Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji period. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.-Early life:Iwakura was born in Kyoto as the second son of a low-ranking courtier and nobleman . In 1836 he was adopted by another nobleman, , from whom he received his family...

1825–1883 politician Yen ¥500 obverse 1951–1971
¥500 obverse 1969–1994
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author Yen ¥10,000 obverse 1984–2004

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 Litas 50 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language Litas 100 Lt obverse 1993–2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...

1860–1930 standardized the Lithuanian language Litas 5 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement Litas 20 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Motiejus Valančius
Motiejus Valancius
Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...

1801–1875 a leader in the Lithuanian national movement Litas 2 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement Litas 200 Lt obverse 1997–2000
Žemaitė
Žemaite
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...

1845–1921 author Litas 1 Lt obverse 1994–1998

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Luxembourgish franc
Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourgish franc was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 1999 . The franc remained in circulation until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jean I
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. He is the father of the current ruler, Grand Duke Henri, and the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma...

1921- Grand Duke, 1964–2000 Franc 100 fr. obverse 1986–2002
1,000 fr. obverse 1985–2002
5,000 fr. obverse 1993–2002

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

1879–1919 Leader in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1919 Peso $10 both 1993–1997

Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...

1607–1676 admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1676 Gulden ƒ100 obverse 1972–1981
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

1580–1666 painter Gulden ƒ10 obverse 1971–1977
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

1632–1677 rationalist philosopher Gulden ƒ1,000 obverse 1973–1996
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...

1562–1621 composer, organist, teacher Gulden ƒ25 obverse 1972–1990
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

1587–1697 writer, playwright Gulden ƒ5 obverse 1976–1988

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...

1802–1829 mathematician Krone 500 kr obverse 1948–2002
1978–2002
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

1832–1910 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1903 Krone 50 kr obverse 1950–1999
1966–1999
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

1779–1849 Speaker of the Storting, 1815 and 1818 Krone 5 kr obverse 1901–1945
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50 kr obverse
100 kr obverse
500 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...

1813–1885 writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1979–1997
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

1782–1830 co-author of the Constitution, 1814 Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1991–2001
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

1843–1907 composer and pianist Krone 500 kr obverse 1991–2000
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

1828–1906 playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1949–1999
1975–2001
Christian Michelsen
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

1857–1925 Prime Minister, 1905–1907 Krone 10 kr obverse 1954–1999
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

1861–1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace, 1922 Krone 5 kr obverse 1955–1999
10 kr obverse 1972–1999
Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

1829–1907 King of Norway, 1872–1905 Krone 5 kr obverse 1877–1998
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50 kr obverse
100 kr obverse
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Peder Tordenskjold
Peder Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold , commonly referred to as Tordenskjold , was a Norwegian nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War...

1691–1720 Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War Krone 10 kr obverse 1901–1945
100 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...

1818–1870 poet and journalist Krone 50 kr obverse 1985–1997
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

1808–1845 poet and writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1949–1999
1962–1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–Present)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948; "Father of the Nation" Rupee Rs. 5 obverse 1997–2002

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–Present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.-Before 20th century:-20th century Interwar:-Post WWII:-1974 series:-See also:* Polish coins and banknotes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Józef Bem
Józef Bem
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...

1794–1850 general; war hero Złoty 10 zł obverse 1982–1995
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 Złoty 2,000 zł reverse 1977–1995
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

1810–1849 romantic composer and pianist Złoty 5,000 zł obverse 1982–1995
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

1473–1543 developed a heliocentric model of the solar system Złoty 1,000 zł obverse 1962–1965
1975–1995
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) Złoty 20,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836–1871 general; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune Złoty 200 zł obverse 1976–1995
Dubrawka
Dubrawka
Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, by his wife Biagota....

940/45-977 Queen Consort of Mieszko I, 965-977 Złoty 2 zł obverse 1936–1940
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

1746–1817 general; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising, 1794 Złoty 500 zł obverse 1976–1995
Mieszko I
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...

935-992 King of Poland, 960-992 Złoty 2,000 zł obverse 1977–1995
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1819–1872 conductor and composer Złoty 100,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

1860–1941 3rd Prime Minister, 1919 Złoty 2,000,000 zł obverse 1992–1995
Emilia Plater
Emilia Plater
Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1806–1831 countess; hero from the November Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1936–1939
1940–1944
Władysław Reymont 1867–1925 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1924 Złoty 1,000,000 zł obverse 1991–1995
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

1846–1916 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1905 Złoty 500,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Stanisław Staszic 1755–1826 priest, philosopher, statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Złoty 50,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Karol Świerczewski
Karol Swierczewski
Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...

1897–1947 leader in post-World War II government Złoty 50 zł obverse 1975–1995
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...

1826–1864 general; hero from the January Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1982–1995
Ludwik Waryński
Ludwik Warynski
Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...

1856–1889 socialist activist Złoty 100 zł obverse 1975–1995
Stanisław Wyspiański 1869–1907 playwright Złoty 10,000 zł obverse 1988–1995

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...


Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...

1467–1520 explorer and navigator, discovered the sea route to Brazil, 1500 Escudo 1,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

1469–1524 explorer and navigator, sailed from Europe to India, 1497–1498 Escudo 5,000$ obverse 1996–2002
João de Barros
João de Barros
João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...

1496–1570 historian Escudo 500$ obverse 1997–2002
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.-Purposes of the Dias expedition:...

1450–1500 explorer and navigator, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Escudo 2,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Henry the Navigator 1394–1460 patron of Portuguese exploration Escudo 10,000$ obverse 1996–2002

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu
Banknotes of the Romanian leu
-1917 issue :Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of the leu, the ban -1917 issue ("paper coins"):Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....

1867–1944 biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Leu 200 L obverse 1992–1996
Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

1819–1852 a leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher Leu 5,000 L obverse 1998–2002
Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...

1876–1957 sculptor Leu 500 L both 1991–1992
1992–1996
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer Leu 1,000,000 L obverse 2003–2007
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...

1820–1873 Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia, 1859–1862; Dominator of Romania, 1862–1866 Leu 50 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet Leu 1,000 L obverse 1991–1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist Leu 50,000 L obverse 1996–2002
2000–2004
2001–2007
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting Leu 100,000 L obverse 1998–2004
2001–2007
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains...

1824–1872 leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 Leu 5,000 L obverse 1992–1993
1993–1998
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister, 1931–1932 Leu 10,000 L obverse 1994–1999
1999–2002
2000–2007
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri or — occasionally — as Domnul Tudor .-Background:Tudor was born in Vladimiri, Gorj County in a family of landed peasants...

1780–1821 revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia Leu 25 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot Leu 500,000 L obverse 2000–2007

Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...


Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–Present)
See also Slovenian tolar
Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotins...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...

1876–1918 writer, playwright, poet Tolar 10,000 SIT obverse 1995–2007
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

1550–1591 Renaissance composer Tolar 200 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopic
Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

1869–1943 impressionist painter Tolar 100 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...

1861–1926 realist painter Tolar 5,000 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...

1872–1957 architect Tolar 500 SIT obverse 1992–2007
France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

1800–1849 poet Tolar 1,000 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...

1508–1586 founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia Tolar 10 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...

1641–1693 scholar Tolar 20 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...

1754–1802 mathematician and physicist Tolar 50 SIT obverse 1993–2007

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–Present)
See also South African pound
South African pound
In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies. At that time, the only British colony in Southern Africa was the Cape of Good Hope Colony. As time went on, the British pound sterling and its associated subsidiary coinage became the currency of...

 and South African rand
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

1619–1677 Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town, 1652–1662 Pound 10/- obverse 1948–1961
£1 obverse
£5 obverse
£10 obverse 1952–1961
£100 obverse
Rand R1 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1973
obverse 1973–1975
obverse 1975–1977
R2 obverse 1961–1974
obverse 1974–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R5 obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R10 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R20 obverse 1961–1979
obverse 1979–1993
R50 obverse 1984–1992

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....


Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble or rouble was the currency of the Soviet Union. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, ....

 and Russian chervonets.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

1870–1924 leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman
Premier of the Soviet Union
The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...

 of the Council of People's Commissars, 1917–1924
Ruble руб10 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1991
руб25 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1992
руб50 obverse
руб100 obverse
Chervonet 5 chervozev obverse 1937–1947
10 chervozev obverse

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Spanish peseta
Spanish peseta
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....

1851–1901 novelist Peseta 200 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

1451–1506 navigator and explorer, discovered the Americas, 1492 Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Hernando Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

1485–1547 conquistador of Mexico Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro
María Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...

1837–1885 writer, poet Peseta 500 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Rebellion of 1768]]....

1716–1795 explorer, colonial administrator, first Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1766–1768 Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1987–2002
Felipe
Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

1968- Prince of Asturias, 1977- Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1982–1987
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...

1881–1958 poet; Nobel Prize winner, 1956 Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...

1938- King of Spain, 1975- Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
10,000 ₧ obverse
obverse 1987–2002
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Mutis
-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...

1732–1808 botanist and mathematician Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1987–2002
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

1843–1920 novelist Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...

1475–1541 conquistador of Peru Peseta 1,000 ₧ reverse 1992–2002

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles XI 1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 Krona 500 kr obverse 1985–1999
obverse 1989–2006
Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...

1763–1844 King of Sweden and Norway, 1818–1844 Krona 1,000 kr obverse 1976–1998
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 Krona 5 kr reverse 1890–1987
obverse 1965–1998
10 kr reverse 1892–1987
obverse 1940–1987
50 kr reverse ????-1987
100 kr reverse ????-1987
1,000 kr reverse 1890–1987
Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

1746–1792 King of Sweden, 1771–1792 Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998
Gustav V 1858–1950 King of Sweden, 1907–1950 Krona 5 kr obverse 1948–1987
1,000 kr reverse 1952–1987
Gustav II Adolf
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

1594–1632 King of Sweden, 1611–1632 Krona 100 kr obverse ????-1998
obverse 1986–2006
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...

1882–1973 King of Sweden, 1950–1973 Krona 5 kr obverse 1954–1987
10 kr obverse 1963–1998
10,000 kr obverse 1958–1991
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 Krona 20 kr obverse 1992–2006
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...

1599–1667 Baroque architect Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1976–2000
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...

1740–1799 aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...

1707–1783 mathematician, physicist Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...

1848–1931 psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants Franc 1,000 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...

1516–1565 authored Historiae animalium
Historiae animalium (Gesner)
Historiae animalium published at Zurich in 1551-58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich...

(1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology
Franc 50 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...

1819–1890 writer Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1956–2000
Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

316/7-397 patron saint of soldiers Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1957–2000
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

1746–1827 teacher and education reformer Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1930–1976
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...

1708–1777 anatomist and physiologist Franc 500 Fr. obverse 1977–2000

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–Present)
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

 and Turkish new lira
Turkish new lira
The new Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2009 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kurush...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 founder of the Republic of Turkey; 1st President, 1923–1938 Lira ₤2½ obverse 1939–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1955–1966
obverse 1957–1966
obverse 1960–1966
₤5 obverse 1937–1952
obverse 1952–1968
obverse 1959–1968
obverse 1961–1968
obverse 1965–1968
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₤10 obverse 1938–1952
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obverse 1953–1966
obverse 1958–1966
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obverse 1963–1966
obverse 1966–1981
obverse 1975–1981
both 1979–1987
both 1982–1987
₤20 obverse 1966–1987
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₤50 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1952
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obverse 1953–1979
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obverse 1957–1979
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₤100 obverse 1927–1938
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obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1964–1976
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obverse 1984–1989
₤500 obverse 1927–1939
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obverse 1953–1976
obverse 1959–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1968–1976
obverse 1971–1984
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obverse 1984–1989
₤1,000 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1978–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1981–1986
obverse 1986–1992
obverse 1988–1992
₤5,000 obverse 1981–1994
obverse 1985–1994
obverse 1988–1994
obverse 1990–1994
₤10,000 obverse 1982–1995
obverse 1984–1995
obverse 1989–1995
obverse 1993–1995
₤20,000 obverse 1988–1997
obverse 1995–1997
₤50,000 obverse 1989–1999
obverse 1995–1999
₤100,000 both 1991–2001
both 1994–2001
both 1996–2001
₤250,000 obverse 1992–2006
obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1998–2006
₤500,000 obverse 1993–2006
obverse 1994–2006
obverse 1997–2006
₤1,000,000 obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1996–2006
obverse 2002–2006
₤5,000,000 obverse 1997–2006
₤10,000,000 obverse 1999–2006
₤20,000,000 obverse 2001–2006
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem Lira ₤100 reverse 1983–1989
reverse 1984–1989
İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President, 1938–1950 Lira 50 kuruş obverse 1944–1947
₤1 obverse 1942–1947
₤2½ obverse 1947–1952
₤10 obverse 1942–1950
obverse 1947–1952
obverse 1948–1952
₤50 obverse 1942–1951
obverse 1947–1951
₤100 obverse 1942–1946
obverse 1947–1952
₤500 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
₤1,000 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1444–1446 and 1451–1481 Lira ₤1,000 reverse 1986–1989
reverse 1988–1992
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī , also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and popularly known as Mevlānā in Turkey and Mawlānā in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic...

1207–1273 Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" Lira ₤5,000 reverse 1981–1994
reverse 1985–1994
reverse 1988–1994
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, 1512–1588 Lira ₤10,000 reverse 1982–1995
reverse 1984–1995
reverse 1989–1995
reverse 1993–1995

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...



Currency: Hryvnia

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

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1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain $10 obverse 1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

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1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain $5 obverse
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...

1793–1877 ruler of Argentina, 1829–1852 $20 obverse
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

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1821–1906 President, 1862–1868 $2 obverse
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

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1843–1914 President, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 $100 obverse
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

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1811–1888 President, 1868–1874 $50 obverse

*See also Argentina in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan , MBE was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament....

1861–1932 suffragette, first woman elected to Parliament, 1920–1924 $50 reverse 1995
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
$5 obverse 1992
John Flynn
John Flynn (minister)
John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.-Biography:...

1880–1951 founder, Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1928 $20 reverse 1994
Mary Gilmore
Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore DBE was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist.-Early life:Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales...

1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993
Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...

1861–1931 international opera soprano, 1886–1926 $100 obverse 1996
John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...

1865–1931 general during World War I $100 reverse 1996
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

1815–1896 The Father of the Federation $5 obverse 2001
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

1864–1941 poet, author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) $10 obverse 1993
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney.-Early life:...

1777–1855 businesswoman $20 obverse 1994
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...

1825–1910 politician, journalist, suffragette $5 reverse 2001
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
David Unaipon was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. He was the most widely known Aboriginal in Australia, and broke stereotypes of Aboriginals...

1872–1967 inventor, writer $50 obverse 1995

*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since 2212
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

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1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 $100 obverse 9090
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain
Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

1849–1931 suffragist $50 reverse
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...

1849–1931 founder, Victorian Order of Nurses, 1893 $50 reverse
Elizabeth II
Style of the Canadian sovereign
The title and style of the Canadian sovereign is the formal mode of address of the monarch of Canada. The form is based on those that were inherited from the United Kingdom and France, used in the colonies to refer to the reigning monarch in Europe...

1926- Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

, 1952-
$20 obverse
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

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1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948 $50 obverse
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

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1941-1919 7th Prime Minister, 1896–1911 $5 obverse
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

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1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 $10 obverse
Nellie Mooney McClung
Nellie McClung
Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...

1873–1951 suffragist $50 reverse
Louise Crummy McKinney
Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...

1868–1931 first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire, 1917–1921 $50 reverse
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...

1868–1933 British Empire's first woman judge, 1916–1933 $50 reverse
Irene Marryat Parlby
Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...

1868–1965 first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta, 1921–1935 $50 reverse

*See also Canada Banknotes Out of Circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi
Fifth series of the renminbi
The fifth series of the renminbi is the current coin and banknote series of the Chinese currency, the renminbi. They were progressively introduced since 1999 and consist of ¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1 coins, and ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 notes. ¥20 is a new denomination.-First edition:Coins of the first...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

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1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 ¥1 obverse 2004
¥5 obverse 2002
¥10 obverse 2001
¥20 obverse 2000
¥50 obverse 2001
¥100 obverse 1999

*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...


Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso
Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...

1865–1896 poet $5,000 obverse 1995
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...

1792–1840 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain $2,000 obverse 2005
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister and Labor Minister , mayor of Bogotá and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off...

1903–1948 Labor Party leader, two-time presidential candidate, assassinated during second campaign $1,000 both 2005
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer.Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería...

1865–1920 astronomer $20,000 obverse 1996
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....

1837–1895 writer, politician, soldier $50,000 obverse 1992
Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...

1795–1817 seamstress, spy, executed by Spain $10,000 obverse 1995

Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...


Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila was a bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats under Italian rule....

1812–1882 Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture 10 kn obverse 1994
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

1643–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse
Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...

1589–1638 Baroque poet 50 kn obverse
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...

1801–1859 ban, 1848–1859; abolished serfdom 20 kn obverse
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

1450–1524 poet and humanist 500 kn obverse
Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranic
Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

1814–1890 ban, 1873–1880; modernized economy and education 100 kn obverse
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force...

1871–1928 founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, 1905 200 kn obverse
Ante Starčević
Ante Starcevic
Ante Starčević , was a Croatian politician and writer whose activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.His works are base for Croatian nationalism, he is often referred to as Father of the Fatherland by Croats.-Life:...

1823–1896 politician and writer 1,000 kn obverse
Tomislav
Tomislav
King Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 910–925, and then became first King of the Croatian Kingdom in 925–928....

???-928 1st King of Croatia, 925-928 1,000 kn reverse
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

1621–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse

Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....


Currency: Czech Krone (since 1918)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ottokar I of Bohemia
Ottokar I of Bohemia
-External links:...

1155–1230 First heredetary king of Bohemia 20 czk obverse 1993 - 2008
Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

1211–1282 medieval Bohemian princess 50 czk obverse 1993 - 2011
Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

1346–1348 king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor 100 czk obverse 1993
John Amos Comenius 1592–1670 bishop of Unity of the Brethren 200 czk obverse 1993
Božena Němcová
Božena Nemcová
Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...

1820–1862 author 500 czk obverse 1993
František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...

1798–1876 historian and politician 1000 czk obverse 1993
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.- Biography :...

1878–1930 Czech operatic soprano 2000 czk obverse 1993
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1850–1937 president of Czechoslovakia 5000 czk obverse 1993

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...

1859–1935 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...

1849–1927 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...

1885–1962 author 50 kr obverse 2005
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...

1885–1962 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922 500 kr obverse 2003
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.-Early life:...

1812–1890 actress, 1827–1864 200 kr obverse 2003
Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...

1865–1931 composer, conductor, violinist 100 kr obverse 2002

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

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1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pt.50 reverse 1996
£1 reverse 1979
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

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unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE £10 reverse 2003

*See also Egypt Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (1992–2010)
Symbol: KR
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist. With respect to the latter, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns...

1839–1907 linguist, theologian, folklorist 10 KR obverse 1991
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...

1841–1882 established Estonia's first political newspaper Sakala, 1878 500 KR obverse 1991
Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

1916–1975 chess grandmaster 5 KR obverse 1991
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...

1843–1886 poet 100 KR obverse 1991
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....

1878–1940 author 25 KR obverse 1991
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...

1873–1918 composer, organist 50 KR obverse 1994
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a...

1792–1879 biologist, pioneer of embryology 2 KR obverse 1992

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen was a prince of Transylvania , duke of Opole and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary. His last armed intervention in 1626 was part of the Thirty Years' War...

1580–1629 Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629; led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy 2,000 Ft both 1998
Charles I
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

1288–1342 King of Hungary, 1308–1342 200 Ft obverse 1998
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

1443–1490 King of Hungary, 1458–1490 1,000 Ft obverse 1998
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

1803–1876 statesman and reformer 20,000 Ft obverse 2001
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

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1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 500 Ft obverse 1998
Stephen I 975-1038 1st King of Hungary, 1006–1038 10,000 Ft obverse 1997
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

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1791–1860 statesman and political theorist 5,000 Ft obverse 1999

*See also Hungary in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir ????-???? 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir was the daughter of the Icelandic priest Jón Arason and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir. She was one of twelve children and was an active seamstress. She taught this skill actively. Ragnheiður became the wife of two consecutive bishops in the Hólar see -- Gísli...

1646–1715 developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr both 1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is one of the most famous artists of Iceland.The paintings of Kjarval vary greatly in style. Most of them are rather realistic presentations of the Icelandic landscape whereas others are more influenced by a somewhat mythical style...

1885–1972 painter 2,000 kr obverse 1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the 19th century independence movement 500 kr both 1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. He is currently pictured on the Icelandic 1000 krónur bill....

1605–1675 Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature 1,000 kr obverse 1984
Gísli Þorláksson ????-???? Lutheran bishop of Hólar, 1657–1684; husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir ????-???? 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986

India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs.
See also Indian rupee
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

1869–1948 political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement Rs.5 obverse 2002
Rs.10 obverse 1996
Rs.20 obverse 2002
Rs.50 obverse 1997
Rs.100 obverse 1996
Rs.500 obverse 2000
Rs.1,000 obverse 2000

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Hassan Modarres
Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres , was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth...

1870–1937 notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...

100 ریال obverse 1985-
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

1902–1989 leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

1000 ریال obverse 1992-
2000 ریال obverse 2005-
5000 ریال obverse 1993-
10000 ریال obverse 1992-
20000 ریال obverse 2003-
50000 ریال obverse 2005-
100000 ریال obverse 2010-

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currency: New Sheqel (since 1985)
Symbol:
See also Israeli new sheqel
Israeli new sheqel
The Israeli New Shekel is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

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1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 ₪50 obverse 1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

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1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 ₪100 obverse
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

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1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 ₪20 obverse
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

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1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1973 ₪200 obverse

*See also Israel in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥
See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Higuchi Ichiyō 1872–1896 author ¥5,000 obverse 2004
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...

1876–1928 bacteriologist ¥1,000 obverse
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

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1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author ¥10,000 obverse

*See also Japan in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....


Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound
Jersey pound
The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern...

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Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, 1952- £1 obverse 1971
£5 obverse
£10 obverse
£20 obverse
£50 obverse
Francis Pierson 1757–1781 Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey
Battle of Jersey
The Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...

£10 reverse

*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Korea, South
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...


Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol:
See also South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I . A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy. Yi Hwang is often...

1501–1570 Confucian
Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China...

 scholar
₩1,000 obverse 1983
Yi I
Yi I
Yi I was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang . Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok...

1536–1584 Confucian scholar ₩5,000 obverse
King Sejong the Great 1397–1450 monarch ₩10,000 obverse
Shin Saimdang 1504–1551 poet, calligraphist ₩50,000 obverse 2009

*See also South Korea in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (since 1993)
Symbol: Lt
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 50 Lt obverse 2003
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language 100 Lt obverse 2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...

1858–1899 poet, physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem 500 Lt obverse 2009
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement 20 Lt obverse 2001
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement 200 Lt obverse 2000

Malaysia


Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan 1895 – 1960 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 (Supreme Head of State)
of the Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

RM 1 obverse 1967
RM 2 obverse 1996
RM 5 obverse 1967
(polymer in 1996)
RM 10 obverse 1967
RM 20 obverse 1982
RM 50 obverse 1967
RM 100 obverse 1967
RM 500 obverse 1982 - 1999
RM 1,000 obverse 1967 - 1999

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1648/51-1695 nun, scholar, poet $200 obverse 1996
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...

1753–1811 Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence $1,000 obverse 2004
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

1806–1832 31st President, 1858–1872 $20 both 1996
(polymer in 2002)
José María Morelos
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...

1765–1815 leader for Mexican independence $50 obverse 1996
(polymer in 2006)
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

1402–1472 Texcocan king $100 obverse 1996
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...

 and Frida Kalho
1829–1862 Artists and Communist Party militants $500 obverse 1996

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
-Pre-dollar:Prior to 10 July 1967, the New Zealand pound, using the £sd system, was the main currency of New Zealand. Since 1934, banknotes of the New Zealand pound were issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and came in denominations of 10s, £1, £5, £10, and £50.-First issue: 1967 -...

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II 1926 - Queen
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...

 and Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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$20 Obverse 1967
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...

1919–2008 Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

 (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.
$5 1990
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...

1874–1950 Played a significant role in the revival of Maori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Maori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for 38 years.
$50 1990
Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 in 1908.
$100 1990
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard
Katherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...

1848–1934 Prominent suffragette
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...

, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.
$10 1990

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...

1812–1885 writer, scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore 50 kr obverse 1997
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air...

1867–1917 scientist 200 kr obverse 1994
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...

1895–1962 opera singer 100 kr obverse 1997
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...

1863–1944 Expressionist painter 1,000 kr obverse 2001
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...

1882-1849 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1928 500 kr obverse 1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948;
"Father of the Nation"
Rs. 10 obverse 2006
Rs. 20 obverse 2005
Rs. 50 obverse 1977
Rs. 100 obverse 2006
Rs. 500 obverse 2006
Rs. 1,000 obverse 2007
Rs. 5,000 obverse 2006

Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Currency: Nuevo sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian nuevo sol
The nuevo sol plural: nuevos soles; currency sign: S/.) is the currency of Peru. It is subdivided into 100 cents, called céntimos in Spanish. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. It is most commonly referred to just as sol...

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José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He sacrificed his life crashing into an Ecuadorian battery during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian war.-Combat History:Lieutenant Quinones was a fighter pilot...

1914–1941 National aviation hero Nuevo sol S/. 10 obverse 1991–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian. He was born in Pisco, Peru on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a...

1897–1960 Historian Nuevo sol S/. 20 obverse 1991–
Abraham Valdelomar
Abraham Valdelomar
Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...

1888–1919 Poet Nuevo sol S/. 50 obverse 1991–
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country...

1903–1980 Minister of education, Historian Nuevo sol S/. 100 obverse 1991–
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586–1617 Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Nuevo sol S/. 200 obverse 1995–

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


Currency: Peso (since 1903)
Symbol:
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...

1869–1964 1st President, 1899–1901 P5 obverse 1985
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

1932–1983 leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos' autocracy P500 both 2002
Andrés Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...

1863–1897 leader in the Philippine Revolution P10 obverse 1987
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....

1935- 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1998–2005; swore in President Macapagal-Arroyo P200 reverse 2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...

1898–1945 founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Vicente Lim
Vicente Lim
Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...

1889–1945 Brigadier General, Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...

1864–1903 1st Prime Minister, 1899; author of the 1st Constitution P10 obverse 1987
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...

1910–1997 9th President, 1961–1965 P200 obverse 2002
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

1947- daughter of President Macapagal; 14th President, 2001-2009 P200 reverse 2002
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...

1878–1961 4th President, 1944–1946 P50 obverse 1987
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...

1878–1944 2nd President, 1935–1944 P20 obverse 1987
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

1892–1948 5th President, 1946–1948 P100 obverse 2002
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos
In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

1886–1942 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

1933-2009 11th President,1986-1992 P500 obverse 2010

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol:
See also Polish coins and banknotes
Polish coins and banknotes
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland. For historical ones, see here.-Coins:Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated....

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Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 20 zł obverse 1995
Casimir III
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

1310–1370 King of Poland, 1333–1370 50 zł obverse
Jogaila
Jogaila
Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

1351–1434 King of Poland, 1386–1434 100 zł obverse
Mieszko I 935-992 Duke of Poland, 960-922 10 zł obverse
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...

1520–1572 King of Poland, 1530–1572 200 zł obverse

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Romanian leu
Romanian leu
The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...

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Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher 200 L obverse 2006
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer 100 L obverse 2005
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet 500 L obverse 2005
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist 5 L obverse 2005
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting 10 L obverse 2005
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Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister,historian 1931–1932 1 L obverse 2005
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot 50 L obverse 2005

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...


Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб
See also Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...

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Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.-Surname spelling:The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.-Early...

1809–1881 Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk, 1847–1861 руб5,000 obverse 2000
Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

1672–1725 Tsar, 1682–1725 руб500 obverse 1998
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 1019–1054 руб1,000 obverse 2000

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

See under United Kingdom

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijic
Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...

1865–1927 geographer 500 din. both 2004
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanovic
Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...

1869–1958 Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile, 1942–1943 5,000 din. both 2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

1787–1864 linguist; reformer of the Serbian language 10 din. both 2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...

1856–1914 composer and music educator 50 din. both 2005
Petar II
Petar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...

1813–1851 Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830–1851; Serbian language poet 20 din. both 2006
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrovic
Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...

1873–1915 painter 200 din. both 2006
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

1856–1943 inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer 100 din. both 2006
Ðorđe Vajfert 1850–1937 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia, 1912–1926 1,000 din. both 2006

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore dollar
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar or Dollar is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

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Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak was an eminent Singaporean politician and the first President of Singapore of Minangkabau descent. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999.-Early life:...

1910–1970 First President, 1965–1970 S$2 obverse 1999
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Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Charles XI
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....

1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 500 kr obverse 1985
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 1,000 kr obverse 1989
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 20 kr obverse 1991
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...

1820–1887 opera singer 50 kr obverse 1996
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy 100 kr obverse 1986
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar , better known as , which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.-Biography:Polhem was born on the island of Gotland...

1661–1751 industrialist; planned and started construction of the Göta Canal 500 kr reverse 1985

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc
Banknotes of the Swiss franc
The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1825 by the Caisse de Dépôt of the city of Bern.During the 19th century the Cantons had the right of printing notes. Following the law of 8 March 1881 the Swiss National Bank had the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Switzerland. First notes...

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Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...

1818–1897 historian of the arts 1,000 Fr. obverse 1998
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

1887–1965 modernist architect 10 Fr. obverse 1997
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter...

1901–1966 sculptor, painter, draftsman 100 Fr. obverse 1998
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

1892–1955 composer 20 Fr. obverse 1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...

1878–1947 French-speaking Swiss author 200 Fr. obverse 1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter and sculptor. Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Täuber began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen...

1889–1943 artist, painter, sculptor 50 Fr. obverse 1995

Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan)


Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

1866–1925 Founding father of the Republic of China $100 obverse 2001
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

1887–1975 President of the Republic of China, 1948–1975 $200 obverse 2002

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 Founder and 1st President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1923-1938
1 TL obverse 1926 - 1938
1950–present
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İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1938-1950
2.5 TL obverse 1938–1950
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Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...

1910–1997 Mathematician 10 TL reverse 2009–present
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...

1240?-1321? Poet and Sufi mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

200 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 Poet of the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...

100 TL reverse 1983–1989
Itri
Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...

1640?-1711 Composer and performer of Turkish classical music 100 TL reverse 2009–present
Kemaleddin Bey 1870–1927 Architect 20 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan and conqueror of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

1000 TL reverse 1986–1992
Mevlana 1207–1273 Philosopher 5000 TL reverse 1981–1994
Aydın Sayılı
Aydin Sayili
Aydın Sayılı was a historian of science. His career was aided by chance meeting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom he impressed enough to receive a state-supported scholarship to attend graduate school at Harvard, where he studied under George Sarton....

1913–1993 Historian of science 5 TL reverse 2009–present
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 Architect and civil engineer 10000 TL reverse 1982–1995
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz , aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian...

1862–1936 First female Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 novelist
50 TL reverse 2009–present

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...


Currency: Hryvnia (since 1996)
Symbol: Ƨ
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Ƨ20 obverse 2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Ƨ50 obverse 2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Ƨ5 obverse 2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Ƨ10 obverse 2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Ƨ100 obverse 2006
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and composer who lived in the Russian Empire and who made important contributions to Russian philosophy and culture. He lived and worked in Ukraine and passionately and consciously identified with its people, differentiating them...

1722–1794 poet, philosopher, composer Ƨ500 obverse 2006
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

1871–1913 poet, writer Ƨ200 obverse 2001
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Ƨ1 obverse 2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Ƨ2 obverse 2004

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1695)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.

England & Wales

Exclusive sterling note issue granted to the Bank of England.
Bank of England

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

1809–1882 naturalist £10 reverse 2000
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- £5 obverse 2002
£10 obverse 2000
£20 obverse 1999
£20 obverse 2007
£50 obverse 1994
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry , née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist...

1780–1845 prison reformer £5 reverse 2002
John Houblon
John Houblon
Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.-Biography:Sir John was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger...

1632–1712 1st Governor, Bank of England, 1694–1697 £50 reverse 1994
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist £20 reverse 2007

Scotland

Three commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Bank of Scotland
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Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

1771–1832 historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes £5 obverse 2007
£10 obverse 2007
£20 obverse 1999
£50 obverse 2007
£100 obverse 2007


Royal Bank of Scotland
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Lord Ilay
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

1682–1761 founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 obverse 1987
£5 obverse 1987
£10 obverse 1987
£20 obverse 1987
£50 obverse 1987
£100 obverse 1987
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

1850–1894 Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1994
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

1847–1922 Inventor of the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1997
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

1900–2002 Queen Consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II 
(special commemorative issue)
£20 reverse 2000
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

1940- Notable American golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er
(special commemorative issue)
£5 reverse 2005


Clydesdale Bank
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£5 obverse 1998
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor
Mary Mitchell Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria.Her determined work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals, spreading Christianity and promoting women's rights.-Early life:...

1848–1915 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

£10 both 1998
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 1998
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...

£50 both 1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£100 both 1998
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...

1881–1955 Discoverer of penicillin
Penicillin
Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....

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£5 obverse 2009
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£10 obverse 2009
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 2009
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.-Education:She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh...

1864–1917 Doctor and suffragist. £50 obverse 2009
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...

1868-1928 Architect and designer. £100 obverse 2009

Northern Ireland

Four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Northern Bank

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John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company....

1840–1921 Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company £10 obverse 2005
Harry Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...

1884–1960 Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 £20 obverse 2005
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

£50 obverse 2005
Sir James Martin 1893–1981 Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat £100 obverse 2005


Ulster Bank

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George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

1946–2005 Footballer for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£5 obverse 2006

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

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John Adams
John Adams
John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

1735–1826 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...

1722–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...

1737–1802 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...

1741–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from...

1725–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clinton
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

1739–1812 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clymer
George Clymer
George Clymer was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution...

1739–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Dickinson
John Dickinson (delegate)
John Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of...

1732–1808 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Ellery 1727–1820 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Floyd
William Floyd
William Floyd was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:...

1734–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

1706–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Founding Father $100 obverse 1996
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

1822–1877 18th President, 1869–1877 $50 obverse 2004
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 $10 both 2006
John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

1737–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Harrison, V 1726–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were part of the Quaker Society of Friends. Immediately after their marriage they moved to New Jersey, which became Joseph Hewes’s home state. Hewes was formally educated at Princeton and after...

1730–1779 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Heyward, Jr. 1746–1809 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Hooper
William Hooper
William Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...

1742–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...

1707–1785 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...

1737–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

1731–1796 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

1767–1845 7th President, 1829–1837 $20 obverse 2003
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 3rd President, 1801–1809; signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 both 1976
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...

1732–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....

1713–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1809–1865 16th President, 1861–1865 $5 both 2000
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

1716–1778 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Livingston (1746-1813)
Robert R Livingston was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor," after the office he held for 25 years....

1746–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

1734–1817 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

1742–1787 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

1726–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (merchant)
Robert Morris, Jr. was a British-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution...

1734–1806 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

1740–1799 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...

1731–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Read
George Read (signer)
George Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...

1733–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

1745–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...

1749–1800 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...

1721–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Early life:...

1730–1781 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...

1729–1824 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Walton
George Walton
George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

1749/50-1804 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 1st President, 1789–1797 $1 obverse 1963
William Williams
William Williams (signer)
William Williams was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from...

1731–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing was an American merchant and financier and a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania....

1731–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
James Wilson
James Wilson
James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution...

1742–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey , he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration...

1723–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976

Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...


Currency: Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (since 2008)
Symbol: Bs
See also Venezuelan bolívar
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Ravelo y Rodríguez de Espinoza , commonly known as Francisco de Miranda , was a Venezuelan revolutionary...

1750–1816 military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 2 bolívares obverse 2008
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, or 'The First Black' was a Venezuelan soldier who at first fought with the royal army, only to later go over to the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of lieutenant.The nickname of Negro Primero was inspired by his...

1790–1821 soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain 5 bolívares obverse 2008
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro was a native Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.-Life:...

c1530-1568 Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization 10 bolívares obverse 2008
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...

1799–1866 heroine of Venezuelan War of Independence 20 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....

1769–1854 philosopher, educator 50 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

1783–1830 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 100 bolívares obverse 2008

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n, 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L, 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a, 1983–1985)
Austral (A, 1985–1991)
Peso ($, 1992–Present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional
Argentine peso moneda nacional
The peso moneda nacional was the currency of Argentina between November 5, 1881 and December 31, 1969. It was subdivided into 100 centavos, with the argentino worth 5 pesos. Its symbol was m$n or $m/n. Its ISO 4217 code was ARM.-History:...

, Argentine peso ley
Argentine peso ley
The peso ley 18.188, usually known as either peso or, to distinguish it from the earlier peso moneda nacional, informally as peso ley, was the currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was $, sometimes $L. Its name comes from law...

, Argentine peso argentino
Argentine peso argentino
The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.-History:...

, Argentine austral
Argentine austral
The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...

, and Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile, he was one of the most influential Argentine liberals of his age.-Biography:...

1810–1884 political theorist and diplomat Peso Argentino $a5,000 obverse 1984–1987
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

1837–1885 President of Argentina, 1874–1880 Austral A500 obverse 1988–1992
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain Peso Ley $L1 obverse 1970–1981
$L5 obverse 1971–1981
$L10 obverse 1970–1981
Peso Argentino $a10,000 obverse 1984–1987
Miguel Juárez Celman 1844–1909 President of Argentina, 1886–1890 Austral A5,000 obverse 1988–1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain Peso Moneda Nacional m$n5 obverse 1935–1965
m$n10 obverse 1936–1965
m$n50 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n100 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n500 obverse 1944–1968
1964–1968
m$n1,000 obverse 1944–1975
m$n5,000 obverse 1962–1975
m$n10,000 obverse 1961–1975
Peso Ley $L50 obverse 1972–1981
$L100 obverse 1971–1981
$L500 obverse 1972–1984
$L1,000 obverse 1973–1984
$L5,000 obverse 1977–1984
$L10,000 obverse 1976–1985
$L50,000 obverse 1979–1985
$L100,000 obverse
$L500,000 obverse 1980–1985
$L1,000,000 obverse 1981–1985
Peso Argentino $a1 obverse 1983–1985
$a5 obverse 1983–1987
$a10 obverse
$a50 obverse
$a100 obverse
$a500 obverse 1984–1987
$a1,000 obverse 1983–1987
Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1991
A50,000 obverse
A500,000 obverse 1990–1991
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

1801–1870 President of Argentina, 1854–1860 Austral A5 obverse 1986–1991
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 Australes note, which is now obsolete....

1809–1867 President of Argentina, 1860–1861 Austral A10 obverse 1985–1991
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

1821–1906 President of Argentina, 1862–1868 Austral A50 obverse 1986–1991
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

1846–1906 President of Argentina, 1890–1892 Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1992
Peso $1 obverse 1992-????
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....

1835–1906 President of Argentina, 1904–1906 Austral A500,000 obverse 1990–1993
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

1780–1845 President of Argentina, 1826–1827 Austral A1 obverse 1985–1991
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

1843–1914 President of Argentina, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 Austral A1,000 obverse 1988–1992
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina.He graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and participated in the constitutional assembly of 1860. He was a number of times a national deputy and senator. In 1882 he occupied a seat on the Supreme Court of the Province of...

1822–1907 President of Argentina, 1892–1895 Austral A50,000 obverse 1989–1993
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

1811–1888 President of Argentina, 1868–1874 Austral A100 obverse 1985–1992
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

1831–1914 President of Argentina, 1895–1898 Austral A100,000 obverse 1990–1993

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–Present)
See also Australian pound
Australian pound
The pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...

 and Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

1743–1820 English botonist, introduced the West to eucalyptus Dollar $5 obverse 1967–1992
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...

1808–1877 humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare Dollar $5 reverse 1967–1992
James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

1728–1779 explorer, first European to visit the Australian east coast Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
Pound £1 obverse 1953–1966
Dollar $1 obverse 1966–1984
William Farrer
William Farrer
William James Farrer was a leading Australian agronomist and plant breeder. Farrer is best remembered as the originator of the "Federation" strain of wheat, distributed in 1903...

1845–1906 leading agronomist, wheat breeder Dollar $2 reverse 1966–1988
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

1774–1814 navigator and cartographer, author of A Voyage to Terra Australis Pound 10/- obverse 1953–1966
Howard Florey 1898–1968 Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin, 1945 Dollar $50 obverse 1973–1995
John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

1786–1847 explorer of Australia Pound £5 obverse 1953–1966
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.- Early life :Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...

1850–1915 inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) Dollar $20 reverse 1966–1994
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...

1797–1873 first Australian-born explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

1867–1922 poet and novelist Dollar $10 reverse 1966–1993
John Macarthur
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

1766–1834 pioneer of the Australian wool industry Dollar $2 obverse 1966–1988
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

1882–1958 Antarctic explorer and geologist Dollar $100 obverse 1984–1996
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

1738–1814 established first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales Pound £10 obverse 1953–1966
Ian Clunies Ross
Ian Clunies Ross
Sir Ian Clunies Ross, CMG is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO.-Family:...

1899–1959 scientist, leader in veterinary medicine Dollar $50 reverse 1973–1995
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC , often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia...

1897–1935 aviator; first to fly across the Pacific, 1928 Dollar $20 obverse 1966–1994
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

1795–1869 English explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" .-Early life:...

1834–1916 astronomer, discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" Dollar $100 reverse 1984–1996

Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...


Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Austrian schilling
Austrian schilling
The schilling was the currency of Austria from 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...

1851–1914 economist Schilling S100 obverse 1985–2001
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. His father was Johann Daffinger....

1790–1849 miniature painter and sculpture Schilling S20 obverse 1988–2001
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

1856–1939 co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology Schilling S50 obverse 1987–2001
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner , was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin. He is noted for having first distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the...

1868–1943 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 both 1997–2001
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Franz Arnold Obermayer, a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper, and his second wife Marie.Rosa had 12 brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the...

1858–1938 feminist, painter, author Schilling S500 obverse 1997–2001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

1756–1791 classical composer and pianist Schilling S5,000 obverse 1989–2001
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...

1887–1961 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 obverse 1983–1997
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner
Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...

1841–1918 architect Schilling S500 obverse 1986–1997

Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Albert II
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

1934- King of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse 1994–2001
James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...

1860–1949 impressionist painter Franc 100 fr. obverse
Victor Horta
Victor Horta
Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...

1861–1947 Art Nouveau architect Franc 2,000 fr. obverse
René Magritte
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...

1898–1967 surrealist artist Franc 500 fr. obverse
Paola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium....

1937- Queen Consort of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

1886–1952 Flemish expressionist painter Franc 1,000 fr. obverse
Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...

1814–1894 musician, inventor of the saxophone Franc 200 fr. obverse

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 dollar $100 obverse 1976–1990
1990–2004
Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

1894–1972 Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, 1910–1936
dollar $5 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

1926- Princess of York, 1936–1952 dollar $20 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth II Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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1969–1993
1993–2004
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$100 obverse 1954–1976
$1,000 obverse 1954–1992
1992–2000
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

1865–1936 King of the United Kingdom
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...

 and the British Dominions, 1910–1936
dollar $1 obverse 1935–1936
Albert
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

1895–1952 Duke of York, 1920–1936 dollar $50 obverse 1935–1937
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

King of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....

1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1928–1974 dollar $100 obverse 1935–1937
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 dollar $50 obverse 1975–1989
1989–2004
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

1841–1919 7th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911 dollar $5 obverse 1972–1986
1986–2001
$1,000 obverse 1935–1937
1937–1954
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 dollar $10 obverse 1971–1989
1989–2000
$100 obverse 1937–1954
$500 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

1867–1953 Royal consort to George V, 1910–1936 dollar $2 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...

1897–1965 Princess Royal of Canada, 1932–1965 dollar $10 obverse 1935–1937

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (¥, 1948–Present)
See also Fourth series of the renminbi
Fourth series of the renminbi
The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.-Banknotes:Banknotes are available in :*First edition**¥0.1 ,**¥0.2...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 Renminbi ¥100 obverse 1992–1999
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

1898–1976 1st Premier, 1949–1976; 1st Foreign Minister, 1949–1958
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

1898–1969 2nd President, 1959–1968
Zhu De
Zhu De
Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...

1886–1976 founder, Chinese Red Army

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

1805–1875 poet and author of fairy tales Krone 10 kr obverse 1952–1955
obverse 1954–1975
Christian Ditlev Frederik
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer....

1748–1827 agricultural reformer Krone 500 kr obverse 1964–1975
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen....

1779–1856 author; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1975–1998
Jens Juel
Jens Juel (painter)
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle.-Early life and career:...

1745–1802 painter Krone 100 kr obverse 1974–1995
obverse 1995–1999
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff ????-???? wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 10 kr obverse 1975–1980
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...

1777–1851 physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism Krone 100 kr obverse 1962–1974
Ole Rømer 1644–1710 astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light Krone 50 kr obverse 1957–1975
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg ????-???? daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 50 kr obverse 1975–1999
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

1770–1844 sculptor Krone 5 kr obverse 1952–1962
Pauline Lucia Tutein 1761–1827 wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 20 kr obverse 1980–1990
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen ????-???? noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 500 kr obverse 1974–1997

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Farouk I
Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....

1920–1965 King of Egypt, 1936–1952 Pound £1 obverse 1950–1952
£5 obverse 1946–1952
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE Pound £10 reverse 1970–1979
1979–2003
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pound Pt.50 obverse 1968–1981
1981–1986
£1 obverse 1968–1979
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

unknown Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1333-1324 BCE Pound Pt.25 obverse 1952–1962
Pt.50 obverse 1952–1962
£1 obverse 1930–1950
1952–1963
1963–1968
£5 obverse 1952–1963
1963–1969
1970–1981
£10 obverse 1952–1962
1962–1970
£100 obverse 1979–1994

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (KR, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...

1865–1943 painter Kroon 1 KR obverse 1992-????

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–Present)
See also Faroese króna
Faroese króna
The króna is the currency of the Faroe Islands. It is issued by the Danish National Bank. It is not an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it does not have an ISO 4217 currency code. The ISO 4217 code for the Danish krone is DKK...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi...

1773–1853 first poet to write in Faroese Króna 1,000 kr obverse 1980–2005
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...

1819–1909 established modern orthography for the Faroese language Króna 100 kr obverse 1964–1978
obverse 1978–2003
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...

1765–1809 seaman, trader, poet Króna 50 kr obverse 1967–1978
obverse 1978–2001

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Finnish mark
Finnish mark
The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro , which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...

1898–1976 modernist architect Mark 50mk reverse 1986–2002
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.The world's first...

1792–1803 priest and statesman Mark 1,000mk reverse 1986–2002
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas , and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was one of the...

1920–1992 novelist Mark 20mk reverse 1993–2002
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...

1802–1884 historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) Mark 500mk reverse 1986–2002
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...

1897–1973 Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist Mark 10mk reverse 1986–1992
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

1865–1957 classical composer Mark 100mk reverse 1986–2002

France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also French franc
French franc
The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...

1839–1906 Post-Impressionist painter Franc ₣100 obverse 1997–2002
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...

1859–1906 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

1900–1944 author and aviator Franc ₣50 obverse 1992–2002
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

1862–1918 impressionist composer Franc ₣20 both 1997–2002
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

1832–1923 engineer and architect Franc ₣200 obverse 1996–2002

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also German mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"...

1854–1915 Nobel Prize winner, 1908 Deutsche Mark 200 DM obverse 1990–2002
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

1777–1855 mathematician and scientist Deutsche Mark 10 DM obverse 1991–2002
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...

1785–1863 older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...

1786–1859 younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...

1647–1717 naturalist and illustrator Deutsche Mark 500 DM obverse 1992–2002
Balthasar Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

1687–1753 Baroque architect Deutsche Mark 50 DM obverse 1991–2002
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

1819–1896 classical pianist and composer Deutsche Mark 100 DM obverse 1990–2002
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....

1785–1859 novelist Deutsche Mark 5 DM obverse 1992–2002
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Anna Elisabeth von Droste-Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.-Biography:...

1797–1848 poet and author Deutsche Mark 20 DM obverse 1992–2002

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Greek drachma
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
John Capodistria 1776–1831 1st Governor of Greece, 1827–1831 Drachma 500 Δρ. obverse 1983–2002
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis was a Greek writer and revolutionary of Aromanian origin, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.-Early...

1757–1798 revolutionary, first casualty of the Greek War of Independence Drachma 200 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

1770–1843 General during the Greek War of Independence Drachma 5,000 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Coraïs was a humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as...

1748–1833 linguist, author of the first modern Greek dictionary Drachma 100 Δρ. reverse 1978–2002
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...

1883–1962 pioneer in early cancer detection Drachma 10,000 Δρ. obverse 1995–2002

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

1877–1919 poet Forint 500 Ft obverse 1970–1999
1992–1999
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

1881–1945 composer, pianist Forint 1,000 Ft obverse 1983–1999
1993–1999
György Dózsa
György Dózsa
György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

????-1514 led a peasants' revolt against the nobility Forint 20 Ft obverse 1948–1992
1920–1992
1960–1992
Francis II
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 Forint 50 Ft obverse 1953–1996
1966–1996
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

1802–1894 statesman and freedom fighter Forint 100 Ft obverse 1948–1998
1920–1998
1959–1998
1992–1998
Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

1823–1849 national poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Forint 10 Ft obverse 1947–1992
1950–1992
1959–1992
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

1791–1860 statesman and political theorist Forint 5,000 Ft obverse 1991–1999

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfr Arnarson is recognized as the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. According to Landnáma he built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874...

unknown first permanent settler of Iceland, 874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1960–1969
Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

1818–1906 King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1886–1907
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10 kr obverse 1886–1907
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50 kr obverse 1886–1907
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Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

1870–1947 King of Denmark, 1912–1947;
King of Iceland, 1918–1944
Króna 5 kr obverse 1907–1916
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Jón Eiríksson 1728–1787 promoter of enlightenment Króna 5 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1960
10 kr 1969–1984
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Frederick VIII
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...

1843–1912 King of Denmark, 1906–1912 Króna 50 kr obverse 1907–1916
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned was an Icelandic scholar and an apologist. His father was Jón Jónsson, who died in 1591...

1568–1648 scholar Króna 10 kr obverse 1981–1984
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.-Life:...

1663–1730 medieval Icelanic scholar Króna 100 kr obverse 1981–1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the Icelandic independence movement Króna 10 kr obverse 1934–1947
obverse 1947–1969
100 kr obverse 1935–1947
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500 kr obverse 1944–1948
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Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson was an Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman.He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp...

1541–1627 bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584 Króna 50 kr obverse 1981–1987

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

1878–1944 founded the Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

5 ریال obverse 1924–1937
10 ریال obverse 1924–1951
20 ریال obverse 1924–1951
50 ریال obverse 1924–1962
100 ریال obverse 1924–1954
500 ریال obverse 1924–1974
1000 ریال obverse 1936–1974
Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

1919–1980 second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

10 ریال obverse 1951–1979
20 ریال obverse 1951–1979
50 ریال obverse 1962–1979
100 ریال obverse 1954–1976
200 ریال obverse 1965–1979
500 ریال obverse 1974–1979
1000 ریال obverse 1974–1979
10000 ریال obverse 1975–1979
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah 100 ریال obverse 1976–1979

Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Irish pound
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series B Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland replaced the Series A Banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1982 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the series was replaced in 1993 by Series C Banknotes.-Banknotes:...

 and Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series C Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; it replaced Series B Banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet. He is known for having translated and made commentaries upon the work of Pseudo-Dionysius.-Name:...

815-877 theologian, philosopher, poet Pound £5 obverse 1975–1994
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...

1860–1949 1st President, 1938–1945 Pound £50 obverse 1995–2002
James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

1882–1941 author and poet Pound £10 obverse 1993–2002
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...

1787–1841 founder, The Sisters of Mercy, 1831 Pound £5 obverse 1994–2002
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...

1670–1738 most famous Irish bard Pound £50 obverse 1977–1995
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847; often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century...

1775–1847 a leader of Catholic Emancipation Pound £20 obverse 1992–2002
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

1846–1891 statesman, forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement Pound £100 both 1995–2002
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

1667–1745 satirist and poet Pound £10 obverse 1976–1993
W. B. Yeats 1865–1939 Nobel Prize winner, 1923 Pound £20 obverse 1976–1992

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–Present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 New Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1985–1999
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

1886–1973 1st Prime Minister, 1948–1953 and 1955–1963 Pound £500 obverse 1977–1984
Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1980–1986
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 New Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1986–1999
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

1873–1934 National Poet Pound £10 obverse 1970–1984
Edmond James de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild
Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his generous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.- Early years :A...

1845–1934 philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs Sheqel ₪500 obverse 1982–1986
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

1879–1955 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921 Pound £5 obverse 1972–1984
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...

1895–1969 3rd Prime Minister, 1963–1969 Sheqel ₪5,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1985–1999
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...

1860–1904 founder of the Zionist movement Pound £100
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1975–1984
Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1980–1986
Ze'ev Jabotinsky 1880–1940 a leader in the Zionist movement Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1980–1986
Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

1135/8-1204 author of the Mishneh Sheqel ₪1,000 obverse 1983–1986
New Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1986–1999
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....

1898–1978 4th Prime Minister, 1969–1974 Sheqel ₪10,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1985–1999
Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...

1784–1885 philanthropist Pound £10 obverse 1975–1984
Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1980–1986
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 New Sheqel ₪20 obverse 1988–1999
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1972 New Sheqel ₪200 obverse 1992–1999
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandate Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.-Biography:...

1860–1945 a leader of the Zionist movement Pound £5 obverse 1976–1984
Haim Weizman 1874–1952 1st President of Israel, 1949–1952 Pound £50 obverse 1972–1984
1978–1984
Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1980–1986

Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Italian lira
Italian lira
The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

1801–1835 opera composer Lira 5,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...

1598–1680 Baroque sculptor and architect Lira 50,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

1571–1610 Baroque artist Lira 100,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...

1874–1937 Nobel Prize winner, 1909 Lira 2,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...

1870–1952 developed the Montessori method of education Lira 1,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

1483–1520 Renaissance painter Lira 500,000 ₤ obverse 1997–2002
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

1745–1827 developer of the electric battery, 1800 Lira 10,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)

See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi
Prince was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan , genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire...

1841–1909 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister, 1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901 Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1963–1986
Nitobe Inazo 1862–1933 politician, economist, author Yen ¥5,000 obverse 1984–2004
Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo
Viscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...

1854–1936 20th Prime Minister, 1921–1922 Yen ¥50 obverse 1951–1958
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

574-622 regent, politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1946–1956
¥1,000 obverse 1950–1965
¥5,000 obverse 1957–1986
¥10,000 obverse 1958–1986
Ninomiya Sontoku
Ninomiya Sontoku
, born Ninomiya Kinjirō , was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist.-Life:Ninomiya Sontoku was born to a poor peasant family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province. His father died when he was 14 and his mother died...

1787–1856 philosopher, economist, moralist Yen ¥1 obverse 1946–1958
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

1867–1916 novelist Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1984–2004
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke
Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...

1837–1919 politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1953–1974
Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji period. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.-Early life:Iwakura was born in Kyoto as the second son of a low-ranking courtier and nobleman . In 1836 he was adopted by another nobleman, , from whom he received his family...

1825–1883 politician Yen ¥500 obverse 1951–1971
¥500 obverse 1969–1994
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author Yen ¥10,000 obverse 1984–2004

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 Litas 50 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language Litas 100 Lt obverse 1993–2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...

1860–1930 standardized the Lithuanian language Litas 5 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement Litas 20 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Motiejus Valančius
Motiejus Valancius
Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...

1801–1875 a leader in the Lithuanian national movement Litas 2 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement Litas 200 Lt obverse 1997–2000
Žemaitė
Žemaite
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...

1845–1921 author Litas 1 Lt obverse 1994–1998

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Luxembourgish franc
Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourgish franc was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 1999 . The franc remained in circulation until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jean I
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. He is the father of the current ruler, Grand Duke Henri, and the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma...

1921- Grand Duke, 1964–2000 Franc 100 fr. obverse 1986–2002
1,000 fr. obverse 1985–2002
5,000 fr. obverse 1993–2002

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

1879–1919 Leader in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1919 Peso $10 both 1993–1997

Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...

1607–1676 admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1676 Gulden ƒ100 obverse 1972–1981
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

1580–1666 painter Gulden ƒ10 obverse 1971–1977
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

1632–1677 rationalist philosopher Gulden ƒ1,000 obverse 1973–1996
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...

1562–1621 composer, organist, teacher Gulden ƒ25 obverse 1972–1990
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

1587–1697 writer, playwright Gulden ƒ5 obverse 1976–1988

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...

1802–1829 mathematician Krone 500 kr obverse 1948–2002
1978–2002
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

1832–1910 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1903 Krone 50 kr obverse 1950–1999
1966–1999
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

1779–1849 Speaker of the Storting, 1815 and 1818 Krone 5 kr obverse 1901–1945
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Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...

1813–1885 writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1979–1997
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

1782–1830 co-author of the Constitution, 1814 Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1991–2001
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

1843–1907 composer and pianist Krone 500 kr obverse 1991–2000
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

1828–1906 playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1949–1999
1975–2001
Christian Michelsen
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

1857–1925 Prime Minister, 1905–1907 Krone 10 kr obverse 1954–1999
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

1861–1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace, 1922 Krone 5 kr obverse 1955–1999
10 kr obverse 1972–1999
Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

1829–1907 King of Norway, 1872–1905 Krone 5 kr obverse 1877–1998
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Peder Tordenskjold
Peder Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold , commonly referred to as Tordenskjold , was a Norwegian nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War...

1691–1720 Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War Krone 10 kr obverse 1901–1945
100 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...

1818–1870 poet and journalist Krone 50 kr obverse 1985–1997
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

1808–1845 poet and writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1949–1999
1962–1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–Present)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948; "Father of the Nation" Rupee Rs. 5 obverse 1997–2002

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–Present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.-Before 20th century:-20th century Interwar:-Post WWII:-1974 series:-See also:* Polish coins and banknotes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Józef Bem
Józef Bem
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...

1794–1850 general; war hero Złoty 10 zł obverse 1982–1995
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 Złoty 2,000 zł reverse 1977–1995
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

1810–1849 romantic composer and pianist Złoty 5,000 zł obverse 1982–1995
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

1473–1543 developed a heliocentric model of the solar system Złoty 1,000 zł obverse 1962–1965
1975–1995
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) Złoty 20,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836–1871 general; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune Złoty 200 zł obverse 1976–1995
Dubrawka
Dubrawka
Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, by his wife Biagota....

940/45-977 Queen Consort of Mieszko I, 965-977 Złoty 2 zł obverse 1936–1940
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

1746–1817 general; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising, 1794 Złoty 500 zł obverse 1976–1995
Mieszko I
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...

935-992 King of Poland, 960-992 Złoty 2,000 zł obverse 1977–1995
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1819–1872 conductor and composer Złoty 100,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

1860–1941 3rd Prime Minister, 1919 Złoty 2,000,000 zł obverse 1992–1995
Emilia Plater
Emilia Plater
Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1806–1831 countess; hero from the November Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1936–1939
1940–1944
Władysław Reymont 1867–1925 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1924 Złoty 1,000,000 zł obverse 1991–1995
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

1846–1916 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1905 Złoty 500,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Stanisław Staszic 1755–1826 priest, philosopher, statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Złoty 50,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Karol Świerczewski
Karol Swierczewski
Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...

1897–1947 leader in post-World War II government Złoty 50 zł obverse 1975–1995
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...

1826–1864 general; hero from the January Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1982–1995
Ludwik Waryński
Ludwik Warynski
Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...

1856–1889 socialist activist Złoty 100 zł obverse 1975–1995
Stanisław Wyspiański 1869–1907 playwright Złoty 10,000 zł obverse 1988–1995

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...


Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...

1467–1520 explorer and navigator, discovered the sea route to Brazil, 1500 Escudo 1,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

1469–1524 explorer and navigator, sailed from Europe to India, 1497–1498 Escudo 5,000$ obverse 1996–2002
João de Barros
João de Barros
João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...

1496–1570 historian Escudo 500$ obverse 1997–2002
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.-Purposes of the Dias expedition:...

1450–1500 explorer and navigator, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Escudo 2,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Henry the Navigator 1394–1460 patron of Portuguese exploration Escudo 10,000$ obverse 1996–2002

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu
Banknotes of the Romanian leu
-1917 issue :Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of the leu, the ban -1917 issue ("paper coins"):Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....

1867–1944 biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Leu 200 L obverse 1992–1996
Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

1819–1852 a leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher Leu 5,000 L obverse 1998–2002
Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...

1876–1957 sculptor Leu 500 L both 1991–1992
1992–1996
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer Leu 1,000,000 L obverse 2003–2007
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...

1820–1873 Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia, 1859–1862; Dominator of Romania, 1862–1866 Leu 50 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet Leu 1,000 L obverse 1991–1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist Leu 50,000 L obverse 1996–2002
2000–2004
2001–2007
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting Leu 100,000 L obverse 1998–2004
2001–2007
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains...

1824–1872 leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 Leu 5,000 L obverse 1992–1993
1993–1998
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister, 1931–1932 Leu 10,000 L obverse 1994–1999
1999–2002
2000–2007
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri or — occasionally — as Domnul Tudor .-Background:Tudor was born in Vladimiri, Gorj County in a family of landed peasants...

1780–1821 revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia Leu 25 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot Leu 500,000 L obverse 2000–2007

Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...


Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–Present)
See also Slovenian tolar
Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotins...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...

1876–1918 writer, playwright, poet Tolar 10,000 SIT obverse 1995–2007
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

1550–1591 Renaissance composer Tolar 200 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopic
Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

1869–1943 impressionist painter Tolar 100 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...

1861–1926 realist painter Tolar 5,000 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...

1872–1957 architect Tolar 500 SIT obverse 1992–2007
France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

1800–1849 poet Tolar 1,000 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...

1508–1586 founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia Tolar 10 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...

1641–1693 scholar Tolar 20 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...

1754–1802 mathematician and physicist Tolar 50 SIT obverse 1993–2007

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–Present)
See also South African pound
South African pound
In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies. At that time, the only British colony in Southern Africa was the Cape of Good Hope Colony. As time went on, the British pound sterling and its associated subsidiary coinage became the currency of...

 and South African rand
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

1619–1677 Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town, 1652–1662 Pound 10/- obverse 1948–1961
£1 obverse
£5 obverse
£10 obverse 1952–1961
£100 obverse
Rand R1 obverse 1961–1966
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obverse 1973–1975
obverse 1975–1977
R2 obverse 1961–1974
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obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R5 obverse 1966–1975
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R10 obverse 1961–1966
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obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R20 obverse 1961–1979
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R50 obverse 1984–1992

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....


Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble or rouble was the currency of the Soviet Union. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

1870–1924 leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman
Premier of the Soviet Union
The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...

 of the Council of People's Commissars, 1917–1924
Ruble руб10 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1991
руб25 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1992
руб50 obverse
руб100 obverse
Chervonet 5 chervozev obverse 1937–1947
10 chervozev obverse

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Spanish peseta
Spanish peseta
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....

1851–1901 novelist Peseta 200 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

1451–1506 navigator and explorer, discovered the Americas, 1492 Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Hernando Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

1485–1547 conquistador of Mexico Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro
María Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...

1837–1885 writer, poet Peseta 500 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Rebellion of 1768]]....

1716–1795 explorer, colonial administrator, first Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1766–1768 Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1987–2002
Felipe
Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

1968- Prince of Asturias, 1977- Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1982–1987
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...

1881–1958 poet; Nobel Prize winner, 1956 Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...

1938- King of Spain, 1975- Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
10,000 ₧ obverse
obverse 1987–2002
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Mutis
-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...

1732–1808 botanist and mathematician Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1987–2002
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

1843–1920 novelist Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...

1475–1541 conquistador of Peru Peseta 1,000 ₧ reverse 1992–2002

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles XI 1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 Krona 500 kr obverse 1985–1999
obverse 1989–2006
Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...

1763–1844 King of Sweden and Norway, 1818–1844 Krona 1,000 kr obverse 1976–1998
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 Krona 5 kr reverse 1890–1987
obverse 1965–1998
10 kr reverse 1892–1987
obverse 1940–1987
50 kr reverse ????-1987
100 kr reverse ????-1987
1,000 kr reverse 1890–1987
Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

1746–1792 King of Sweden, 1771–1792 Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998
Gustav V 1858–1950 King of Sweden, 1907–1950 Krona 5 kr obverse 1948–1987
1,000 kr reverse 1952–1987
Gustav II Adolf
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

1594–1632 King of Sweden, 1611–1632 Krona 100 kr obverse ????-1998
obverse 1986–2006
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...

1882–1973 King of Sweden, 1950–1973 Krona 5 kr obverse 1954–1987
10 kr obverse 1963–1998
10,000 kr obverse 1958–1991
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 Krona 20 kr obverse 1992–2006
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...

1599–1667 Baroque architect Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1976–2000
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...

1740–1799 aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...

1707–1783 mathematician, physicist Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...

1848–1931 psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants Franc 1,000 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...

1516–1565 authored Historiae animalium
Historiae animalium (Gesner)
Historiae animalium published at Zurich in 1551-58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich...

(1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology
Franc 50 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...

1819–1890 writer Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1956–2000
Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

316/7-397 patron saint of soldiers Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1957–2000
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

1746–1827 teacher and education reformer Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1930–1976
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...

1708–1777 anatomist and physiologist Franc 500 Fr. obverse 1977–2000

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–Present)
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

 and Turkish new lira
Turkish new lira
The new Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2009 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kurush...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 founder of the Republic of Turkey; 1st President, 1923–1938 Lira ₤2½ obverse 1939–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1955–1966
obverse 1957–1966
obverse 1960–1966
₤5 obverse 1937–1952
obverse 1952–1968
obverse 1959–1968
obverse 1961–1968
obverse 1965–1968
obverse 1968–1983
obverse 1976–1983
₤10 obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1953–1966
obverse 1958–1966
obverse 1960–1966
obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1963–1966
obverse 1966–1981
obverse 1975–1981
both 1979–1987
both 1982–1987
₤20 obverse 1966–1987
obverse 1974–1987
obverse 1979–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤50 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1951–1979
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1956–1979
obverse 1957–1979
obverse 1960–1979
obverse 1964–1979
obverse 1971–1979
obverse 1976–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤100 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1942
obverse 1952–1976
obverse 1956–1976
obverse 1958–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1964–1976
obverse 1969–1976
obverse 1972–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1983–1986
obverse 1984–1989
₤500 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1976
obverse 1959–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1968–1976
obverse 1971–1984
obverse 1974–1984
obverse 1983–1989
obverse 1984–1989
₤1,000 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1978–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1981–1986
obverse 1986–1992
obverse 1988–1992
₤5,000 obverse 1981–1994
obverse 1985–1994
obverse 1988–1994
obverse 1990–1994
₤10,000 obverse 1982–1995
obverse 1984–1995
obverse 1989–1995
obverse 1993–1995
₤20,000 obverse 1988–1997
obverse 1995–1997
₤50,000 obverse 1989–1999
obverse 1995–1999
₤100,000 both 1991–2001
both 1994–2001
both 1996–2001
₤250,000 obverse 1992–2006
obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1998–2006
₤500,000 obverse 1993–2006
obverse 1994–2006
obverse 1997–2006
₤1,000,000 obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1996–2006
obverse 2002–2006
₤5,000,000 obverse 1997–2006
₤10,000,000 obverse 1999–2006
₤20,000,000 obverse 2001–2006
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem Lira ₤100 reverse 1983–1989
reverse 1984–1989
İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President, 1938–1950 Lira 50 kuruş obverse 1944–1947
₤1 obverse 1942–1947
₤2½ obverse 1947–1952
₤10 obverse 1942–1950
obverse 1947–1952
obverse 1948–1952
₤50 obverse 1942–1951
obverse 1947–1951
₤100 obverse 1942–1946
obverse 1947–1952
₤500 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
₤1,000 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1444–1446 and 1451–1481 Lira ₤1,000 reverse 1986–1989
reverse 1988–1992
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī , also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and popularly known as Mevlānā in Turkey and Mawlānā in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic...

1207–1273 Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" Lira ₤5,000 reverse 1981–1994
reverse 1985–1994
reverse 1988–1994
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, 1512–1588 Lira ₤10,000 reverse 1982–1995
reverse 1984–1995
reverse 1989–1995
reverse 1993–1995

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...



Currency: Hryvnia

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

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1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain $10 obverse 1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

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1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain $5 obverse
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...

1793–1877 ruler of Argentina, 1829–1852 $20 obverse
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

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1821–1906 President, 1862–1868 $2 obverse
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

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1843–1914 President, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 $100 obverse
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

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1811–1888 President, 1868–1874 $50 obverse

*See also Argentina in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan , MBE was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament....

1861–1932 suffragette, first woman elected to Parliament, 1920–1924 $50 reverse 1995
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
$5 obverse 1992
John Flynn
John Flynn (minister)
John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.-Biography:...

1880–1951 founder, Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1928 $20 reverse 1994
Mary Gilmore
Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore DBE was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist.-Early life:Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales...

1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993
Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...

1861–1931 international opera soprano, 1886–1926 $100 obverse 1996
John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...

1865–1931 general during World War I $100 reverse 1996
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

1815–1896 The Father of the Federation $5 obverse 2001
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

1864–1941 poet, author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) $10 obverse 1993
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney.-Early life:...

1777–1855 businesswoman $20 obverse 1994
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...

1825–1910 politician, journalist, suffragette $5 reverse 2001
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
David Unaipon was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. He was the most widely known Aboriginal in Australia, and broke stereotypes of Aboriginals...

1872–1967 inventor, writer $50 obverse 1995

*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since 2212
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

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1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 $100 obverse 9090
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain
Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

1849–1931 suffragist $50 reverse
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...

1849–1931 founder, Victorian Order of Nurses, 1893 $50 reverse
Elizabeth II
Style of the Canadian sovereign
The title and style of the Canadian sovereign is the formal mode of address of the monarch of Canada. The form is based on those that were inherited from the United Kingdom and France, used in the colonies to refer to the reigning monarch in Europe...

1926- Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

, 1952-
$20 obverse
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

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1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948 $50 obverse
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

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1941-1919 7th Prime Minister, 1896–1911 $5 obverse
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

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1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 $10 obverse
Nellie Mooney McClung
Nellie McClung
Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...

1873–1951 suffragist $50 reverse
Louise Crummy McKinney
Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...

1868–1931 first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire, 1917–1921 $50 reverse
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...

1868–1933 British Empire's first woman judge, 1916–1933 $50 reverse
Irene Marryat Parlby
Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...

1868–1965 first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta, 1921–1935 $50 reverse

*See also Canada Banknotes Out of Circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi
Fifth series of the renminbi
The fifth series of the renminbi is the current coin and banknote series of the Chinese currency, the renminbi. They were progressively introduced since 1999 and consist of ¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1 coins, and ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 notes. ¥20 is a new denomination.-First edition:Coins of the first...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

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1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 ¥1 obverse 2004
¥5 obverse 2002
¥10 obverse 2001
¥20 obverse 2000
¥50 obverse 2001
¥100 obverse 1999

*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...


Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso
Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...

1865–1896 poet $5,000 obverse 1995
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...

1792–1840 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain $2,000 obverse 2005
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister and Labor Minister , mayor of Bogotá and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off...

1903–1948 Labor Party leader, two-time presidential candidate, assassinated during second campaign $1,000 both 2005
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer.Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería...

1865–1920 astronomer $20,000 obverse 1996
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....

1837–1895 writer, politician, soldier $50,000 obverse 1992
Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...

1795–1817 seamstress, spy, executed by Spain $10,000 obverse 1995

Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...


Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

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Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila was a bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats under Italian rule....

1812–1882 Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture 10 kn obverse 1994
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

1643–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse
Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...

1589–1638 Baroque poet 50 kn obverse
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...

1801–1859 ban, 1848–1859; abolished serfdom 20 kn obverse
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

1450–1524 poet and humanist 500 kn obverse
Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranic
Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

1814–1890 ban, 1873–1880; modernized economy and education 100 kn obverse
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force...

1871–1928 founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, 1905 200 kn obverse
Ante Starčević
Ante Starcevic
Ante Starčević , was a Croatian politician and writer whose activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.His works are base for Croatian nationalism, he is often referred to as Father of the Fatherland by Croats.-Life:...

1823–1896 politician and writer 1,000 kn obverse
Tomislav
Tomislav
King Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 910–925, and then became first King of the Croatian Kingdom in 925–928....

???-928 1st King of Croatia, 925-928 1,000 kn reverse
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

1621–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse

Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....


Currency: Czech Krone (since 1918)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ottokar I of Bohemia
Ottokar I of Bohemia
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1155–1230 First heredetary king of Bohemia 20 czk obverse 1993 - 2008
Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

1211–1282 medieval Bohemian princess 50 czk obverse 1993 - 2011
Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

1346–1348 king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor 100 czk obverse 1993
John Amos Comenius 1592–1670 bishop of Unity of the Brethren 200 czk obverse 1993
Božena Němcová
Božena Nemcová
Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...

1820–1862 author 500 czk obverse 1993
František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...

1798–1876 historian and politician 1000 czk obverse 1993
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.- Biography :...

1878–1930 Czech operatic soprano 2000 czk obverse 1993
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1850–1937 president of Czechoslovakia 5000 czk obverse 1993

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...

1859–1935 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...

1849–1927 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...

1885–1962 author 50 kr obverse 2005
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...

1885–1962 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922 500 kr obverse 2003
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.-Early life:...

1812–1890 actress, 1827–1864 200 kr obverse 2003
Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...

1865–1931 composer, conductor, violinist 100 kr obverse 2002

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

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1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pt.50 reverse 1996
£1 reverse 1979
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

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unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE £10 reverse 2003

*See also Egypt Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (1992–2010)
Symbol: KR
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist. With respect to the latter, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns...

1839–1907 linguist, theologian, folklorist 10 KR obverse 1991
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...

1841–1882 established Estonia's first political newspaper Sakala, 1878 500 KR obverse 1991
Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

1916–1975 chess grandmaster 5 KR obverse 1991
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...

1843–1886 poet 100 KR obverse 1991
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....

1878–1940 author 25 KR obverse 1991
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...

1873–1918 composer, organist 50 KR obverse 1994
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a...

1792–1879 biologist, pioneer of embryology 2 KR obverse 1992

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen was a prince of Transylvania , duke of Opole and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary. His last armed intervention in 1626 was part of the Thirty Years' War...

1580–1629 Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629; led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy 2,000 Ft both 1998
Charles I
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

1288–1342 King of Hungary, 1308–1342 200 Ft obverse 1998
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

1443–1490 King of Hungary, 1458–1490 1,000 Ft obverse 1998
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

1803–1876 statesman and reformer 20,000 Ft obverse 2001
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

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1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 500 Ft obverse 1998
Stephen I 975-1038 1st King of Hungary, 1006–1038 10,000 Ft obverse 1997
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

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1791–1860 statesman and political theorist 5,000 Ft obverse 1999

*See also Hungary in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir ????-???? 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir was the daughter of the Icelandic priest Jón Arason and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir. She was one of twelve children and was an active seamstress. She taught this skill actively. Ragnheiður became the wife of two consecutive bishops in the Hólar see -- Gísli...

1646–1715 developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr both 1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is one of the most famous artists of Iceland.The paintings of Kjarval vary greatly in style. Most of them are rather realistic presentations of the Icelandic landscape whereas others are more influenced by a somewhat mythical style...

1885–1972 painter 2,000 kr obverse 1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the 19th century independence movement 500 kr both 1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. He is currently pictured on the Icelandic 1000 krónur bill....

1605–1675 Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature 1,000 kr obverse 1984
Gísli Þorláksson ????-???? Lutheran bishop of Hólar, 1657–1684; husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir ????-???? 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986

India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs.
See also Indian rupee
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

1869–1948 political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement Rs.5 obverse 2002
Rs.10 obverse 1996
Rs.20 obverse 2002
Rs.50 obverse 1997
Rs.100 obverse 1996
Rs.500 obverse 2000
Rs.1,000 obverse 2000

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Hassan Modarres
Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres , was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth...

1870–1937 notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...

100 ریال obverse 1985-
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

1902–1989 leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

1000 ریال obverse 1992-
2000 ریال obverse 2005-
5000 ریال obverse 1993-
10000 ریال obverse 1992-
20000 ریال obverse 2003-
50000 ریال obverse 2005-
100000 ریال obverse 2010-

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currency: New Sheqel (since 1985)
Symbol:
See also Israeli new sheqel
Israeli new sheqel
The Israeli New Shekel is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

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1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 ₪50 obverse 1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

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1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 ₪100 obverse
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

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1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 ₪20 obverse
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

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1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1973 ₪200 obverse

*See also Israel in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥
See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Higuchi Ichiyō 1872–1896 author ¥5,000 obverse 2004
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...

1876–1928 bacteriologist ¥1,000 obverse
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

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1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author ¥10,000 obverse

*See also Japan in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....


Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound
Jersey pound
The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, 1952- £1 obverse 1971
£5 obverse
£10 obverse
£20 obverse
£50 obverse
Francis Pierson 1757–1781 Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey
Battle of Jersey
The Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...

£10 reverse

*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Korea, South
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...


Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol:
See also South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I . A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy. Yi Hwang is often...

1501–1570 Confucian
Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China...

 scholar
₩1,000 obverse 1983
Yi I
Yi I
Yi I was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang . Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok...

1536–1584 Confucian scholar ₩5,000 obverse
King Sejong the Great 1397–1450 monarch ₩10,000 obverse
Shin Saimdang 1504–1551 poet, calligraphist ₩50,000 obverse 2009

*See also South Korea in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (since 1993)
Symbol: Lt
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 50 Lt obverse 2003
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language 100 Lt obverse 2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...

1858–1899 poet, physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem 500 Lt obverse 2009
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement 20 Lt obverse 2001
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement 200 Lt obverse 2000

Malaysia


Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan 1895 – 1960 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 (Supreme Head of State)
of the Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

RM 1 obverse 1967
RM 2 obverse 1996
RM 5 obverse 1967
(polymer in 1996)
RM 10 obverse 1967
RM 20 obverse 1982
RM 50 obverse 1967
RM 100 obverse 1967
RM 500 obverse 1982 - 1999
RM 1,000 obverse 1967 - 1999

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1648/51-1695 nun, scholar, poet $200 obverse 1996
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...

1753–1811 Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence $1,000 obverse 2004
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

1806–1832 31st President, 1858–1872 $20 both 1996
(polymer in 2002)
José María Morelos
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...

1765–1815 leader for Mexican independence $50 obverse 1996
(polymer in 2006)
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

1402–1472 Texcocan king $100 obverse 1996
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...

 and Frida Kalho
1829–1862 Artists and Communist Party militants $500 obverse 1996

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
-Pre-dollar:Prior to 10 July 1967, the New Zealand pound, using the £sd system, was the main currency of New Zealand. Since 1934, banknotes of the New Zealand pound were issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and came in denominations of 10s, £1, £5, £10, and £50.-First issue: 1967 -...

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II 1926 - Queen
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...

 and Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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$20 Obverse 1967
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...

1919–2008 Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

 (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.
$5 1990
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...

1874–1950 Played a significant role in the revival of Maori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Maori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for 38 years.
$50 1990
Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 in 1908.
$100 1990
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard
Katherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...

1848–1934 Prominent suffragette
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...

, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.
$10 1990

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...

1812–1885 writer, scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore 50 kr obverse 1997
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air...

1867–1917 scientist 200 kr obverse 1994
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...

1895–1962 opera singer 100 kr obverse 1997
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...

1863–1944 Expressionist painter 1,000 kr obverse 2001
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...

1882-1849 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1928 500 kr obverse 1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948;
"Father of the Nation"
Rs. 10 obverse 2006
Rs. 20 obverse 2005
Rs. 50 obverse 1977
Rs. 100 obverse 2006
Rs. 500 obverse 2006
Rs. 1,000 obverse 2007
Rs. 5,000 obverse 2006

Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Currency: Nuevo sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian nuevo sol
The nuevo sol plural: nuevos soles; currency sign: S/.) is the currency of Peru. It is subdivided into 100 cents, called céntimos in Spanish. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. It is most commonly referred to just as sol...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He sacrificed his life crashing into an Ecuadorian battery during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian war.-Combat History:Lieutenant Quinones was a fighter pilot...

1914–1941 National aviation hero Nuevo sol S/. 10 obverse 1991–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian. He was born in Pisco, Peru on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a...

1897–1960 Historian Nuevo sol S/. 20 obverse 1991–
Abraham Valdelomar
Abraham Valdelomar
Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...

1888–1919 Poet Nuevo sol S/. 50 obverse 1991–
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country...

1903–1980 Minister of education, Historian Nuevo sol S/. 100 obverse 1991–
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586–1617 Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Nuevo sol S/. 200 obverse 1995–

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


Currency: Peso (since 1903)
Symbol:
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...

1869–1964 1st President, 1899–1901 P5 obverse 1985
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

1932–1983 leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos' autocracy P500 both 2002
Andrés Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...

1863–1897 leader in the Philippine Revolution P10 obverse 1987
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....

1935- 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1998–2005; swore in President Macapagal-Arroyo P200 reverse 2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...

1898–1945 founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Vicente Lim
Vicente Lim
Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...

1889–1945 Brigadier General, Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...

1864–1903 1st Prime Minister, 1899; author of the 1st Constitution P10 obverse 1987
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...

1910–1997 9th President, 1961–1965 P200 obverse 2002
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

1947- daughter of President Macapagal; 14th President, 2001-2009 P200 reverse 2002
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...

1878–1961 4th President, 1944–1946 P50 obverse 1987
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...

1878–1944 2nd President, 1935–1944 P20 obverse 1987
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

1892–1948 5th President, 1946–1948 P100 obverse 2002
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos
In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

1886–1942 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

1933-2009 11th President,1986-1992 P500 obverse 2010

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol:
See also Polish coins and banknotes
Polish coins and banknotes
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland. For historical ones, see here.-Coins:Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 20 zł obverse 1995
Casimir III
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

1310–1370 King of Poland, 1333–1370 50 zł obverse
Jogaila
Jogaila
Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

1351–1434 King of Poland, 1386–1434 100 zł obverse
Mieszko I 935-992 Duke of Poland, 960-922 10 zł obverse
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...

1520–1572 King of Poland, 1530–1572 200 zł obverse

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Romanian leu
Romanian leu
The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...

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Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher 200 L obverse 2006
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer 100 L obverse 2005
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet 500 L obverse 2005
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist 5 L obverse 2005
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting 10 L obverse 2005
2008
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister,historian 1931–1932 1 L obverse 2005
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot 50 L obverse 2005

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...


Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб
See also Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.-Surname spelling:The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.-Early...

1809–1881 Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk, 1847–1861 руб5,000 obverse 2000
Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

1672–1725 Tsar, 1682–1725 руб500 obverse 1998
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 1019–1054 руб1,000 obverse 2000

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

See under United Kingdom

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijic
Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...

1865–1927 geographer 500 din. both 2004
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanovic
Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...

1869–1958 Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile, 1942–1943 5,000 din. both 2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

1787–1864 linguist; reformer of the Serbian language 10 din. both 2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...

1856–1914 composer and music educator 50 din. both 2005
Petar II
Petar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...

1813–1851 Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830–1851; Serbian language poet 20 din. both 2006
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrovic
Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...

1873–1915 painter 200 din. both 2006
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

1856–1943 inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer 100 din. both 2006
Ðorđe Vajfert 1850–1937 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia, 1912–1926 1,000 din. both 2006

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore dollar
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar or Dollar is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

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Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak was an eminent Singaporean politician and the first President of Singapore of Minangkabau descent. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999.-Early life:...

1910–1970 First President, 1965–1970 S$2 obverse 1999
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Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Charles XI
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....

1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 500 kr obverse 1985
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 1,000 kr obverse 1989
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 20 kr obverse 1991
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...

1820–1887 opera singer 50 kr obverse 1996
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy 100 kr obverse 1986
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar , better known as , which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.-Biography:Polhem was born on the island of Gotland...

1661–1751 industrialist; planned and started construction of the Göta Canal 500 kr reverse 1985

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc
Banknotes of the Swiss franc
The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1825 by the Caisse de Dépôt of the city of Bern.During the 19th century the Cantons had the right of printing notes. Following the law of 8 March 1881 the Swiss National Bank had the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Switzerland. First notes...

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Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...

1818–1897 historian of the arts 1,000 Fr. obverse 1998
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

1887–1965 modernist architect 10 Fr. obverse 1997
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter...

1901–1966 sculptor, painter, draftsman 100 Fr. obverse 1998
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

1892–1955 composer 20 Fr. obverse 1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...

1878–1947 French-speaking Swiss author 200 Fr. obverse 1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter and sculptor. Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Täuber began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen...

1889–1943 artist, painter, sculptor 50 Fr. obverse 1995

Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan)


Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

1866–1925 Founding father of the Republic of China $100 obverse 2001
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

1887–1975 President of the Republic of China, 1948–1975 $200 obverse 2002

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 Founder and 1st President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1923-1938
1 TL obverse 1926 - 1938
1950–present
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İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1938-1950
2.5 TL obverse 1938–1950
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Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...

1910–1997 Mathematician 10 TL reverse 2009–present
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...

1240?-1321? Poet and Sufi mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

200 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 Poet of the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...

100 TL reverse 1983–1989
Itri
Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...

1640?-1711 Composer and performer of Turkish classical music 100 TL reverse 2009–present
Kemaleddin Bey 1870–1927 Architect 20 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan and conqueror of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

1000 TL reverse 1986–1992
Mevlana 1207–1273 Philosopher 5000 TL reverse 1981–1994
Aydın Sayılı
Aydin Sayili
Aydın Sayılı was a historian of science. His career was aided by chance meeting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom he impressed enough to receive a state-supported scholarship to attend graduate school at Harvard, where he studied under George Sarton....

1913–1993 Historian of science 5 TL reverse 2009–present
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 Architect and civil engineer 10000 TL reverse 1982–1995
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz , aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian...

1862–1936 First female Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 novelist
50 TL reverse 2009–present

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...


Currency: Hryvnia (since 1996)
Symbol: Ƨ
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Ƨ20 obverse 2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Ƨ50 obverse 2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Ƨ5 obverse 2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Ƨ10 obverse 2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Ƨ100 obverse 2006
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and composer who lived in the Russian Empire and who made important contributions to Russian philosophy and culture. He lived and worked in Ukraine and passionately and consciously identified with its people, differentiating them...

1722–1794 poet, philosopher, composer Ƨ500 obverse 2006
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

1871–1913 poet, writer Ƨ200 obverse 2001
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Ƨ1 obverse 2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Ƨ2 obverse 2004

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1695)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.

England & Wales

Exclusive sterling note issue granted to the Bank of England.
Bank of England

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

1809–1882 naturalist £10 reverse 2000
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- £5 obverse 2002
£10 obverse 2000
£20 obverse 1999
£20 obverse 2007
£50 obverse 1994
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry , née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist...

1780–1845 prison reformer £5 reverse 2002
John Houblon
John Houblon
Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.-Biography:Sir John was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger...

1632–1712 1st Governor, Bank of England, 1694–1697 £50 reverse 1994
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist £20 reverse 2007

Scotland

Three commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Bank of Scotland
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Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

1771–1832 historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes £5 obverse 2007
£10 obverse 2007
£20 obverse 1999
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£100 obverse 2007


Royal Bank of Scotland
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Lord Ilay
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

1682–1761 founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 obverse 1987
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

1850–1894 Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1994
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

1847–1922 Inventor of the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1997
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

1900–2002 Queen Consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II 
(special commemorative issue)
£20 reverse 2000
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

1940- Notable American golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er
(special commemorative issue)
£5 reverse 2005


Clydesdale Bank
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Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£5 obverse 1998
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor
Mary Mitchell Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria.Her determined work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals, spreading Christianity and promoting women's rights.-Early life:...

1848–1915 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

£10 both 1998
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 1998
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...

£50 both 1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£100 both 1998
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...

1881–1955 Discoverer of penicillin
Penicillin
Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....

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£5 obverse 2009
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£10 obverse 2009
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 2009
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.-Education:She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh...

1864–1917 Doctor and suffragist. £50 obverse 2009
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...

1868-1928 Architect and designer. £100 obverse 2009

Northern Ireland

Four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Northern Bank

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John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company....

1840–1921 Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company £10 obverse 2005
Harry Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...

1884–1960 Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 £20 obverse 2005
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

£50 obverse 2005
Sir James Martin 1893–1981 Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat £100 obverse 2005


Ulster Bank

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

1946–2005 Footballer for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£5 obverse 2006

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
John Adams
John Adams
John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

1735–1826 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...

1722–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...

1737–1802 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...

1741–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from...

1725–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clinton
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

1739–1812 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clymer
George Clymer
George Clymer was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution...

1739–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Dickinson
John Dickinson (delegate)
John Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of...

1732–1808 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Ellery 1727–1820 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Floyd
William Floyd
William Floyd was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:...

1734–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

1706–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Founding Father $100 obverse 1996
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

1822–1877 18th President, 1869–1877 $50 obverse 2004
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 $10 both 2006
John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

1737–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Harrison, V 1726–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were part of the Quaker Society of Friends. Immediately after their marriage they moved to New Jersey, which became Joseph Hewes’s home state. Hewes was formally educated at Princeton and after...

1730–1779 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Heyward, Jr. 1746–1809 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Hooper
William Hooper
William Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...

1742–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...

1707–1785 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...

1737–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

1731–1796 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

1767–1845 7th President, 1829–1837 $20 obverse 2003
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 3rd President, 1801–1809; signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 both 1976
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...

1732–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....

1713–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1809–1865 16th President, 1861–1865 $5 both 2000
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

1716–1778 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Livingston (1746-1813)
Robert R Livingston was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor," after the office he held for 25 years....

1746–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

1734–1817 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

1742–1787 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

1726–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (merchant)
Robert Morris, Jr. was a British-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution...

1734–1806 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

1740–1799 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...

1731–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Read
George Read (signer)
George Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...

1733–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

1745–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...

1749–1800 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...

1721–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Early life:...

1730–1781 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...

1729–1824 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Walton
George Walton
George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

1749/50-1804 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 1st President, 1789–1797 $1 obverse 1963
William Williams
William Williams (signer)
William Williams was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from...

1731–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing was an American merchant and financier and a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania....

1731–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
James Wilson
James Wilson
James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution...

1742–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey , he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration...

1723–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976

Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...


Currency: Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (since 2008)
Symbol: Bs
See also Venezuelan bolívar
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Ravelo y Rodríguez de Espinoza , commonly known as Francisco de Miranda , was a Venezuelan revolutionary...

1750–1816 military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 2 bolívares obverse 2008
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, or 'The First Black' was a Venezuelan soldier who at first fought with the royal army, only to later go over to the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of lieutenant.The nickname of Negro Primero was inspired by his...

1790–1821 soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain 5 bolívares obverse 2008
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro was a native Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.-Life:...

c1530-1568 Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization 10 bolívares obverse 2008
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...

1799–1866 heroine of Venezuelan War of Independence 20 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....

1769–1854 philosopher, educator 50 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

1783–1830 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 100 bolívares obverse 2008

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n, 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L, 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a, 1983–1985)
Austral (A, 1985–1991)
Peso ($, 1992–Present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional
Argentine peso moneda nacional
The peso moneda nacional was the currency of Argentina between November 5, 1881 and December 31, 1969. It was subdivided into 100 centavos, with the argentino worth 5 pesos. Its symbol was m$n or $m/n. Its ISO 4217 code was ARM.-History:...

, Argentine peso ley
Argentine peso ley
The peso ley 18.188, usually known as either peso or, to distinguish it from the earlier peso moneda nacional, informally as peso ley, was the currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was $, sometimes $L. Its name comes from law...

, Argentine peso argentino
Argentine peso argentino
The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.-History:...

, Argentine austral
Argentine austral
The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...

, and Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile, he was one of the most influential Argentine liberals of his age.-Biography:...

1810–1884 political theorist and diplomat Peso Argentino $a5,000 obverse 1984–1987
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

1837–1885 President of Argentina, 1874–1880 Austral A500 obverse 1988–1992
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain Peso Ley $L1 obverse 1970–1981
$L5 obverse 1971–1981
$L10 obverse 1970–1981
Peso Argentino $a10,000 obverse 1984–1987
Miguel Juárez Celman 1844–1909 President of Argentina, 1886–1890 Austral A5,000 obverse 1988–1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain Peso Moneda Nacional m$n5 obverse 1935–1965
m$n10 obverse 1936–1965
m$n50 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n100 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n500 obverse 1944–1968
1964–1968
m$n1,000 obverse 1944–1975
m$n5,000 obverse 1962–1975
m$n10,000 obverse 1961–1975
Peso Ley $L50 obverse 1972–1981
$L100 obverse 1971–1981
$L500 obverse 1972–1984
$L1,000 obverse 1973–1984
$L5,000 obverse 1977–1984
$L10,000 obverse 1976–1985
$L50,000 obverse 1979–1985
$L100,000 obverse
$L500,000 obverse 1980–1985
$L1,000,000 obverse 1981–1985
Peso Argentino $a1 obverse 1983–1985
$a5 obverse 1983–1987
$a10 obverse
$a50 obverse
$a100 obverse
$a500 obverse 1984–1987
$a1,000 obverse 1983–1987
Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1991
A50,000 obverse
A500,000 obverse 1990–1991
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

1801–1870 President of Argentina, 1854–1860 Austral A5 obverse 1986–1991
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 Australes note, which is now obsolete....

1809–1867 President of Argentina, 1860–1861 Austral A10 obverse 1985–1991
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

1821–1906 President of Argentina, 1862–1868 Austral A50 obverse 1986–1991
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

1846–1906 President of Argentina, 1890–1892 Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1992
Peso $1 obverse 1992-????
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....

1835–1906 President of Argentina, 1904–1906 Austral A500,000 obverse 1990–1993
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

1780–1845 President of Argentina, 1826–1827 Austral A1 obverse 1985–1991
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

1843–1914 President of Argentina, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 Austral A1,000 obverse 1988–1992
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina.He graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and participated in the constitutional assembly of 1860. He was a number of times a national deputy and senator. In 1882 he occupied a seat on the Supreme Court of the Province of...

1822–1907 President of Argentina, 1892–1895 Austral A50,000 obverse 1989–1993
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

1811–1888 President of Argentina, 1868–1874 Austral A100 obverse 1985–1992
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

1831–1914 President of Argentina, 1895–1898 Austral A100,000 obverse 1990–1993

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–Present)
See also Australian pound
Australian pound
The pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...

 and Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

1743–1820 English botonist, introduced the West to eucalyptus Dollar $5 obverse 1967–1992
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...

1808–1877 humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare Dollar $5 reverse 1967–1992
James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

1728–1779 explorer, first European to visit the Australian east coast Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
Pound £1 obverse 1953–1966
Dollar $1 obverse 1966–1984
William Farrer
William Farrer
William James Farrer was a leading Australian agronomist and plant breeder. Farrer is best remembered as the originator of the "Federation" strain of wheat, distributed in 1903...

1845–1906 leading agronomist, wheat breeder Dollar $2 reverse 1966–1988
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

1774–1814 navigator and cartographer, author of A Voyage to Terra Australis Pound 10/- obverse 1953–1966
Howard Florey 1898–1968 Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin, 1945 Dollar $50 obverse 1973–1995
John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

1786–1847 explorer of Australia Pound £5 obverse 1953–1966
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.- Early life :Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...

1850–1915 inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) Dollar $20 reverse 1966–1994
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...

1797–1873 first Australian-born explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

1867–1922 poet and novelist Dollar $10 reverse 1966–1993
John Macarthur
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

1766–1834 pioneer of the Australian wool industry Dollar $2 obverse 1966–1988
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

1882–1958 Antarctic explorer and geologist Dollar $100 obverse 1984–1996
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

1738–1814 established first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales Pound £10 obverse 1953–1966
Ian Clunies Ross
Ian Clunies Ross
Sir Ian Clunies Ross, CMG is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO.-Family:...

1899–1959 scientist, leader in veterinary medicine Dollar $50 reverse 1973–1995
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC , often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia...

1897–1935 aviator; first to fly across the Pacific, 1928 Dollar $20 obverse 1966–1994
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

1795–1869 English explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" .-Early life:...

1834–1916 astronomer, discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" Dollar $100 reverse 1984–1996

Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...


Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Austrian schilling
Austrian schilling
The schilling was the currency of Austria from 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...

1851–1914 economist Schilling S100 obverse 1985–2001
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. His father was Johann Daffinger....

1790–1849 miniature painter and sculpture Schilling S20 obverse 1988–2001
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

1856–1939 co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology Schilling S50 obverse 1987–2001
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner , was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin. He is noted for having first distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the...

1868–1943 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 both 1997–2001
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Franz Arnold Obermayer, a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper, and his second wife Marie.Rosa had 12 brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the...

1858–1938 feminist, painter, author Schilling S500 obverse 1997–2001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

1756–1791 classical composer and pianist Schilling S5,000 obverse 1989–2001
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...

1887–1961 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 obverse 1983–1997
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner
Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...

1841–1918 architect Schilling S500 obverse 1986–1997

Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Albert II
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

1934- King of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse 1994–2001
James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...

1860–1949 impressionist painter Franc 100 fr. obverse
Victor Horta
Victor Horta
Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...

1861–1947 Art Nouveau architect Franc 2,000 fr. obverse
René Magritte
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...

1898–1967 surrealist artist Franc 500 fr. obverse
Paola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium....

1937- Queen Consort of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

1886–1952 Flemish expressionist painter Franc 1,000 fr. obverse
Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...

1814–1894 musician, inventor of the saxophone Franc 200 fr. obverse

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 dollar $100 obverse 1976–1990
1990–2004
Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

1894–1972 Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, 1910–1936
dollar $5 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

1926- Princess of York, 1936–1952 dollar $20 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth II Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1954–1974
$2 obverse 1954–1975
1986–1996
$5 obverse 1954–1972
$10 obverse 1954–1971
$20 obverse 1954–1969
1969–1993
1993–2004
$50 obverse 1954–1975
$100 obverse 1954–1976
$1,000 obverse 1954–1992
1992–2000
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

1865–1936 King of the United Kingdom
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...

 and the British Dominions, 1910–1936
dollar $1 obverse 1935–1936
Albert
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

1895–1952 Duke of York, 1920–1936 dollar $50 obverse 1935–1937
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

King of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1936–1954
$2 obverse
$5 obverse
$10 obverse
$20 obverse
$50 obverse
Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....

1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1928–1974 dollar $100 obverse 1935–1937
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 dollar $50 obverse 1975–1989
1989–2004
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

1841–1919 7th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911 dollar $5 obverse 1972–1986
1986–2001
$1,000 obverse 1935–1937
1937–1954
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 dollar $10 obverse 1971–1989
1989–2000
$100 obverse 1937–1954
$500 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

1867–1953 Royal consort to George V, 1910–1936 dollar $2 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...

1897–1965 Princess Royal of Canada, 1932–1965 dollar $10 obverse 1935–1937

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (¥, 1948–Present)
See also Fourth series of the renminbi
Fourth series of the renminbi
The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.-Banknotes:Banknotes are available in :*First edition**¥0.1 ,**¥0.2...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 Renminbi ¥100 obverse 1992–1999
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

1898–1976 1st Premier, 1949–1976; 1st Foreign Minister, 1949–1958
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

1898–1969 2nd President, 1959–1968
Zhu De
Zhu De
Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...

1886–1976 founder, Chinese Red Army

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

1805–1875 poet and author of fairy tales Krone 10 kr obverse 1952–1955
obverse 1954–1975
Christian Ditlev Frederik
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer....

1748–1827 agricultural reformer Krone 500 kr obverse 1964–1975
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen....

1779–1856 author; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1975–1998
Jens Juel
Jens Juel (painter)
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle.-Early life and career:...

1745–1802 painter Krone 100 kr obverse 1974–1995
obverse 1995–1999
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff ????-???? wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 10 kr obverse 1975–1980
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...

1777–1851 physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism Krone 100 kr obverse 1962–1974
Ole Rømer 1644–1710 astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light Krone 50 kr obverse 1957–1975
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg ????-???? daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 50 kr obverse 1975–1999
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

1770–1844 sculptor Krone 5 kr obverse 1952–1962
Pauline Lucia Tutein 1761–1827 wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 20 kr obverse 1980–1990
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen ????-???? noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 500 kr obverse 1974–1997

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Farouk I
Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....

1920–1965 King of Egypt, 1936–1952 Pound £1 obverse 1950–1952
£5 obverse 1946–1952
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE Pound £10 reverse 1970–1979
1979–2003
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pound Pt.50 obverse 1968–1981
1981–1986
£1 obverse 1968–1979
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

unknown Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1333-1324 BCE Pound Pt.25 obverse 1952–1962
Pt.50 obverse 1952–1962
£1 obverse 1930–1950
1952–1963
1963–1968
£5 obverse 1952–1963
1963–1969
1970–1981
£10 obverse 1952–1962
1962–1970
£100 obverse 1979–1994

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (KR, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...

1865–1943 painter Kroon 1 KR obverse 1992-????

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–Present)
See also Faroese króna
Faroese króna
The króna is the currency of the Faroe Islands. It is issued by the Danish National Bank. It is not an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it does not have an ISO 4217 currency code. The ISO 4217 code for the Danish krone is DKK...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi...

1773–1853 first poet to write in Faroese Króna 1,000 kr obverse 1980–2005
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...

1819–1909 established modern orthography for the Faroese language Króna 100 kr obverse 1964–1978
obverse 1978–2003
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...

1765–1809 seaman, trader, poet Króna 50 kr obverse 1967–1978
obverse 1978–2001

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Finnish mark
Finnish mark
The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro , which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...

1898–1976 modernist architect Mark 50mk reverse 1986–2002
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.The world's first...

1792–1803 priest and statesman Mark 1,000mk reverse 1986–2002
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas , and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was one of the...

1920–1992 novelist Mark 20mk reverse 1993–2002
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...

1802–1884 historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) Mark 500mk reverse 1986–2002
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...

1897–1973 Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist Mark 10mk reverse 1986–1992
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

1865–1957 classical composer Mark 100mk reverse 1986–2002

France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also French franc
French franc
The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...

1839–1906 Post-Impressionist painter Franc ₣100 obverse 1997–2002
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...

1859–1906 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

1900–1944 author and aviator Franc ₣50 obverse 1992–2002
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

1862–1918 impressionist composer Franc ₣20 both 1997–2002
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

1832–1923 engineer and architect Franc ₣200 obverse 1996–2002

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also German mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"...

1854–1915 Nobel Prize winner, 1908 Deutsche Mark 200 DM obverse 1990–2002
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

1777–1855 mathematician and scientist Deutsche Mark 10 DM obverse 1991–2002
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...

1785–1863 older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...

1786–1859 younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...

1647–1717 naturalist and illustrator Deutsche Mark 500 DM obverse 1992–2002
Balthasar Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

1687–1753 Baroque architect Deutsche Mark 50 DM obverse 1991–2002
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

1819–1896 classical pianist and composer Deutsche Mark 100 DM obverse 1990–2002
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....

1785–1859 novelist Deutsche Mark 5 DM obverse 1992–2002
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Anna Elisabeth von Droste-Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.-Biography:...

1797–1848 poet and author Deutsche Mark 20 DM obverse 1992–2002

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Greek drachma
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
John Capodistria 1776–1831 1st Governor of Greece, 1827–1831 Drachma 500 Δρ. obverse 1983–2002
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis was a Greek writer and revolutionary of Aromanian origin, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.-Early...

1757–1798 revolutionary, first casualty of the Greek War of Independence Drachma 200 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

1770–1843 General during the Greek War of Independence Drachma 5,000 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Coraïs was a humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as...

1748–1833 linguist, author of the first modern Greek dictionary Drachma 100 Δρ. reverse 1978–2002
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...

1883–1962 pioneer in early cancer detection Drachma 10,000 Δρ. obverse 1995–2002

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

1877–1919 poet Forint 500 Ft obverse 1970–1999
1992–1999
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

1881–1945 composer, pianist Forint 1,000 Ft obverse 1983–1999
1993–1999
György Dózsa
György Dózsa
György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

????-1514 led a peasants' revolt against the nobility Forint 20 Ft obverse 1948–1992
1920–1992
1960–1992
Francis II
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 Forint 50 Ft obverse 1953–1996
1966–1996
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

1802–1894 statesman and freedom fighter Forint 100 Ft obverse 1948–1998
1920–1998
1959–1998
1992–1998
Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

1823–1849 national poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Forint 10 Ft obverse 1947–1992
1950–1992
1959–1992
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

1791–1860 statesman and political theorist Forint 5,000 Ft obverse 1991–1999

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfr Arnarson is recognized as the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. According to Landnáma he built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874...

unknown first permanent settler of Iceland, 874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1960–1969
Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

1818–1906 King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1919
obverse 1919–1920
10 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1916–1920
50 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1916–1920
100 kr obverse 1916–1935
Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

1870–1947 King of Denmark, 1912–1947;
King of Iceland, 1918–1944
Króna 5 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1935
10 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1934
50 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1931–1936
100 kr obverse 1929–1935
Jón Eiríksson 1728–1787 promoter of enlightenment Króna 5 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1960
10 kr 1969–1984
50 kr obverse 1936–1948
obverse 1948–1960
Frederick VIII
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...

1843–1912 King of Denmark, 1906–1912 Króna 50 kr obverse 1907–1916
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned was an Icelandic scholar and an apologist. His father was Jón Jónsson, who died in 1591...

1568–1648 scholar Króna 10 kr obverse 1981–1984
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.-Life:...

1663–1730 medieval Icelanic scholar Króna 100 kr obverse 1981–1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the Icelandic independence movement Króna 10 kr obverse 1934–1947
obverse 1947–1969
100 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1973
500 kr obverse 1944–1948
obverse 1948–1968
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson was an Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman.He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp...

1541–1627 bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584 Króna 50 kr obverse 1981–1987

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

1878–1944 founded the Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

5 ریال obverse 1924–1937
10 ریال obverse 1924–1951
20 ریال obverse 1924–1951
50 ریال obverse 1924–1962
100 ریال obverse 1924–1954
500 ریال obverse 1924–1974
1000 ریال obverse 1936–1974
Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

1919–1980 second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

10 ریال obverse 1951–1979
20 ریال obverse 1951–1979
50 ریال obverse 1962–1979
100 ریال obverse 1954–1976
200 ریال obverse 1965–1979
500 ریال obverse 1974–1979
1000 ریال obverse 1974–1979
10000 ریال obverse 1975–1979
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah 100 ریال obverse 1976–1979

Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Irish pound
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series B Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland replaced the Series A Banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1982 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the series was replaced in 1993 by Series C Banknotes.-Banknotes:...

 and Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series C Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; it replaced Series B Banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet. He is known for having translated and made commentaries upon the work of Pseudo-Dionysius.-Name:...

815-877 theologian, philosopher, poet Pound £5 obverse 1975–1994
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...

1860–1949 1st President, 1938–1945 Pound £50 obverse 1995–2002
James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

1882–1941 author and poet Pound £10 obverse 1993–2002
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...

1787–1841 founder, The Sisters of Mercy, 1831 Pound £5 obverse 1994–2002
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...

1670–1738 most famous Irish bard Pound £50 obverse 1977–1995
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847; often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century...

1775–1847 a leader of Catholic Emancipation Pound £20 obverse 1992–2002
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

1846–1891 statesman, forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement Pound £100 both 1995–2002
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

1667–1745 satirist and poet Pound £10 obverse 1976–1993
W. B. Yeats 1865–1939 Nobel Prize winner, 1923 Pound £20 obverse 1976–1992

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–Present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 New Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1985–1999
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

1886–1973 1st Prime Minister, 1948–1953 and 1955–1963 Pound £500 obverse 1977–1984
Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1980–1986
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 New Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1986–1999
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

1873–1934 National Poet Pound £10 obverse 1970–1984
Edmond James de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild
Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his generous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.- Early years :A...

1845–1934 philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs Sheqel ₪500 obverse 1982–1986
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

1879–1955 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921 Pound £5 obverse 1972–1984
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...

1895–1969 3rd Prime Minister, 1963–1969 Sheqel ₪5,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1985–1999
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...

1860–1904 founder of the Zionist movement Pound £100
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1975–1984
Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1980–1986
Ze'ev Jabotinsky 1880–1940 a leader in the Zionist movement Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1980–1986
Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

1135/8-1204 author of the Mishneh Sheqel ₪1,000 obverse 1983–1986
New Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1986–1999
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....

1898–1978 4th Prime Minister, 1969–1974 Sheqel ₪10,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1985–1999
Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...

1784–1885 philanthropist Pound £10 obverse 1975–1984
Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1980–1986
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 New Sheqel ₪20 obverse 1988–1999
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1972 New Sheqel ₪200 obverse 1992–1999
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandate Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.-Biography:...

1860–1945 a leader of the Zionist movement Pound £5 obverse 1976–1984
Haim Weizman 1874–1952 1st President of Israel, 1949–1952 Pound £50 obverse 1972–1984
1978–1984
Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1980–1986

Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Italian lira
Italian lira
The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

1801–1835 opera composer Lira 5,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...

1598–1680 Baroque sculptor and architect Lira 50,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

1571–1610 Baroque artist Lira 100,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...

1874–1937 Nobel Prize winner, 1909 Lira 2,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...

1870–1952 developed the Montessori method of education Lira 1,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

1483–1520 Renaissance painter Lira 500,000 ₤ obverse 1997–2002
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

1745–1827 developer of the electric battery, 1800 Lira 10,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)

See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi
Prince was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan , genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire...

1841–1909 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister, 1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901 Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1963–1986
Nitobe Inazo 1862–1933 politician, economist, author Yen ¥5,000 obverse 1984–2004
Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo
Viscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...

1854–1936 20th Prime Minister, 1921–1922 Yen ¥50 obverse 1951–1958
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

574-622 regent, politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1946–1956
¥1,000 obverse 1950–1965
¥5,000 obverse 1957–1986
¥10,000 obverse 1958–1986
Ninomiya Sontoku
Ninomiya Sontoku
, born Ninomiya Kinjirō , was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist.-Life:Ninomiya Sontoku was born to a poor peasant family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province. His father died when he was 14 and his mother died...

1787–1856 philosopher, economist, moralist Yen ¥1 obverse 1946–1958
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

1867–1916 novelist Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1984–2004
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke
Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...

1837–1919 politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1953–1974
Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji period. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.-Early life:Iwakura was born in Kyoto as the second son of a low-ranking courtier and nobleman . In 1836 he was adopted by another nobleman, , from whom he received his family...

1825–1883 politician Yen ¥500 obverse 1951–1971
¥500 obverse 1969–1994
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author Yen ¥10,000 obverse 1984–2004

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 Litas 50 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language Litas 100 Lt obverse 1993–2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...

1860–1930 standardized the Lithuanian language Litas 5 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement Litas 20 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Motiejus Valančius
Motiejus Valancius
Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...

1801–1875 a leader in the Lithuanian national movement Litas 2 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement Litas 200 Lt obverse 1997–2000
Žemaitė
Žemaite
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...

1845–1921 author Litas 1 Lt obverse 1994–1998

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Luxembourgish franc
Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourgish franc was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 1999 . The franc remained in circulation until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jean I
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. He is the father of the current ruler, Grand Duke Henri, and the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma...

1921- Grand Duke, 1964–2000 Franc 100 fr. obverse 1986–2002
1,000 fr. obverse 1985–2002
5,000 fr. obverse 1993–2002

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

1879–1919 Leader in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1919 Peso $10 both 1993–1997

Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...

1607–1676 admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1676 Gulden ƒ100 obverse 1972–1981
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

1580–1666 painter Gulden ƒ10 obverse 1971–1977
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

1632–1677 rationalist philosopher Gulden ƒ1,000 obverse 1973–1996
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...

1562–1621 composer, organist, teacher Gulden ƒ25 obverse 1972–1990
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

1587–1697 writer, playwright Gulden ƒ5 obverse 1976–1988

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...

1802–1829 mathematician Krone 500 kr obverse 1948–2002
1978–2002
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

1832–1910 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1903 Krone 50 kr obverse 1950–1999
1966–1999
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

1779–1849 Speaker of the Storting, 1815 and 1818 Krone 5 kr obverse 1901–1945
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50 kr obverse
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Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...

1813–1885 writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1979–1997
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

1782–1830 co-author of the Constitution, 1814 Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1991–2001
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

1843–1907 composer and pianist Krone 500 kr obverse 1991–2000
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

1828–1906 playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1949–1999
1975–2001
Christian Michelsen
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

1857–1925 Prime Minister, 1905–1907 Krone 10 kr obverse 1954–1999
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

1861–1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace, 1922 Krone 5 kr obverse 1955–1999
10 kr obverse 1972–1999
Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

1829–1907 King of Norway, 1872–1905 Krone 5 kr obverse 1877–1998
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50 kr obverse
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Peder Tordenskjold
Peder Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold , commonly referred to as Tordenskjold , was a Norwegian nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War...

1691–1720 Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War Krone 10 kr obverse 1901–1945
100 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...

1818–1870 poet and journalist Krone 50 kr obverse 1985–1997
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

1808–1845 poet and writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1949–1999
1962–1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–Present)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948; "Father of the Nation" Rupee Rs. 5 obverse 1997–2002

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–Present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.-Before 20th century:-20th century Interwar:-Post WWII:-1974 series:-See also:* Polish coins and banknotes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Józef Bem
Józef Bem
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...

1794–1850 general; war hero Złoty 10 zł obverse 1982–1995
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 Złoty 2,000 zł reverse 1977–1995
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

1810–1849 romantic composer and pianist Złoty 5,000 zł obverse 1982–1995
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

1473–1543 developed a heliocentric model of the solar system Złoty 1,000 zł obverse 1962–1965
1975–1995
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) Złoty 20,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836–1871 general; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune Złoty 200 zł obverse 1976–1995
Dubrawka
Dubrawka
Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, by his wife Biagota....

940/45-977 Queen Consort of Mieszko I, 965-977 Złoty 2 zł obverse 1936–1940
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

1746–1817 general; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising, 1794 Złoty 500 zł obverse 1976–1995
Mieszko I
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...

935-992 King of Poland, 960-992 Złoty 2,000 zł obverse 1977–1995
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1819–1872 conductor and composer Złoty 100,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

1860–1941 3rd Prime Minister, 1919 Złoty 2,000,000 zł obverse 1992–1995
Emilia Plater
Emilia Plater
Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1806–1831 countess; hero from the November Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1936–1939
1940–1944
Władysław Reymont 1867–1925 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1924 Złoty 1,000,000 zł obverse 1991–1995
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

1846–1916 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1905 Złoty 500,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Stanisław Staszic 1755–1826 priest, philosopher, statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Złoty 50,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Karol Świerczewski
Karol Swierczewski
Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...

1897–1947 leader in post-World War II government Złoty 50 zł obverse 1975–1995
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...

1826–1864 general; hero from the January Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1982–1995
Ludwik Waryński
Ludwik Warynski
Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...

1856–1889 socialist activist Złoty 100 zł obverse 1975–1995
Stanisław Wyspiański 1869–1907 playwright Złoty 10,000 zł obverse 1988–1995

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...


Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...

1467–1520 explorer and navigator, discovered the sea route to Brazil, 1500 Escudo 1,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

1469–1524 explorer and navigator, sailed from Europe to India, 1497–1498 Escudo 5,000$ obverse 1996–2002
João de Barros
João de Barros
João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...

1496–1570 historian Escudo 500$ obverse 1997–2002
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.-Purposes of the Dias expedition:...

1450–1500 explorer and navigator, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Escudo 2,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Henry the Navigator 1394–1460 patron of Portuguese exploration Escudo 10,000$ obverse 1996–2002

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu
Banknotes of the Romanian leu
-1917 issue :Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of the leu, the ban -1917 issue ("paper coins"):Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....

1867–1944 biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Leu 200 L obverse 1992–1996
Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

1819–1852 a leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher Leu 5,000 L obverse 1998–2002
Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...

1876–1957 sculptor Leu 500 L both 1991–1992
1992–1996
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer Leu 1,000,000 L obverse 2003–2007
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...

1820–1873 Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia, 1859–1862; Dominator of Romania, 1862–1866 Leu 50 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet Leu 1,000 L obverse 1991–1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist Leu 50,000 L obverse 1996–2002
2000–2004
2001–2007
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting Leu 100,000 L obverse 1998–2004
2001–2007
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains...

1824–1872 leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 Leu 5,000 L obverse 1992–1993
1993–1998
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister, 1931–1932 Leu 10,000 L obverse 1994–1999
1999–2002
2000–2007
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri or — occasionally — as Domnul Tudor .-Background:Tudor was born in Vladimiri, Gorj County in a family of landed peasants...

1780–1821 revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia Leu 25 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot Leu 500,000 L obverse 2000–2007

Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...


Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–Present)
See also Slovenian tolar
Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotins...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...

1876–1918 writer, playwright, poet Tolar 10,000 SIT obverse 1995–2007
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

1550–1591 Renaissance composer Tolar 200 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopic
Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

1869–1943 impressionist painter Tolar 100 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...

1861–1926 realist painter Tolar 5,000 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...

1872–1957 architect Tolar 500 SIT obverse 1992–2007
France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

1800–1849 poet Tolar 1,000 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...

1508–1586 founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia Tolar 10 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...

1641–1693 scholar Tolar 20 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...

1754–1802 mathematician and physicist Tolar 50 SIT obverse 1993–2007

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–Present)
See also South African pound
South African pound
In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies. At that time, the only British colony in Southern Africa was the Cape of Good Hope Colony. As time went on, the British pound sterling and its associated subsidiary coinage became the currency of...

 and South African rand
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

1619–1677 Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town, 1652–1662 Pound 10/- obverse 1948–1961
£1 obverse
£5 obverse
£10 obverse 1952–1961
£100 obverse
Rand R1 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1973
obverse 1973–1975
obverse 1975–1977
R2 obverse 1961–1974
obverse 1974–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R5 obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R10 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R20 obverse 1961–1979
obverse 1979–1993
R50 obverse 1984–1992

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....


Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble or rouble was the currency of the Soviet Union. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, ....

 and Russian chervonets.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

1870–1924 leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman
Premier of the Soviet Union
The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...

 of the Council of People's Commissars, 1917–1924
Ruble руб10 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1991
руб25 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1992
руб50 obverse
руб100 obverse
Chervonet 5 chervozev obverse 1937–1947
10 chervozev obverse

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Spanish peseta
Spanish peseta
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....

1851–1901 novelist Peseta 200 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

1451–1506 navigator and explorer, discovered the Americas, 1492 Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Hernando Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

1485–1547 conquistador of Mexico Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro
María Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...

1837–1885 writer, poet Peseta 500 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Rebellion of 1768]]....

1716–1795 explorer, colonial administrator, first Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1766–1768 Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1987–2002
Felipe
Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

1968- Prince of Asturias, 1977- Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1982–1987
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...

1881–1958 poet; Nobel Prize winner, 1956 Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...

1938- King of Spain, 1975- Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
10,000 ₧ obverse
obverse 1987–2002
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Mutis
-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...

1732–1808 botanist and mathematician Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1987–2002
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

1843–1920 novelist Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...

1475–1541 conquistador of Peru Peseta 1,000 ₧ reverse 1992–2002

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles XI 1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 Krona 500 kr obverse 1985–1999
obverse 1989–2006
Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...

1763–1844 King of Sweden and Norway, 1818–1844 Krona 1,000 kr obverse 1976–1998
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 Krona 5 kr reverse 1890–1987
obverse 1965–1998
10 kr reverse 1892–1987
obverse 1940–1987
50 kr reverse ????-1987
100 kr reverse ????-1987
1,000 kr reverse 1890–1987
Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

1746–1792 King of Sweden, 1771–1792 Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998
Gustav V 1858–1950 King of Sweden, 1907–1950 Krona 5 kr obverse 1948–1987
1,000 kr reverse 1952–1987
Gustav II Adolf
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

1594–1632 King of Sweden, 1611–1632 Krona 100 kr obverse ????-1998
obverse 1986–2006
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...

1882–1973 King of Sweden, 1950–1973 Krona 5 kr obverse 1954–1987
10 kr obverse 1963–1998
10,000 kr obverse 1958–1991
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 Krona 20 kr obverse 1992–2006
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...

1599–1667 Baroque architect Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1976–2000
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...

1740–1799 aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...

1707–1783 mathematician, physicist Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...

1848–1931 psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants Franc 1,000 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...

1516–1565 authored Historiae animalium
Historiae animalium (Gesner)
Historiae animalium published at Zurich in 1551-58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich...

(1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology
Franc 50 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...

1819–1890 writer Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1956–2000
Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

316/7-397 patron saint of soldiers Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1957–2000
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

1746–1827 teacher and education reformer Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1930–1976
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...

1708–1777 anatomist and physiologist Franc 500 Fr. obverse 1977–2000

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–Present)
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

 and Turkish new lira
Turkish new lira
The new Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2009 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kurush...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 founder of the Republic of Turkey; 1st President, 1923–1938 Lira ₤2½ obverse 1939–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1955–1966
obverse 1957–1966
obverse 1960–1966
₤5 obverse 1937–1952
obverse 1952–1968
obverse 1959–1968
obverse 1961–1968
obverse 1965–1968
obverse 1968–1983
obverse 1976–1983
₤10 obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1953–1966
obverse 1958–1966
obverse 1960–1966
obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1963–1966
obverse 1966–1981
obverse 1975–1981
both 1979–1987
both 1982–1987
₤20 obverse 1966–1987
obverse 1974–1987
obverse 1979–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤50 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1951–1979
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1956–1979
obverse 1957–1979
obverse 1960–1979
obverse 1964–1979
obverse 1971–1979
obverse 1976–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤100 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1942
obverse 1952–1976
obverse 1956–1976
obverse 1958–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1964–1976
obverse 1969–1976
obverse 1972–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1983–1986
obverse 1984–1989
₤500 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1976
obverse 1959–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1968–1976
obverse 1971–1984
obverse 1974–1984
obverse 1983–1989
obverse 1984–1989
₤1,000 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1978–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1981–1986
obverse 1986–1992
obverse 1988–1992
₤5,000 obverse 1981–1994
obverse 1985–1994
obverse 1988–1994
obverse 1990–1994
₤10,000 obverse 1982–1995
obverse 1984–1995
obverse 1989–1995
obverse 1993–1995
₤20,000 obverse 1988–1997
obverse 1995–1997
₤50,000 obverse 1989–1999
obverse 1995–1999
₤100,000 both 1991–2001
both 1994–2001
both 1996–2001
₤250,000 obverse 1992–2006
obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1998–2006
₤500,000 obverse 1993–2006
obverse 1994–2006
obverse 1997–2006
₤1,000,000 obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1996–2006
obverse 2002–2006
₤5,000,000 obverse 1997–2006
₤10,000,000 obverse 1999–2006
₤20,000,000 obverse 2001–2006
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem Lira ₤100 reverse 1983–1989
reverse 1984–1989
İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President, 1938–1950 Lira 50 kuruş obverse 1944–1947
₤1 obverse 1942–1947
₤2½ obverse 1947–1952
₤10 obverse 1942–1950
obverse 1947–1952
obverse 1948–1952
₤50 obverse 1942–1951
obverse 1947–1951
₤100 obverse 1942–1946
obverse 1947–1952
₤500 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
₤1,000 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1444–1446 and 1451–1481 Lira ₤1,000 reverse 1986–1989
reverse 1988–1992
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī , also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and popularly known as Mevlānā in Turkey and Mawlānā in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic...

1207–1273 Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" Lira ₤5,000 reverse 1981–1994
reverse 1985–1994
reverse 1988–1994
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, 1512–1588 Lira ₤10,000 reverse 1982–1995
reverse 1984–1995
reverse 1989–1995
reverse 1993–1995

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...



Currency: Hryvnia

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

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1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain $10 obverse 1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

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1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain $5 obverse
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...

1793–1877 ruler of Argentina, 1829–1852 $20 obverse
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

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1821–1906 President, 1862–1868 $2 obverse
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

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1843–1914 President, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 $100 obverse
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

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1811–1888 President, 1868–1874 $50 obverse

*See also Argentina in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan , MBE was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament....

1861–1932 suffragette, first woman elected to Parliament, 1920–1924 $50 reverse 1995
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
$5 obverse 1992
John Flynn
John Flynn (minister)
John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.-Biography:...

1880–1951 founder, Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1928 $20 reverse 1994
Mary Gilmore
Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore DBE was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist.-Early life:Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales...

1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993
Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...

1861–1931 international opera soprano, 1886–1926 $100 obverse 1996
John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...

1865–1931 general during World War I $100 reverse 1996
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

1815–1896 The Father of the Federation $5 obverse 2001
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

1864–1941 poet, author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) $10 obverse 1993
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney.-Early life:...

1777–1855 businesswoman $20 obverse 1994
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...

1825–1910 politician, journalist, suffragette $5 reverse 2001
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
David Unaipon was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. He was the most widely known Aboriginal in Australia, and broke stereotypes of Aboriginals...

1872–1967 inventor, writer $50 obverse 1995

*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since 2212
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

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1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 $100 obverse 9090
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain
Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

1849–1931 suffragist $50 reverse
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...

1849–1931 founder, Victorian Order of Nurses, 1893 $50 reverse
Elizabeth II
Style of the Canadian sovereign
The title and style of the Canadian sovereign is the formal mode of address of the monarch of Canada. The form is based on those that were inherited from the United Kingdom and France, used in the colonies to refer to the reigning monarch in Europe...

1926- Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$20 obverse
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

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1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948 $50 obverse
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

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1941-1919 7th Prime Minister, 1896–1911 $5 obverse
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

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1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 $10 obverse
Nellie Mooney McClung
Nellie McClung
Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...

1873–1951 suffragist $50 reverse
Louise Crummy McKinney
Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...

1868–1931 first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire, 1917–1921 $50 reverse
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...

1868–1933 British Empire's first woman judge, 1916–1933 $50 reverse
Irene Marryat Parlby
Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...

1868–1965 first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta, 1921–1935 $50 reverse

*See also Canada Banknotes Out of Circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi
Fifth series of the renminbi
The fifth series of the renminbi is the current coin and banknote series of the Chinese currency, the renminbi. They were progressively introduced since 1999 and consist of ¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1 coins, and ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 notes. ¥20 is a new denomination.-First edition:Coins of the first...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

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1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 ¥1 obverse 2004
¥5 obverse 2002
¥10 obverse 2001
¥20 obverse 2000
¥50 obverse 2001
¥100 obverse 1999

*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...


Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso
Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...

1865–1896 poet $5,000 obverse 1995
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...

1792–1840 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain $2,000 obverse 2005
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister and Labor Minister , mayor of Bogotá and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off...

1903–1948 Labor Party leader, two-time presidential candidate, assassinated during second campaign $1,000 both 2005
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer.Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería...

1865–1920 astronomer $20,000 obverse 1996
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....

1837–1895 writer, politician, soldier $50,000 obverse 1992
Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...

1795–1817 seamstress, spy, executed by Spain $10,000 obverse 1995

Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...


Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila was a bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats under Italian rule....

1812–1882 Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture 10 kn obverse 1994
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

1643–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse
Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...

1589–1638 Baroque poet 50 kn obverse
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...

1801–1859 ban, 1848–1859; abolished serfdom 20 kn obverse
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

1450–1524 poet and humanist 500 kn obverse
Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranic
Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

1814–1890 ban, 1873–1880; modernized economy and education 100 kn obverse
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force...

1871–1928 founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, 1905 200 kn obverse
Ante Starčević
Ante Starcevic
Ante Starčević , was a Croatian politician and writer whose activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.His works are base for Croatian nationalism, he is often referred to as Father of the Fatherland by Croats.-Life:...

1823–1896 politician and writer 1,000 kn obverse
Tomislav
Tomislav
King Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 910–925, and then became first King of the Croatian Kingdom in 925–928....

???-928 1st King of Croatia, 925-928 1,000 kn reverse
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

1621–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse

Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....


Currency: Czech Krone (since 1918)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ottokar I of Bohemia
Ottokar I of Bohemia
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1155–1230 First heredetary king of Bohemia 20 czk obverse 1993 - 2008
Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

1211–1282 medieval Bohemian princess 50 czk obverse 1993 - 2011
Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

1346–1348 king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor 100 czk obverse 1993
John Amos Comenius 1592–1670 bishop of Unity of the Brethren 200 czk obverse 1993
Božena Němcová
Božena Nemcová
Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...

1820–1862 author 500 czk obverse 1993
František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...

1798–1876 historian and politician 1000 czk obverse 1993
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.- Biography :...

1878–1930 Czech operatic soprano 2000 czk obverse 1993
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1850–1937 president of Czechoslovakia 5000 czk obverse 1993

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...

1859–1935 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...

1849–1927 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...

1885–1962 author 50 kr obverse 2005
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...

1885–1962 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922 500 kr obverse 2003
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.-Early life:...

1812–1890 actress, 1827–1864 200 kr obverse 2003
Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...

1865–1931 composer, conductor, violinist 100 kr obverse 2002

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

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1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pt.50 reverse 1996
£1 reverse 1979
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

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unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE £10 reverse 2003

*See also Egypt Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (1992–2010)
Symbol: KR
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist. With respect to the latter, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns...

1839–1907 linguist, theologian, folklorist 10 KR obverse 1991
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...

1841–1882 established Estonia's first political newspaper Sakala, 1878 500 KR obverse 1991
Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

1916–1975 chess grandmaster 5 KR obverse 1991
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...

1843–1886 poet 100 KR obverse 1991
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....

1878–1940 author 25 KR obverse 1991
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...

1873–1918 composer, organist 50 KR obverse 1994
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a...

1792–1879 biologist, pioneer of embryology 2 KR obverse 1992

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen was a prince of Transylvania , duke of Opole and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary. His last armed intervention in 1626 was part of the Thirty Years' War...

1580–1629 Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629; led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy 2,000 Ft both 1998
Charles I
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

1288–1342 King of Hungary, 1308–1342 200 Ft obverse 1998
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

1443–1490 King of Hungary, 1458–1490 1,000 Ft obverse 1998
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

1803–1876 statesman and reformer 20,000 Ft obverse 2001
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

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1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 500 Ft obverse 1998
Stephen I 975-1038 1st King of Hungary, 1006–1038 10,000 Ft obverse 1997
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

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1791–1860 statesman and political theorist 5,000 Ft obverse 1999

*See also Hungary in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir ????-???? 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir was the daughter of the Icelandic priest Jón Arason and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir. She was one of twelve children and was an active seamstress. She taught this skill actively. Ragnheiður became the wife of two consecutive bishops in the Hólar see -- Gísli...

1646–1715 developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr both 1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is one of the most famous artists of Iceland.The paintings of Kjarval vary greatly in style. Most of them are rather realistic presentations of the Icelandic landscape whereas others are more influenced by a somewhat mythical style...

1885–1972 painter 2,000 kr obverse 1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the 19th century independence movement 500 kr both 1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. He is currently pictured on the Icelandic 1000 krónur bill....

1605–1675 Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature 1,000 kr obverse 1984
Gísli Þorláksson ????-???? Lutheran bishop of Hólar, 1657–1684; husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir ????-???? 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986

India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs.
See also Indian rupee
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

1869–1948 political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement Rs.5 obverse 2002
Rs.10 obverse 1996
Rs.20 obverse 2002
Rs.50 obverse 1997
Rs.100 obverse 1996
Rs.500 obverse 2000
Rs.1,000 obverse 2000

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Hassan Modarres
Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres , was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth...

1870–1937 notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...

100 ریال obverse 1985-
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

1902–1989 leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

1000 ریال obverse 1992-
2000 ریال obverse 2005-
5000 ریال obverse 1993-
10000 ریال obverse 1992-
20000 ریال obverse 2003-
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Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currency: New Sheqel (since 1985)
Symbol:
See also Israeli new sheqel
Israeli new sheqel
The Israeli New Shekel is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

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1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 ₪50 obverse 1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

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1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 ₪100 obverse
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

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1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 ₪20 obverse
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

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1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1973 ₪200 obverse

*See also Israel in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥
See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Higuchi Ichiyō 1872–1896 author ¥5,000 obverse 2004
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...

1876–1928 bacteriologist ¥1,000 obverse
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

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1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author ¥10,000 obverse

*See also Japan in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....


Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound
Jersey pound
The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, 1952- £1 obverse 1971
£5 obverse
£10 obverse
£20 obverse
£50 obverse
Francis Pierson 1757–1781 Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey
Battle of Jersey
The Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...

£10 reverse

*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Korea, South
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...


Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol:
See also South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I . A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy. Yi Hwang is often...

1501–1570 Confucian
Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China...

 scholar
₩1,000 obverse 1983
Yi I
Yi I
Yi I was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang . Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok...

1536–1584 Confucian scholar ₩5,000 obverse
King Sejong the Great 1397–1450 monarch ₩10,000 obverse
Shin Saimdang 1504–1551 poet, calligraphist ₩50,000 obverse 2009

*See also South Korea in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (since 1993)
Symbol: Lt
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 50 Lt obverse 2003
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language 100 Lt obverse 2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...

1858–1899 poet, physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem 500 Lt obverse 2009
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement 20 Lt obverse 2001
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement 200 Lt obverse 2000

Malaysia


Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan 1895 – 1960 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 (Supreme Head of State)
of the Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

RM 1 obverse 1967
RM 2 obverse 1996
RM 5 obverse 1967
(polymer in 1996)
RM 10 obverse 1967
RM 20 obverse 1982
RM 50 obverse 1967
RM 100 obverse 1967
RM 500 obverse 1982 - 1999
RM 1,000 obverse 1967 - 1999

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1648/51-1695 nun, scholar, poet $200 obverse 1996
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...

1753–1811 Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence $1,000 obverse 2004
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

1806–1832 31st President, 1858–1872 $20 both 1996
(polymer in 2002)
José María Morelos
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...

1765–1815 leader for Mexican independence $50 obverse 1996
(polymer in 2006)
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

1402–1472 Texcocan king $100 obverse 1996
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...

 and Frida Kalho
1829–1862 Artists and Communist Party militants $500 obverse 1996

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
-Pre-dollar:Prior to 10 July 1967, the New Zealand pound, using the £sd system, was the main currency of New Zealand. Since 1934, banknotes of the New Zealand pound were issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and came in denominations of 10s, £1, £5, £10, and £50.-First issue: 1967 -...

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II 1926 - Queen
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...

 and Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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$20 Obverse 1967
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...

1919–2008 Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

 (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.
$5 1990
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...

1874–1950 Played a significant role in the revival of Maori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Maori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for 38 years.
$50 1990
Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 in 1908.
$100 1990
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard
Katherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...

1848–1934 Prominent suffragette
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...

, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.
$10 1990

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...

1812–1885 writer, scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore 50 kr obverse 1997
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air...

1867–1917 scientist 200 kr obverse 1994
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...

1895–1962 opera singer 100 kr obverse 1997
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...

1863–1944 Expressionist painter 1,000 kr obverse 2001
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...

1882-1849 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1928 500 kr obverse 1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948;
"Father of the Nation"
Rs. 10 obverse 2006
Rs. 20 obverse 2005
Rs. 50 obverse 1977
Rs. 100 obverse 2006
Rs. 500 obverse 2006
Rs. 1,000 obverse 2007
Rs. 5,000 obverse 2006

Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Currency: Nuevo sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian nuevo sol
The nuevo sol plural: nuevos soles; currency sign: S/.) is the currency of Peru. It is subdivided into 100 cents, called céntimos in Spanish. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. It is most commonly referred to just as sol...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He sacrificed his life crashing into an Ecuadorian battery during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian war.-Combat History:Lieutenant Quinones was a fighter pilot...

1914–1941 National aviation hero Nuevo sol S/. 10 obverse 1991–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian. He was born in Pisco, Peru on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a...

1897–1960 Historian Nuevo sol S/. 20 obverse 1991–
Abraham Valdelomar
Abraham Valdelomar
Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...

1888–1919 Poet Nuevo sol S/. 50 obverse 1991–
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country...

1903–1980 Minister of education, Historian Nuevo sol S/. 100 obverse 1991–
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586–1617 Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Nuevo sol S/. 200 obverse 1995–

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


Currency: Peso (since 1903)
Symbol:
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...

1869–1964 1st President, 1899–1901 P5 obverse 1985
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

1932–1983 leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos' autocracy P500 both 2002
Andrés Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...

1863–1897 leader in the Philippine Revolution P10 obverse 1987
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....

1935- 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1998–2005; swore in President Macapagal-Arroyo P200 reverse 2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...

1898–1945 founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Vicente Lim
Vicente Lim
Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...

1889–1945 Brigadier General, Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...

1864–1903 1st Prime Minister, 1899; author of the 1st Constitution P10 obverse 1987
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...

1910–1997 9th President, 1961–1965 P200 obverse 2002
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

1947- daughter of President Macapagal; 14th President, 2001-2009 P200 reverse 2002
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...

1878–1961 4th President, 1944–1946 P50 obverse 1987
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...

1878–1944 2nd President, 1935–1944 P20 obverse 1987
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

1892–1948 5th President, 1946–1948 P100 obverse 2002
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos
In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

1886–1942 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

1933-2009 11th President,1986-1992 P500 obverse 2010

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol:
See also Polish coins and banknotes
Polish coins and banknotes
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland. For historical ones, see here.-Coins:Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated....

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Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 20 zł obverse 1995
Casimir III
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

1310–1370 King of Poland, 1333–1370 50 zł obverse
Jogaila
Jogaila
Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

1351–1434 King of Poland, 1386–1434 100 zł obverse
Mieszko I 935-992 Duke of Poland, 960-922 10 zł obverse
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...

1520–1572 King of Poland, 1530–1572 200 zł obverse

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Romanian leu
Romanian leu
The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...

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Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher 200 L obverse 2006
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer 100 L obverse 2005
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet 500 L obverse 2005
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist 5 L obverse 2005
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting 10 L obverse 2005
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Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister,historian 1931–1932 1 L obverse 2005
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot 50 L obverse 2005

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...


Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб
See also Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...

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Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.-Surname spelling:The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.-Early...

1809–1881 Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk, 1847–1861 руб5,000 obverse 2000
Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

1672–1725 Tsar, 1682–1725 руб500 obverse 1998
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 1019–1054 руб1,000 obverse 2000

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

See under United Kingdom

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijic
Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...

1865–1927 geographer 500 din. both 2004
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanovic
Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...

1869–1958 Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile, 1942–1943 5,000 din. both 2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

1787–1864 linguist; reformer of the Serbian language 10 din. both 2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...

1856–1914 composer and music educator 50 din. both 2005
Petar II
Petar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...

1813–1851 Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830–1851; Serbian language poet 20 din. both 2006
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrovic
Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...

1873–1915 painter 200 din. both 2006
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

1856–1943 inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer 100 din. both 2006
Ðorđe Vajfert 1850–1937 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia, 1912–1926 1,000 din. both 2006

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore dollar
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar or Dollar is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

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Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak was an eminent Singaporean politician and the first President of Singapore of Minangkabau descent. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999.-Early life:...

1910–1970 First President, 1965–1970 S$2 obverse 1999
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Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Charles XI
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....

1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 500 kr obverse 1985
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 1,000 kr obverse 1989
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 20 kr obverse 1991
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...

1820–1887 opera singer 50 kr obverse 1996
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy 100 kr obverse 1986
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar , better known as , which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.-Biography:Polhem was born on the island of Gotland...

1661–1751 industrialist; planned and started construction of the Göta Canal 500 kr reverse 1985

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc
Banknotes of the Swiss franc
The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1825 by the Caisse de Dépôt of the city of Bern.During the 19th century the Cantons had the right of printing notes. Following the law of 8 March 1881 the Swiss National Bank had the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Switzerland. First notes...

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Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...

1818–1897 historian of the arts 1,000 Fr. obverse 1998
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

1887–1965 modernist architect 10 Fr. obverse 1997
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter...

1901–1966 sculptor, painter, draftsman 100 Fr. obverse 1998
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

1892–1955 composer 20 Fr. obverse 1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...

1878–1947 French-speaking Swiss author 200 Fr. obverse 1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter and sculptor. Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Täuber began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen...

1889–1943 artist, painter, sculptor 50 Fr. obverse 1995

Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan)


Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

1866–1925 Founding father of the Republic of China $100 obverse 2001
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

1887–1975 President of the Republic of China, 1948–1975 $200 obverse 2002

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 Founder and 1st President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1923-1938
1 TL obverse 1926 - 1938
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İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1938-1950
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Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...

1910–1997 Mathematician 10 TL reverse 2009–present
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...

1240?-1321? Poet and Sufi mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

200 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 Poet of the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...

100 TL reverse 1983–1989
Itri
Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...

1640?-1711 Composer and performer of Turkish classical music 100 TL reverse 2009–present
Kemaleddin Bey 1870–1927 Architect 20 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan and conqueror of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

1000 TL reverse 1986–1992
Mevlana 1207–1273 Philosopher 5000 TL reverse 1981–1994
Aydın Sayılı
Aydin Sayili
Aydın Sayılı was a historian of science. His career was aided by chance meeting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom he impressed enough to receive a state-supported scholarship to attend graduate school at Harvard, where he studied under George Sarton....

1913–1993 Historian of science 5 TL reverse 2009–present
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 Architect and civil engineer 10000 TL reverse 1982–1995
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz , aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian...

1862–1936 First female Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 novelist
50 TL reverse 2009–present

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...


Currency: Hryvnia (since 1996)
Symbol: Ƨ
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Ƨ20 obverse 2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Ƨ50 obverse 2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Ƨ5 obverse 2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Ƨ10 obverse 2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Ƨ100 obverse 2006
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and composer who lived in the Russian Empire and who made important contributions to Russian philosophy and culture. He lived and worked in Ukraine and passionately and consciously identified with its people, differentiating them...

1722–1794 poet, philosopher, composer Ƨ500 obverse 2006
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

1871–1913 poet, writer Ƨ200 obverse 2001
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Ƨ1 obverse 2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Ƨ2 obverse 2004

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1695)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.

England & Wales

Exclusive sterling note issue granted to the Bank of England.
Bank of England

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

1809–1882 naturalist £10 reverse 2000
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- £5 obverse 2002
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Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry , née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist...

1780–1845 prison reformer £5 reverse 2002
John Houblon
John Houblon
Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.-Biography:Sir John was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger...

1632–1712 1st Governor, Bank of England, 1694–1697 £50 reverse 1994
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist £20 reverse 2007

Scotland

Three commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Bank of Scotland
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

1771–1832 historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes £5 obverse 2007
£10 obverse 2007
£20 obverse 1999
£50 obverse 2007
£100 obverse 2007


Royal Bank of Scotland
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Lord Ilay
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

1682–1761 founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 obverse 1987
£5 obverse 1987
£10 obverse 1987
£20 obverse 1987
£50 obverse 1987
£100 obverse 1987
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

1850–1894 Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1994
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

1847–1922 Inventor of the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1997
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

1900–2002 Queen Consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II 
(special commemorative issue)
£20 reverse 2000
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

1940- Notable American golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er
(special commemorative issue)
£5 reverse 2005


Clydesdale Bank
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£5 obverse 1998
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor
Mary Mitchell Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria.Her determined work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals, spreading Christianity and promoting women's rights.-Early life:...

1848–1915 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

£10 both 1998
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 1998
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...

£50 both 1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£100 both 1998
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...

1881–1955 Discoverer of penicillin
Penicillin
Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....

.
£5 obverse 2009
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£10 obverse 2009
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 2009
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.-Education:She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh...

1864–1917 Doctor and suffragist. £50 obverse 2009
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...

1868-1928 Architect and designer. £100 obverse 2009

Northern Ireland

Four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Northern Bank

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company....

1840–1921 Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company £10 obverse 2005
Harry Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...

1884–1960 Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 £20 obverse 2005
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

£50 obverse 2005
Sir James Martin 1893–1981 Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat £100 obverse 2005


Ulster Bank

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

1946–2005 Footballer for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£5 obverse 2006

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
John Adams
John Adams
John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

1735–1826 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...

1722–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...

1737–1802 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...

1741–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from...

1725–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clinton
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

1739–1812 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clymer
George Clymer
George Clymer was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution...

1739–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Dickinson
John Dickinson (delegate)
John Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of...

1732–1808 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Ellery 1727–1820 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Floyd
William Floyd
William Floyd was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:...

1734–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

1706–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Founding Father $100 obverse 1996
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

1822–1877 18th President, 1869–1877 $50 obverse 2004
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 $10 both 2006
John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

1737–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Harrison, V 1726–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were part of the Quaker Society of Friends. Immediately after their marriage they moved to New Jersey, which became Joseph Hewes’s home state. Hewes was formally educated at Princeton and after...

1730–1779 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Heyward, Jr. 1746–1809 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Hooper
William Hooper
William Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...

1742–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...

1707–1785 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...

1737–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

1731–1796 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

1767–1845 7th President, 1829–1837 $20 obverse 2003
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 3rd President, 1801–1809; signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 both 1976
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...

1732–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....

1713–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1809–1865 16th President, 1861–1865 $5 both 2000
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

1716–1778 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Livingston (1746-1813)
Robert R Livingston was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor," after the office he held for 25 years....

1746–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

1734–1817 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

1742–1787 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

1726–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (merchant)
Robert Morris, Jr. was a British-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution...

1734–1806 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

1740–1799 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...

1731–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Read
George Read (signer)
George Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...

1733–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

1745–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...

1749–1800 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...

1721–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Early life:...

1730–1781 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...

1729–1824 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Walton
George Walton
George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

1749/50-1804 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 1st President, 1789–1797 $1 obverse 1963
William Williams
William Williams (signer)
William Williams was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from...

1731–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing was an American merchant and financier and a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania....

1731–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
James Wilson
James Wilson
James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution...

1742–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey , he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration...

1723–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976

Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...


Currency: Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (since 2008)
Symbol: Bs
See also Venezuelan bolívar
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Ravelo y Rodríguez de Espinoza , commonly known as Francisco de Miranda , was a Venezuelan revolutionary...

1750–1816 military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 2 bolívares obverse 2008
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, or 'The First Black' was a Venezuelan soldier who at first fought with the royal army, only to later go over to the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of lieutenant.The nickname of Negro Primero was inspired by his...

1790–1821 soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain 5 bolívares obverse 2008
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro was a native Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.-Life:...

c1530-1568 Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization 10 bolívares obverse 2008
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...

1799–1866 heroine of Venezuelan War of Independence 20 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....

1769–1854 philosopher, educator 50 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

1783–1830 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 100 bolívares obverse 2008

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n, 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L, 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a, 1983–1985)
Austral (A, 1985–1991)
Peso ($, 1992–Present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional
Argentine peso moneda nacional
The peso moneda nacional was the currency of Argentina between November 5, 1881 and December 31, 1969. It was subdivided into 100 centavos, with the argentino worth 5 pesos. Its symbol was m$n or $m/n. Its ISO 4217 code was ARM.-History:...

, Argentine peso ley
Argentine peso ley
The peso ley 18.188, usually known as either peso or, to distinguish it from the earlier peso moneda nacional, informally as peso ley, was the currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was $, sometimes $L. Its name comes from law...

, Argentine peso argentino
Argentine peso argentino
The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.-History:...

, Argentine austral
Argentine austral
The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...

, and Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile, he was one of the most influential Argentine liberals of his age.-Biography:...

1810–1884 political theorist and diplomat Peso Argentino $a5,000 obverse 1984–1987
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

1837–1885 President of Argentina, 1874–1880 Austral A500 obverse 1988–1992
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain Peso Ley $L1 obverse 1970–1981
$L5 obverse 1971–1981
$L10 obverse 1970–1981
Peso Argentino $a10,000 obverse 1984–1987
Miguel Juárez Celman 1844–1909 President of Argentina, 1886–1890 Austral A5,000 obverse 1988–1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain Peso Moneda Nacional m$n5 obverse 1935–1965
m$n10 obverse 1936–1965
m$n50 obverse 1936–1968
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Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

1801–1870 President of Argentina, 1854–1860 Austral A5 obverse 1986–1991
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 Australes note, which is now obsolete....

1809–1867 President of Argentina, 1860–1861 Austral A10 obverse 1985–1991
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

1821–1906 President of Argentina, 1862–1868 Austral A50 obverse 1986–1991
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

1846–1906 President of Argentina, 1890–1892 Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1992
Peso $1 obverse 1992-????
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....

1835–1906 President of Argentina, 1904–1906 Austral A500,000 obverse 1990–1993
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

1780–1845 President of Argentina, 1826–1827 Austral A1 obverse 1985–1991
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

1843–1914 President of Argentina, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 Austral A1,000 obverse 1988–1992
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina.He graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and participated in the constitutional assembly of 1860. He was a number of times a national deputy and senator. In 1882 he occupied a seat on the Supreme Court of the Province of...

1822–1907 President of Argentina, 1892–1895 Austral A50,000 obverse 1989–1993
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

1811–1888 President of Argentina, 1868–1874 Austral A100 obverse 1985–1992
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

1831–1914 President of Argentina, 1895–1898 Austral A100,000 obverse 1990–1993

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–Present)
See also Australian pound
Australian pound
The pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...

 and Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

1743–1820 English botonist, introduced the West to eucalyptus Dollar $5 obverse 1967–1992
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...

1808–1877 humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare Dollar $5 reverse 1967–1992
James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

1728–1779 explorer, first European to visit the Australian east coast Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

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Pound £1 obverse 1953–1966
Dollar $1 obverse 1966–1984
William Farrer
William Farrer
William James Farrer was a leading Australian agronomist and plant breeder. Farrer is best remembered as the originator of the "Federation" strain of wheat, distributed in 1903...

1845–1906 leading agronomist, wheat breeder Dollar $2 reverse 1966–1988
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

1774–1814 navigator and cartographer, author of A Voyage to Terra Australis Pound 10/- obverse 1953–1966
Howard Florey 1898–1968 Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin, 1945 Dollar $50 obverse 1973–1995
John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

1786–1847 explorer of Australia Pound £5 obverse 1953–1966
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.- Early life :Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...

1850–1915 inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) Dollar $20 reverse 1966–1994
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...

1797–1873 first Australian-born explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

1867–1922 poet and novelist Dollar $10 reverse 1966–1993
John Macarthur
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

1766–1834 pioneer of the Australian wool industry Dollar $2 obverse 1966–1988
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

1882–1958 Antarctic explorer and geologist Dollar $100 obverse 1984–1996
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

1738–1814 established first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales Pound £10 obverse 1953–1966
Ian Clunies Ross
Ian Clunies Ross
Sir Ian Clunies Ross, CMG is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO.-Family:...

1899–1959 scientist, leader in veterinary medicine Dollar $50 reverse 1973–1995
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC , often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia...

1897–1935 aviator; first to fly across the Pacific, 1928 Dollar $20 obverse 1966–1994
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

1795–1869 English explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" .-Early life:...

1834–1916 astronomer, discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" Dollar $100 reverse 1984–1996

Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...


Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Austrian schilling
Austrian schilling
The schilling was the currency of Austria from 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...

1851–1914 economist Schilling S100 obverse 1985–2001
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. His father was Johann Daffinger....

1790–1849 miniature painter and sculpture Schilling S20 obverse 1988–2001
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

1856–1939 co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology Schilling S50 obverse 1987–2001
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner , was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin. He is noted for having first distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the...

1868–1943 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 both 1997–2001
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Franz Arnold Obermayer, a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper, and his second wife Marie.Rosa had 12 brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the...

1858–1938 feminist, painter, author Schilling S500 obverse 1997–2001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

1756–1791 classical composer and pianist Schilling S5,000 obverse 1989–2001
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...

1887–1961 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 obverse 1983–1997
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner
Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...

1841–1918 architect Schilling S500 obverse 1986–1997

Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Albert II
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

1934- King of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse 1994–2001
James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...

1860–1949 impressionist painter Franc 100 fr. obverse
Victor Horta
Victor Horta
Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...

1861–1947 Art Nouveau architect Franc 2,000 fr. obverse
René Magritte
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...

1898–1967 surrealist artist Franc 500 fr. obverse
Paola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium....

1937- Queen Consort of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

1886–1952 Flemish expressionist painter Franc 1,000 fr. obverse
Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...

1814–1894 musician, inventor of the saxophone Franc 200 fr. obverse

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 dollar $100 obverse 1976–1990
1990–2004
Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

1894–1972 Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, 1910–1936
dollar $5 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

1926- Princess of York, 1936–1952 dollar $20 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth II Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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1969–1993
1993–2004
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$100 obverse 1954–1976
$1,000 obverse 1954–1992
1992–2000
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

1865–1936 King of the United Kingdom
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...

 and the British Dominions, 1910–1936
dollar $1 obverse 1935–1936
Albert
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

1895–1952 Duke of York, 1920–1936 dollar $50 obverse 1935–1937
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

King of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....

1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1928–1974 dollar $100 obverse 1935–1937
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 dollar $50 obverse 1975–1989
1989–2004
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

1841–1919 7th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911 dollar $5 obverse 1972–1986
1986–2001
$1,000 obverse 1935–1937
1937–1954
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 dollar $10 obverse 1971–1989
1989–2000
$100 obverse 1937–1954
$500 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

1867–1953 Royal consort to George V, 1910–1936 dollar $2 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...

1897–1965 Princess Royal of Canada, 1932–1965 dollar $10 obverse 1935–1937

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (¥, 1948–Present)
See also Fourth series of the renminbi
Fourth series of the renminbi
The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.-Banknotes:Banknotes are available in :*First edition**¥0.1 ,**¥0.2...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 Renminbi ¥100 obverse 1992–1999
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

1898–1976 1st Premier, 1949–1976; 1st Foreign Minister, 1949–1958
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

1898–1969 2nd President, 1959–1968
Zhu De
Zhu De
Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...

1886–1976 founder, Chinese Red Army

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

1805–1875 poet and author of fairy tales Krone 10 kr obverse 1952–1955
obverse 1954–1975
Christian Ditlev Frederik
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer....

1748–1827 agricultural reformer Krone 500 kr obverse 1964–1975
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen....

1779–1856 author; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1975–1998
Jens Juel
Jens Juel (painter)
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle.-Early life and career:...

1745–1802 painter Krone 100 kr obverse 1974–1995
obverse 1995–1999
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff ????-???? wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 10 kr obverse 1975–1980
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...

1777–1851 physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism Krone 100 kr obverse 1962–1974
Ole Rømer 1644–1710 astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light Krone 50 kr obverse 1957–1975
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg ????-???? daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 50 kr obverse 1975–1999
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

1770–1844 sculptor Krone 5 kr obverse 1952–1962
Pauline Lucia Tutein 1761–1827 wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 20 kr obverse 1980–1990
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen ????-???? noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 500 kr obverse 1974–1997

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Farouk I
Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....

1920–1965 King of Egypt, 1936–1952 Pound £1 obverse 1950–1952
£5 obverse 1946–1952
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE Pound £10 reverse 1970–1979
1979–2003
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pound Pt.50 obverse 1968–1981
1981–1986
£1 obverse 1968–1979
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

unknown Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1333-1324 BCE Pound Pt.25 obverse 1952–1962
Pt.50 obverse 1952–1962
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1952–1963
1963–1968
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1963–1969
1970–1981
£10 obverse 1952–1962
1962–1970
£100 obverse 1979–1994

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (KR, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...

1865–1943 painter Kroon 1 KR obverse 1992-????

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–Present)
See also Faroese króna
Faroese króna
The króna is the currency of the Faroe Islands. It is issued by the Danish National Bank. It is not an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it does not have an ISO 4217 currency code. The ISO 4217 code for the Danish krone is DKK...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi...

1773–1853 first poet to write in Faroese Króna 1,000 kr obverse 1980–2005
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...

1819–1909 established modern orthography for the Faroese language Króna 100 kr obverse 1964–1978
obverse 1978–2003
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...

1765–1809 seaman, trader, poet Króna 50 kr obverse 1967–1978
obverse 1978–2001

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Finnish mark
Finnish mark
The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro , which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...

1898–1976 modernist architect Mark 50mk reverse 1986–2002
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.The world's first...

1792–1803 priest and statesman Mark 1,000mk reverse 1986–2002
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas , and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was one of the...

1920–1992 novelist Mark 20mk reverse 1993–2002
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...

1802–1884 historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) Mark 500mk reverse 1986–2002
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...

1897–1973 Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist Mark 10mk reverse 1986–1992
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

1865–1957 classical composer Mark 100mk reverse 1986–2002

France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also French franc
French franc
The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...

1839–1906 Post-Impressionist painter Franc ₣100 obverse 1997–2002
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...

1859–1906 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

1900–1944 author and aviator Franc ₣50 obverse 1992–2002
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

1862–1918 impressionist composer Franc ₣20 both 1997–2002
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

1832–1923 engineer and architect Franc ₣200 obverse 1996–2002

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also German mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"...

1854–1915 Nobel Prize winner, 1908 Deutsche Mark 200 DM obverse 1990–2002
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

1777–1855 mathematician and scientist Deutsche Mark 10 DM obverse 1991–2002
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...

1785–1863 older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...

1786–1859 younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...

1647–1717 naturalist and illustrator Deutsche Mark 500 DM obverse 1992–2002
Balthasar Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

1687–1753 Baroque architect Deutsche Mark 50 DM obverse 1991–2002
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

1819–1896 classical pianist and composer Deutsche Mark 100 DM obverse 1990–2002
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....

1785–1859 novelist Deutsche Mark 5 DM obverse 1992–2002
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Anna Elisabeth von Droste-Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.-Biography:...

1797–1848 poet and author Deutsche Mark 20 DM obverse 1992–2002

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Greek drachma
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
John Capodistria 1776–1831 1st Governor of Greece, 1827–1831 Drachma 500 Δρ. obverse 1983–2002
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis was a Greek writer and revolutionary of Aromanian origin, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.-Early...

1757–1798 revolutionary, first casualty of the Greek War of Independence Drachma 200 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

1770–1843 General during the Greek War of Independence Drachma 5,000 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Coraïs was a humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as...

1748–1833 linguist, author of the first modern Greek dictionary Drachma 100 Δρ. reverse 1978–2002
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...

1883–1962 pioneer in early cancer detection Drachma 10,000 Δρ. obverse 1995–2002

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

1877–1919 poet Forint 500 Ft obverse 1970–1999
1992–1999
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

1881–1945 composer, pianist Forint 1,000 Ft obverse 1983–1999
1993–1999
György Dózsa
György Dózsa
György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

????-1514 led a peasants' revolt against the nobility Forint 20 Ft obverse 1948–1992
1920–1992
1960–1992
Francis II
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 Forint 50 Ft obverse 1953–1996
1966–1996
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

1802–1894 statesman and freedom fighter Forint 100 Ft obverse 1948–1998
1920–1998
1959–1998
1992–1998
Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

1823–1849 national poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Forint 10 Ft obverse 1947–1992
1950–1992
1959–1992
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

1791–1860 statesman and political theorist Forint 5,000 Ft obverse 1991–1999

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfr Arnarson is recognized as the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. According to Landnáma he built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874...

unknown first permanent settler of Iceland, 874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1960–1969
Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

1818–1906 King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1919
obverse 1919–1920
10 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1916–1920
50 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1916–1920
100 kr obverse 1916–1935
Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

1870–1947 King of Denmark, 1912–1947;
King of Iceland, 1918–1944
Króna 5 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1935
10 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1934
50 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1931–1936
100 kr obverse 1929–1935
Jón Eiríksson 1728–1787 promoter of enlightenment Króna 5 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1960
10 kr 1969–1984
50 kr obverse 1936–1948
obverse 1948–1960
Frederick VIII
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...

1843–1912 King of Denmark, 1906–1912 Króna 50 kr obverse 1907–1916
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned was an Icelandic scholar and an apologist. His father was Jón Jónsson, who died in 1591...

1568–1648 scholar Króna 10 kr obverse 1981–1984
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.-Life:...

1663–1730 medieval Icelanic scholar Króna 100 kr obverse 1981–1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the Icelandic independence movement Króna 10 kr obverse 1934–1947
obverse 1947–1969
100 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1973
500 kr obverse 1944–1948
obverse 1948–1968
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson was an Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman.He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp...

1541–1627 bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584 Króna 50 kr obverse 1981–1987

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

1878–1944 founded the Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

5 ریال obverse 1924–1937
10 ریال obverse 1924–1951
20 ریال obverse 1924–1951
50 ریال obverse 1924–1962
100 ریال obverse 1924–1954
500 ریال obverse 1924–1974
1000 ریال obverse 1936–1974
Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

1919–1980 second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

10 ریال obverse 1951–1979
20 ریال obverse 1951–1979
50 ریال obverse 1962–1979
100 ریال obverse 1954–1976
200 ریال obverse 1965–1979
500 ریال obverse 1974–1979
1000 ریال obverse 1974–1979
10000 ریال obverse 1975–1979
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah 100 ریال obverse 1976–1979

Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Irish pound
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series B Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland replaced the Series A Banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1982 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the series was replaced in 1993 by Series C Banknotes.-Banknotes:...

 and Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series C Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; it replaced Series B Banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet. He is known for having translated and made commentaries upon the work of Pseudo-Dionysius.-Name:...

815-877 theologian, philosopher, poet Pound £5 obverse 1975–1994
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...

1860–1949 1st President, 1938–1945 Pound £50 obverse 1995–2002
James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

1882–1941 author and poet Pound £10 obverse 1993–2002
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...

1787–1841 founder, The Sisters of Mercy, 1831 Pound £5 obverse 1994–2002
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...

1670–1738 most famous Irish bard Pound £50 obverse 1977–1995
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847; often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century...

1775–1847 a leader of Catholic Emancipation Pound £20 obverse 1992–2002
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

1846–1891 statesman, forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement Pound £100 both 1995–2002
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

1667–1745 satirist and poet Pound £10 obverse 1976–1993
W. B. Yeats 1865–1939 Nobel Prize winner, 1923 Pound £20 obverse 1976–1992

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–Present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 New Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1985–1999
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

1886–1973 1st Prime Minister, 1948–1953 and 1955–1963 Pound £500 obverse 1977–1984
Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1980–1986
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 New Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1986–1999
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

1873–1934 National Poet Pound £10 obverse 1970–1984
Edmond James de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild
Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his generous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.- Early years :A...

1845–1934 philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs Sheqel ₪500 obverse 1982–1986
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

1879–1955 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921 Pound £5 obverse 1972–1984
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...

1895–1969 3rd Prime Minister, 1963–1969 Sheqel ₪5,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1985–1999
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...

1860–1904 founder of the Zionist movement Pound £100
₪10
obverse 1969–1984
1975–1984
Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1980–1986
Ze'ev Jabotinsky 1880–1940 a leader in the Zionist movement Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1980–1986
Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

1135/8-1204 author of the Mishneh Sheqel ₪1,000 obverse 1983–1986
New Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1986–1999
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....

1898–1978 4th Prime Minister, 1969–1974 Sheqel ₪10,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1985–1999
Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...

1784–1885 philanthropist Pound £10 obverse 1975–1984
Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1980–1986
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 New Sheqel ₪20 obverse 1988–1999
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1972 New Sheqel ₪200 obverse 1992–1999
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandate Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.-Biography:...

1860–1945 a leader of the Zionist movement Pound £5 obverse 1976–1984
Haim Weizman 1874–1952 1st President of Israel, 1949–1952 Pound £50 obverse 1972–1984
1978–1984
Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1980–1986

Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Italian lira
Italian lira
The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

1801–1835 opera composer Lira 5,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...

1598–1680 Baroque sculptor and architect Lira 50,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

1571–1610 Baroque artist Lira 100,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...

1874–1937 Nobel Prize winner, 1909 Lira 2,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...

1870–1952 developed the Montessori method of education Lira 1,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

1483–1520 Renaissance painter Lira 500,000 ₤ obverse 1997–2002
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

1745–1827 developer of the electric battery, 1800 Lira 10,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)

See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi
Prince was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan , genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire...

1841–1909 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister, 1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901 Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1963–1986
Nitobe Inazo 1862–1933 politician, economist, author Yen ¥5,000 obverse 1984–2004
Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo
Viscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...

1854–1936 20th Prime Minister, 1921–1922 Yen ¥50 obverse 1951–1958
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

574-622 regent, politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1946–1956
¥1,000 obverse 1950–1965
¥5,000 obverse 1957–1986
¥10,000 obverse 1958–1986
Ninomiya Sontoku
Ninomiya Sontoku
, born Ninomiya Kinjirō , was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist.-Life:Ninomiya Sontoku was born to a poor peasant family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province. His father died when he was 14 and his mother died...

1787–1856 philosopher, economist, moralist Yen ¥1 obverse 1946–1958
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

1867–1916 novelist Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1984–2004
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke
Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...

1837–1919 politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1953–1974
Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji period. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.-Early life:Iwakura was born in Kyoto as the second son of a low-ranking courtier and nobleman . In 1836 he was adopted by another nobleman, , from whom he received his family...

1825–1883 politician Yen ¥500 obverse 1951–1971
¥500 obverse 1969–1994
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author Yen ¥10,000 obverse 1984–2004

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 Litas 50 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language Litas 100 Lt obverse 1993–2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...

1860–1930 standardized the Lithuanian language Litas 5 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement Litas 20 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Motiejus Valančius
Motiejus Valancius
Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...

1801–1875 a leader in the Lithuanian national movement Litas 2 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement Litas 200 Lt obverse 1997–2000
Žemaitė
Žemaite
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...

1845–1921 author Litas 1 Lt obverse 1994–1998

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Luxembourgish franc
Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourgish franc was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 1999 . The franc remained in circulation until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jean I
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. He is the father of the current ruler, Grand Duke Henri, and the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma...

1921- Grand Duke, 1964–2000 Franc 100 fr. obverse 1986–2002
1,000 fr. obverse 1985–2002
5,000 fr. obverse 1993–2002

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

1879–1919 Leader in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1919 Peso $10 both 1993–1997

Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...

1607–1676 admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1676 Gulden ƒ100 obverse 1972–1981
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

1580–1666 painter Gulden ƒ10 obverse 1971–1977
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

1632–1677 rationalist philosopher Gulden ƒ1,000 obverse 1973–1996
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...

1562–1621 composer, organist, teacher Gulden ƒ25 obverse 1972–1990
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

1587–1697 writer, playwright Gulden ƒ5 obverse 1976–1988

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...

1802–1829 mathematician Krone 500 kr obverse 1948–2002
1978–2002
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

1832–1910 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1903 Krone 50 kr obverse 1950–1999
1966–1999
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

1779–1849 Speaker of the Storting, 1815 and 1818 Krone 5 kr obverse 1901–1945
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50 kr obverse
100 kr obverse
500 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...

1813–1885 writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1979–1997
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

1782–1830 co-author of the Constitution, 1814 Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1991–2001
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

1843–1907 composer and pianist Krone 500 kr obverse 1991–2000
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

1828–1906 playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1949–1999
1975–2001
Christian Michelsen
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

1857–1925 Prime Minister, 1905–1907 Krone 10 kr obverse 1954–1999
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

1861–1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace, 1922 Krone 5 kr obverse 1955–1999
10 kr obverse 1972–1999
Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

1829–1907 King of Norway, 1872–1905 Krone 5 kr obverse 1877–1998
10 kr obverse
50 kr obverse
100 kr obverse
500 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Peder Tordenskjold
Peder Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold , commonly referred to as Tordenskjold , was a Norwegian nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War...

1691–1720 Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War Krone 10 kr obverse 1901–1945
100 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...

1818–1870 poet and journalist Krone 50 kr obverse 1985–1997
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

1808–1845 poet and writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1949–1999
1962–1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–Present)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948; "Father of the Nation" Rupee Rs. 5 obverse 1997–2002

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–Present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.-Before 20th century:-20th century Interwar:-Post WWII:-1974 series:-See also:* Polish coins and banknotes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Józef Bem
Józef Bem
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...

1794–1850 general; war hero Złoty 10 zł obverse 1982–1995
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 Złoty 2,000 zł reverse 1977–1995
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

1810–1849 romantic composer and pianist Złoty 5,000 zł obverse 1982–1995
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

1473–1543 developed a heliocentric model of the solar system Złoty 1,000 zł obverse 1962–1965
1975–1995
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) Złoty 20,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836–1871 general; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune Złoty 200 zł obverse 1976–1995
Dubrawka
Dubrawka
Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, by his wife Biagota....

940/45-977 Queen Consort of Mieszko I, 965-977 Złoty 2 zł obverse 1936–1940
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

1746–1817 general; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising, 1794 Złoty 500 zł obverse 1976–1995
Mieszko I
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...

935-992 King of Poland, 960-992 Złoty 2,000 zł obverse 1977–1995
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1819–1872 conductor and composer Złoty 100,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

1860–1941 3rd Prime Minister, 1919 Złoty 2,000,000 zł obverse 1992–1995
Emilia Plater
Emilia Plater
Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1806–1831 countess; hero from the November Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1936–1939
1940–1944
Władysław Reymont 1867–1925 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1924 Złoty 1,000,000 zł obverse 1991–1995
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

1846–1916 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1905 Złoty 500,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Stanisław Staszic 1755–1826 priest, philosopher, statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Złoty 50,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Karol Świerczewski
Karol Swierczewski
Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...

1897–1947 leader in post-World War II government Złoty 50 zł obverse 1975–1995
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...

1826–1864 general; hero from the January Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1982–1995
Ludwik Waryński
Ludwik Warynski
Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...

1856–1889 socialist activist Złoty 100 zł obverse 1975–1995
Stanisław Wyspiański 1869–1907 playwright Złoty 10,000 zł obverse 1988–1995

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...


Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...

1467–1520 explorer and navigator, discovered the sea route to Brazil, 1500 Escudo 1,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

1469–1524 explorer and navigator, sailed from Europe to India, 1497–1498 Escudo 5,000$ obverse 1996–2002
João de Barros
João de Barros
João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...

1496–1570 historian Escudo 500$ obverse 1997–2002
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.-Purposes of the Dias expedition:...

1450–1500 explorer and navigator, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Escudo 2,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Henry the Navigator 1394–1460 patron of Portuguese exploration Escudo 10,000$ obverse 1996–2002

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu
Banknotes of the Romanian leu
-1917 issue :Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of the leu, the ban -1917 issue ("paper coins"):Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....

1867–1944 biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Leu 200 L obverse 1992–1996
Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

1819–1852 a leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher Leu 5,000 L obverse 1998–2002
Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...

1876–1957 sculptor Leu 500 L both 1991–1992
1992–1996
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer Leu 1,000,000 L obverse 2003–2007
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...

1820–1873 Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia, 1859–1862; Dominator of Romania, 1862–1866 Leu 50 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet Leu 1,000 L obverse 1991–1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist Leu 50,000 L obverse 1996–2002
2000–2004
2001–2007
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting Leu 100,000 L obverse 1998–2004
2001–2007
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains...

1824–1872 leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 Leu 5,000 L obverse 1992–1993
1993–1998
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister, 1931–1932 Leu 10,000 L obverse 1994–1999
1999–2002
2000–2007
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri or — occasionally — as Domnul Tudor .-Background:Tudor was born in Vladimiri, Gorj County in a family of landed peasants...

1780–1821 revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia Leu 25 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot Leu 500,000 L obverse 2000–2007

Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...


Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–Present)
See also Slovenian tolar
Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotins...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...

1876–1918 writer, playwright, poet Tolar 10,000 SIT obverse 1995–2007
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

1550–1591 Renaissance composer Tolar 200 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopic
Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

1869–1943 impressionist painter Tolar 100 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...

1861–1926 realist painter Tolar 5,000 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...

1872–1957 architect Tolar 500 SIT obverse 1992–2007
France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

1800–1849 poet Tolar 1,000 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...

1508–1586 founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia Tolar 10 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...

1641–1693 scholar Tolar 20 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...

1754–1802 mathematician and physicist Tolar 50 SIT obverse 1993–2007

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–Present)
See also South African pound
South African pound
In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies. At that time, the only British colony in Southern Africa was the Cape of Good Hope Colony. As time went on, the British pound sterling and its associated subsidiary coinage became the currency of...

 and South African rand
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

1619–1677 Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town, 1652–1662 Pound 10/- obverse 1948–1961
£1 obverse
£5 obverse
£10 obverse 1952–1961
£100 obverse
Rand R1 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1973
obverse 1973–1975
obverse 1975–1977
R2 obverse 1961–1974
obverse 1974–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R5 obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R10 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R20 obverse 1961–1979
obverse 1979–1993
R50 obverse 1984–1992

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....


Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble or rouble was the currency of the Soviet Union. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, ....

 and Russian chervonets.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

1870–1924 leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman
Premier of the Soviet Union
The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...

 of the Council of People's Commissars, 1917–1924
Ruble руб10 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1991
руб25 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1992
руб50 obverse
руб100 obverse
Chervonet 5 chervozev obverse 1937–1947
10 chervozev obverse

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Spanish peseta
Spanish peseta
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....

1851–1901 novelist Peseta 200 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

1451–1506 navigator and explorer, discovered the Americas, 1492 Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Hernando Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

1485–1547 conquistador of Mexico Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro
María Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...

1837–1885 writer, poet Peseta 500 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Rebellion of 1768]]....

1716–1795 explorer, colonial administrator, first Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1766–1768 Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1987–2002
Felipe
Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

1968- Prince of Asturias, 1977- Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1982–1987
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...

1881–1958 poet; Nobel Prize winner, 1956 Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...

1938- King of Spain, 1975- Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
10,000 ₧ obverse
obverse 1987–2002
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Mutis
-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...

1732–1808 botanist and mathematician Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1987–2002
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

1843–1920 novelist Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...

1475–1541 conquistador of Peru Peseta 1,000 ₧ reverse 1992–2002

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles XI 1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 Krona 500 kr obverse 1985–1999
obverse 1989–2006
Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...

1763–1844 King of Sweden and Norway, 1818–1844 Krona 1,000 kr obverse 1976–1998
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 Krona 5 kr reverse 1890–1987
obverse 1965–1998
10 kr reverse 1892–1987
obverse 1940–1987
50 kr reverse ????-1987
100 kr reverse ????-1987
1,000 kr reverse 1890–1987
Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

1746–1792 King of Sweden, 1771–1792 Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998
Gustav V 1858–1950 King of Sweden, 1907–1950 Krona 5 kr obverse 1948–1987
1,000 kr reverse 1952–1987
Gustav II Adolf
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

1594–1632 King of Sweden, 1611–1632 Krona 100 kr obverse ????-1998
obverse 1986–2006
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...

1882–1973 King of Sweden, 1950–1973 Krona 5 kr obverse 1954–1987
10 kr obverse 1963–1998
10,000 kr obverse 1958–1991
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 Krona 20 kr obverse 1992–2006
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...

1599–1667 Baroque architect Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1976–2000
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...

1740–1799 aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...

1707–1783 mathematician, physicist Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...

1848–1931 psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants Franc 1,000 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...

1516–1565 authored Historiae animalium
Historiae animalium (Gesner)
Historiae animalium published at Zurich in 1551-58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich...

(1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology
Franc 50 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...

1819–1890 writer Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1956–2000
Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

316/7-397 patron saint of soldiers Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1957–2000
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

1746–1827 teacher and education reformer Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1930–1976
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...

1708–1777 anatomist and physiologist Franc 500 Fr. obverse 1977–2000

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–Present)
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

 and Turkish new lira
Turkish new lira
The new Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2009 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kurush...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 founder of the Republic of Turkey; 1st President, 1923–1938 Lira ₤2½ obverse 1939–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1955–1966
obverse 1957–1966
obverse 1960–1966
₤5 obverse 1937–1952
obverse 1952–1968
obverse 1959–1968
obverse 1961–1968
obverse 1965–1968
obverse 1968–1983
obverse 1976–1983
₤10 obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1953–1966
obverse 1958–1966
obverse 1960–1966
obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1963–1966
obverse 1966–1981
obverse 1975–1981
both 1979–1987
both 1982–1987
₤20 obverse 1966–1987
obverse 1974–1987
obverse 1979–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤50 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1951–1979
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1956–1979
obverse 1957–1979
obverse 1960–1979
obverse 1964–1979
obverse 1971–1979
obverse 1976–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤100 obverse 1927–1938
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₤500 obverse 1927–1939
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₤20,000 obverse 1988–1997
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₤50,000 obverse 1989–1999
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₤100,000 both 1991–2001
both 1994–2001
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₤250,000 obverse 1992–2006
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₤500,000 obverse 1993–2006
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem Lira ₤100 reverse 1983–1989
reverse 1984–1989
İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President, 1938–1950 Lira 50 kuruş obverse 1944–1947
₤1 obverse 1942–1947
₤2½ obverse 1947–1952
₤10 obverse 1942–1950
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₤50 obverse 1942–1951
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₤100 obverse 1942–1946
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₤500 obverse 1940–1946
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₤1,000 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1444–1446 and 1451–1481 Lira ₤1,000 reverse 1986–1989
reverse 1988–1992
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī , also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and popularly known as Mevlānā in Turkey and Mawlānā in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic...

1207–1273 Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" Lira ₤5,000 reverse 1981–1994
reverse 1985–1994
reverse 1988–1994
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, 1512–1588 Lira ₤10,000 reverse 1982–1995
reverse 1984–1995
reverse 1989–1995
reverse 1993–1995

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...



Currency: Hryvnia

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

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1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain $10 obverse 1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

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1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain $5 obverse
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...

1793–1877 ruler of Argentina, 1829–1852 $20 obverse
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

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1821–1906 President, 1862–1868 $2 obverse
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

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1843–1914 President, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 $100 obverse
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

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1811–1888 President, 1868–1874 $50 obverse

*See also Argentina in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan , MBE was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament....

1861–1932 suffragette, first woman elected to Parliament, 1920–1924 $50 reverse 1995
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
$5 obverse 1992
John Flynn
John Flynn (minister)
John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.-Biography:...

1880–1951 founder, Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1928 $20 reverse 1994
Mary Gilmore
Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore DBE was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist.-Early life:Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales...

1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993
Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...

1861–1931 international opera soprano, 1886–1926 $100 obverse 1996
John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...

1865–1931 general during World War I $100 reverse 1996
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

1815–1896 The Father of the Federation $5 obverse 2001
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

1864–1941 poet, author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) $10 obverse 1993
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney.-Early life:...

1777–1855 businesswoman $20 obverse 1994
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...

1825–1910 politician, journalist, suffragette $5 reverse 2001
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
David Unaipon was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. He was the most widely known Aboriginal in Australia, and broke stereotypes of Aboriginals...

1872–1967 inventor, writer $50 obverse 1995

*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since 2212
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

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1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 $100 obverse 9090
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain
Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

1849–1931 suffragist $50 reverse
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...

1849–1931 founder, Victorian Order of Nurses, 1893 $50 reverse
Elizabeth II
Style of the Canadian sovereign
The title and style of the Canadian sovereign is the formal mode of address of the monarch of Canada. The form is based on those that were inherited from the United Kingdom and France, used in the colonies to refer to the reigning monarch in Europe...

1926- Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$20 obverse
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

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1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948 $50 obverse
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

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1941-1919 7th Prime Minister, 1896–1911 $5 obverse
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

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1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 $10 obverse
Nellie Mooney McClung
Nellie McClung
Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...

1873–1951 suffragist $50 reverse
Louise Crummy McKinney
Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...

1868–1931 first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire, 1917–1921 $50 reverse
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...

1868–1933 British Empire's first woman judge, 1916–1933 $50 reverse
Irene Marryat Parlby
Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...

1868–1965 first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta, 1921–1935 $50 reverse

*See also Canada Banknotes Out of Circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi
Fifth series of the renminbi
The fifth series of the renminbi is the current coin and banknote series of the Chinese currency, the renminbi. They were progressively introduced since 1999 and consist of ¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1 coins, and ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 notes. ¥20 is a new denomination.-First edition:Coins of the first...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

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1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 ¥1 obverse 2004
¥5 obverse 2002
¥10 obverse 2001
¥20 obverse 2000
¥50 obverse 2001
¥100 obverse 1999

*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...


Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso
Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...

1865–1896 poet $5,000 obverse 1995
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...

1792–1840 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain $2,000 obverse 2005
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister and Labor Minister , mayor of Bogotá and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off...

1903–1948 Labor Party leader, two-time presidential candidate, assassinated during second campaign $1,000 both 2005
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer.Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería...

1865–1920 astronomer $20,000 obverse 1996
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....

1837–1895 writer, politician, soldier $50,000 obverse 1992
Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...

1795–1817 seamstress, spy, executed by Spain $10,000 obverse 1995

Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...


Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila was a bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats under Italian rule....

1812–1882 Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture 10 kn obverse 1994
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

1643–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse
Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...

1589–1638 Baroque poet 50 kn obverse
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...

1801–1859 ban, 1848–1859; abolished serfdom 20 kn obverse
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

1450–1524 poet and humanist 500 kn obverse
Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranic
Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

1814–1890 ban, 1873–1880; modernized economy and education 100 kn obverse
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force...

1871–1928 founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, 1905 200 kn obverse
Ante Starčević
Ante Starcevic
Ante Starčević , was a Croatian politician and writer whose activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.His works are base for Croatian nationalism, he is often referred to as Father of the Fatherland by Croats.-Life:...

1823–1896 politician and writer 1,000 kn obverse
Tomislav
Tomislav
King Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 910–925, and then became first King of the Croatian Kingdom in 925–928....

???-928 1st King of Croatia, 925-928 1,000 kn reverse
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

1621–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse

Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....


Currency: Czech Krone (since 1918)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ottokar I of Bohemia
Ottokar I of Bohemia
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1155–1230 First heredetary king of Bohemia 20 czk obverse 1993 - 2008
Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

1211–1282 medieval Bohemian princess 50 czk obverse 1993 - 2011
Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

1346–1348 king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor 100 czk obverse 1993
John Amos Comenius 1592–1670 bishop of Unity of the Brethren 200 czk obverse 1993
Božena Němcová
Božena Nemcová
Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...

1820–1862 author 500 czk obverse 1993
František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...

1798–1876 historian and politician 1000 czk obverse 1993
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.- Biography :...

1878–1930 Czech operatic soprano 2000 czk obverse 1993
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1850–1937 president of Czechoslovakia 5000 czk obverse 1993

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...

1859–1935 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...

1849–1927 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...

1885–1962 author 50 kr obverse 2005
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...

1885–1962 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922 500 kr obverse 2003
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.-Early life:...

1812–1890 actress, 1827–1864 200 kr obverse 2003
Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...

1865–1931 composer, conductor, violinist 100 kr obverse 2002

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

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1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pt.50 reverse 1996
£1 reverse 1979
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

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unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE £10 reverse 2003

*See also Egypt Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (1992–2010)
Symbol: KR
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist. With respect to the latter, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns...

1839–1907 linguist, theologian, folklorist 10 KR obverse 1991
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...

1841–1882 established Estonia's first political newspaper Sakala, 1878 500 KR obverse 1991
Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

1916–1975 chess grandmaster 5 KR obverse 1991
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...

1843–1886 poet 100 KR obverse 1991
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....

1878–1940 author 25 KR obverse 1991
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...

1873–1918 composer, organist 50 KR obverse 1994
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a...

1792–1879 biologist, pioneer of embryology 2 KR obverse 1992

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen was a prince of Transylvania , duke of Opole and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary. His last armed intervention in 1626 was part of the Thirty Years' War...

1580–1629 Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629; led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy 2,000 Ft both 1998
Charles I
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

1288–1342 King of Hungary, 1308–1342 200 Ft obverse 1998
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

1443–1490 King of Hungary, 1458–1490 1,000 Ft obverse 1998
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

1803–1876 statesman and reformer 20,000 Ft obverse 2001
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

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1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 500 Ft obverse 1998
Stephen I 975-1038 1st King of Hungary, 1006–1038 10,000 Ft obverse 1997
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

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1791–1860 statesman and political theorist 5,000 Ft obverse 1999

*See also Hungary in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir ????-???? 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir was the daughter of the Icelandic priest Jón Arason and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir. She was one of twelve children and was an active seamstress. She taught this skill actively. Ragnheiður became the wife of two consecutive bishops in the Hólar see -- Gísli...

1646–1715 developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr both 1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is one of the most famous artists of Iceland.The paintings of Kjarval vary greatly in style. Most of them are rather realistic presentations of the Icelandic landscape whereas others are more influenced by a somewhat mythical style...

1885–1972 painter 2,000 kr obverse 1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the 19th century independence movement 500 kr both 1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. He is currently pictured on the Icelandic 1000 krónur bill....

1605–1675 Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature 1,000 kr obverse 1984
Gísli Þorláksson ????-???? Lutheran bishop of Hólar, 1657–1684; husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir ????-???? 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986

India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs.
See also Indian rupee
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

1869–1948 political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement Rs.5 obverse 2002
Rs.10 obverse 1996
Rs.20 obverse 2002
Rs.50 obverse 1997
Rs.100 obverse 1996
Rs.500 obverse 2000
Rs.1,000 obverse 2000

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Hassan Modarres
Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres , was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth...

1870–1937 notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...

100 ریال obverse 1985-
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

1902–1989 leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

1000 ریال obverse 1992-
2000 ریال obverse 2005-
5000 ریال obverse 1993-
10000 ریال obverse 1992-
20000 ریال obverse 2003-
50000 ریال obverse 2005-
100000 ریال obverse 2010-

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currency: New Sheqel (since 1985)
Symbol:
See also Israeli new sheqel
Israeli new sheqel
The Israeli New Shekel is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

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1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 ₪50 obverse 1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

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1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 ₪100 obverse
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

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1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 ₪20 obverse
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

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1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1973 ₪200 obverse

*See also Israel in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥
See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Higuchi Ichiyō 1872–1896 author ¥5,000 obverse 2004
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...

1876–1928 bacteriologist ¥1,000 obverse
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

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1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author ¥10,000 obverse

*See also Japan in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....


Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound
Jersey pound
The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, 1952- £1 obverse 1971
£5 obverse
£10 obverse
£20 obverse
£50 obverse
Francis Pierson 1757–1781 Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey
Battle of Jersey
The Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...

£10 reverse

*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Korea, South
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...


Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol:
See also South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I . A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy. Yi Hwang is often...

1501–1570 Confucian
Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China...

 scholar
₩1,000 obverse 1983
Yi I
Yi I
Yi I was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang . Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok...

1536–1584 Confucian scholar ₩5,000 obverse
King Sejong the Great 1397–1450 monarch ₩10,000 obverse
Shin Saimdang 1504–1551 poet, calligraphist ₩50,000 obverse 2009

*See also South Korea in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (since 1993)
Symbol: Lt
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 50 Lt obverse 2003
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language 100 Lt obverse 2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...

1858–1899 poet, physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem 500 Lt obverse 2009
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement 20 Lt obverse 2001
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement 200 Lt obverse 2000

Malaysia


Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan 1895 – 1960 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 (Supreme Head of State)
of the Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

RM 1 obverse 1967
RM 2 obverse 1996
RM 5 obverse 1967
(polymer in 1996)
RM 10 obverse 1967
RM 20 obverse 1982
RM 50 obverse 1967
RM 100 obverse 1967
RM 500 obverse 1982 - 1999
RM 1,000 obverse 1967 - 1999

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1648/51-1695 nun, scholar, poet $200 obverse 1996
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...

1753–1811 Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence $1,000 obverse 2004
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

1806–1832 31st President, 1858–1872 $20 both 1996
(polymer in 2002)
José María Morelos
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...

1765–1815 leader for Mexican independence $50 obverse 1996
(polymer in 2006)
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

1402–1472 Texcocan king $100 obverse 1996
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...

 and Frida Kalho
1829–1862 Artists and Communist Party militants $500 obverse 1996

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
-Pre-dollar:Prior to 10 July 1967, the New Zealand pound, using the £sd system, was the main currency of New Zealand. Since 1934, banknotes of the New Zealand pound were issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and came in denominations of 10s, £1, £5, £10, and £50.-First issue: 1967 -...

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Elizabeth II 1926 - Queen
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...

 and Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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$20 Obverse 1967
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...

1919–2008 Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

 (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.
$5 1990
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...

1874–1950 Played a significant role in the revival of Maori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Maori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for 38 years.
$50 1990
Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 in 1908.
$100 1990
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard
Katherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...

1848–1934 Prominent suffragette
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...

, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.
$10 1990

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...

1812–1885 writer, scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore 50 kr obverse 1997
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air...

1867–1917 scientist 200 kr obverse 1994
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...

1895–1962 opera singer 100 kr obverse 1997
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...

1863–1944 Expressionist painter 1,000 kr obverse 2001
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...

1882-1849 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1928 500 kr obverse 1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948;
"Father of the Nation"
Rs. 10 obverse 2006
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Rs. 50 obverse 1977
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Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Currency: Nuevo sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian nuevo sol
The nuevo sol plural: nuevos soles; currency sign: S/.) is the currency of Peru. It is subdivided into 100 cents, called céntimos in Spanish. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. It is most commonly referred to just as sol...

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José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He sacrificed his life crashing into an Ecuadorian battery during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian war.-Combat History:Lieutenant Quinones was a fighter pilot...

1914–1941 National aviation hero Nuevo sol S/. 10 obverse 1991–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian. He was born in Pisco, Peru on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a...

1897–1960 Historian Nuevo sol S/. 20 obverse 1991–
Abraham Valdelomar
Abraham Valdelomar
Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...

1888–1919 Poet Nuevo sol S/. 50 obverse 1991–
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country...

1903–1980 Minister of education, Historian Nuevo sol S/. 100 obverse 1991–
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586–1617 Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Nuevo sol S/. 200 obverse 1995–

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


Currency: Peso (since 1903)
Symbol:
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...

1869–1964 1st President, 1899–1901 P5 obverse 1985
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

1932–1983 leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos' autocracy P500 both 2002
Andrés Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...

1863–1897 leader in the Philippine Revolution P10 obverse 1987
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....

1935- 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1998–2005; swore in President Macapagal-Arroyo P200 reverse 2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...

1898–1945 founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Vicente Lim
Vicente Lim
Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...

1889–1945 Brigadier General, Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...

1864–1903 1st Prime Minister, 1899; author of the 1st Constitution P10 obverse 1987
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...

1910–1997 9th President, 1961–1965 P200 obverse 2002
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

1947- daughter of President Macapagal; 14th President, 2001-2009 P200 reverse 2002
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...

1878–1961 4th President, 1944–1946 P50 obverse 1987
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...

1878–1944 2nd President, 1935–1944 P20 obverse 1987
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

1892–1948 5th President, 1946–1948 P100 obverse 2002
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos
In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

1886–1942 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

1933-2009 11th President,1986-1992 P500 obverse 2010

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol:
See also Polish coins and banknotes
Polish coins and banknotes
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland. For historical ones, see here.-Coins:Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated....

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Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 20 zł obverse 1995
Casimir III
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

1310–1370 King of Poland, 1333–1370 50 zł obverse
Jogaila
Jogaila
Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

1351–1434 King of Poland, 1386–1434 100 zł obverse
Mieszko I 935-992 Duke of Poland, 960-922 10 zł obverse
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...

1520–1572 King of Poland, 1530–1572 200 zł obverse

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Romanian leu
Romanian leu
The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...

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Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher 200 L obverse 2006
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer 100 L obverse 2005
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet 500 L obverse 2005
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist 5 L obverse 2005
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting 10 L obverse 2005
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Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister,historian 1931–1932 1 L obverse 2005
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot 50 L obverse 2005

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...


Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб
See also Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...

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Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.-Surname spelling:The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.-Early...

1809–1881 Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk, 1847–1861 руб5,000 obverse 2000
Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

1672–1725 Tsar, 1682–1725 руб500 obverse 1998
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 1019–1054 руб1,000 obverse 2000

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

See under United Kingdom

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijic
Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...

1865–1927 geographer 500 din. both 2004
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanovic
Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...

1869–1958 Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile, 1942–1943 5,000 din. both 2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

1787–1864 linguist; reformer of the Serbian language 10 din. both 2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...

1856–1914 composer and music educator 50 din. both 2005
Petar II
Petar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...

1813–1851 Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830–1851; Serbian language poet 20 din. both 2006
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrovic
Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...

1873–1915 painter 200 din. both 2006
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

1856–1943 inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer 100 din. both 2006
Ðorđe Vajfert 1850–1937 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia, 1912–1926 1,000 din. both 2006

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore dollar
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar or Dollar is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

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Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak was an eminent Singaporean politician and the first President of Singapore of Minangkabau descent. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999.-Early life:...

1910–1970 First President, 1965–1970 S$2 obverse 1999
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Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Charles XI
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....

1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 500 kr obverse 1985
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 1,000 kr obverse 1989
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 20 kr obverse 1991
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...

1820–1887 opera singer 50 kr obverse 1996
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy 100 kr obverse 1986
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar , better known as , which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.-Biography:Polhem was born on the island of Gotland...

1661–1751 industrialist; planned and started construction of the Göta Canal 500 kr reverse 1985

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc
Banknotes of the Swiss franc
The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1825 by the Caisse de Dépôt of the city of Bern.During the 19th century the Cantons had the right of printing notes. Following the law of 8 March 1881 the Swiss National Bank had the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Switzerland. First notes...

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Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...

1818–1897 historian of the arts 1,000 Fr. obverse 1998
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

1887–1965 modernist architect 10 Fr. obverse 1997
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter...

1901–1966 sculptor, painter, draftsman 100 Fr. obverse 1998
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

1892–1955 composer 20 Fr. obverse 1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...

1878–1947 French-speaking Swiss author 200 Fr. obverse 1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter and sculptor. Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Täuber began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen...

1889–1943 artist, painter, sculptor 50 Fr. obverse 1995

Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

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Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

1866–1925 Founding father of the Republic of China $100 obverse 2001
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

1887–1975 President of the Republic of China, 1948–1975 $200 obverse 2002

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 Founder and 1st President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1923-1938
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İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1938-1950
2.5 TL obverse 1938–1950
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Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...

1910–1997 Mathematician 10 TL reverse 2009–present
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...

1240?-1321? Poet and Sufi mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

200 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 Poet of the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...

100 TL reverse 1983–1989
Itri
Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...

1640?-1711 Composer and performer of Turkish classical music 100 TL reverse 2009–present
Kemaleddin Bey 1870–1927 Architect 20 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan and conqueror of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

1000 TL reverse 1986–1992
Mevlana 1207–1273 Philosopher 5000 TL reverse 1981–1994
Aydın Sayılı
Aydin Sayili
Aydın Sayılı was a historian of science. His career was aided by chance meeting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom he impressed enough to receive a state-supported scholarship to attend graduate school at Harvard, where he studied under George Sarton....

1913–1993 Historian of science 5 TL reverse 2009–present
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 Architect and civil engineer 10000 TL reverse 1982–1995
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz , aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian...

1862–1936 First female Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 novelist
50 TL reverse 2009–present

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...


Currency: Hryvnia (since 1996)
Symbol: Ƨ
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Ƨ20 obverse 2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Ƨ50 obverse 2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Ƨ5 obverse 2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Ƨ10 obverse 2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Ƨ100 obverse 2006
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and composer who lived in the Russian Empire and who made important contributions to Russian philosophy and culture. He lived and worked in Ukraine and passionately and consciously identified with its people, differentiating them...

1722–1794 poet, philosopher, composer Ƨ500 obverse 2006
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

1871–1913 poet, writer Ƨ200 obverse 2001
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Ƨ1 obverse 2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Ƨ2 obverse 2004

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1695)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.

England & Wales

Exclusive sterling note issue granted to the Bank of England.
Bank of England

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

1809–1882 naturalist £10 reverse 2000
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- £5 obverse 2002
£10 obverse 2000
£20 obverse 1999
£20 obverse 2007
£50 obverse 1994
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry , née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist...

1780–1845 prison reformer £5 reverse 2002
John Houblon
John Houblon
Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.-Biography:Sir John was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger...

1632–1712 1st Governor, Bank of England, 1694–1697 £50 reverse 1994
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist £20 reverse 2007

Scotland

Three commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Bank of Scotland
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Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

1771–1832 historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes £5 obverse 2007
£10 obverse 2007
£20 obverse 1999
£50 obverse 2007
£100 obverse 2007


Royal Bank of Scotland
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Lord Ilay
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

1682–1761 founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 obverse 1987
£5 obverse 1987
£10 obverse 1987
£20 obverse 1987
£50 obverse 1987
£100 obverse 1987
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

1850–1894 Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1994
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

1847–1922 Inventor of the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1997
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

1900–2002 Queen Consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II 
(special commemorative issue)
£20 reverse 2000
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

1940- Notable American golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er
(special commemorative issue)
£5 reverse 2005


Clydesdale Bank
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Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£5 obverse 1998
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor
Mary Mitchell Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria.Her determined work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals, spreading Christianity and promoting women's rights.-Early life:...

1848–1915 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

£10 both 1998
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 1998
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...

£50 both 1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£100 both 1998
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...

1881–1955 Discoverer of penicillin
Penicillin
Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....

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£5 obverse 2009
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£10 obverse 2009
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 2009
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.-Education:She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh...

1864–1917 Doctor and suffragist. £50 obverse 2009
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...

1868-1928 Architect and designer. £100 obverse 2009

Northern Ireland

Four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Northern Bank

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John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company....

1840–1921 Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company £10 obverse 2005
Harry Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...

1884–1960 Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 £20 obverse 2005
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

£50 obverse 2005
Sir James Martin 1893–1981 Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat £100 obverse 2005


Ulster Bank

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George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

1946–2005 Footballer for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£5 obverse 2006

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

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John Adams
John Adams
John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

1735–1826 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...

1722–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...

1737–1802 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...

1741–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from...

1725–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clinton
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

1739–1812 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clymer
George Clymer
George Clymer was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution...

1739–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Dickinson
John Dickinson (delegate)
John Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of...

1732–1808 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Ellery 1727–1820 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Floyd
William Floyd
William Floyd was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:...

1734–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

1706–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Founding Father $100 obverse 1996
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

1822–1877 18th President, 1869–1877 $50 obverse 2004
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 $10 both 2006
John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

1737–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Harrison, V 1726–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were part of the Quaker Society of Friends. Immediately after their marriage they moved to New Jersey, which became Joseph Hewes’s home state. Hewes was formally educated at Princeton and after...

1730–1779 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Heyward, Jr. 1746–1809 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Hooper
William Hooper
William Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...

1742–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...

1707–1785 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...

1737–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

1731–1796 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

1767–1845 7th President, 1829–1837 $20 obverse 2003
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 3rd President, 1801–1809; signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 both 1976
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...

1732–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....

1713–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1809–1865 16th President, 1861–1865 $5 both 2000
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

1716–1778 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Livingston (1746-1813)
Robert R Livingston was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor," after the office he held for 25 years....

1746–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

1734–1817 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

1742–1787 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

1726–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (merchant)
Robert Morris, Jr. was a British-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution...

1734–1806 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

1740–1799 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...

1731–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Read
George Read (signer)
George Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...

1733–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

1745–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...

1749–1800 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...

1721–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Early life:...

1730–1781 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...

1729–1824 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Walton
George Walton
George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

1749/50-1804 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 1st President, 1789–1797 $1 obverse 1963
William Williams
William Williams (signer)
William Williams was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from...

1731–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing was an American merchant and financier and a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania....

1731–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
James Wilson
James Wilson
James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution...

1742–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey , he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration...

1723–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976

Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...


Currency: Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (since 2008)
Symbol: Bs
See also Venezuelan bolívar
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Ravelo y Rodríguez de Espinoza , commonly known as Francisco de Miranda , was a Venezuelan revolutionary...

1750–1816 military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 2 bolívares obverse 2008
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, or 'The First Black' was a Venezuelan soldier who at first fought with the royal army, only to later go over to the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of lieutenant.The nickname of Negro Primero was inspired by his...

1790–1821 soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain 5 bolívares obverse 2008
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro was a native Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.-Life:...

c1530-1568 Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization 10 bolívares obverse 2008
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...

1799–1866 heroine of Venezuelan War of Independence 20 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....

1769–1854 philosopher, educator 50 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

1783–1830 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 100 bolívares obverse 2008

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n, 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L, 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a, 1983–1985)
Austral (A, 1985–1991)
Peso ($, 1992–Present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional
Argentine peso moneda nacional
The peso moneda nacional was the currency of Argentina between November 5, 1881 and December 31, 1969. It was subdivided into 100 centavos, with the argentino worth 5 pesos. Its symbol was m$n or $m/n. Its ISO 4217 code was ARM.-History:...

, Argentine peso ley
Argentine peso ley
The peso ley 18.188, usually known as either peso or, to distinguish it from the earlier peso moneda nacional, informally as peso ley, was the currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was $, sometimes $L. Its name comes from law...

, Argentine peso argentino
Argentine peso argentino
The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.-History:...

, Argentine austral
Argentine austral
The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...

, and Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile, he was one of the most influential Argentine liberals of his age.-Biography:...

1810–1884 political theorist and diplomat Peso Argentino $a5,000 obverse 1984–1987
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

1837–1885 President of Argentina, 1874–1880 Austral A500 obverse 1988–1992
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain Peso Ley $L1 obverse 1970–1981
$L5 obverse 1971–1981
$L10 obverse 1970–1981
Peso Argentino $a10,000 obverse 1984–1987
Miguel Juárez Celman 1844–1909 President of Argentina, 1886–1890 Austral A5,000 obverse 1988–1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain Peso Moneda Nacional m$n5 obverse 1935–1965
m$n10 obverse 1936–1965
m$n50 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n100 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n500 obverse 1944–1968
1964–1968
m$n1,000 obverse 1944–1975
m$n5,000 obverse 1962–1975
m$n10,000 obverse 1961–1975
Peso Ley $L50 obverse 1972–1981
$L100 obverse 1971–1981
$L500 obverse 1972–1984
$L1,000 obverse 1973–1984
$L5,000 obverse 1977–1984
$L10,000 obverse 1976–1985
$L50,000 obverse 1979–1985
$L100,000 obverse
$L500,000 obverse 1980–1985
$L1,000,000 obverse 1981–1985
Peso Argentino $a1 obverse 1983–1985
$a5 obverse 1983–1987
$a10 obverse
$a50 obverse
$a100 obverse
$a500 obverse 1984–1987
$a1,000 obverse 1983–1987
Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1991
A50,000 obverse
A500,000 obverse 1990–1991
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

1801–1870 President of Argentina, 1854–1860 Austral A5 obverse 1986–1991
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 Australes note, which is now obsolete....

1809–1867 President of Argentina, 1860–1861 Austral A10 obverse 1985–1991
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

1821–1906 President of Argentina, 1862–1868 Austral A50 obverse 1986–1991
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

1846–1906 President of Argentina, 1890–1892 Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1992
Peso $1 obverse 1992-????
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....

1835–1906 President of Argentina, 1904–1906 Austral A500,000 obverse 1990–1993
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

1780–1845 President of Argentina, 1826–1827 Austral A1 obverse 1985–1991
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

1843–1914 President of Argentina, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 Austral A1,000 obverse 1988–1992
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina.He graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and participated in the constitutional assembly of 1860. He was a number of times a national deputy and senator. In 1882 he occupied a seat on the Supreme Court of the Province of...

1822–1907 President of Argentina, 1892–1895 Austral A50,000 obverse 1989–1993
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

1811–1888 President of Argentina, 1868–1874 Austral A100 obverse 1985–1992
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

1831–1914 President of Argentina, 1895–1898 Austral A100,000 obverse 1990–1993

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–Present)
See also Australian pound
Australian pound
The pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...

 and Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

1743–1820 English botonist, introduced the West to eucalyptus Dollar $5 obverse 1967–1992
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...

1808–1877 humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare Dollar $5 reverse 1967–1992
James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

1728–1779 explorer, first European to visit the Australian east coast Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
Pound £1 obverse 1953–1966
Dollar $1 obverse 1966–1984
William Farrer
William Farrer
William James Farrer was a leading Australian agronomist and plant breeder. Farrer is best remembered as the originator of the "Federation" strain of wheat, distributed in 1903...

1845–1906 leading agronomist, wheat breeder Dollar $2 reverse 1966–1988
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

1774–1814 navigator and cartographer, author of A Voyage to Terra Australis Pound 10/- obverse 1953–1966
Howard Florey 1898–1968 Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin, 1945 Dollar $50 obverse 1973–1995
John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

1786–1847 explorer of Australia Pound £5 obverse 1953–1966
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.- Early life :Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...

1850–1915 inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) Dollar $20 reverse 1966–1994
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...

1797–1873 first Australian-born explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

1867–1922 poet and novelist Dollar $10 reverse 1966–1993
John Macarthur
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

1766–1834 pioneer of the Australian wool industry Dollar $2 obverse 1966–1988
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

1882–1958 Antarctic explorer and geologist Dollar $100 obverse 1984–1996
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

1738–1814 established first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales Pound £10 obverse 1953–1966
Ian Clunies Ross
Ian Clunies Ross
Sir Ian Clunies Ross, CMG is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO.-Family:...

1899–1959 scientist, leader in veterinary medicine Dollar $50 reverse 1973–1995
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC , often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia...

1897–1935 aviator; first to fly across the Pacific, 1928 Dollar $20 obverse 1966–1994
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

1795–1869 English explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" .-Early life:...

1834–1916 astronomer, discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" Dollar $100 reverse 1984–1996

Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...


Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Austrian schilling
Austrian schilling
The schilling was the currency of Austria from 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...

1851–1914 economist Schilling S100 obverse 1985–2001
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. His father was Johann Daffinger....

1790–1849 miniature painter and sculpture Schilling S20 obverse 1988–2001
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

1856–1939 co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology Schilling S50 obverse 1987–2001
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner , was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin. He is noted for having first distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the...

1868–1943 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 both 1997–2001
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Franz Arnold Obermayer, a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper, and his second wife Marie.Rosa had 12 brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the...

1858–1938 feminist, painter, author Schilling S500 obverse 1997–2001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

1756–1791 classical composer and pianist Schilling S5,000 obverse 1989–2001
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...

1887–1961 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 obverse 1983–1997
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner
Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...

1841–1918 architect Schilling S500 obverse 1986–1997

Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Albert II
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

1934- King of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse 1994–2001
James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...

1860–1949 impressionist painter Franc 100 fr. obverse
Victor Horta
Victor Horta
Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...

1861–1947 Art Nouveau architect Franc 2,000 fr. obverse
René Magritte
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...

1898–1967 surrealist artist Franc 500 fr. obverse
Paola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium....

1937- Queen Consort of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

1886–1952 Flemish expressionist painter Franc 1,000 fr. obverse
Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...

1814–1894 musician, inventor of the saxophone Franc 200 fr. obverse

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 dollar $100 obverse 1976–1990
1990–2004
Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

1894–1972 Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, 1910–1936
dollar $5 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

1926- Princess of York, 1936–1952 dollar $20 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth II Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1954–1974
$2 obverse 1954–1975
1986–1996
$5 obverse 1954–1972
$10 obverse 1954–1971
$20 obverse 1954–1969
1969–1993
1993–2004
$50 obverse 1954–1975
$100 obverse 1954–1976
$1,000 obverse 1954–1992
1992–2000
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

1865–1936 King of the United Kingdom
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...

 and the British Dominions, 1910–1936
dollar $1 obverse 1935–1936
Albert
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

1895–1952 Duke of York, 1920–1936 dollar $50 obverse 1935–1937
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

King of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

, 1936–1952
$1 obverse 1936–1954
$2 obverse
$5 obverse
$10 obverse
$20 obverse
$50 obverse
Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....

1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1928–1974 dollar $100 obverse 1935–1937
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 dollar $50 obverse 1975–1989
1989–2004
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

1841–1919 7th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911 dollar $5 obverse 1972–1986
1986–2001
$1,000 obverse 1935–1937
1937–1954
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 dollar $10 obverse 1971–1989
1989–2000
$100 obverse 1937–1954
$500 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

1867–1953 Royal consort to George V, 1910–1936 dollar $2 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...

1897–1965 Princess Royal of Canada, 1932–1965 dollar $10 obverse 1935–1937

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (¥, 1948–Present)
See also Fourth series of the renminbi
Fourth series of the renminbi
The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.-Banknotes:Banknotes are available in :*First edition**¥0.1 ,**¥0.2...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 Renminbi ¥100 obverse 1992–1999
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

1898–1976 1st Premier, 1949–1976; 1st Foreign Minister, 1949–1958
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

1898–1969 2nd President, 1959–1968
Zhu De
Zhu De
Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...

1886–1976 founder, Chinese Red Army

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

1805–1875 poet and author of fairy tales Krone 10 kr obverse 1952–1955
obverse 1954–1975
Christian Ditlev Frederik
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer....

1748–1827 agricultural reformer Krone 500 kr obverse 1964–1975
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen....

1779–1856 author; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1975–1998
Jens Juel
Jens Juel (painter)
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle.-Early life and career:...

1745–1802 painter Krone 100 kr obverse 1974–1995
obverse 1995–1999
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff ????-???? wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 10 kr obverse 1975–1980
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...

1777–1851 physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism Krone 100 kr obverse 1962–1974
Ole Rømer 1644–1710 astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light Krone 50 kr obverse 1957–1975
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg ????-???? daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 50 kr obverse 1975–1999
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

1770–1844 sculptor Krone 5 kr obverse 1952–1962
Pauline Lucia Tutein 1761–1827 wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 20 kr obverse 1980–1990
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen ????-???? noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 500 kr obverse 1974–1997

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Farouk I
Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....

1920–1965 King of Egypt, 1936–1952 Pound £1 obverse 1950–1952
£5 obverse 1946–1952
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE Pound £10 reverse 1970–1979
1979–2003
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pound Pt.50 obverse 1968–1981
1981–1986
£1 obverse 1968–1979
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

unknown Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1333-1324 BCE Pound Pt.25 obverse 1952–1962
Pt.50 obverse 1952–1962
£1 obverse 1930–1950
1952–1963
1963–1968
£5 obverse 1952–1963
1963–1969
1970–1981
£10 obverse 1952–1962
1962–1970
£100 obverse 1979–1994

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (KR, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...

1865–1943 painter Kroon 1 KR obverse 1992-????

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–Present)
See also Faroese króna
Faroese króna
The króna is the currency of the Faroe Islands. It is issued by the Danish National Bank. It is not an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it does not have an ISO 4217 currency code. The ISO 4217 code for the Danish krone is DKK...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi...

1773–1853 first poet to write in Faroese Króna 1,000 kr obverse 1980–2005
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...

1819–1909 established modern orthography for the Faroese language Króna 100 kr obverse 1964–1978
obverse 1978–2003
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...

1765–1809 seaman, trader, poet Króna 50 kr obverse 1967–1978
obverse 1978–2001

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Finnish mark
Finnish mark
The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro , which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...

1898–1976 modernist architect Mark 50mk reverse 1986–2002
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.The world's first...

1792–1803 priest and statesman Mark 1,000mk reverse 1986–2002
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas , and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was one of the...

1920–1992 novelist Mark 20mk reverse 1993–2002
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...

1802–1884 historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) Mark 500mk reverse 1986–2002
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...

1897–1973 Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist Mark 10mk reverse 1986–1992
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

1865–1957 classical composer Mark 100mk reverse 1986–2002

France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also French franc
French franc
The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...

1839–1906 Post-Impressionist painter Franc ₣100 obverse 1997–2002
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...

1859–1906 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

1900–1944 author and aviator Franc ₣50 obverse 1992–2002
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

1862–1918 impressionist composer Franc ₣20 both 1997–2002
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

1832–1923 engineer and architect Franc ₣200 obverse 1996–2002

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also German mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"...

1854–1915 Nobel Prize winner, 1908 Deutsche Mark 200 DM obverse 1990–2002
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

1777–1855 mathematician and scientist Deutsche Mark 10 DM obverse 1991–2002
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...

1785–1863 older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...

1786–1859 younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...

1647–1717 naturalist and illustrator Deutsche Mark 500 DM obverse 1992–2002
Balthasar Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

1687–1753 Baroque architect Deutsche Mark 50 DM obverse 1991–2002
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

1819–1896 classical pianist and composer Deutsche Mark 100 DM obverse 1990–2002
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....

1785–1859 novelist Deutsche Mark 5 DM obverse 1992–2002
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Anna Elisabeth von Droste-Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.-Biography:...

1797–1848 poet and author Deutsche Mark 20 DM obverse 1992–2002

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Greek drachma
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
John Capodistria 1776–1831 1st Governor of Greece, 1827–1831 Drachma 500 Δρ. obverse 1983–2002
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis was a Greek writer and revolutionary of Aromanian origin, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.-Early...

1757–1798 revolutionary, first casualty of the Greek War of Independence Drachma 200 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

1770–1843 General during the Greek War of Independence Drachma 5,000 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Coraïs was a humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as...

1748–1833 linguist, author of the first modern Greek dictionary Drachma 100 Δρ. reverse 1978–2002
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...

1883–1962 pioneer in early cancer detection Drachma 10,000 Δρ. obverse 1995–2002

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

1877–1919 poet Forint 500 Ft obverse 1970–1999
1992–1999
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

1881–1945 composer, pianist Forint 1,000 Ft obverse 1983–1999
1993–1999
György Dózsa
György Dózsa
György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

????-1514 led a peasants' revolt against the nobility Forint 20 Ft obverse 1948–1992
1920–1992
1960–1992
Francis II
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 Forint 50 Ft obverse 1953–1996
1966–1996
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

1802–1894 statesman and freedom fighter Forint 100 Ft obverse 1948–1998
1920–1998
1959–1998
1992–1998
Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

1823–1849 national poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Forint 10 Ft obverse 1947–1992
1950–1992
1959–1992
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

1791–1860 statesman and political theorist Forint 5,000 Ft obverse 1991–1999

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfr Arnarson is recognized as the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. According to Landnáma he built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874...

unknown first permanent settler of Iceland, 874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1960–1969
Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

1818–1906 King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1919
obverse 1919–1920
10 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1916–1920
50 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1916–1920
100 kr obverse 1916–1935
Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

1870–1947 King of Denmark, 1912–1947;
King of Iceland, 1918–1944
Króna 5 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1935
10 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1934
50 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1931–1936
100 kr obverse 1929–1935
Jón Eiríksson 1728–1787 promoter of enlightenment Króna 5 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1960
10 kr 1969–1984
50 kr obverse 1936–1948
obverse 1948–1960
Frederick VIII
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...

1843–1912 King of Denmark, 1906–1912 Króna 50 kr obverse 1907–1916
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned was an Icelandic scholar and an apologist. His father was Jón Jónsson, who died in 1591...

1568–1648 scholar Króna 10 kr obverse 1981–1984
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.-Life:...

1663–1730 medieval Icelanic scholar Króna 100 kr obverse 1981–1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the Icelandic independence movement Króna 10 kr obverse 1934–1947
obverse 1947–1969
100 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1973
500 kr obverse 1944–1948
obverse 1948–1968
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson was an Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman.He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp...

1541–1627 bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584 Króna 50 kr obverse 1981–1987

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

1878–1944 founded the Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

5 ریال obverse 1924–1937
10 ریال obverse 1924–1951
20 ریال obverse 1924–1951
50 ریال obverse 1924–1962
100 ریال obverse 1924–1954
500 ریال obverse 1924–1974
1000 ریال obverse 1936–1974
Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

1919–1980 second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

10 ریال obverse 1951–1979
20 ریال obverse 1951–1979
50 ریال obverse 1962–1979
100 ریال obverse 1954–1976
200 ریال obverse 1965–1979
500 ریال obverse 1974–1979
1000 ریال obverse 1974–1979
10000 ریال obverse 1975–1979
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah 100 ریال obverse 1976–1979

Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Irish pound
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series B Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland replaced the Series A Banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1982 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the series was replaced in 1993 by Series C Banknotes.-Banknotes:...

 and Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series C Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; it replaced Series B Banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet. He is known for having translated and made commentaries upon the work of Pseudo-Dionysius.-Name:...

815-877 theologian, philosopher, poet Pound £5 obverse 1975–1994
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...

1860–1949 1st President, 1938–1945 Pound £50 obverse 1995–2002
James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

1882–1941 author and poet Pound £10 obverse 1993–2002
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...

1787–1841 founder, The Sisters of Mercy, 1831 Pound £5 obverse 1994–2002
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...

1670–1738 most famous Irish bard Pound £50 obverse 1977–1995
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847; often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century...

1775–1847 a leader of Catholic Emancipation Pound £20 obverse 1992–2002
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

1846–1891 statesman, forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement Pound £100 both 1995–2002
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

1667–1745 satirist and poet Pound £10 obverse 1976–1993
W. B. Yeats 1865–1939 Nobel Prize winner, 1923 Pound £20 obverse 1976–1992

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–Present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 New Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1985–1999
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

1886–1973 1st Prime Minister, 1948–1953 and 1955–1963 Pound £500 obverse 1977–1984
Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1980–1986
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 New Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1986–1999
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

1873–1934 National Poet Pound £10 obverse 1970–1984
Edmond James de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild
Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his generous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.- Early years :A...

1845–1934 philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs Sheqel ₪500 obverse 1982–1986
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

1879–1955 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921 Pound £5 obverse 1972–1984
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...

1895–1969 3rd Prime Minister, 1963–1969 Sheqel ₪5,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1985–1999
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...

1860–1904 founder of the Zionist movement Pound £100
₪10
obverse 1969–1984
1975–1984
Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1980–1986
Ze'ev Jabotinsky 1880–1940 a leader in the Zionist movement Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1980–1986
Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

1135/8-1204 author of the Mishneh Sheqel ₪1,000 obverse 1983–1986
New Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1986–1999
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....

1898–1978 4th Prime Minister, 1969–1974 Sheqel ₪10,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1985–1999
Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...

1784–1885 philanthropist Pound £10 obverse 1975–1984
Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1980–1986
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 New Sheqel ₪20 obverse 1988–1999
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1972 New Sheqel ₪200 obverse 1992–1999
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandate Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.-Biography:...

1860–1945 a leader of the Zionist movement Pound £5 obverse 1976–1984
Haim Weizman 1874–1952 1st President of Israel, 1949–1952 Pound £50 obverse 1972–1984
1978–1984
Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1980–1986

Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Italian lira
Italian lira
The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

1801–1835 opera composer Lira 5,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...

1598–1680 Baroque sculptor and architect Lira 50,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

1571–1610 Baroque artist Lira 100,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...

1874–1937 Nobel Prize winner, 1909 Lira 2,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...

1870–1952 developed the Montessori method of education Lira 1,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

1483–1520 Renaissance painter Lira 500,000 ₤ obverse 1997–2002
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

1745–1827 developer of the electric battery, 1800 Lira 10,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)

See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi
Prince was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan , genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire...

1841–1909 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister, 1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901 Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1963–1986
Nitobe Inazo 1862–1933 politician, economist, author Yen ¥5,000 obverse 1984–2004
Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo
Viscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...

1854–1936 20th Prime Minister, 1921–1922 Yen ¥50 obverse 1951–1958
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

574-622 regent, politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1946–1956
¥1,000 obverse 1950–1965
¥5,000 obverse 1957–1986
¥10,000 obverse 1958–1986
Ninomiya Sontoku
Ninomiya Sontoku
, born Ninomiya Kinjirō , was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist.-Life:Ninomiya Sontoku was born to a poor peasant family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province. His father died when he was 14 and his mother died...

1787–1856 philosopher, economist, moralist Yen ¥1 obverse 1946–1958
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

1867–1916 novelist Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1984–2004
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke
Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...

1837–1919 politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1953–1974
Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji period. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.-Early life:Iwakura was born in Kyoto as the second son of a low-ranking courtier and nobleman . In 1836 he was adopted by another nobleman, , from whom he received his family...

1825–1883 politician Yen ¥500 obverse 1951–1971
¥500 obverse 1969–1994
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author Yen ¥10,000 obverse 1984–2004

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 Litas 50 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language Litas 100 Lt obverse 1993–2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...

1860–1930 standardized the Lithuanian language Litas 5 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement Litas 20 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Motiejus Valančius
Motiejus Valancius
Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...

1801–1875 a leader in the Lithuanian national movement Litas 2 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement Litas 200 Lt obverse 1997–2000
Žemaitė
Žemaite
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...

1845–1921 author Litas 1 Lt obverse 1994–1998

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Luxembourgish franc
Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourgish franc was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 1999 . The franc remained in circulation until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jean I
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. He is the father of the current ruler, Grand Duke Henri, and the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma...

1921- Grand Duke, 1964–2000 Franc 100 fr. obverse 1986–2002
1,000 fr. obverse 1985–2002
5,000 fr. obverse 1993–2002

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

1879–1919 Leader in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1919 Peso $10 both 1993–1997

Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...

1607–1676 admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1676 Gulden ƒ100 obverse 1972–1981
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

1580–1666 painter Gulden ƒ10 obverse 1971–1977
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

1632–1677 rationalist philosopher Gulden ƒ1,000 obverse 1973–1996
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...

1562–1621 composer, organist, teacher Gulden ƒ25 obverse 1972–1990
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

1587–1697 writer, playwright Gulden ƒ5 obverse 1976–1988

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...

1802–1829 mathematician Krone 500 kr obverse 1948–2002
1978–2002
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

1832–1910 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1903 Krone 50 kr obverse 1950–1999
1966–1999
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

1779–1849 Speaker of the Storting, 1815 and 1818 Krone 5 kr obverse 1901–1945
10 kr obverse
50 kr obverse
100 kr obverse
500 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...

1813–1885 writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1979–1997
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

1782–1830 co-author of the Constitution, 1814 Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1991–2001
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

1843–1907 composer and pianist Krone 500 kr obverse 1991–2000
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

1828–1906 playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1949–1999
1975–2001
Christian Michelsen
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

1857–1925 Prime Minister, 1905–1907 Krone 10 kr obverse 1954–1999
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

1861–1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace, 1922 Krone 5 kr obverse 1955–1999
10 kr obverse 1972–1999
Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

1829–1907 King of Norway, 1872–1905 Krone 5 kr obverse 1877–1998
10 kr obverse
50 kr obverse
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Peder Tordenskjold
Peder Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold , commonly referred to as Tordenskjold , was a Norwegian nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War...

1691–1720 Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War Krone 10 kr obverse 1901–1945
100 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...

1818–1870 poet and journalist Krone 50 kr obverse 1985–1997
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

1808–1845 poet and writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1949–1999
1962–1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–Present)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948; "Father of the Nation" Rupee Rs. 5 obverse 1997–2002

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–Present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.-Before 20th century:-20th century Interwar:-Post WWII:-1974 series:-See also:* Polish coins and banknotes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Józef Bem
Józef Bem
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...

1794–1850 general; war hero Złoty 10 zł obverse 1982–1995
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 Złoty 2,000 zł reverse 1977–1995
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

1810–1849 romantic composer and pianist Złoty 5,000 zł obverse 1982–1995
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

1473–1543 developed a heliocentric model of the solar system Złoty 1,000 zł obverse 1962–1965
1975–1995
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) Złoty 20,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836–1871 general; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune Złoty 200 zł obverse 1976–1995
Dubrawka
Dubrawka
Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, by his wife Biagota....

940/45-977 Queen Consort of Mieszko I, 965-977 Złoty 2 zł obverse 1936–1940
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

1746–1817 general; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising, 1794 Złoty 500 zł obverse 1976–1995
Mieszko I
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...

935-992 King of Poland, 960-992 Złoty 2,000 zł obverse 1977–1995
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1819–1872 conductor and composer Złoty 100,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

1860–1941 3rd Prime Minister, 1919 Złoty 2,000,000 zł obverse 1992–1995
Emilia Plater
Emilia Plater
Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1806–1831 countess; hero from the November Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1936–1939
1940–1944
Władysław Reymont 1867–1925 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1924 Złoty 1,000,000 zł obverse 1991–1995
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

1846–1916 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1905 Złoty 500,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Stanisław Staszic 1755–1826 priest, philosopher, statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Złoty 50,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Karol Świerczewski
Karol Swierczewski
Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...

1897–1947 leader in post-World War II government Złoty 50 zł obverse 1975–1995
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...

1826–1864 general; hero from the January Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1982–1995
Ludwik Waryński
Ludwik Warynski
Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...

1856–1889 socialist activist Złoty 100 zł obverse 1975–1995
Stanisław Wyspiański 1869–1907 playwright Złoty 10,000 zł obverse 1988–1995

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...


Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...

1467–1520 explorer and navigator, discovered the sea route to Brazil, 1500 Escudo 1,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

1469–1524 explorer and navigator, sailed from Europe to India, 1497–1498 Escudo 5,000$ obverse 1996–2002
João de Barros
João de Barros
João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...

1496–1570 historian Escudo 500$ obverse 1997–2002
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.-Purposes of the Dias expedition:...

1450–1500 explorer and navigator, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Escudo 2,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Henry the Navigator 1394–1460 patron of Portuguese exploration Escudo 10,000$ obverse 1996–2002

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu
Banknotes of the Romanian leu
-1917 issue :Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of the leu, the ban -1917 issue ("paper coins"):Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....

1867–1944 biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Leu 200 L obverse 1992–1996
Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

1819–1852 a leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher Leu 5,000 L obverse 1998–2002
Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...

1876–1957 sculptor Leu 500 L both 1991–1992
1992–1996
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer Leu 1,000,000 L obverse 2003–2007
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...

1820–1873 Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia, 1859–1862; Dominator of Romania, 1862–1866 Leu 50 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet Leu 1,000 L obverse 1991–1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist Leu 50,000 L obverse 1996–2002
2000–2004
2001–2007
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting Leu 100,000 L obverse 1998–2004
2001–2007
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains...

1824–1872 leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 Leu 5,000 L obverse 1992–1993
1993–1998
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister, 1931–1932 Leu 10,000 L obverse 1994–1999
1999–2002
2000–2007
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri or — occasionally — as Domnul Tudor .-Background:Tudor was born in Vladimiri, Gorj County in a family of landed peasants...

1780–1821 revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia Leu 25 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot Leu 500,000 L obverse 2000–2007

Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...


Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–Present)
See also Slovenian tolar
Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotins...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...

1876–1918 writer, playwright, poet Tolar 10,000 SIT obverse 1995–2007
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

1550–1591 Renaissance composer Tolar 200 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopic
Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

1869–1943 impressionist painter Tolar 100 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...

1861–1926 realist painter Tolar 5,000 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...

1872–1957 architect Tolar 500 SIT obverse 1992–2007
France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

1800–1849 poet Tolar 1,000 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...

1508–1586 founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia Tolar 10 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...

1641–1693 scholar Tolar 20 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...

1754–1802 mathematician and physicist Tolar 50 SIT obverse 1993–2007

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–Present)
See also South African pound
South African pound
In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies. At that time, the only British colony in Southern Africa was the Cape of Good Hope Colony. As time went on, the British pound sterling and its associated subsidiary coinage became the currency of...

 and South African rand
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

1619–1677 Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town, 1652–1662 Pound 10/- obverse 1948–1961
£1 obverse
£5 obverse
£10 obverse 1952–1961
£100 obverse
Rand R1 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1973
obverse 1973–1975
obverse 1975–1977
R2 obverse 1961–1974
obverse 1974–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R5 obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R10 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R20 obverse 1961–1979
obverse 1979–1993
R50 obverse 1984–1992

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....


Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble or rouble was the currency of the Soviet Union. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, ....

 and Russian chervonets.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

1870–1924 leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman
Premier of the Soviet Union
The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...

 of the Council of People's Commissars, 1917–1924
Ruble руб10 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1991
руб25 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1992
руб50 obverse
руб100 obverse
Chervonet 5 chervozev obverse 1937–1947
10 chervozev obverse

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Spanish peseta
Spanish peseta
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....

1851–1901 novelist Peseta 200 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

1451–1506 navigator and explorer, discovered the Americas, 1492 Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Hernando Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

1485–1547 conquistador of Mexico Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro
María Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...

1837–1885 writer, poet Peseta 500 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Rebellion of 1768]]....

1716–1795 explorer, colonial administrator, first Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1766–1768 Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1987–2002
Felipe
Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

1968- Prince of Asturias, 1977- Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1982–1987
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...

1881–1958 poet; Nobel Prize winner, 1956 Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...

1938- King of Spain, 1975- Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
10,000 ₧ obverse
obverse 1987–2002
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Mutis
-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...

1732–1808 botanist and mathematician Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1987–2002
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

1843–1920 novelist Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...

1475–1541 conquistador of Peru Peseta 1,000 ₧ reverse 1992–2002

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles XI 1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 Krona 500 kr obverse 1985–1999
obverse 1989–2006
Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...

1763–1844 King of Sweden and Norway, 1818–1844 Krona 1,000 kr obverse 1976–1998
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 Krona 5 kr reverse 1890–1987
obverse 1965–1998
10 kr reverse 1892–1987
obverse 1940–1987
50 kr reverse ????-1987
100 kr reverse ????-1987
1,000 kr reverse 1890–1987
Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

1746–1792 King of Sweden, 1771–1792 Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998
Gustav V 1858–1950 King of Sweden, 1907–1950 Krona 5 kr obverse 1948–1987
1,000 kr reverse 1952–1987
Gustav II Adolf
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

1594–1632 King of Sweden, 1611–1632 Krona 100 kr obverse ????-1998
obverse 1986–2006
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...

1882–1973 King of Sweden, 1950–1973 Krona 5 kr obverse 1954–1987
10 kr obverse 1963–1998
10,000 kr obverse 1958–1991
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 Krona 20 kr obverse 1992–2006
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...

1599–1667 Baroque architect Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1976–2000
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...

1740–1799 aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...

1707–1783 mathematician, physicist Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...

1848–1931 psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants Franc 1,000 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...

1516–1565 authored Historiae animalium
Historiae animalium (Gesner)
Historiae animalium published at Zurich in 1551-58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich...

(1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology
Franc 50 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...

1819–1890 writer Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1956–2000
Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

316/7-397 patron saint of soldiers Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1957–2000
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

1746–1827 teacher and education reformer Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1930–1976
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...

1708–1777 anatomist and physiologist Franc 500 Fr. obverse 1977–2000

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–Present)
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

 and Turkish new lira
Turkish new lira
The new Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2009 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kurush...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 founder of the Republic of Turkey; 1st President, 1923–1938 Lira ₤2½ obverse 1939–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1955–1966
obverse 1957–1966
obverse 1960–1966
₤5 obverse 1937–1952
obverse 1952–1968
obverse 1959–1968
obverse 1961–1968
obverse 1965–1968
obverse 1968–1983
obverse 1976–1983
₤10 obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1953–1966
obverse 1958–1966
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obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1963–1966
obverse 1966–1981
obverse 1975–1981
both 1979–1987
both 1982–1987
₤20 obverse 1966–1987
obverse 1974–1987
obverse 1979–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤50 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1951–1979
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1956–1979
obverse 1957–1979
obverse 1960–1979
obverse 1964–1979
obverse 1971–1979
obverse 1976–1987
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₤100 obverse 1927–1938
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obverse 1952–1976
obverse 1956–1976
obverse 1958–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1964–1976
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obverse 1972–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1983–1986
obverse 1984–1989
₤500 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1976
obverse 1959–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1968–1976
obverse 1971–1984
obverse 1974–1984
obverse 1983–1989
obverse 1984–1989
₤1,000 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1978–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1981–1986
obverse 1986–1992
obverse 1988–1992
₤5,000 obverse 1981–1994
obverse 1985–1994
obverse 1988–1994
obverse 1990–1994
₤10,000 obverse 1982–1995
obverse 1984–1995
obverse 1989–1995
obverse 1993–1995
₤20,000 obverse 1988–1997
obverse 1995–1997
₤50,000 obverse 1989–1999
obverse 1995–1999
₤100,000 both 1991–2001
both 1994–2001
both 1996–2001
₤250,000 obverse 1992–2006
obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1998–2006
₤500,000 obverse 1993–2006
obverse 1994–2006
obverse 1997–2006
₤1,000,000 obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1996–2006
obverse 2002–2006
₤5,000,000 obverse 1997–2006
₤10,000,000 obverse 1999–2006
₤20,000,000 obverse 2001–2006
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem Lira ₤100 reverse 1983–1989
reverse 1984–1989
İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President, 1938–1950 Lira 50 kuruş obverse 1944–1947
₤1 obverse 1942–1947
₤2½ obverse 1947–1952
₤10 obverse 1942–1950
obverse 1947–1952
obverse 1948–1952
₤50 obverse 1942–1951
obverse 1947–1951
₤100 obverse 1942–1946
obverse 1947–1952
₤500 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
₤1,000 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1444–1446 and 1451–1481 Lira ₤1,000 reverse 1986–1989
reverse 1988–1992
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī , also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and popularly known as Mevlānā in Turkey and Mawlānā in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic...

1207–1273 Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" Lira ₤5,000 reverse 1981–1994
reverse 1985–1994
reverse 1988–1994
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, 1512–1588 Lira ₤10,000 reverse 1982–1995
reverse 1984–1995
reverse 1989–1995
reverse 1993–1995

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...



Currency: Hryvnia

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

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1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain $10 obverse 1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

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1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain $5 obverse
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...

1793–1877 ruler of Argentina, 1829–1852 $20 obverse
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

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1821–1906 President, 1862–1868 $2 obverse
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

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1843–1914 President, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 $100 obverse
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

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1811–1888 President, 1868–1874 $50 obverse

*See also Argentina in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Edith Dircksey Cowan , MBE was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected to an Australian parliament....

1861–1932 suffragette, first woman elected to Parliament, 1920–1924 $50 reverse 1995
Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
$5 obverse 1992
John Flynn
John Flynn (minister)
John Flynn OBE was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.-Biography:...

1880–1951 founder, Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1928 $20 reverse 1994
Mary Gilmore
Mary Gilmore
Dame Mary Gilmore DBE was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist.-Early life:Mary Jean Cameron was born on 16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla near Goulburn, New South Wales...

1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993
Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...

1861–1931 international opera soprano, 1886–1926 $100 obverse 1996
John Monash
John Monash
General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD was a civil engineer who became the Australian military commander in the First World War. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the War and then became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt shortly after the outbreak of the War with whom he took part...

1865–1931 general during World War I $100 reverse 1996
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...

1815–1896 The Father of the Federation $5 obverse 2001
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, OBE was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood...

1864–1941 poet, author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) $10 obverse 1993
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey
Mary Reibey was an Englishwoman who was transported to Australia as a convict but went on to become a successful businesswoman in Sydney.-Early life:...

1777–1855 businesswoman $20 obverse 1994
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...

1825–1910 politician, journalist, suffragette $5 reverse 2001
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
David Unaipon was an Australian Aboriginal of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and writer. He was the most widely known Aboriginal in Australia, and broke stereotypes of Aboriginals...

1872–1967 inventor, writer $50 obverse 1995

*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since 2212
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

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1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 $100 obverse 9090
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain
Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...

1849–1931 suffragist $50 reverse
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Henrietta Edwards
Henrietta Muir Edwards was a Canadian women's rights activist and reformer.She was born Henrietta Louise Muir in Montreal. As a young woman, she espoused various feminist causes, forming the Working Girls' Association in 1875 to provide vocational training for women and editing the journal Women's...

1849–1931 founder, Victorian Order of Nurses, 1893 $50 reverse
Elizabeth II
Style of the Canadian sovereign
The title and style of the Canadian sovereign is the formal mode of address of the monarch of Canada. The form is based on those that were inherited from the United Kingdom and France, used in the colonies to refer to the reigning monarch in Europe...

1926- Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

, 1952-
$20 obverse
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

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1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1935–1948 $50 obverse
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

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1941-1919 7th Prime Minister, 1896–1911 $5 obverse
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

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1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 $10 obverse
Nellie Mooney McClung
Nellie McClung
Nellie McClung, born Nellie Letitia Mooney , was a Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. She was a part of the social and moral reform movements prevalent in Western Canada in the early 1900s...

1873–1951 suffragist $50 reverse
Louise Crummy McKinney
Louise McKinney
Louise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...

1868–1931 first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire, 1917–1921 $50 reverse
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy was a Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author. In 1916, she became the first woman magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire...

1868–1933 British Empire's first woman judge, 1916–1933 $50 reverse
Irene Marryat Parlby
Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician.Born in London, England, Parlby came to Canada in 1896. In 1913, Parlby helped to found the first women's local of the United Farmers of Alberta. In 1921, she was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the riding of Lacombe,...

1868–1965 first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta, 1921–1935 $50 reverse

*See also Canada Banknotes Out of Circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi
Fifth series of the renminbi
The fifth series of the renminbi is the current coin and banknote series of the Chinese currency, the renminbi. They were progressively introduced since 1999 and consist of ¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1 coins, and ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 notes. ¥20 is a new denomination.-First edition:Coins of the first...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

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1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 ¥1 obverse 2004
¥5 obverse 2002
¥10 obverse 2001
¥20 obverse 2000
¥50 obverse 2001
¥100 obverse 1999

*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...


Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso
Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism.-Life:...

1865–1896 poet $5,000 obverse 1995
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...

1792–1840 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain $2,000 obverse 2005
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister and Labor Minister , mayor of Bogotá and one of the most charismatic leaders of the Liberal Party.He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off...

1903–1948 Labor Party leader, two-time presidential candidate, assassinated during second campaign $1,000 both 2005
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero
Julio Garavito Armero was a Colombian astronomer.Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería...

1865–1920 astronomer $20,000 obverse 1996
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, María, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature....

1837–1895 writer, politician, soldier $50,000 obverse 1992
Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...

1795–1817 seamstress, spy, executed by Spain $10,000 obverse 1995

Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...


Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna
Croatian kuna
The kuna is the currency of Croatia since 1994 . It is subdivided into 100 lipa. The kuna is issued by the Croatian National Bank and the coins are minted by the Croatian Monetary Institute....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila
Juraj Dobrila was a bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats under Italian rule....

1812–1882 Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture 10 kn obverse 1994
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

1643–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse
Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...

1589–1638 Baroque poet 50 kn obverse
Josip Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...

1801–1859 ban, 1848–1859; abolished serfdom 20 kn obverse
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulic
Marko Marulić |Split]], 18 August 1450 – Split, 5 January 1524) was a Croatian national poet and Christian humanist, known as the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance. He signed his works as Marko Marulić Splićanin , Marko Pečenić, Marcus Marulus ...

1450–1524 poet and humanist 500 kn obverse
Ivan Mažuranić
Ivan Mažuranic
Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist and politician—probably the most important figure in Croatia's cultural life in the mid-19th century...

1814–1890 ban, 1873–1880; modernized economy and education 100 kn obverse
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force...

1871–1928 founder of the Croatian Peasant Party, 1905 200 kn obverse
Ante Starčević
Ante Starcevic
Ante Starčević , was a Croatian politician and writer whose activities and works laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.His works are base for Croatian nationalism, he is often referred to as Father of the Fatherland by Croats.-Life:...

1823–1896 politician and writer 1,000 kn obverse
Tomislav
Tomislav
King Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 910–925, and then became first King of the Croatian Kingdom in 925–928....

???-928 1st King of Croatia, 925-928 1,000 kn reverse
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

1621–1671 statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty 5 kn obverse

Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....


Currency: Czech Krone (since 1918)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Banknotes of the Czech koruna
Czech koruna paper money is part of the physical form of the Czech Republic's currency. All Czech paper money are banknotes. First overstamped Czechoslovak koruna banknotes served as legal tender in the just-created Czech Republic. Later but still in 1993, the first original Czech banknotes appeared...

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Ottokar I of Bohemia
Ottokar I of Bohemia
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1155–1230 First heredetary king of Bohemia 20 czk obverse 1993 - 2008
Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of Bohemia , or Agnes of Prague , was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity and piety over a life of luxury and comfort...

1211–1282 medieval Bohemian princess 50 czk obverse 1993 - 2011
Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

1346–1348 king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor 100 czk obverse 1993
John Amos Comenius 1592–1670 bishop of Unity of the Brethren 200 czk obverse 1993
Božena Němcová
Božena Nemcová
Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.-Biography:...

1820–1862 author 500 czk obverse 1993
František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...

1798–1876 historian and politician 1000 czk obverse 1993
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.- Biography :...

1878–1930 Czech operatic soprano 2000 czk obverse 1993
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 1850–1937 president of Czechoslovakia 5000 czk obverse 1993

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony in the very north of Jutland.-Background:...

1859–1935 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish impressionist artist. He is most associated with his paintings of fishermen and other scenes from the Danish port of Skagen. His paintings are classics and he is probably one of Denmark's most popular artists.-Background:Michael Peter Ancher was born at Rutsker on...

1849–1927 painter 1,000 kr obverse 2004
Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...

1885–1962 author 50 kr obverse 2005
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...

1885–1962 winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922 500 kr obverse 2003
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.-Early life:...

1812–1890 actress, 1827–1864 200 kr obverse 2003
Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...

1865–1931 composer, conductor, violinist 100 kr obverse 2002

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

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1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pt.50 reverse 1996
£1 reverse 1979
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

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unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE £10 reverse 2003

*See also Egypt Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (1992–2010)
Symbol: KR
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist. With respect to the latter, he is perhaps best known for his dissertation on "pure" -ne stem nouns...

1839–1907 linguist, theologian, folklorist 10 KR obverse 1991
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson
Carl Robert Jakobson was an Estonian writer, politician and teacher active in Livonia, Russian Empire. He was one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening in the second half of the 19th century.Between 1860 and 1880, the Governorate of Livonia was led by a moderate...

1841–1882 established Estonia's first political newspaper Sakala, 1878 500 KR obverse 1991
Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

1916–1975 chess grandmaster 5 KR obverse 1991
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen, , known after her pen name Lydia Koidula was an Estonian poet. Her sobriquet means ‘Lydia of the Dawn’ in Estonian. It was given her by the writer Carl Robert Jakobson...

1843–1886 poet 100 KR obverse 1991
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare , born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel"....

1878–1940 author 25 KR obverse 1991
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory...

1873–1918 composer, organist 50 KR obverse 1994
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer, Edler von Huthorn also known in Russia as Karl Maksimovich Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, a founding father of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a...

1792–1879 biologist, pioneer of embryology 2 KR obverse 1992

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen was a prince of Transylvania , duke of Opole and leader of an anti-Habsburg insurrection in the Habsburg Royal Hungary. His last armed intervention in 1626 was part of the Thirty Years' War...

1580–1629 Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629; led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy 2,000 Ft both 1998
Charles I
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

1288–1342 King of Hungary, 1308–1342 200 Ft obverse 1998
Matthias Corvinus
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

1443–1490 King of Hungary, 1458–1490 1,000 Ft obverse 1998
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

1803–1876 statesman and reformer 20,000 Ft obverse 2001
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

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1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 500 Ft obverse 1998
Stephen I 975-1038 1st King of Hungary, 1006–1038 10,000 Ft obverse 1997
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

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1791–1860 statesman and political theorist 5,000 Ft obverse 1999

*See also Hungary in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir ????-???? 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir was the daughter of the Icelandic priest Jón Arason and his wife Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir. She was one of twelve children and was an active seamstress. She taught this skill actively. Ragnheiður became the wife of two consecutive bishops in the Hólar see -- Gísli...

1646–1715 developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr both 1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval was an Icelandic painter. He is one of the most famous artists of Iceland.The paintings of Kjarval vary greatly in style. Most of them are rather realistic presentations of the Icelandic landscape whereas others are more influenced by a somewhat mythical style...

1885–1972 painter 2,000 kr obverse 1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the 19th century independence movement 500 kr both 1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson
Brynjólfur Sveinsson served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. He is currently pictured on the Icelandic 1000 krónur bill....

1605–1675 Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature 1,000 kr obverse 1984
Gísli Þorláksson ????-???? Lutheran bishop of Hólar, 1657–1684; husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir 5,000 kr obverse 1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir ????-???? 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson 5,000 kr obverse 1986

India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs.
See also Indian rupee
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India....

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

1869–1948 political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement Rs.5 obverse 2002
Rs.10 obverse 1996
Rs.20 obverse 2002
Rs.50 obverse 1997
Rs.100 obverse 1996
Rs.500 obverse 2000
Rs.1,000 obverse 2000

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Hassan Modarres
Hassan Modarres
Seyyed Hassan Modarres , was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party Hezb-e Eslaah-talab of the time, which was formed during the fourth...

1870–1937 notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...

100 ریال obverse 1985-
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...

1902–1989 leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

 and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Supreme Leader of Iran
The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest ranking political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The post was established by the constitution in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

1000 ریال obverse 1992-
2000 ریال obverse 2005-
5000 ریال obverse 1993-
10000 ریال obverse 1992-
20000 ریال obverse 2003-
50000 ریال obverse 2005-
100000 ریال obverse 2010-

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currency: New Sheqel (since 1985)
Symbol:
See also Israeli new sheqel
Israeli new sheqel
The Israeli New Shekel is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

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1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 ₪50 obverse 1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

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1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 ₪100 obverse
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

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1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 ₪20 obverse
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

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1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1973 ₪200 obverse

*See also Israel in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥
See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Higuchi Ichiyō 1872–1896 author ¥5,000 obverse 2004
Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi
, also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease in 1911.-Early life:...

1876–1928 bacteriologist ¥1,000 obverse
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

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1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author ¥10,000 obverse

*See also Japan in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....


Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound
Jersey pound
The pound is the currency of Jersey. Jersey is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Jersey pound is not a separate currency but is an issue of banknotes and coins by the States of Jersey denominated in pound sterling, in a similar way to the banknotes issued in Scotland and Northern...

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Elizabeth II* 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, 1952- £1 obverse 1971
£5 obverse
£10 obverse
£20 obverse
£50 obverse
Francis Pierson 1757–1781 Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey
Battle of Jersey
The Battle of Jersey was an attempt by France to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to American shipping in the American War of Independence. Jersey was used as a base for privateering by the British, and France, engaged in the war as an ally of the United States, sent an...

£10 reverse

*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Korea, South
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...


Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol:
See also South Korean Won
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

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Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang
Yi Hwang is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I . A key figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, he established the Yeongnam School and set up the Dosan Seowon, a private Confucian academy. Yi Hwang is often...

1501–1570 Confucian
Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China...

 scholar
₩1,000 obverse 1983
Yi I
Yi I
Yi I was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang . Yi I is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok...

1536–1584 Confucian scholar ₩5,000 obverse
King Sejong the Great 1397–1450 monarch ₩10,000 obverse
Shin Saimdang 1504–1551 poet, calligraphist ₩50,000 obverse 2009

*See also South Korea in Banknotes Out of Circulation.

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (since 1993)
Symbol: Lt
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 50 Lt obverse 2003
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language 100 Lt obverse 2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania 10 Lt obverse 2001
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...

1858–1899 poet, physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem 500 Lt obverse 2009
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement 20 Lt obverse 2001
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement 200 Lt obverse 2000

Malaysia


Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...

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Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan 1895 – 1960 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

 (Supreme Head of State)
of the Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaya
The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

RM 1 obverse 1967
RM 2 obverse 1996
RM 5 obverse 1967
(polymer in 1996)
RM 10 obverse 1967
RM 20 obverse 1982
RM 50 obverse 1967
RM 100 obverse 1967
RM 500 obverse 1982 - 1999
RM 1,000 obverse 1967 - 1999

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1648/51-1695 nun, scholar, poet $200 obverse 1996
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...

1753–1811 Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence $1,000 obverse 2004
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

1806–1832 31st President, 1858–1872 $20 both 1996
(polymer in 2002)
José María Morelos
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...

1765–1815 leader for Mexican independence $50 obverse 1996
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Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl
Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

1402–1472 Texcocan king $100 obverse 1996
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...

 and Frida Kalho
1829–1862 Artists and Communist Party militants $500 obverse 1996

New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar
-Pre-dollar:Prior to 10 July 1967, the New Zealand pound, using the £sd system, was the main currency of New Zealand. Since 1934, banknotes of the New Zealand pound were issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and came in denominations of 10s, £1, £5, £10, and £50.-First issue: 1967 -...

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Elizabeth II 1926 - Queen
Monarchy in New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand also referred to as The Crown in Right of New Zealand, Her Majesty in Right of New Zealand, or The Queen in Right of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of the Realm of New Zealand,...

 and Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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$20 Obverse 1967
Sir Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...

1919–2008 Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

 (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.
$5 1990
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata
Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...

1874–1950 Played a significant role in the revival of Maori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Maori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for 38 years.
$50 1990
Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...

 in 1908.
$100 1990
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard
Katherine Wilson Sheppard Some sources, eg give a birth year of 1847; others eg give a birth year of 1848. was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette...

1848–1934 Prominent suffragette
Suffragette
"Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union...

, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.
$10 1990

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...

1812–1885 writer, scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore 50 kr obverse 1997
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Birkeland
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air...

1867–1917 scientist 200 kr obverse 1994
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano...

1895–1962 opera singer 100 kr obverse 1997
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...

1863–1944 Expressionist painter 1,000 kr obverse 2001
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...

1882-1849 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1928 500 kr obverse 1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948;
"Father of the Nation"
Rs. 10 obverse 2006
Rs. 20 obverse 2005
Rs. 50 obverse 1977
Rs. 100 obverse 2006
Rs. 500 obverse 2006
Rs. 1,000 obverse 2007
Rs. 5,000 obverse 2006

Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Currency: Nuevo sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol
Peruvian nuevo sol
The nuevo sol plural: nuevos soles; currency sign: S/.) is the currency of Peru. It is subdivided into 100 cents, called céntimos in Spanish. The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. It is most commonly referred to just as sol...

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José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Quiñones Gonzáles
José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles was a Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero. He sacrificed his life crashing into an Ecuadorian battery during the Battle of Zarumilla in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian war.-Combat History:Lieutenant Quinones was a fighter pilot...

1914–1941 National aviation hero Nuevo sol S/. 10 obverse 1991–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian historian. He was born in Pisco, Peru on March 23, 1897 and died in Lima, Peru on September 27, 1960. He was a teacher at the Anglo-Peruvian School. As a student during the 1950s Mario Vargas Llosa worked with Porras for four and one-half years and learned a...

1897–1960 Historian Nuevo sol S/. 20 obverse 1991–
Abraham Valdelomar
Abraham Valdelomar
Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist and dramatist; he is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although more for his dandy-like public poses and his founding of the journal Colónida than for his own writing, which is lyrically...

1888–1919 Poet Nuevo sol S/. 50 obverse 1991–
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre
Jorge Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country...

1903–1980 Minister of education, Historian Nuevo sol S/. 100 obverse 1991–
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima, , the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru.-Biography:Saint Rose of Lima was born in the city of that name, the daughter of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier from San German, Puerto Rico, and his wife, Maria de Oliva, who was a native of Lima. She was part of a...

1586–1617 Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

Nuevo sol S/. 200 obverse 1995–

Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...


Currency: Peso (since 1903)
Symbol:
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...

1869–1964 1st President, 1899–1901 P5 obverse 1985
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

1932–1983 leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos' autocracy P500 both 2002
Andrés Bonifacio
Andres Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...

1863–1897 leader in the Philippine Revolution P10 obverse 1987
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Davide, Jr.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....

1935- 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1998–2005; swore in President Macapagal-Arroyo P200 reverse 2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...

1898–1945 founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Vicente Lim
Vicente Lim
Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...

1889–1945 Brigadier General, Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...

1864–1903 1st Prime Minister, 1899; author of the 1st Constitution P10 obverse 1987
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...

1910–1997 9th President, 1961–1965 P200 obverse 2002
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

1947- daughter of President Macapagal; 14th President, 2001-2009 P200 reverse 2002
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...

1878–1961 4th President, 1944–1946 P50 obverse 1987
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines...

1878–1944 2nd President, 1935–1944 P20 obverse 1987
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

1892–1948 5th President, 1946–1948 P100 obverse 2002
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos
In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

1886–1942 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II P1,000 obverse 2002
Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

1933-2009 11th President,1986-1992 P500 obverse 2010

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol:
See also Polish coins and banknotes
Polish coins and banknotes
Current Polish coins and banknotes issued by the National Bank of Poland. For historical ones, see here.-Coins:Although some of the coins were minted as early as 1990, they were not released until January 1, 1995, when the złoty was redenominated....

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Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 20 zł obverse 1995
Casimir III
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...

1310–1370 King of Poland, 1333–1370 50 zł obverse
Jogaila
Jogaila
Jogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...

1351–1434 King of Poland, 1386–1434 100 zł obverse
Mieszko I 935-992 Duke of Poland, 960-922 10 zł obverse
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...

1520–1572 King of Poland, 1530–1572 200 zł obverse

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Romanian leu
Romanian leu
The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . The name of the currency means "lion". On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu . 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL...

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Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher 200 L obverse 2006
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer 100 L obverse 2005
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet 500 L obverse 2005
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist 5 L obverse 2005
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting 10 L obverse 2005
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Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister,historian 1931–1932 1 L obverse 2005
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot 50 L obverse 2005

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...


Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб
See also Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...

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Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.-Surname spelling:The surname Muravyov has also been transcribed as Muravyev or Murav'ev.-Early...

1809–1881 Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk, 1847–1861 руб5,000 obverse 2000
Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

1672–1725 Tsar, 1682–1725 руб500 obverse 1998
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 1019–1054 руб1,000 obverse 2000

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

See under United Kingdom

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...

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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijic
Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...

1865–1927 geographer 500 din. both 2004
Slobodan Jovanović
Slobodan Jovanovic
Slobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...

1869–1958 Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile, 1942–1943 5,000 din. both 2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

1787–1864 linguist; reformer of the Serbian language 10 din. both 2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...

1856–1914 composer and music educator 50 din. both 2005
Petar II
Petar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...

1813–1851 Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830–1851; Serbian language poet 20 din. both 2006
Nadežda Petrović
Nadežda Petrovic
Nadežda Petrović is considered the most important Serbian female painter from the late 19th and early 20th century...

1873–1915 painter 200 din. both 2006
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...

1856–1943 inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer 100 din. both 2006
Ðorđe Vajfert 1850–1937 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia, 1912–1926 1,000 din. both 2006

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...


Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore dollar
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar or Dollar is the official currency of Singapore. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

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Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak was an eminent Singaporean politician and the first President of Singapore of Minangkabau descent. His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999.-Early life:...

1910–1970 First President, 1965–1970 S$2 obverse 1999
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Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth–Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation since
Charles XI
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....

1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 500 kr obverse 1985
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 1,000 kr obverse 1989
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 20 kr obverse 1991
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...

1820–1887 opera singer 50 kr obverse 1996
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy 100 kr obverse 1986
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar , better known as , which he took after his ennoblement, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.-Biography:Polhem was born on the island of Gotland...

1661–1751 industrialist; planned and started construction of the Göta Canal 500 kr reverse 1985

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc
Banknotes of the Swiss franc
The first banknotes in Switzerland were issued in 1825 by the Caisse de Dépôt of the city of Bern.During the 19th century the Cantons had the right of printing notes. Following the law of 8 March 1881 the Swiss National Bank had the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Switzerland. First notes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...

1818–1897 historian of the arts 1,000 Fr. obverse 1998
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...

1887–1965 modernist architect 10 Fr. obverse 1997
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Alberto Giacometti was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia and came from an artistic background; his father, Giovanni, was a well-known post-Impressionist painter...

1901–1966 sculptor, painter, draftsman 100 Fr. obverse 1998
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

1892–1955 composer 20 Fr. obverse 1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...

1878–1947 French-speaking Swiss author 200 Fr. obverse 1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter and sculptor. Born in Davos, Switzerland, Sophie Täuber began her art studies in her homeland, at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen...

1889–1943 artist, painter, sculptor 50 Fr. obverse 1995

Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan)


Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

1866–1925 Founding father of the Republic of China $100 obverse 2001
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

1887–1975 President of the Republic of China, 1948–1975 $200 obverse 2002

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 Founder and 1st President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1923-1938
1 TL obverse 1926 - 1938
1950–present
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İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President
of the Republic of Turkey,
1938-1950
2.5 TL obverse 1938–1950
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Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...

1910–1997 Mathematician 10 TL reverse 2009–present
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...

1240?-1321? Poet and Sufi mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

200 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 Poet of the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...

100 TL reverse 1983–1989
Itri
Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...

1640?-1711 Composer and performer of Turkish classical music 100 TL reverse 2009–present
Kemaleddin Bey 1870–1927 Architect 20 TL reverse 2009–present
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan and conqueror of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

1000 TL reverse 1986–1992
Mevlana 1207–1273 Philosopher 5000 TL reverse 1981–1994
Aydın Sayılı
Aydin Sayili
Aydın Sayılı was a historian of science. His career was aided by chance meeting with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, whom he impressed enough to receive a state-supported scholarship to attend graduate school at Harvard, where he studied under George Sarton....

1913–1993 Historian of science 5 TL reverse 2009–present
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 Architect and civil engineer 10000 TL reverse 1982–1995
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz , aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian...

1862–1936 First female Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 novelist
50 TL reverse 2009–present

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...


Currency: Hryvnia (since 1996)
Symbol: Ƨ
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Ƨ20 obverse 2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Ƨ50 obverse 2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Ƨ5 obverse 2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Ƨ10 obverse 2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Ƨ100 obverse 2006
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet, teacher and composer who lived in the Russian Empire and who made important contributions to Russian philosophy and culture. He lived and worked in Ukraine and passionately and consciously identified with its people, differentiating them...

1722–1794 poet, philosopher, composer Ƨ500 obverse 2006
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

1871–1913 poet, writer Ƨ200 obverse 2001
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Ƨ1 obverse 2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Ƨ2 obverse 2004

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1695)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.

England & Wales

Exclusive sterling note issue granted to the Bank of England.
Bank of England

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

1809–1882 naturalist £10 reverse 2000
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- £5 obverse 2002
£10 obverse 2000
£20 obverse 1999
£20 obverse 2007
£50 obverse 1994
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry , née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist...

1780–1845 prison reformer £5 reverse 2002
John Houblon
John Houblon
Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.-Biography:Sir John was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger...

1632–1712 1st Governor, Bank of England, 1694–1697 £50 reverse 1994
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist £20 reverse 2007

Scotland

Three commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Bank of Scotland
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

1771–1832 historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes £5 obverse 2007
£10 obverse 2007
£20 obverse 1999
£50 obverse 2007
£100 obverse 2007


Royal Bank of Scotland
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Lord Ilay
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier...

1682–1761 founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 obverse 1987
£5 obverse 1987
£10 obverse 1987
£20 obverse 1987
£50 obverse 1987
£100 obverse 1987
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

1850–1894 Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1994
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....

1847–1922 Inventor of the telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£1 reverse 1997
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

1900–2002 Queen Consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II 
(special commemorative issue)
£20 reverse 2000
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

1940- Notable American golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er
(special commemorative issue)
£5 reverse 2005


Clydesdale Bank
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£5 obverse 1998
Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor
Mary Mitchell Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria.Her determined work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals, spreading Christianity and promoting women's rights.-Early life:...

1848–1915 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

£10 both 1998
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 1998
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

1723–1790 economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...

£50 both 1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£100 both 1998
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy...

1881–1955 Discoverer of penicillin
Penicillin
Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V....

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£5 obverse 2009
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...

1759–1796 Notable Scottish poet
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. It includes literature written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Brythonic, French, Latin and any other language in which a piece of literature was ever written within the boundaries of modern Scotland.The earliest...

£10 obverse 2009
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £20 obverse 2009
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was an innovative Scottish doctor and suffragist.-Education:She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh...

1864–1917 Doctor and suffragist. £50 obverse 2009
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European design...

1868-1928 Architect and designer. £100 obverse 2009

Northern Ireland

Four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes.

Northern Bank

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John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop was a Scottish inventor. He was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company....

1840–1921 Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company £10 obverse 2005
Harry Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor, for becoming the first Irishman to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99...

1884–1960 Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 £20 obverse 2005
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

£50 obverse 2005
Sir James Martin 1893–1981 Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat £100 obverse 2005


Ulster Bank

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George Best
George Best
George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

1946–2005 Footballer for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 
(special commemorative issue)
£5 obverse 2006

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
John Adams
John Adams
John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

1735–1826 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American...

1722–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...

1737–1802 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...

1741–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from...

1725–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clinton
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

1739–1812 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Clymer
George Clymer
George Clymer was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution...

1739–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Dickinson
John Dickinson (delegate)
John Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of...

1732–1808 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Ellery 1727–1820 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Floyd
William Floyd
William Floyd was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:...

1734–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

1706–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Founding Father $100 obverse 1996
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

1822–1877 18th President, 1869–1877 $50 obverse 2004
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 $10 both 2006
John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

1737–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Harrison, V 1726–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes’s parents were part of the Quaker Society of Friends. Immediately after their marriage they moved to New Jersey, which became Joseph Hewes’s home state. Hewes was formally educated at Princeton and after...

1730–1779 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Heyward, Jr. 1746–1809 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Hooper
William Hooper
William Hooper was an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina from 1774 through 1777...

1742–1790 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...

1707–1785 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...

1737–1791 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

1731–1796 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

1767–1845 7th President, 1829–1837 $20 obverse 2003
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 3rd President, 1801–1809; signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 both 1976
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States...

1732–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis
Francis Lewis was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York....

1713–1803 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

1809–1865 16th President, 1861–1865 $5 both 2000
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

1716–1778 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Livingston (1746-1813)
Robert R Livingston was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor," after the office he held for 25 years....

1746–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

1734–1817 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Arthur Middleton , of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence....

1742–1787 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York....

1726–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Morris
Robert Morris (merchant)
Robert Morris, Jr. was a British-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution...

1734–1806 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

1740–1799 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts.-Early life and ancestors:...

1731–1814 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Read
George Read (signer)
George Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...

1733–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

1745–1813 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina.-Early years and career:...

1749–1800 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...

1721–1793 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Richard Stockton
Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
Richard Stockton was an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Early life:...

1730–1781 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...

1729–1824 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Walton
George Walton
George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

1749/50-1804 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 1st President, 1789–1797 $1 obverse 1963
William Williams
William Williams (signer)
William Williams was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Williams was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from...

1731–1811 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing was an American merchant and financier and a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania....

1731–1821 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
James Wilson
James Wilson
James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution...

1742–1798 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. As president of the College of New Jersey , he trained many leaders of the early nation and was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration...

1723–1794 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976
Oliver Wolcott 1726–1797 signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 $2 reverse 1976

Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...


Currency: Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (since 2008)
Symbol: Bs
See also Venezuelan bolívar
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Ravelo y Rodríguez de Espinoza , commonly known as Francisco de Miranda , was a Venezuelan revolutionary...

1750–1816 military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 2 bolívares obverse 2008
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo
Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, or 'The First Black' was a Venezuelan soldier who at first fought with the royal army, only to later go over to the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of lieutenant.The nickname of Negro Primero was inspired by his...

1790–1821 soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain 5 bolívares obverse 2008
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro
Guaicaipuro was a native Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.-Life:...

c1530-1568 Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization 10 bolívares obverse 2008
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...

1799–1866 heroine of Venezuelan War of Independence 20 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez
Simón Rodríguez , known during his exile from Spanish America as Samuel Robinson, was a South American philosopher and educator, notably Simón Bolívar's tutor and mentor....

1769–1854 philosopher, educator 50 bolívares obverse 2008
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

1783–1830 military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain 100 bolívares obverse 2008

Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...


Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n, 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L, 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a, 1983–1985)
Austral (A, 1985–1991)
Peso ($, 1992–Present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional
Argentine peso moneda nacional
The peso moneda nacional was the currency of Argentina between November 5, 1881 and December 31, 1969. It was subdivided into 100 centavos, with the argentino worth 5 pesos. Its symbol was m$n or $m/n. Its ISO 4217 code was ARM.-History:...

, Argentine peso ley
Argentine peso ley
The peso ley 18.188, usually known as either peso or, to distinguish it from the earlier peso moneda nacional, informally as peso ley, was the currency of Argentina between January 1, 1970 and May 5, 1983. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was $, sometimes $L. Its name comes from law...

, Argentine peso argentino
Argentine peso argentino
The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.-History:...

, Argentine austral
Argentine austral
The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985 and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line . This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this currency , to distinguish them from earlier currencies...

, and Argentine peso
Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile, he was one of the most influential Argentine liberals of his age.-Biography:...

1810–1884 political theorist and diplomat Peso Argentino $a5,000 obverse 1984–1987
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Avellaneda
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

1837–1885 President of Argentina, 1874–1880 Austral A500 obverse 1988–1992
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

1770–1820 leader for independence from Spain Peso Ley $L1 obverse 1970–1981
$L5 obverse 1971–1981
$L10 obverse 1970–1981
Peso Argentino $a10,000 obverse 1984–1987
Miguel Juárez Celman 1844–1909 President of Argentina, 1886–1890 Austral A5,000 obverse 1988–1992
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

1778–1850 leader for independence from Spain Peso Moneda Nacional m$n5 obverse 1935–1965
m$n10 obverse 1936–1965
m$n50 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n100 obverse 1936–1968
1943–1968
m$n500 obverse 1944–1968
1964–1968
m$n1,000 obverse 1944–1975
m$n5,000 obverse 1962–1975
m$n10,000 obverse 1961–1975
Peso Ley $L50 obverse 1972–1981
$L100 obverse 1971–1981
$L500 obverse 1972–1984
$L1,000 obverse 1973–1984
$L5,000 obverse 1977–1984
$L10,000 obverse 1976–1985
$L50,000 obverse 1979–1985
$L100,000 obverse
$L500,000 obverse 1980–1985
$L1,000,000 obverse 1981–1985
Peso Argentino $a1 obverse 1983–1985
$a5 obverse 1983–1987
$a10 obverse
$a50 obverse
$a100 obverse
$a500 obverse 1984–1987
$a1,000 obverse 1983–1987
Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1991
A50,000 obverse
A500,000 obverse 1990–1991
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

1801–1870 President of Argentina, 1854–1860 Austral A5 obverse 1986–1991
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Derqui
Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 Australes note, which is now obsolete....

1809–1867 President of Argentina, 1860–1861 Austral A10 obverse 1985–1991
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.-Life and times:...

1821–1906 President of Argentina, 1862–1868 Austral A50 obverse 1986–1991
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Pellegrini
Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was President of Argentina from 6 August 1890 to 12 October 1892....

1846–1906 President of Argentina, 1890–1892 Austral A10,000 obverse 1989–1992
Peso $1 obverse 1992-????
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....

1835–1906 President of Argentina, 1904–1906 Austral A500,000 obverse 1990–1993
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia was the first president of Argentina, from February 8, 1826 to July 7, 1827 . He was a politician of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, Argentina today...

1780–1845 President of Argentina, 1826–1827 Austral A1 obverse 1985–1991
Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

1843–1914 President of Argentina, 1880–1886 and 1898–1904 Austral A1,000 obverse 1988–1992
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina.He graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and participated in the constitutional assembly of 1860. He was a number of times a national deputy and senator. In 1882 he occupied a seat on the Supreme Court of the Province of...

1822–1907 President of Argentina, 1892–1895 Austral A50,000 obverse 1989–1993
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history...

1811–1888 President of Argentina, 1868–1874 Austral A100 obverse 1985–1992
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

1831–1914 President of Argentina, 1895–1898 Austral A100,000 obverse 1990–1993

Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–Present)
See also Australian pound
Australian pound
The pound was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 13 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.- Earlier Australian currencies :...

 and Banknotes of the Australian dollar
Banknotes of the Australian dollar
The banknotes of the Australian dollar were first issued on 14 February 1966, when Australia adopted decimal currency.- Former series :The $5 note was not issued until 1967...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Joseph Banks
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...

1743–1820 English botonist, introduced the West to eucalyptus Dollar $5 obverse 1967–1992
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...

1808–1877 humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare Dollar $5 reverse 1967–1992
James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

1728–1779 explorer, first European to visit the Australian east coast Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen Australia
Monarchy in Australia
The Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...

, 1952-
Pound £1 obverse 1953–1966
Dollar $1 obverse 1966–1984
William Farrer
William Farrer
William James Farrer was a leading Australian agronomist and plant breeder. Farrer is best remembered as the originator of the "Federation" strain of wheat, distributed in 1903...

1845–1906 leading agronomist, wheat breeder Dollar $2 reverse 1966–1988
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

1774–1814 navigator and cartographer, author of A Voyage to Terra Australis Pound 10/- obverse 1953–1966
Howard Florey 1898–1968 Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin, 1945 Dollar $50 obverse 1973–1995
John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

1786–1847 explorer of Australia Pound £5 obverse 1953–1966
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer.- Early life :Hargrave was born in Greenwich, England, the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...

1850–1915 inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) Dollar $20 reverse 1966–1994
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...

1797–1873 first Australian-born explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

1867–1922 poet and novelist Dollar $10 reverse 1966–1993
John Macarthur
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

1766–1834 pioneer of the Australian wool industry Dollar $2 obverse 1966–1988
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...

1882–1958 Antarctic explorer and geologist Dollar $100 obverse 1984–1996
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

1738–1814 established first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales Pound £10 obverse 1953–1966
Ian Clunies Ross
Ian Clunies Ross
Sir Ian Clunies Ross, CMG is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO.-Family:...

1899–1959 scientist, leader in veterinary medicine Dollar $50 reverse 1973–1995
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC , often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia...

1897–1935 aviator; first to fly across the Pacific, 1928 Dollar $20 obverse 1966–1994
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

1795–1869 English explorer of Australia Pound £1 reverse 1953–1966
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet of 1861" .-Early life:...

1834–1916 astronomer, discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" Dollar $100 reverse 1984–1996

Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...


Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Austrian schilling
Austrian schilling
The schilling was the currency of Austria from 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...

1851–1914 economist Schilling S100 obverse 1985–2001
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger
Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian miniature painter and sculptor. His father was Johann Daffinger....

1790–1849 miniature painter and sculpture Schilling S20 obverse 1988–2001
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

1856–1939 co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology Schilling S50 obverse 1987–2001
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner , was an Austrian-born American biologist and physician of Jewish origin. He is noted for having first distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from his identification of the presence of agglutinins in the...

1868–1943 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 both 1997–2001
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder
Rosa Mayreder was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Franz Arnold Obermayer, a wealthy restaurant operator and barkeeper, and his second wife Marie.Rosa had 12 brothers and sisters and although her conservative father did not believe in the...

1858–1938 feminist, painter, author Schilling S500 obverse 1997–2001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

1756–1791 classical composer and pianist Schilling S5,000 obverse 1989–2001
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933...

1887–1961 Nobel Prize winner Schilling S1,000 obverse 1983–1997
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner
Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...

1841–1918 architect Schilling S500 obverse 1986–1997

Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Albert II
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

1934- King of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse 1994–2001
James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...

1860–1949 impressionist painter Franc 100 fr. obverse
Victor Horta
Victor Horta
Victor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...

1861–1947 Art Nouveau architect Franc 2,000 fr. obverse
René Magritte
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...

1898–1967 surrealist artist Franc 500 fr. obverse
Paola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola, Queen of the Belgians , is the queen consort of Albert II of Belgium....

1937- Queen Consort of Belgium, 1993- Franc 10,000 fr. obverse
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...

1886–1952 Flemish expressionist painter Franc 1,000 fr. obverse
Adolphe Sax
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...

1814–1894 musician, inventor of the saxophone Franc 200 fr. obverse

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert Borden
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...

1854–1937 8th Prime Minister, 1911–1920 dollar $100 obverse 1976–1990
1990–2004
Edward
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

1894–1972 Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...

, 1910–1936
dollar $5 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

1926- Princess of York, 1936–1952 dollar $20 obverse 1935–1937
Elizabeth II Queen of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1954–1974
$2 obverse 1954–1975
1986–1996
$5 obverse 1954–1972
$10 obverse 1954–1971
$20 obverse 1954–1969
1969–1993
1993–2004
$50 obverse 1954–1975
$100 obverse 1954–1976
$1,000 obverse 1954–1992
1992–2000
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

1865–1936 King of the United Kingdom
British monarchy
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has reigned since 6 February 1952. She and her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial and representational duties...

 and the British Dominions, 1910–1936
dollar $1 obverse 1935–1936
Albert
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

1895–1952 Duke of York, 1920–1936 dollar $50 obverse 1935–1937
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

King of Canada
Monarchy in Canada
The monarchy of Canada is the core of both Canada's federalism and its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, being the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government and each provincial government...

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$1 obverse 1936–1954
$2 obverse
$5 obverse
$10 obverse
$20 obverse
$50 obverse
Henry
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....

1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester, 1928–1974 dollar $100 obverse 1935–1937
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

1874–1950 10th Prime Minister, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 dollar $50 obverse 1975–1989
1989–2004
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

1841–1919 7th Prime Minister of Canada, 1896–1911 dollar $5 obverse 1972–1986
1986–2001
$1,000 obverse 1935–1937
1937–1954
John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

1815–1891 1st Prime Minister, 1867–1873 and 1878–1891 dollar $10 obverse 1971–1989
1989–2000
$100 obverse 1937–1954
$500 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....

1867–1953 Royal consort to George V, 1910–1936 dollar $2 obverse 1935–1937
Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...

1897–1965 Princess Royal of Canada, 1932–1965 dollar $10 obverse 1935–1937

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...


Currency: Renminbi (¥, 1948–Present)
See also Fourth series of the renminbi
Fourth series of the renminbi
The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.-Banknotes:Banknotes are available in :*First edition**¥0.1 ,**¥0.2...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

1893–1976 1st President, 1954–1959 Renminbi ¥100 obverse 1992–1999
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...

1898–1976 1st Premier, 1949–1976; 1st Foreign Minister, 1949–1958
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

1898–1969 2nd President, 1959–1968
Zhu De
Zhu De
Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...

1886–1976 founder, Chinese Red Army

Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone
Danish krone
The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

1805–1875 poet and author of fairy tales Krone 10 kr obverse 1952–1955
obverse 1954–1975
Christian Ditlev Frederik
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow
Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer....

1748–1827 agricultural reformer Krone 500 kr obverse 1964–1975
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd
Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen....

1779–1856 author; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1975–1998
Jens Juel
Jens Juel (painter)
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle.-Early life and career:...

1745–1802 painter Krone 100 kr obverse 1974–1995
obverse 1995–1999
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff ????-???? wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 10 kr obverse 1975–1980
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...

1777–1851 physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism Krone 100 kr obverse 1962–1974
Ole Rømer 1644–1710 astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light Krone 50 kr obverse 1957–1975
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg ????-???? daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 50 kr obverse 1975–1999
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

1770–1844 sculptor Krone 5 kr obverse 1952–1962
Pauline Lucia Tutein 1761–1827 wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 20 kr obverse 1980–1990
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen ????-???? noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel Krone 500 kr obverse 1974–1997

Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...


Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes ....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Farouk I
Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....

1920–1965 King of Egypt, 1936–1952 Pound £1 obverse 1950–1952
£5 obverse 1946–1952
Khafra
Khafra
Khafra — also Khafre — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefre was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefre's...

unknown Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, 2558-2532 BCE Pound £10 reverse 1970–1979
1979–2003
Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...

1302-1213 BCE Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE Pound Pt.50 obverse 1968–1981
1981–1986
£1 obverse 1968–1979
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

unknown Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1333-1324 BCE Pound Pt.25 obverse 1952–1962
Pt.50 obverse 1952–1962
£1 obverse 1930–1950
1952–1963
1963–1968
£5 obverse 1952–1963
1963–1969
1970–1981
£10 obverse 1952–1962
1962–1970
£100 obverse 1979–1994

Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...


Currency: Kroon (KR, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon
Estonian kroon
In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian painter and draughtsman.His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud...

1865–1943 painter Kroon 1 KR obverse 1992-????

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–Present)
See also Faroese króna
Faroese króna
The króna is the currency of the Faroe Islands. It is issued by the Danish National Bank. It is not an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it does not have an ISO 4217 currency code. The ISO 4217 code for the Danish krone is DKK...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus
Jens Christian Djurhuus or Sjóvarbóndin was the first poet who wrote in Faroese. He composed several Faroese ballads in traditional style on historical themes. The best known is Ormurin langi...

1773–1853 first poet to write in Faroese Króna 1,000 kr obverse 1980–2005
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese derives from Old Norse.-Background:Hammershaimb was born in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar in...

1819–1909 established modern orthography for the Faroese language Króna 100 kr obverse 1964–1978
obverse 1978–2003
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll
Nólsoyar Páll is a Faroese national hero. He was a seaman, trader, poet, farmer and boat builder who tried to develop direct trade between the Faroes and the rest of Europe and introduced vaccination to the islands...

1765–1809 seaman, trader, poet Króna 50 kr obverse 1967–1978
obverse 1978–2001

Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Finnish mark
Finnish mark
The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro , which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...

1898–1976 modernist architect Mark 50mk reverse 1986–2002
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.The world's first...

1792–1803 priest and statesman Mark 1,000mk reverse 1986–2002
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna
Väinö Linna was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas , and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was one of the...

1920–1992 novelist Mark 20mk reverse 1993–2002
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...

1802–1884 historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) Mark 500mk reverse 1986–2002
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...

1897–1973 Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist Mark 10mk reverse 1986–1992
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...

1865–1957 classical composer Mark 100mk reverse 1986–2002

France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also French franc
French franc
The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th...

1839–1906 Post-Impressionist painter Franc ₣100 obverse 1997–2002
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...

1859–1906 Nobel Prize winner, 1903 Franc ₣500 obverse 1995–2002
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

1900–1944 author and aviator Franc ₣50 obverse 1992–2002
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

1862–1918 impressionist composer Franc ₣20 both 1997–2002
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

1832–1923 engineer and architect Franc ₣200 obverse 1996–2002

Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also German mark
German mark
The Deutsche Mark |mark]], abbreviated "DM") was the official currency of West Germany and Germany until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the "Deutschmark" in English but not in German. Germans often say "Mark" or "D-Mark"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"...

1854–1915 Nobel Prize winner, 1908 Deutsche Mark 200 DM obverse 1990–2002
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

1777–1855 mathematician and scientist Deutsche Mark 10 DM obverse 1991–2002
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...

1785–1863 older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...

1786–1859 younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales Deutsche Mark 1,000 DM obverse 1992–2002
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...

1647–1717 naturalist and illustrator Deutsche Mark 500 DM obverse 1992–2002
Balthasar Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

1687–1753 Baroque architect Deutsche Mark 50 DM obverse 1991–2002
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

1819–1896 classical pianist and composer Deutsche Mark 100 DM obverse 1990–2002
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim
Bettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....

1785–1859 novelist Deutsche Mark 5 DM obverse 1992–2002
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Anna Elisabeth von Droste-Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.-Biography:...

1797–1848 poet and author Deutsche Mark 20 DM obverse 1992–2002

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....


Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Greek drachma
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
John Capodistria 1776–1831 1st Governor of Greece, 1827–1831 Drachma 500 Δρ. obverse 1983–2002
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis was a Greek writer and revolutionary of Aromanian origin, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, a victim of Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.-Early...

1757–1798 revolutionary, first casualty of the Greek War of Independence Drachma 200 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

1770–1843 General during the Greek War of Independence Drachma 5,000 Δρ. obverse 1997–2002
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Coraïs was a humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as...

1748–1833 linguist, author of the first modern Greek dictionary Drachma 100 Δρ. reverse 1978–2002
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Papanikolaou
Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".-Life:...

1883–1962 pioneer in early cancer detection Drachma 10,000 Δρ. obverse 1995–2002

Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Banknotes of the Hungarian forint
Hungarian forint paper money is part of the physical form of the current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. The forint paper money consists of exclusively banknotes. During its history, denominations ranging from 10 to 20 000 forint were put into circulation in correspondence with the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

1877–1919 poet Forint 500 Ft obverse 1970–1999
1992–1999
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

1881–1945 composer, pianist Forint 1,000 Ft obverse 1983–1999
1993–1999
György Dózsa
György Dózsa
György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

????-1514 led a peasants' revolt against the nobility Forint 20 Ft obverse 1948–1992
1920–1992
1960–1992
Francis II
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi Hungarian aristocrat, he was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden...

1676–1735 Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy, 1703–1711 Forint 50 Ft obverse 1953–1996
1966–1996
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

1802–1894 statesman and freedom fighter Forint 100 Ft obverse 1948–1998
1920–1998
1959–1998
1992–1998
Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

1823–1849 national poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Forint 10 Ft obverse 1947–1992
1950–1992
1959–1992
István Széchenyi
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

1791–1860 statesman and political theorist Forint 5,000 Ft obverse 1991–1999

Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...


Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna
Icelandic króna
The króna is the currency of Iceland. The króna is technically subdivided into 100 aurar , but in practice this subdivision is no longer used....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfr Arnarson is recognized as the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. According to Landnáma he built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874...

unknown first permanent settler of Iceland, 874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1960–1969
Christian IX
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

1818–1906 King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874 Króna 5 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1919
obverse 1919–1920
10 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1916–1920
50 kr obverse 1886–1907
obverse 1916–1920
100 kr obverse 1916–1935
Christian X
Christian X of Denmark
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

1870–1947 King of Denmark, 1912–1947;
King of Iceland, 1918–1944
Króna 5 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1935
10 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1929–1934
50 kr obverse 1907–1916
obverse 1931–1936
100 kr obverse 1929–1935
Jón Eiríksson 1728–1787 promoter of enlightenment Króna 5 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1960
10 kr 1969–1984
50 kr obverse 1936–1948
obverse 1948–1960
Frederick VIII
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...

1843–1912 King of Denmark, 1906–1912 Króna 50 kr obverse 1907–1916
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson
Arngrímur Jónsson the Learned was an Icelandic scholar and an apologist. His father was Jón Jónsson, who died in 1591...

1568–1648 scholar Króna 10 kr obverse 1981–1984
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon
Árni Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts. He assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection.-Life:...

1663–1730 medieval Icelanic scholar Króna 100 kr obverse 1981–1995
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.Born at Hrafnseyri, near Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of a pastor, Sigurður Jónsson. He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1833 to study grammar and history at the university there...

1811–1879 leader of the Icelandic independence movement Króna 10 kr obverse 1934–1947
obverse 1947–1969
100 kr obverse 1935–1947
obverse 1947–1973
500 kr obverse 1944–1948
obverse 1948–1968
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson was an Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman.He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp...

1541–1627 bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584 Króna 50 kr obverse 1981–1987

Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...


Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial
Iranian rial
The rial is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into 100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

1878–1944 founded the Pahlavi Dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

5 ریال obverse 1924–1937
10 ریال obverse 1924–1951
20 ریال obverse 1924–1951
50 ریال obverse 1924–1962
100 ریال obverse 1924–1954
500 ریال obverse 1924–1974
1000 ریال obverse 1936–1974
Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

1919–1980 second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

10 ریال obverse 1951–1979
20 ریال obverse 1951–1979
50 ریال obverse 1962–1979
100 ریال obverse 1954–1976
200 ریال obverse 1965–1979
500 ریال obverse 1974–1979
1000 ریال obverse 1974–1979
10000 ریال obverse 1975–1979
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah 100 ریال obverse 1976–1979

Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Irish pound
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
Series B Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series B Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland replaced the Series A Banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1982 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the series was replaced in 1993 by Series C Banknotes.-Banknotes:...

 and Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
Series C Banknotes (Ireland)
The Series C Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; it replaced Series B Banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Johannes Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian, Neoplatonist philosopher, and poet. He is known for having translated and made commentaries upon the work of Pseudo-Dionysius.-Name:...

815-877 theologian, philosopher, poet Pound £5 obverse 1975–1994
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde , known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn , was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945...

1860–1949 1st President, 1938–1945 Pound £50 obverse 1995–2002
James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

1882–1941 author and poet Pound £10 obverse 1993–2002
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley
The Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831...

1787–1841 founder, The Sisters of Mercy, 1831 Pound £5 obverse 1994–2002
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...

1670–1738 most famous Irish bard Pound £50 obverse 1977–1995
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847; often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century...

1775–1847 a leader of Catholic Emancipation Pound £20 obverse 1992–2002
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

1846–1891 statesman, forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement Pound £100 both 1995–2002
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

1667–1745 satirist and poet Pound £10 obverse 1976–1993
W. B. Yeats 1865–1939 Nobel Prize winner, 1923 Pound £20 obverse 1976–1992

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...


Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–Present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse In Circulation Since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

1888–1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1966 New Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1985–1999
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

1886–1973 1st Prime Minister, 1948–1953 and 1955–1963 Pound £500 obverse 1977–1984
Sheqel ₪50 obverse 1980–1986
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, the second and longest-serving President of Israel.-Biography:...

1884–1963 2nd President, 1952–1963 New Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1986–1999
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Bialik , also Chaim or Haim, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet.-Biography:...

1873–1934 National Poet Pound £10 obverse 1970–1984
Edmond James de Rothschild
Edmond James de Rothschild
Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his generous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.- Early years :A...

1845–1934 philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs Sheqel ₪500 obverse 1982–1986
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

1879–1955 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921 Pound £5 obverse 1972–1984
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...

1895–1969 3rd Prime Minister, 1963–1969 Sheqel ₪5,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1985–1999
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl , born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl was an Ashkenazi Jew Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.-Early life:...

1860–1904 founder of the Zionist movement Pound £100
₪10
obverse 1969–1984
1975–1984
Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1980–1986
Ze'ev Jabotinsky 1880–1940 a leader in the Zionist movement Sheqel ₪100 obverse 1980–1986
Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

1135/8-1204 author of the Mishneh Sheqel ₪1,000 obverse 1983–1986
New Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1986–1999
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....

1898–1978 4th Prime Minister, 1969–1974 Sheqel ₪10,000 obverse 1984–1986
New Sheqel ₪10 obverse 1985–1999
Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...

1784–1885 philanthropist Pound £10 obverse 1975–1984
Sheqel ₪1 obverse 1980–1986
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...

1894–1965 2nd Prime Minister, 1954–1955 New Sheqel ₪20 obverse 1988–1999
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:...

1889–1974 3rd President, 1963–1972 New Sheqel ₪200 obverse 1992–1999
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of the Hadassah Women's Organization. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandate Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.-Biography:...

1860–1945 a leader of the Zionist movement Pound £5 obverse 1976–1984
Haim Weizman 1874–1952 1st President of Israel, 1949–1952 Pound £50 obverse 1972–1984
1978–1984
Sheqel ₪5 obverse 1980–1986

Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Italian lira
Italian lira
The lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...

1801–1835 opera composer Lira 5,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...

1598–1680 Baroque sculptor and architect Lira 50,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

1571–1610 Baroque artist Lira 100,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...

1874–1937 Nobel Prize winner, 1909 Lira 2,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name...

1870–1952 developed the Montessori method of education Lira 1,000 ₤ obverse 1990–2002
Raphael
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino , better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur...

1483–1520 Renaissance painter Lira 500,000 ₤ obverse 1997–2002
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was a Lombard physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in 1800.-Early life and works:...

1745–1827 developer of the electric battery, 1800 Lira 10,000 ₤ obverse 1985–2002

Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)

See also Japanese yen
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi
Prince was a samurai of Chōshū domain, Japanese statesman, four time Prime Minister of Japan , genrō and Resident-General of Korea. Itō was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire...

1841–1909 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister, 1885–1888, 1892–1896, 1898, 1900–1901 Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1963–1986
Nitobe Inazo 1862–1933 politician, economist, author Yen ¥5,000 obverse 1984–2004
Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo
Viscount was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922. He was known as an expert on finance during his political career.-Early life :...

1854–1936 20th Prime Minister, 1921–1922 Yen ¥50 obverse 1951–1958
Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shotoku
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

574-622 regent, politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1946–1956
¥1,000 obverse 1950–1965
¥5,000 obverse 1957–1986
¥10,000 obverse 1958–1986
Ninomiya Sontoku
Ninomiya Sontoku
, born Ninomiya Kinjirō , was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist.-Life:Ninomiya Sontoku was born to a poor peasant family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province. His father died when he was 14 and his mother died...

1787–1856 philosopher, economist, moralist Yen ¥1 obverse 1946–1958
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

1867–1916 novelist Yen ¥1,000 obverse 1984–2004
Itagaki Taisuke
Itagaki Taisuke
Count was a Japanese politician and leader of the , which evolved into Japan's first political party.- Early life :Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, , After studies in Kōchi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige,...

1837–1919 politician Yen ¥100 obverse 1953–1974
Iwakura Tomomi
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji period. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.-Early life:Iwakura was born in Kyoto as the second son of a low-ranking courtier and nobleman . In 1836 he was adopted by another nobleman, , from whom he received his family...

1825–1883 politician Yen ¥500 obverse 1951–1971
¥500 obverse 1969–1994
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era...

1835–1901 political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator, author Yen ¥10,000 obverse 1984–2004

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...


Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas
The modern banknotes of Lithuania are denominated in litas. All banknotes are of the same size except for the 500 litų banknote. They bear signatures of Minister of Finance and of Chairperson of the Bank of Lithuania Board. 10, 20, and 50 litų banknotes have 4 releases...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavicius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...

1851–1927 leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence, 1918 Litas 50 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius
Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1896–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...

1793–1864 historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language Litas 100 Lt obverse 1993–2000
Stasys Girėnas
Stasys Girenas
Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....

1893–1933 pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the US to Lithuania Litas 10 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...

1860–1930 standardized the Lithuanian language Litas 5 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Maironis
Maironis
Maironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...

1862–1932 romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement Litas 20 Lt obverse 1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
Motiejus Valančius
Motiejus Valancius
Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...

1801–1875 a leader in the Lithuanian national movement Litas 2 Lt obverse 1993–1998
Vydūnas
Vydunas
Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...

1868–1953 writer, philosopher; leader in the Lithuantian national movement Litas 200 Lt obverse 1997–2000
Žemaitė
Žemaite
Žemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...

1845–1921 author Litas 1 Lt obverse 1994–1998

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...


Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Luxembourgish franc
Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourgish franc was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 1999 . The franc remained in circulation until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jean I
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. He is the father of the current ruler, Grand Duke Henri, and the son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma...

1921- Grand Duke, 1964–2000 Franc 100 fr. obverse 1986–2002
1,000 fr. obverse 1985–2002
5,000 fr. obverse 1993–2002

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...


Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

1879–1919 Leader in the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1919 Peso $10 both 1993–1997

Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...

1607–1676 admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1676 Gulden ƒ100 obverse 1972–1981
Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

1580–1666 painter Gulden ƒ10 obverse 1971–1977
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

1632–1677 rationalist philosopher Gulden ƒ1,000 obverse 1973–1996
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...

1562–1621 composer, organist, teacher Gulden ƒ25 obverse 1972–1990
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

1587–1697 writer, playwright Gulden ƒ5 obverse 1976–1988

Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...


Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals.-Early life:...

1802–1829 mathematician Krone 500 kr obverse 1948–2002
1978–2002
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

1832–1910 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1903 Krone 50 kr obverse 1950–1999
1966–1999
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

1779–1849 Speaker of the Storting, 1815 and 1818 Krone 5 kr obverse 1901–1945
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Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...

1813–1885 writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1979–1997
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

1782–1830 co-author of the Constitution, 1814 Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1991–2001
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...

1843–1907 composer and pianist Krone 500 kr obverse 1991–2000
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

1828–1906 playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" Krone 1,000 kr obverse 1949–1999
1975–2001
Christian Michelsen
Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

1857–1925 Prime Minister, 1905–1907 Krone 10 kr obverse 1954–1999
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

1861–1930 Nobel Prize winner for Peace, 1922 Krone 5 kr obverse 1955–1999
10 kr obverse 1972–1999
Oscar II
Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

1829–1907 King of Norway, 1872–1905 Krone 5 kr obverse 1877–1998
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50 kr obverse
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Peder Tordenskjold
Peder Tordenskjold
Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold , commonly referred to as Tordenskjold , was a Norwegian nobleman and an eminent naval flag officer in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral for his services in the Great Northern War...

1691–1720 Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War Krone 10 kr obverse 1901–1945
100 kr obverse
1,000 kr obverse
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål .-Background:...

1818–1870 poet and journalist Krone 50 kr obverse 1985–1997
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

1808–1845 poet and writer Krone 100 kr obverse 1949–1999
1962–1999

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...


Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–Present)
See also Pakistani rupee
Pakistani rupee
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

1876–1948 1st Governor-General, 1947–1948; "Father of the Nation" Rupee Rs. 5 obverse 1997–2002

Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...


Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–Present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland
Historical coins and banknotes of Poland, see also Polish złoty.-Before 20th century:-20th century Interwar:-Post WWII:-1974 series:-See also:* Polish coins and banknotes...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Józef Bem
Józef Bem
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...

1794–1850 general; war hero Złoty 10 zł obverse 1982–1995
Boleslaw I
Boleslaw I of Poland
Bolesław I Chrobry , in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great , was a Duke of Poland from 992-1025 and the first King of Poland from 19 April 1025 until his death...

966/7-1025 King of Poland, 992-1025 Złoty 2,000 zł reverse 1977–1995
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

1810–1849 romantic composer and pianist Złoty 5,000 zł obverse 1982–1995
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....

1473–1543 developed a heliocentric model of the solar system Złoty 1,000 zł obverse 1962–1965
1975–1995
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

1867–1934 Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) Złoty 20,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Jarosław Dąbrowski 1836–1871 general; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune Złoty 200 zł obverse 1976–1995
Dubrawka
Dubrawka
Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, by his wife Biagota....

940/45-977 Queen Consort of Mieszko I, 965-977 Złoty 2 zł obverse 1936–1940
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

1746–1817 general; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising, 1794 Złoty 500 zł obverse 1976–1995
Mieszko I
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I , was a Duke of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława , a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the...

935-992 King of Poland, 960-992 Złoty 2,000 zł obverse 1977–1995
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1819–1872 conductor and composer Złoty 100,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

1860–1941 3rd Prime Minister, 1919 Złoty 2,000,000 zł obverse 1992–1995
Emilia Plater
Emilia Plater
Countess Emilia Plater was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

1806–1831 countess; hero from the November Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1936–1939
1940–1944
Władysław Reymont 1867–1925 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1924 Złoty 1,000,000 zł obverse 1991–1995
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...

1846–1916 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1905 Złoty 500,000 zł obverse 1990–1995
Stanisław Staszic 1755–1826 priest, philosopher, statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 Złoty 50,000 zł obverse 1989–1995
Karol Świerczewski
Karol Swierczewski
Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Pole who became a Soviet military officer and a general. He served as a general in the service of the Soviet Union, Republican Spain, and the Soviet sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity after World War II.- Life :Karol Świerczewski grew up in...

1897–1947 leader in post-World War II government Złoty 50 zł obverse 1975–1995
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt
Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs...

1826–1864 general; hero from the January Uprising Złoty 20 zł obverse 1982–1995
Ludwik Waryński
Ludwik Warynski
Ludwik Tadeusz Waryński was an activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.-Biography:...

1856–1889 socialist activist Złoty 100 zł obverse 1975–1995
Stanisław Wyspiański 1869–1907 playwright Złoty 10,000 zł obverse 1988–1995

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...


Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Portuguese escudo
Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and its removal from circulation on 28 February 2002. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...

1467–1520 explorer and navigator, discovered the sea route to Brazil, 1500 Escudo 1,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...

1469–1524 explorer and navigator, sailed from Europe to India, 1497–1498 Escudo 5,000$ obverse 1996–2002
João de Barros
João de Barros
João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...

1496–1570 historian Escudo 500$ obverse 1997–2002
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.-Purposes of the Dias expedition:...

1450–1500 explorer and navigator, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Escudo 2,000$ obverse 1996–2002
Henry the Navigator 1394–1460 patron of Portuguese exploration Escudo 10,000$ obverse 1996–2002

Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu
Banknotes of the Romanian leu
-1917 issue :Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of the leu, the ban -1917 issue ("paper coins"):Issued in Iaşi, during World War I by the Ministry of Finance, as war money. The banknotes represent the subdivision of...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa
Grigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....

1867–1944 biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea Leu 200 L obverse 1992–1996
Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...

1819–1852 a leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Lucian Blaga
Lucian Blaga
-Biography:Lucian Blaga was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. He was a philosopher and writer higly acclaimed for his originality, a university professor and a diplomat. He was born on May 9, 1895 in Lancrăm, near Alba Iulia, Romania, his father being an...

1895–1961 poet, playwright, philosopher Leu 5,000 L obverse 1998–2002
Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...

1876–1957 sculptor Leu 500 L both 1991–1992
1992–1996
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...

1852–1912 playwright, short story writer Leu 1,000,000 L obverse 2003–2007
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...

1820–1873 Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia, 1859–1862; Dominator of Romania, 1862–1866 Leu 50 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu
Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...

1850–1889 romantic poet Leu 1,000 L obverse 1991–1993
1993–1998
1998–2001
George Enescu
George Enescu
George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

1881–1955 composer, violinist, pianist Leu 50,000 L obverse 1996–2002
2000–2004
2001–2007
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...

1838–1907 painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting Leu 100,000 L obverse 1998–2004
2001–2007
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Ţara Moţilor region and the Apuseni Mountains...

1824–1872 leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 Leu 5,000 L obverse 1992–1993
1993–1998
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...

1871–1940 Prime Minister, 1931–1932 Leu 10,000 L obverse 1994–1999
1999–2002
2000–2007
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu
Tudor Vladimirescu was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri or — occasionally — as Domnul Tudor .-Background:Tudor was born in Vladimiri, Gorj County in a family of landed peasants...

1780–1821 revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia Leu 25 L obverse 1952–1966
1966–1991
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...

1882–1913 engineer, inventor, early pilot Leu 500,000 L obverse 2000–2007

Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...


Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–Present)
See also Slovenian tolar
Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 stotins...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...

1876–1918 writer, playwright, poet Tolar 10,000 SIT obverse 1995–2007
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...

1550–1591 Renaissance composer Tolar 200 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopic
Rihard Jakopič was a Slovenian painter. He was the leading Slovenian Impressionist painter and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovenian impressionist painting.- Life :Jakopič was born in Ljubljana, then part of the...

1869–1943 impressionist painter Tolar 100 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca
Ivana Kobilca was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes, portraits or country settings...

1861–1926 realist painter Tolar 5,000 SIT obverse 1993–2007
Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...

1872–1957 architect Tolar 500 SIT obverse 1992–2007
France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....

1800–1849 poet Tolar 1,000 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar
Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...

1508–1586 founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia Tolar 10 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Janez Vajkard Valvasor
Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...

1641–1693 scholar Tolar 20 SIT obverse 1992–2007
Jurij Vega
Jurij Vega
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...

1754–1802 mathematician and physicist Tolar 50 SIT obverse 1993–2007

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...


Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–Present)
See also South African pound
South African pound
In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies. At that time, the only British colony in Southern Africa was the Cape of Good Hope Colony. As time went on, the British pound sterling and its associated subsidiary coinage became the currency of...

 and South African rand
South African rand
The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

1619–1677 Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town, 1652–1662 Pound 10/- obverse 1948–1961
£1 obverse
£5 obverse
£10 obverse 1952–1961
£100 obverse
Rand R1 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1973
obverse 1973–1975
obverse 1975–1977
R2 obverse 1961–1974
obverse 1974–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R5 obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R10 obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1966–1975
obverse 1975–1978
obverse 1978–1993
R20 obverse 1961–1979
obverse 1979–1993
R50 obverse 1984–1992

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....


Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble or rouble was the currency of the Soviet Union. One ruble is divided into 100 kopeks, ....

 and Russian chervonets.
Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

1870–1924 leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman
Premier of the Soviet Union
The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...

 of the Council of People's Commissars, 1917–1924
Ruble руб10 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1991
руб25 obverse 1947–1961
obverse 1961–1992
руб50 obverse
руб100 obverse
Chervonet 5 chervozev obverse 1937–1947
10 chervozev obverse

Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–Present)
See also Spanish peseta
Spanish peseta
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra .- Etymology :...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña
Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....

1851–1901 novelist Peseta 200 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

1451–1506 navigator and explorer, discovered the Americas, 1492 Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Hernando Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

1485–1547 conquistador of Mexico Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1992–2002
Rosalía de Castro
Rosalía de Castro
María Rosalía Rita de Castro , was a Galician romanticist writer and poet.Writing in the Galician language, after the Séculos Escuros , she became an important figure of the Galician romantic movement, known today as the Rexurdimento , along with Manuel Curros Enríquez and Eduardo Pondal...

1837–1885 writer, poet Peseta 500 ₧ obverse 1982–2002
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Girault was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana.Rebellion of 1768]]....

1716–1795 explorer, colonial administrator, first Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1766–1768 Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1987–2002
Felipe
Felipe, Prince of Asturias
Felipe, Prince of Asturias de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain....

1968- Prince of Asturias, 1977- Peseta 10,000 ₧ reverse 1982–1987
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...

1881–1958 poet; Nobel Prize winner, 1956 Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...

1938- King of Spain, 1975- Peseta 5,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
10,000 ₧ obverse
obverse 1987–2002
José Celestino Mutis
José Celestino Mutis
-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...

1732–1808 botanist and mathematician Peseta 2,000 ₧ obverse 1987–2002
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....

1843–1920 novelist Peseta 1,000 ₧ obverse 1982–1987
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...

1475–1541 conquistador of Peru Peseta 1,000 ₧ reverse 1992–2002

Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....


Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles XI 1655–1697 King of Sweden, 1660–1697 Krona 500 kr obverse 1985–1999
obverse 1989–2006
Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death...

1763–1844 King of Sweden and Norway, 1818–1844 Krona 1,000 kr obverse 1976–1998
Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

1496–1560 King of Sweden, 1523–1560 Krona 5 kr reverse 1890–1987
obverse 1965–1998
10 kr reverse 1892–1987
obverse 1940–1987
50 kr reverse ????-1987
100 kr reverse ????-1987
1,000 kr reverse 1890–1987
Gustav III
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

1746–1792 King of Sweden, 1771–1792 Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998
Gustav V 1858–1950 King of Sweden, 1907–1950 Krona 5 kr obverse 1948–1987
1,000 kr reverse 1952–1987
Gustav II Adolf
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

1594–1632 King of Sweden, 1611–1632 Krona 100 kr obverse ????-1998
obverse 1986–2006
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...

1882–1973 King of Sweden, 1950–1973 Krona 5 kr obverse 1954–1987
10 kr obverse 1963–1998
10,000 kr obverse 1958–1991
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

1858–1940 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1909 Krona 20 kr obverse 1992–2006
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

1707–1778 botanist, physician, zoologist; father of taxonomy Krona 50 kr obverse ????-1998

Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.A keen student of the architecture of Michelangelo and the ruins of...

1599–1667 Baroque architect Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1976–2000
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...

1740–1799 aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...

1707–1783 mathematician, physicist Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1979–2000
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...

1848–1931 psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants Franc 1,000 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...

1516–1565 authored Historiae animalium
Historiae animalium (Gesner)
Historiae animalium published at Zurich in 1551-58 and 1587, is an encyclopedic work of "an inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gesner, a doctor and professor at the Carolinum, the precursor of the University of Zurich...

(1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology
Franc 50 Fr. obverse 1978–2000
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...

1819–1890 writer Franc 10 Fr. obverse 1956–2000
Saint Martin
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

316/7-397 patron saint of soldiers Franc 100 Fr. obverse 1957–2000
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

1746–1827 teacher and education reformer Franc 20 Fr. obverse 1930–1976
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...

1708–1777 anatomist and physiologist Franc 500 Fr. obverse 1977–2000

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...


Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–Present)
See also Turkish lira
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...

 and Turkish new lira
Turkish new lira
The new Turkish lira was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2009 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kurush...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

1881–1938 founder of the Republic of Turkey; 1st President, 1923–1938 Lira ₤2½ obverse 1939–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1955–1966
obverse 1957–1966
obverse 1960–1966
₤5 obverse 1937–1952
obverse 1952–1968
obverse 1959–1968
obverse 1961–1968
obverse 1965–1968
obverse 1968–1983
obverse 1976–1983
₤10 obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1952–1966
obverse 1953–1966
obverse 1958–1966
obverse 1960–1966
obverse 1961–1966
obverse 1963–1966
obverse 1966–1981
obverse 1975–1981
both 1979–1987
both 1982–1987
₤20 obverse 1966–1987
obverse 1974–1987
obverse 1979–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤50 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1952
obverse 1951–1979
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1956–1979
obverse 1957–1979
obverse 1960–1979
obverse 1964–1979
obverse 1971–1979
obverse 1976–1987
obverse 1983–1987
₤100 obverse 1927–1938
obverse 1938–1942
obverse 1952–1976
obverse 1956–1976
obverse 1958–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1964–1976
obverse 1969–1976
obverse 1972–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1983–1986
obverse 1984–1989
₤500 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1976
obverse 1959–1976
obverse 1962–1976
obverse 1968–1976
obverse 1971–1984
obverse 1974–1984
obverse 1983–1989
obverse 1984–1989
₤1,000 obverse 1927–1939
obverse 1939–1946
obverse 1953–1979
obverse 1978–1986
obverse 1979–1986
obverse 1981–1986
obverse 1986–1992
obverse 1988–1992
₤5,000 obverse 1981–1994
obverse 1985–1994
obverse 1988–1994
obverse 1990–1994
₤10,000 obverse 1982–1995
obverse 1984–1995
obverse 1989–1995
obverse 1993–1995
₤20,000 obverse 1988–1997
obverse 1995–1997
₤50,000 obverse 1989–1999
obverse 1995–1999
₤100,000 both 1991–2001
both 1994–2001
both 1996–2001
₤250,000 obverse 1992–2006
obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1998–2006
₤500,000 obverse 1993–2006
obverse 1994–2006
obverse 1997–2006
₤1,000,000 obverse 1995–2006
obverse 1996–2006
obverse 2002–2006
₤5,000,000 obverse 1997–2006
₤10,000,000 obverse 1999–2006
₤20,000,000 obverse 2001–2006
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, author, academic, member of parliament, and the poet of the Turkish National Anthem....

1873–1936 poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem Lira ₤100 reverse 1983–1989
reverse 1984–1989
İsmet İnönü
Ismet Inönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

1884–1973 2nd President, 1938–1950 Lira 50 kuruş obverse 1944–1947
₤1 obverse 1942–1947
₤2½ obverse 1947–1952
₤10 obverse 1942–1950
obverse 1947–1952
obverse 1948–1952
₤50 obverse 1942–1951
obverse 1947–1951
₤100 obverse 1942–1946
obverse 1947–1952
₤500 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
₤1,000 obverse 1940–1946
obverse 1946–1953
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from...

1432–1481 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1444–1446 and 1451–1481 Lira ₤1,000 reverse 1986–1989
reverse 1988–1992
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī , also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and popularly known as Mevlānā in Turkey and Mawlānā in Iran and Afghanistan but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic...

1207–1273 Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" Lira ₤5,000 reverse 1981–1994
reverse 1985–1994
reverse 1988–1994
Mimar Sinan 1489–1588 chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, 1512–1588 Lira ₤10,000 reverse 1982–1995
reverse 1984–1995
reverse 1989–1995
reverse 1993–1995

Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...



Currency: Hryvnia (₴, 1996–Present)
See also Ukrainian hryvnia
Ukrainian hryvnia
The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....

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Currency: Karbovanets(1991–1996)
See also Ukrainian karbovanets
Ukrainian karbovanets
The karbovanets has been a distinct unit of currency in Ukraine during three separate periods. The name is also used in the Ukrainian language for the Imperial ruble and the Soviet ruble, but not for the modern Russian ruble....

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Hryvnia ₴1 obverse 1996–1997
obverse 1997–2004
obverse 2004–2006
Yaroslav I
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...

978-1054 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod Hryvnia ₴2 obverse 1996–1997
obverse 1997–2001
obverse 2001–2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . He led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates which resulted in the creation of a Cossack state...

1595–1657 Hetman of Ukraine, 1648–1657 Hryvnia ₴5 obverse 1996–1997
obverse 1997–1998
obverse 1998–2001
obverse 2001–2004
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...

1640–1709 Hetman of Ukraine, 1687–1708 Hryvnia ₴10 obverse 1996–1997
obverse 1997–2000
obverse 2000–2004
Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....

1856–1916 poet, writer, journalist Hryvnia ₴20 obverse 1996–1997
obverse 1997–2000
obverse 2000–2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...

1866–1934 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917–1918 Hryvnia ₴50 obverse 1996–2004
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Hryvnia ₴100 obverse 1996–2006
Lubid' 6th century Founder of Kiev Karbovanets 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 obverse 1991–1996
Kyi, Schek and Khoryv 6th century Founders of Kiev Karbovanets 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 obverse 1992–1996
Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...

958-1015 Prince of Kiev and Novgorod, 978-1015 Karbovanets 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000, 200,000, 500,000 obverse 1993–1996
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

1814–1861 poet; works considered to be the foundation of both modern Ukrainian language and literature Karbovanets 1,000,000 obverse 1995–2006

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...


Currency: Pound Sterling (£, 1158–Present in England; 1695–Present in Scotland)
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.

England & Wales

Bank of England

Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...

1812–1870 foremost English novelist of the Victoria era Pound Sterling £10 reverse 1992–2003
Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...

1857–1934 composer Pound Sterling £20 reverse 1999–2010
Elizabeth II 1926- Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952- Pound Sterling £1 obverse 1978–1988
£5 obverse 1971–1991
obverse 1990–2003
£10 obverse 1975–1994
obverse 1992–2003
obverse 1999–2010
£20 obverse 1970–1993
obverse 1991–2001
£50 obverse 1981–1996
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday, FRS was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry....

1791–1867 physicist and chemist; significantly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry Pound Sterling £20 reverse 1991–2001
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...

1643–1727 physicist, mathematician, astronomer Pound Sterling £1 reverse 1978–1988
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night...

1820–1910 pioneer of modern nursing Pound Sterling £10 reverse 1975–1994
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

1564–1616 playwright, poet; regarded as the greatest writer of the English language Pound Sterling £20 reverse 1970–1993
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives...

1781–1848 invented the steam engine locomotive Pound Sterling £5 reverse 1990–2003
Arthur Wellesley
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

1769–1852 1st Duke of Wellington, 1814–1852; Prime Minister, 1828–1830 and 1834 Pound Sterling £5 reverse 1971–1991
Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren FRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.He used to be accorded responsibility for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...

1632–1723 architect; designer of St. Paul's Cathedral Pound Sterling £50 reverse 1981–1996

Scotland

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
Robert the Bruce
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I , popularly known as Robert the Bruce , was King of Scots from March 25, 1306, until his death in 1329.His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage , and...

1274–1329 King of the Scots 1306-1329. £1 obverse 1971-c.1989
David Livingstone
David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...

1813–1873 Scottish missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...

 and explorer in Central Africa
Central Africa
Central Africa is a core region of the African continent which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....

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£10 obverse 1971–1998
Lord Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, was a mathematical physicist and engineer. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging...

1824–1907 mathematical physicist
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...

 and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

£20 obverse 1971-c.1989

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


Currency: Dollar ($, 1792–Present)
See also Federal Reserve Note
Federal Reserve Note
A Federal Reserve Note is a type of banknote used in the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes are printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on paper made by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts. They are the only type of U.S...

 and Large denominations of United States currency
Large denominations of United States currency
The base currency of the United States is the U.S. dollar, and is printed on bills in denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.At one time, however, it also included five larger denominations. High-denomination currency was prevalent from the very beginning of U.S. Government issue...

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Person Years of Birth/Death Reason for Honor Currency Denomination Obverse or Reverse Years of Circulation
William Bradford
William Bradford (1590-1657)
William Bradford was an English leader of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and served as governor for over 30 years after John Carver died. His journal was published as Of Plymouth Plantation...

1590–1657 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1621–1651 Dollar $10,000 reverse 1918–1928
William Brewster
William Brewster (Pilgrim)
Elder William Brewster was a Mayflower passenger and a Pilgrim colonist leader and preacher.-Origins:Brewster was probably born at Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, circa 1566/1567, although no birth records have been found, and died at Plymouth, Massachusetts on April 10, 1644 around 9- or 10pm...

1566–1644 leader and pastor of Plymouth Colony Dollar $10,000 reverse 1918–1928
John Carver
John Carver
John Carver was a Pilgrim leader. He was the first governor of Plymouth Colony and his is the first signature on the Mayflower Compact.-Mayflower:...

1576–1621 1st Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1620–1621 Dollar $10,000 reverse 1918–1928
Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase
Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and the 23rd Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.Chase was one of the most prominent members...

1808–1873 25th Secretary of the Treasury, 1861–1864 Dollar $10,000 obverse 1918–1928
1929–1969
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...

1837–1908 22nd and 24th President, 1885–1889 and 1893–1897 Dollar $1,000 obverse 1929–1969
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto (explorer)
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi River....

1496/7-1542 Spanish explorer; discoverer of the Mississippi River, 1542 Dollar $500 reverse 1918–1928
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States , serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term...

1744–1814 Delegate, Continental Congress, 1782–1785 Dollar $5,000 reverse 1918–1928
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

1755/7-1804 1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789–1795 Dollar $1,000 obverse 1918–1928
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

1743–1826 Delegate, Continental Congress, 1783–1784 Dollar $5,000 reverse 1918–1928
James Madison
James Madison
James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...

1751–1836 Delegate, Continental Congress, 1780–1783 Dollar $5,000 reverse 1918–1928
4th President, 1809–1817 obverse 1929–1969
John Marshall
John Marshall
John Marshall was the Chief Justice of the United States whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches...

1755–1835 4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1801–1835 Dollar $500 obverse 1918–1928
William McKinley
William McKinley
William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

1843–1901 25th President, 1897–1901 Dollar $500 obverse 1929–1969
Thomas Mifflin
Thomas Mifflin
Thomas Mifflin was an American merchant and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania, President of the Continental...

1744–1800 President of the United States in Congress Assembled, 1783–1784 Dollar $5,000 reverse 1918–1928
James Monroe
James Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...

1758–1831 Delegate, Continental Congress, 1783–1786 Dollar $5,000 reverse 1918–1928
John Robinson
John Robinson (pastor)
John Robinson was the pastor of the "Pilgrim Fathers" before they left on the Mayflower. He became one of the early leaders of the English Separatists, minister of the Pilgrims, and is regarded as one of the founders of the Congregational Church.-Early life:Robinson was born in Sturton le Steeple...

1575–1625 organizer of the Mayflower voyage Dollar $10,000 reverse 1918–1928
Myles Standish
Myles Standish
Myles Standish was an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military advisor for Plymouth Colony. One of the Mayflower passengers, Standish played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its inception...

1584–1656 military commander of Plymouth Colony Dollar $10,000 reverse 1918–1928
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

1732–1799 Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, 1775–1783 Dollar $5,000 reverse 1918–1928

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