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~*~Collection Of Beautiful Currencies~*~ :salamThe world's most beautiful currencies... http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...2_1666600i.jpg A Costa Rican bank note for five colones. It shows Rafael Yglesia Castro, president of Costa Rica from 1894 to 1902 and a Guaria Morada orchid, Costa Rica's national flower. The current series of bank notes is being replaced throughout 2010. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666612i.jpg A Canadian bank note for five dollars, depicting children playing ice hockey. The verse is from a Roch Carrier short story, and reads: "The winters of my childhood were long, long seasons. We lived in three places - the school, the church and the skating rink - but our real life was on the skating rink." http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666615i.jpg A colourful five dollar Australian note. In 1965, Australia adopted the name "royal" for its currency, but it was later dropped in favour of the dollar. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666617i.jpg A note for one Egyptian pound. All Egyptian bank notes are bilingual. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666619i.jpg A 100 dirham note from the UAE, showing the World Trade Centre. A falcon watermark is placed on all UAE bank notes to help prevent fraud. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666424i.jpg A five rupee note from Pakistan. The port depicted is Gwadar port, which opened in 2008. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666623i.jpg A five ringgit note from Malaysia showing the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the Petronas Twin Towers, and the Multimedia Super Corridor. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666624i.jpg A 20 rand note from South Africa. Each in this series of bank notes features a different animal from the "big five" http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666625i.jpg A colourful, floral 1000 note from French Polynesia, where the currency is the CPF franc http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666627i.jpg A 500 baht note from Thailand. This is roughly equivalent to £10 of British money. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666628i.jpg A Surinamese ten dollar note. The dollar replaced the Surinamese guilder in January 2004. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...t_1666629i.jpg A one lempira note from Honduras. The lempira was introduced in 1931, and is named after a 16th century ruler. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666630i.jpg A New Zealand note for five dollars, depicting New Zealand's native hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666634i.jpg A Bahamian one dollar note, showing the Royal Bahamas police force band. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666636i.jpg A one dinar note from Libya. The dinar replaced the pound in 1971. http://audreyandthane.files.wordpres...000-rupees.jpg Indian 1,000 Rupee note bearing the image of the nation's father, Mohandas K. Gandhi in front and a combine harvester, an offshore oil derrick, a satellite, and a steel furnace, with a young girl working at a computer at the back. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...e_1666418i.jpg An Indonesian note for 10,000 rupiah. The word rupiah derives from the Indian rupee. This note shows traditional houses in the city of Palembang. :star: |
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