2019 new AUD 20 banknote dedicated to REIBEY and FLYNN
- October 07, 2019
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- Pierre
The new Australian $20 banknote will be put into circulation in October 2019.
He pays tribute to Mary Reibey, an inmate who escaped rigid social norms to become a smart and successful businesswoman, and to Reverend John Flynn, who pioneered the world’s first air medical service in 1928, now known as the “Royal Flying Doctor Service”.
On the obverse is a De Havilland Dragon aircraft and a pedal transceiver developed to improve communications in remote areas, two symbols of Flynn’s history.
On the reverse is a schooner from Port Jackson to Sydney Cove in the early 1800s....
Currency in crisis – German emergency money 1914-1924, British Museum
- October 06, 2019
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- Pierre
Notgeld, or ‘emergency money’, from the early Weimar Republic, is a powerful illustration of the turbulent years during and after the First World War...
2019 Polish Security Printing Works commemorative Banknote of zl19
- October 04, 2019
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- Pierre
A collectors’ 19zł banknote has been issued by the National Bank of Poland to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Polish Security Printing Works...
BoE unveiled new £50 pounds banknote – Alan TURING
- July 18, 2019
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- Pierre
IT pioneer Alan Turing will be the obverse of the new £50 banknotes, which will enter into circulation in 2021, the Bank of England...
2019 Singapore 20 dollars commemorative banknote – Singapore Bicentennial
- July 07, 2019
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- Pierre
On 5 June 2019, President Halimah Yacob launched a $20 banknote to commemorate Singapore’s Bicentennial. The commemorative note depicts Singapore’s journey to nationhood and...
2019 1,000 hryvnia banknote from UKRAINE
- June 25, 2019
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- Pierre
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to introduce the 1,000 hryvnias banknote from 25 October and to withdraw the 1, 2 and 5...
2019 SAMOA new 10 tala commemorative banknote – XVI Pacific Games
- June 21, 2019
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- Pierre
The Central Bank of Samoa announced recently the release of a new $10 polymer banknote in June 2019, to commemorate the XVI Pacific Games...
2019 Kenya Big Five new banknotes series introduced by Governor Patrick Njoroge
- June 21, 2019
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- Pierre
Governor Njoroge of CBK announced the issuing of a new banknotes series and told that the new banknotes have a unique theme and security...
2019 British Museum exhibition “Playing with Money: currency and games”
- June 16, 2019
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- Pierre
This exhibition looks at how modern board games, educational toys, gambling and role-playing games reflect, inform and shape our understanding of economics and money.
The...
New 2019 zero euro banknotes series ATATURK – Mustafa KEMAL
- May 28, 2019
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- Pierre
This year, the Republic of Turkey celebrates the 100th anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Euro Souvenir Banknotes will present its special tribute collection of...
