Nellie MELBA gives voice on the new Australian 100 AUD banknote!
- March 06, 2020
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- Pierre
A few days ago, the Reserve Bank of Australia (Reserve Bank of Australia) unveiled the visuals for its AUD100 banknote of the new series. On the obverse is a portrait of Dame Nellie Melba, an internationally renowned soprano. It is taken from a photograph of Melba, illustrating a biography first published in 1909 and written by Agnes G. Murphy, the artist’s private secretary.
In the background is a photograph of Dame Nellie Melba in Rosina costume in Rossini’s Barber of Seville. It was taken by Leopold Emile Reutlinger in 1896.
The musical score is a small...
Bank of England unveils new “TURNER” £20 banknote
- February 16, 2020
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- Pierre
A few months ago, Governor Mark Carney unveiled the design of the new £20 note featuring the artist JMW Turner. It will be issued...
C. LAGARDE head of the ECB: a new signature on euro banknotes
- December 03, 2019
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- Pierre
Mrs Christine LAGARDE was appointed Governor of the ECB in July 2019.
After Win DUISENBERG, Jean Claude TRICHET and Mario DRAGHI, Mrs LAGARDE is the...
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...
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...
