China

China 2 ER Jiao 1980 UNC
Front: Native and Korean youth
Back: Coat of Arms

China

China 1 Jioa 1980 UNC
Front: Two Taiwanese men at left.
Back: Arms on reverse.

Nepal

Nepal 2 Rupees 1981 UNC
Front: King Bikram
Back: Leapord

Egypt

Egypt 1 Pound 2004 UNC
Front Design: Qaitbay Mosque(1472 and 1474 AD) *The Funerary Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay (Qaitbay)In the Northern Cemetery by Ismail Abaza*
Back Design: Abu Simbel temple in Aswan

Egypt

Egypt 25 Piasters
Front Design: Quraysh Hawk the official symbol of Egypt
Back Design: Mosque of umm-al-mu'minin Aisha

Egypt

Egypt 10 Piastres 1998 UNC
Front Design: The Saladin Citadel of Cairo (Muhammad Ali Mosque Citadel)
Back Design: The Great Sphinx and pyramids at Giza, Watermark: The statue of Tutankhamun

Mask of Tutankhamun's mummy, the popular icon for ancient Egypt at The Egyptian Museum.

The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a half-human, half-lion Sphinx statue in Egypt, on the Giza Plateau at the west bank of the Nile River, near modern-day Cairo. The largest monolith statue in the world, it stands 73.5 metres (241 ft) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide, and 20 m (65 ft) high.

The Saladin Citadel of Cairo is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Cairo, Egypt.
The location, part of the Muqattam hill near the center of Cairo, was once famous for its fresh breeze and grand views of the city, and was fortified by the Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din (Saladin) between 1176 and 1183 AD, to protect it from the Crusaders.
It is sometimes referred to as Mohamed Ali Citadel , because it contains the Mosque of Mohamed Ali (or Muhammad Ali Pasha), which was built between 1828 and 1848, perched on the summit of the citadel. This Ottoman mosque was built in memory of Tusun Pasha, Muhammad Ali's oldest son, who died in 1816.
The citadel stopped being the seat of government when Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, moved to his newly built Abdin Palace in the Ismailiya neighborhood in the 1860s.
There are two other mosques at the Citadel, the 13th/14th c. hypostyle Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad from the early Bahri Mamluk period, and the 16th c. Mosque of Suleyman Pasha, first of the Citadel's Ottoman-style mosques. The citadel also contains Al-Gawhara Palace, the National Military Museum and the Police Museum.

Cairo Citadel at night

Brazil

Brazil 50 Cruzados Novos 1989 UNC
Front Design: Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987) Brazilian poet. Born in Itabira his parents were farmers of Portuguese ancestry (and remote Scottish ancestry).
Back Design: Poem

Belarus

Banknotes of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus Out of Circulation






Belarus 1 Roubles 2000 UNC
Front: National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk
Back: Picture of the coat of arms and denomination in figures

Belarus 5 Roubles 2000 UNC
Front: View of the Troitskoye Predmestye in Minsk
Back: Denomination in figures

Belarus 1000 Roubles 1998 UNC
Front: National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk
Back: Picture of the coat of arms and denomination in figures

Burundi

Burundi 50 Francs 05-02-2005 UNC

China

Home to one-fifth of the world's population and is also the world's third largest country in area. The north where the Huand He (Yellow River) flows is cold and dry. The south which includes Guangzhou (Canton) and Hong Kong is much warmer. The two ares are divided by the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) the third longest river in the world which flows to Shanghai, the largest city in China.

China's name comes from the Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty, founded in 221 B.C. First empror was Huang Ti. Weakend by foreign wars and the last emperor was forced out in 1912 and a republic was formed. The first president was Sun Yat-Sen. After a civil war in 1949 the Communists under Mao Zedong took control. China invaded and occupied Tibet in 1950. In 1972 president Richard M Nixon become the first president to visit China. United State

China 1 Fen 1953


China 2 Fen 1953 UNC


China 5 Fen 1953 UNC

Somalia

Somalia 50 Shillings 1991 UNC
Front: Loom worker
Back: Young person leading a donkey w/3 children on back. Arms at top left center.

There is no specific period that can be traced the starting era of the use of money metallic coins in Somalia, but from the history we acknowledged that the trade relations between the neighboring countries in the exchange of goods were based with the currencies used by those inhabitants of the region namely in the Arabian Peninsula and in India. Banknotes printed were of 100 Somalo, 20 Somalo, 10 Somalo and 5 Somalo. On 23rd March, 1961 the currency Somalo was renamed into ‘Somali Shilling’.The first new series of banknotes were issued of denominations of 100 Shilling, 20 Shilling, 10 hilling and 5 Shilling in 1962. Read More

Information Obtained Central Bank of Somalia

Srilanka, Sacred City of Kandy, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Srilanka 1000 Rupees 2001 VF
Front: The elephant on the front of the note is "Raja". Raja carried the sacred tooth relic of Buddha in the annual Kandy Perehara for over 5o years until he died. There are many stories attached to Raja. Rajia is now stuffed and preserved on display at the Kandy Temple Museum. The man standing with Raja is a Muslim gent from the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka who was Raja's first owner.
Thanks for the Information Mr. Ravindra, Srilanka Lighthouses on stamps

Back: Temple of Tooth (Buddha), Kandy , Peacock

The Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Senkadagalapura (an early name for Kandy)
Image Obtained From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Afghanistan

Afghanistan 500 Afghanis 1990 UNC
Front: Horseman Competing in Buzkashi
Back: Fortress at Kabul

Buzkashi is a goat grabbing game played by two team in afghanistan and Tajikistan.


Upper Bala Hissar from west Kabul in 1879.
Image Obtained From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

French-IndoChine

French-Indochine 10 Cents 1939 VF
Front:Carving's, Lion and Tower of Angkor Wat Temple
Back: People traveling on top elephant, Marlet place

French Indochina in 1913.
for more read French IndochinaWikipedia


photo taken by Rodin Wu


photo taken by h.dot

Honduras

Honduras 5 Lempiras 2003 UNC
Front: Morazan (1792-15 September 1842)
Back: Battle De La Trinida (Noviembre II De 1827)

The currency of Honduras was named leader of the lempira. It also commemorates the hero Lenca Puerto Lempira, the Honduran capital of the department of Gracias a Dios, as well as the aforementioned department of Lempira

The Bank of Honduras and the Banco Atlantida issued the first lempira banknotes in 1932. They were in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 lempiras. The Central Bank of Honduras took over production of paper money in 1950, introducing 50 lempiras notes in 1951. In 1975, 100 lempiras notes were added, followed by 500 lempiras in 1995.

Francisco Morazán is considered one of the most important military leaders in the history of Central America. Francisco Morazán had a brother and two sisters: Benito, Marcelina, and Cesarea Morazán.The wife of Francisco Morazán was the lady Maria Josefa Lastiri. (Image Obtained from www.tiquicia.org)

They had a daughter whom they named Adela. Outside of this marriage Morazán had two sons: José Antonio and Francisco. All of those who knew Morazan describe him as a tall man, physically strong, intellectually gifted, self-disciplined, and at times controversial.


Francisco Morazán


Bust of Morazán at San Pedro Perulapán

Information Obtained From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vietnam

Vietnam 1 Dong 1964 UNC
Front: Value
Back: Farmer working in a filed with Tractor