Romania

Romania 100 Lei 1966 VG
Front: Nicolae Balcescu (1819-1852)
Back: The Athenaeum in Bucharest

Nicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution. He was a passionate student of history. At the age of 19, he joined the Wallachian Army, and, in 1840, took part, alongside Eftimie Murgu and Cezar Bolliac, in Mitică Filipescu's conspiracy against Prince Alexandru II Ghica. The plot was uncovered, and Bălcescu was imprisoned in Mărgineni Monastery, where he remained for the following two years. The rough imprisonment conditions left irreversible marks on Bălcescu's health. While in Paris (1846), he became leader of the Romantic nationalists and liberal-radical group. His final years saw an intense publishing activity, including his study, written in French, Question economique des Principautes Danubiennes, as well as a collaboration with Adam Mickiewicz on La Tribune des Peuples. Stricken by tuberculosis, impoverished, and constantly moving between various locations in France and the Italian Peninsula, he died in Palermo (in the Two Sicilies) at 33 years of age. Bălcescu never married, though he and his lover Alexandra Florescu had a son, Bonifaciu Florescu (1848-1899), who became a professor of French language and literature.



The Romanian Athenaeum is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania and a landmark of the Romanian capital city. Opened in 1888, the ornate, domed, circular building is the city's main concert hall and home of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic and of the George Enescu annual international music festival. In 1865, cultural and scientific personalities such as Constantin Esarcu, V. A. Ureche, and Nicolae Creţulescu founded the Romanian Atheneum Cultural Society. To serve its purposes, the Romanian Athenaeum, a building dedicated to art and science, would be erected in Bucharest. The building was designed by the French architect Albert Galleron, built on a property that had belonged to the Văcărescu family and inaugurated in 1888, although work continued until 1897. A portion of the construction funds was raised by public subscription in a 28-year long effort, of which the slogan is still remembered today: "Spend one leu for the Ateneu!"

Russian Empire

Russian Empire 1 Rublle Bill 1898 VG
Arms with Russian eagle.

Mexico, Quetzalcoatl (Teotihuacan) pyramid listed under UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Mexico 20 Pesos 1977, 1976 VG
Front: José María Morelos y Pavón(30/09/1765-22/12/1815)
Back: Quetzalcoatl (Teotihuacan)
The city and the archaeological site was located in what is now the San Juan Teotihuacán municipality in the State of México, Mexico, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Mexico City. The site covers a total surface area of 83 km² and was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and is one of the most visited archaeological sites in Mexico. Teotihuacan is an enormous archaeological site in the Basin of Mexico, containing some of the largest pyramidal structures built in the pre-Columbian Americas. Apart from the pyramidal structures, the archaeological site of Teotihuacan is also known for its large residential complexes, the so-called "avenue of the dead", and its colorful well-preserved murals.

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. He was later captured by the Spanish colonial authorities and executed for treason in 1815. Morelos was born into a poor family in the city of Valladolid, since renamed "Morelia" in his honor, in a house that is today a museum dedicated to his legacy. He was a mestizo of mixed Amerindian, and Spanish ancestry. His father was Manuel Morelos, a carpenter originally from Zindurio, a predominantly indigenous village a few kilometers west of Valladolid. His mother was Juana María Guadalupe Pérez Pavón, originally from San Juan Bautista de Apaseo, also near Valladolid. Valladolid was the seat of a bishop and of the government of the colonial Intendency of Michoacán. It was known as the "Garden of the Viceroyalty of New Spain" because of its prosperity.
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Have collected banknotes from 111 countries

Mexico

Mexico 500 Pesos 1984 VG
Front: Francisco Ignacio Madero González (30/10/1873 - 22/02/1913)
Back: Aztec Calendar Sun Stone

Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce. However, once Díaz was deposed, the Mexican Revolution quickly spun out of Madero's control. He was deposed and executed by the Porfirista military and his aides that he neglected to replace with revolutionary supporters. His assassination was followed by the most violent period of the revolution (1913-1917) until the Constitution of 1917 and revolutionary president Venustiano Carranza achieved some degree of stability.

Mexica Sun Stone
The Aztec calendar stone, Mexica sun stone, or Stone of the Sun (Spanish: Piedra del Sol), is a large monolithic sculpture that was excavated in the Zócalo, Mexico City's main square, on December 17, 1790.
Measuring about 3.6 metres (12 ft) in diameter, 1.22 metres (4 ft) in thickness and weighing 24 tonnes,[2] the original basalt version is presently on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City's Chapultepec Park. It is often informally considered to be one of the national symbols of Mexico. This basalt sculpture is a representation of the Aztec calendar.
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Mexico

Mexico 1000 Pesos 1984 VG
Front: Scholar, poet, nun and writer Juana de Asbaje
Back: Plaza de Santo Domingo in Mexico City


Sor Juana was born (November 12, 1651. Some biographers record her birth year as [1648,] – April 17, 1695).
She was known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and also by her full name: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz de Asbaje (or Asuaje) y Ramírez de Santillana.
Sor Juana was a self-taught Novohispana scholar, nun, poet, and a writer of the Baroque school. Though she lived in a colonial era when Mexico was part of the Spanish empire, she is considered a Mexican writer, and a precursor to later Mexican literature.
Interesting to read: The Imperfect Sex: Why Is Sor Juana Not a Saint?
by Jorge Majfud

Facade of the Church of Santo Domingo.
Santo Domingo in Mexico City refers to the Church of Santo Domingo and its Plaza, also called Santo Domingo. Both are located three blocks north of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral following Republica de Brasil Street with Belisario Dominguez Street separating the two. Officially known as the Señor de la Expiración Chapel,[2] the church is located on the north side of Belisario Dominguez and faces the plaza. It is all that is left from the first monastery to be established in New Spain.
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Laos

Front Design: King Savang Vatthana born on 13-11-1907 for King Sisavang Vong and Queen Kham-Oun I. At the age of 10 he study in France. On 7-8-1930 he married to Queen Khamphoui and had six children....was the 13th King of Laos, reigned 1959-1975. In August 1959, he became Regent of Laos , and assumed the throne on November 1., Temple
Back Design: Canoe competition. This festival Boun Xuang Heua ( Boats racing ) normally held during from October- November.

Laos

Lao People's Democratic Republic Banknotes
Laos 1 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the Lao military unit formed up of various ethnic groups in Laos.
Back: Scene of the school children in the classroom

Laos

Laos 5 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the government shop.
Back: Scene of the elephants are used extensively in rural industry especially for logging.

Laos

Laos 10 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the wood logging factory
Back: Scene of the nurse with mother and child

Laos

Laos 20 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of Lao troops with a tank and a speed boat patrolling the Mekong river's bank which is the frontier of Laos and Thailand
Back: Scene of the textile mill in Laos

Laos

Laos 50 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the farmers traditionally ploughing the rice field and transplanting the rice seedlings in the watered paddies.
Back: View of Nam Ngum Dam, the hydro-electic power-station located about 80 Km north of Vientiane the capital of Laos.

Laos

Laos 100 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the traditional rice harvest contrasted with the scene of mechanized harvest using machines to cut the rice plants and to sift the rice.
Back: View of a bridge and a soldier guarding a factory

Laos

Laos 500 Kip 1988 UNC
Front: Variety of scenes of the mechanized agriculture activities in Laos representing a hydro-electric irrigation Dam, organized co-operative farming using ploughing tractors to cultivate the terraced field.
Back: Scenes of the coffee harvest in Boliven Plateau in southern Laos

Laos

Laos 1000 Kip 2003 UNC
Front: Portrait of Lao women in traditional costumes the first woman represent from Lao Soung (Mountaintops), second from LaoLoum (Lowlands) and third from Lao Theung (Hills). and Pha That Luang
Back: Scenes of the animal husbandry contain numerous head of cattle grazing.

Indonesia

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Indonesia 20000 Rupiah 1998 VG
Front: Ki Hadjar Dewantara, Hindu Ganesh Statue
Back: Children in Classroom

Ki Hajar Dewantara (2 May 1889 - 28 April 1959), born Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat in Yogyakarta, was a pioneer in the field of education in Indonesia.

Ki Hadjar Dewantara studied at ELS (European Lagere School), then he continued his studies at Kweekschool (Teacher School) and Stovia (Javanese Doctor's School)

In 1949, he was chosen for Minister of Education and Culture.

The 2nd of May is Indonesia's 'National Education Day', named in his honour.

He built 'Taman Siswa' for the people of Indonesia.

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Ecuador

Ecuador 10 Sucres 1986 VG
Front: Sebastian de Benalcazar(1479 or 1480 to 1551) was a Spanish conquistador.
Back: National Coat of Arms of Ecuador

He was born Sebastián Moyano in the province of Córdoba, Spain, in either 1479 or 1480. He took the name Belalcázar or Benalcázar as that was the name of the castle-town near to his birthplace in Córdoba. According to various sources, he may have left for the New World with Christopher Columbus as early as 1498, but Juan de Castellanos wrote that he killed a mule in 1507, and fled Spain for the West Indies due to fear of punishment, and as a chance to escape the poverty in which he lived.

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Czechoslovakia

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Czechoslovakia 100 Korun 1961 VG
Front: Couple
Back: View of Prague with the castle and the Charles Bridge


Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavní město Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City.


Charles Bridge is a famous historical bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of 15th century. As the only means of crossing the river Vltava (Moldau), the Charles Bridge used to be the most important connection between the Old Town, Prague Castle and adjacent areas until 1841. Also this 'solid-land' connection made Prague important as a trade route between east and west Europe. The bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenný most) or the Prague Bridge (Pražský most) but has been the "Charles Bridge" since 1870. The bridge is 516 meters long and nearly 10 meters wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two of them on the Lesser Quarter side and the third one on the Old Town side. The Old Town bridge tower is often considered to be one of the most astonishing civil gothic-style buildings in the world. The bridge is decorated by a continuous alley of 30 statues and statuaries, most of them baroque-style, erected around 1700.

During the night Charles Bridge is a quiet place. But during the day it changes its face into a very busy place, with painters, owners of kiosks and other traders alongside numerous tourists crossing the bridge.

Charles Bridge during 1872 flood


Charles Bridge in 1903, note the horsecar tracks

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia 10 Korun 1986 VG
Front: Pavol Orszagh Hviezdoslav (1849-1921),
Back: Orava mountains
Thanks to Goran, Croatia

Slovak poet, dramatist, translator and a member of the Czechoslovak parliament for a short time. His father was a poor squire and had his son work in the field. Hviezdoslav studied at grammar schools in Miskolc and Kežmarok. After his graduation in 1870, he continued at the Law Academy of Prešov , where in 1871 he participated at the preparation of the Almanach Napred ("Forward" Miscellany/Almanac), which marks the beginning of a new literary generation in Slovak literature.

Then he was an employee of the court at Dolný Kubín. Afterwards he was a lawyer by profession between 1875 and 1899 in Námestovo and then in Dolný Kubín again. In 1918 he was a member of the newly created Revolutionary National Assembly (provisional governing body, later parliament) in Prague, and from 1919-1920 served as its representative. In 1919 he was named leader of the re-established Matica slovenská(see below). In 1954, the Literary Museum of P. O. Hviezdoslav was established in Dolný Kubín. A festival of amateur reciters named Hviezdoslav's Kubín has been held there since.
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