quinta-feira, 30 de outubro de 2008

Croacia - 500000 Dinara 1994 Pick R32a



The dinar was the independent currency of Croatia between December 23, 1991, and May 30, 1994. The ISO 4217 code was HRD. The Republic of Serbian Krajina did not use the Croatian dinar but had its own Krajina dinar. It was not subdivided into smaller units and no coins were minted.

In 1991, notes were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25, 100, 500 and 1000 dinara, with 2000, 5000 and 10,000 dinara notes added in 1992 and 50,000 and 100,000 dinara in 1993. The obverse of all banknotes was the same, with a picture of Ragusan scientist Ruđer Bošković. Notes up to 1000 dinara had Zagreb cathedral on reverse. The higher denominations featured the Ivan Meštrović sculpture History of the Croats on the reverse.

sexta-feira, 24 de outubro de 2008

Portugal - 5 Centavos 1918




Cédula da Casa da Moeda - 5 Centavos Bronze. Emissão 5-4-1918


The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the euro on 1 January 1999 and was removed from circulation on 28 February 2002. The ISO 4217 code of the escudo was PTE. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was the cifrão, similar to the dollar sign, but with two strokes. Amounts in escudos were written as escudoscentavos with the cifrão as the decimal separator (e.g. 25$00 means 25 escudos, 100$50 means 100 escudos and 50 centavos). Because of the conversion rate of 1000 réis = 1 escudo, three decimal places were initially used (1 escudo = 1$000). "Escudo" is Portuguese for "shield".
The Casa da Moeda issued notes for 5, 10 and 20 centavos between 1917 and 1925 whilst, between 1913 and 1922, the Banco de Portugal introduced notes for 50 centavos, 1, 2½, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 escudos. 50 centavos and 1 escudo notes ceased production in 1920, followed by 2½, 5 and 10 escudos in 1925 and 1926. 5000 escudos notes were introduced in 1942.

The last 20 and 50 escudos notes were printed dated 1978 and 1980, respectively, with 100 escudos notes being replaced by coins in 1989, the same year that 10,000 escudos notes were introduced

Banknotes in circulation at the time of the changeover to the euro were:

500 escudos (€ 2.49)
1000 escudos (€ 4.99)
2000 escudos (€ 9.98)
5000 escudos (€ 24.94)
10,000 escudos (€ 49.88)
Banknotes can still be returned to the central bank Banco de Portugal and converted to euros until 28 February 2022.

Escudo banknotes celebrated notable figures from the History of Portugal. The final banknote series featured the Age of Discovery, with João de Barros, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and Henry the Navigator.

The last 100-escudo Banknote represented Fernando Pessoa, the famous Portuguese writer.

Portugal - 500 Reis 30-09-1910




500 Reis - Similar à Chapa 3 - Prata emissão de 30-09-1910 com sobrecarga REPUBLICA a preto.

The real (meaning: "royal", plural: réis) was the unit of currency of Portugal from around 1430 until 1911. It replaced the dinheiro at the rate of 1 real = 840 dinheiros and was itself replaced by the escudo (as a result of the Republican revolution of 1910) at a rate of 1 escudo = 1000 réis. The escudo was further replaced by the euro at a rate of 1 euro = 200.482 escudos in 1998.

Portugal - 500 Reis 27-12-1904




500 Reis - Similar à Chapa 3 - Prata emissão de 27-12-1904 com sobrecarga REPUBLICA a preto.

The real (meaning: "royal", plural: réis) was the unit of currency of Portugal from around 1430 until 1911. It replaced the dinheiro at the rate of 1 real = 840 dinheiros and was itself replaced by the escudo (as a result of the Republican revolution of 1910) at a rate of 1 escudo = 1000 réis. The escudo was further replaced by the euro at a rate of 1 euro = 200.482 escudos in 1998.

terça-feira, 21 de outubro de 2008

Eslovenia - 5 Tolarjev 1990 - Pick 3


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Servia - 20 Dinara 2006 - Pick new



Servia - 20 Dinara 2006 - Pick new


Front: Portrait of Petar II Petrovic Njegoš with a line sketch of the Cetinje monastery on the right side;
Back: Figure of Petar II Petrovic Njegoš; detail from the decorative miniature featured on the first Slavic
Octoechos, printed in Cetinje in 1494; mountain range of Komovi; Watermark: Portrait of Petar II
Petrovic Njegoš; Signature: Radovan Jelašic (Governor, Guverner); Printer: Zavod za izradu
novcanica i kovanog novca - Topcider.

The dinar (genitive plural: dinara) is the actual currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was the currency of the Principality, then the Kingdom, of Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The current Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar.

The National Bank of Serbia is the central bank of the Serbia and as such its main responsibilities are the protection of price stability and maintenance of financial stability.

Core functions of the National Bank of Serbia include determining and implementation of the monetary policy, as well as that of the dinar exchange rate policy, management of the foreign currency reserves, issue of banknotes and coins, and maintenance of efficient payment and financial systems.

segunda-feira, 13 de outubro de 2008

Eslovenia - 100 Tolarjev 2003 - Pick 31




(Impressionist Rihard Jakopic and his pavillion)
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on December 31, 2006. It was subdivided into 100 stotinov. The ISO 4217 currency code for the Slovenian tolar was SIT. The name tolar comes from Thaler, and is cognate with dollar.


sexta-feira, 3 de outubro de 2008

Coreia do Sul - 10 Jeon 1962 - Pick 28


Coreia do Sul - 10 Jeon 1962 - Pick 28
The won is the currency of South Korea. A currency called the won circulated in all Korea between 1902 and 1910. The won was first the currency of South Korea between 1945 and 1953, with the currently circulating won introduced in 1962. The won is subdivided into 100 jeon.