Azerbeijão- 1000 Manat 2001 - Pick 23

Azerbeijão- 1000 Manat 2001 - Pick 23

Etiópia - 1 Birr 2006 - Pick new

The Birr is the currency of Ethiopia.

The first currency of Ethiopia was introduced in 1894 and was known as the "Menelik talers." In 1934, the occupying Italian forces made the Italian lire the legal currency in Ethiopia until their expulsion in 1942. The Ethiopian Birr was finally introduced in 1945, first called the Ethiopian dollar and was only renamed to Birr in 1979.

Distributed by the National Bank of Ethiopia, the Birr is divided in coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 y 50 santim (cents), and bills of 1, 5, 10, 50 y 100 birr.

1.00 dollar equals 9.28 birr (February 2008)

Guinea - 1000 Francs 2006 - Pick new

The Guinean franc is the currency of Guinea.
The first Guinean franc was introduced in 1959 to replace the CFA franc. There were 1, 5, 10 and 25 francs coins (made of aluminium bronze) with banknotes (dated 1958) in 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 and 10,000 francs denominations. A second series of banknotes was issued in 1960, without the 10,000 francs. This second series had the same portrait but with a different colour scheme and reverse designs to the first. A new issue of coins in 1962 was made of cupronickel.
In 1971, the franc was replaced by the syli at a rate of 1 syli = 10 francs.
The Guinean franc was reintroduced as Guinea's currency in 1985, at par with the syli. The coins came in denominations of 1, 5 and 10 francs, with 25 francs (1987) and 50 francs (1994) added later. Banknotes were issued in denominations of 25, 50, 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 francs.
A second series issued in 1998 dropped the 25 and 50 francs banknotes, since they had been replaced by coins. 2006, third issue were introduced in denomination of 500, 1000 and 5000 francs that are similar to previous issues. On 11 June 2007, a 10,000 franc was issued.

Nigeria - 10 Naira 2004 - Pick 25

The naira is the currency of Nigeria. The ISO currency code is NGN. It is subdivided into 100 kobo.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the sole issuer of legal tender money throughout the Federation. It controls the volume of money supply in the economy in order to ensure monetary and price stability. The Currency & Branch Operations Department of the CBN is in charge of currency management, through the procurement, distribution/supply, processing, reissue and disposal/disintegration of bank notes and coins.

In 1973, the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced notes for 50 kobo, 1, 5, 10 and 20 naira. The 50 kobo notes were last issued in 1989. In 1991, 50 naira notes were issued, followed by 100 naira in 1999, 200 naira in 2000, 500 naira in 2001 and 1000 naira on October 12, 2005.

In 2007, new versions of the 5 to 50 naira banknotes were announced. The 10, 20 and 50 naira will be polymer banknotes, although currently only the 20 naira is made of polymer. The notes are slightly smaller and redesigned.

Haiti - 1 Gourde 1979 - Pick 239

Haiti - 1 Gourde 1979 - Pick 239

The gourde (French), goud (Kreyol) is the currency of Haiti. Its ISO 4217 code is HTG and it is divided into 100 centimes (French) or santim (Kreyol).
The first gourde was introduced in 1813. It replaced the livre at a rate of 1 gourde = 8 livre 5 sous.
In 1875, banknotes were issued by the "National Bank of Haiti" in denominations of 25 centimes, 1 and 5 piastres (equal to gourdes). Following this, banknotes were issued in denominations ranging from 10 centimes to 5 gourdes by the various Haitian governments until 1916, when the "National Bank of the Republic of Haiti" began issuing notes. In 1920, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 gourdes notes were issued, with 50 and 100 gourdes added in 1925. In the 1970s, 25, 250 and 500 gourdes notes were introduced. In 1979, the Bank of the Republic of Haiti replaced the National Bank as the paper money issuing body. 1000 gourdes notes were introduced in 2004.

Servia - 50 Dinars 2005 - Pick 40

Servia - 50 Dinars 2005 - Pick 40
Portrait of Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac; figure of Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac, a motif of Miroslav Gospels illumination scores. Banknote was first released in 2000 in predominantly light violet colour, with magenta and yellow tones. It was slightly redesigned in 2005.
The dinar (genitive plural: dinara, Serbian: динар, динара) is the 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 ISO 4217 code for the dinar is RSD, the three-digit identifier is 941, currency symbol is the same (RSD or РСД), while the unofficial local colloquialism din or дин is still in informal use.
In 2003, banknotes of the Serbian National Bank were introduced in denominations of 100, 1000 and 5000 dinara. These were followed by 500 dinara in 2004, 50 dinara in 2005 and 10 and 20 dinara in 2006.

Jugoslávia 20 Dinar 2000 - Pick 154

Jugoslávia 20 Dinar 2000 - Pick 154