This 1,000-peso note commemorates the 65th anniversary of the Cuban banking system (Sistema Bancario Cubano). B920 (PNL): 1,000 pesos (US$38)Red, orange, and brown. Front: Spanish text; bank logo; Sistema Bancario Cubano logo; founder of the “internationalized” Cuban Communist Party, Julio Antonio Mella McPartland. Back: Spanish text; Sistema Bancario Cubano logo;Read More…

B162 (PNL): 50 kina (US$15) Orange. Front: English text; Papua New Guinean coat of arms with bird of paradise perched on Kundu drum and ceremonial spear; 50 logo; National Parliament building in Port Moresby. Back: English text; Prime Minister Michael Somare; spears from Sepik; shield and mask from New Ireland;Read More…

These notes commemorate the 33rd anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. They are like the preceding issues, but with the slogan of modern Ukraine—СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ! ГЕРОЯМ СЛАВА! (Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!)—added at upper right back. B866 (PNL): 20 гривень (hryven) (US$0.75)Green, blue, and brown. Front: Ukrainian text; denomination asRead More…

This 80-ruble note commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War (World War II). 80,000 notes were sold packaged in a folder for 120 rubles each. BNP106 (PNL): 80 рублёў (rubles) (US$40)Purple, brown, red, pink, and yellow. Front: Belarusian text; denomination asRead More…