B241 (PNL): 50 meticais (US$0.70) Yellow. Front: Portuguese text; tree; antelope as registration device; bank logo; first president, Samora Moisés Machel. Back: Portuguese text; stick figures; wildlife; antelope as registration device; outline map of Mozambique; stick figures. No security thread. Watermark (shadow image): Samora Moisés Machel. Printer: (Crane Currency). 144Read More…

B240 (PNL): 20 meticais (US$0.30) Violet. Front: Portuguese text; tree; bird on branch as registration device; bank logo; first president, Samora Moisés Machel. Back: Portuguese text; stick figures; plant, tree, mountains; bird on branch as registration device; outline map of Mozambique; stick figures. No security thread. Watermark (shadow image): SamoraRead More…

B368 (PNL): 1,000 yen (US$8.95) Blue. Front: Japanese text; flowers; Kitasato Shibasaburō (bacteriologist). Back: English text; Katsushika Hosukai’s woodblock print, “The Great Wave of Kanagawa” from “Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji.” Holographic patch. No security thread. Watermark: Kitasato Shibasaburō and one vertical bars. Printer: 国立印刷局 (National Printing Bureau). 150Read More…

B369 (PNL): 5,000 yen (US$45) Lilac. Front: Japanese text; flowers; Tsuda Umeko (educator). Back: English text; wisteria flowers. Holographic stripe. No security thread. Watermark: Tsuda Umeko and two vertical bars. Printer: 国立印刷局 (National Printing Bureau). 156 x 76 mm. Paper. a. No date. No sig. Prefix/suffix AA/WK. Intro: 03.07.2024.  CourtesyRead More…

B370 (PNL): 10,000 yen (US$89) Brown. Front: Japanese text; flowers; Shibusawa Eiichi (industrialist). Back: English text; Marunouchi side of red brick railroad Tokyo Station from 1914. Holographic stripe. No security thread. Watermark: Shibusawa Eiichi and three vertical bars. Printer: 国立印刷局 (National Printing Bureau). 160 x 76 mm. Paper. a. NoRead More…

B722 (PNL): 200 pesos (US$10) Green. Front: Spanish text; bank monogram; Miguel Hidalgo and José María Morelos. Back: Spanish text; ecosystem of bushes and deserts in Biosphere Reservation of El Pinacate and the Gran Desierto de Altar. Windowed security thread and solid security thread with demetalized 200. Watermark: Bell andRead More…

B104 (PNL): 100 ҧсар (apsars) (US$15) Purple, yellow, blue, orange, brown, and green. Front: Abkhaz text; apsars symbol; coat of arms of Abkhazia; seven 5-pointed stars; flower; snow-covered Caucasus mountain; red deer wth antlers; blackbird perched on pine branch with cones and needles. Back: Abkhaz text; ancient bronze tools; ruinsRead More…

B103 (PNL): 10 ҧсар (apsars) (US$1.55) Red, orange, blue, green, brown, and yellow. Front: Abkhaz text; coat of arms of Abkhazia; apsars symbol; seven 5-pointed stars; paw print; face of leopard; ancient bronze axe with primitive drawing of animal; coat of arms of Abkhazia. Back: Abkhaz text; apsars symbol; ancientRead More…

This 50-lilangeni note commemorates the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Monetary Authority of Swaziland, the forerunner of the Central Bank of Eswatini. It is like the preceding issues, but with the a new purple OVI device replacing the green shield and spears at right front, and a differentRead More…