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Uncle Pennybags is on all of my money.
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50 öre (latest design, this one just changed recently):
copper, three crowns (trad symbol of sweden) front, denomination back
50 öre (old design, still in valid circulation):
silver, name cypher of the current king front, denomination back
1 krona (new design, just changed):
silver, king on front, crown on back
1 krona (old design, an even older one with the old king is also still in circulation):
silver, king on front, small royal arms (three crowns on a crowned shield) on back
5 kronor:
silver, king's name cypher on front, butt-ugly 70s-designed denomination on back
10 kronor:
gold, king on front, denomination/three crows on back
20 kronor (notes from here on):
purplish, writer Selma Lagerlöf on front, Goose (from Lagerlöf's most famous book, Nils Holgersson) on back
50 kronor:
yellowish, 19th-century soprano Jenny Lind on front, Key Harp (trad swedish musical instrument) on back
100 kronor:
multi-hued greenish-blue, naturalist Carolus Linnaeus on front, bee and flower on back (relates to Linnaeus's innovations in nomenclature, look him up for more info)
500 kronor:
multi-hued reddish-brown, King Karl XI and the Bank of Sweden on front, Cristopher Polhem (father of swedish mechanics, apparently) on back
1000 kronor (uncommon, older design than the rest):
greyish, king Gustavus Vasa on front, some kind of harvest picture on backVärldsstad - Dom lokala genrenas vän
Mick102, 102,3 Umeå, Måndagar 20-21Comment
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Shakespeare was on the first "famous personages" range- he was on the £20.Originally posted by Peter Triggs
I'm pretty sure Shakespeare was on the back of a note at some point but can't remember which one.
Others in the same range were Sir Isaac Newton (£1), The Duke of Wellington (£5), Florence Nightingale (£10) and Sir Christopher Wren (£50).The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Peter, with such a huge amount of famous Brits through the ages I'm surprized how many obscure (at least to this American) folks you've got on bills. I only recognized Dickens and Darwin.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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Those are the Italian versions of the Euro-Coins (because every nation have different things on their coins)
While on the over side they all look the same:
As for the old Italian Lira... very often the same coin could have different images and sametimes even different sizes... (the only thing that didn't change was the number written in it) So it is difficult to find a picture with ALL of them in it.
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EDIt: And by the way.. the building you can see in the 2 cent coin is the Mole Antonelliana of Torino
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Ozzy,
I'm sure not a lot of people around here know who Elizabeth Fry was (I didn't). But that's PC for you: you've got to have a token woman in there someplace.Comment
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I've got a £5 note with George Stephenson on it.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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It's legal tender 'til November.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
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it's the queen though.Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
1000 dollar - recently withdrawn from circulation.
and the old $2:
And a sample of the back of one:
i like the new bills a lot better
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Norwegian coins
Norwegian notes
On the coins we have: some strange animal (on the 50-øre, wtf is that?), a bird, the king's monogram, order of St. Olav, the king's face, a church and a viking ship.
the notes:
50 kroner: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. Together with a guy called Moe, he gathered all the folk tales in one book.
100 kr: Kirsten Flagstad, an opera singer
200 kr: Kristian Birkeland, a scientist and inventor of artificial fertiliser IIRC
500 kr: Sigrid Undset, an author (she won the Nobel prize!)
1000 kr: Edvard Munch, greatest painter everCSPAComment
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Wow the inventor of artificial fertalizer. Thats just who I would put on a 200 kr note.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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Franklin was an inventor/scientist and Jefferson was a scientist of sorts.An educator, an inventor, and an artist (right?). In the US we just have Presidents and other famous political leaders.Comment
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Franklin was still a famous political leader, and that is why he made it on our money. If they were looking for inventors/scientists then Edison would be on there instead.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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Or better yet, someone like Feynman or Fermi."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Who?Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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