banknotes

Five Dollars United States note red seal

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, is featured on the five dollar red seal US banknote. It has the words ‘United States Note’ and, in common with all US dollar bills, has green print on the reverse (hence the popular term ‘greenbacks’).

You get: £3.07870

1 USD = £0.6157400000

HM Treasury Ten Shillings banknote (King George V red)

This one pound banknote depicts the portrait of George V, King of the United Kingdom and British Dominions. The note contains the words ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland’.

You get: £0.46000

1 GBP = £0.9200000000

Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited 5 Pounds banknote (Young girl)

This Northern Irish five pounds banknote has an image of Dunluce Castle in Bushmills, Northern Ireland. Text on the £5 note reads ‘Allied Irish Bank Limited’.

You get: £3.75000

1 NIP = £0.7500000000

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 1 Pound banknote

This one pound sterling note depicts the portrait of Lord Ilay, Scottish nobleman. Printed on the paper banknote is the text ‘The Royal Bank of Scotland plc’.

You get: £0.92000

1 SCP = £0.9200000000

1 Egyptian Pound banknote (Tutanhamen)

The blue-colored Egyptian note of one egyptian pound features Tutankhamun’s pharaoh mask. On the £1 banknote a caption reads ‘central bank of Egypt’.

You get: £0.00663

1 EGP = £0.0066300000

1000 Belgian Francs banknote (Comptes courants)

This 1000 francs banknote depicts the image of King Leopold I of Belgium. Text on the note reads ‘Banque nationale de Belgique (comptes courants)’.

You get: £16.97000

1 BFR = £0.0169700000

1000 French Francs banknote (Commerce et Industrie)

The 1000 French francs note type Commerce & Industrie has two women with flowers in their hair on the front side. The backside of the Mille Francs note features two allegorical figures: A blacksmith on the left, representing Industry, and Mercury on the right, representing Trade.

You get: £0.64000

1 FRF = £0.0006400000

1000 French Francs banknote (Tresor Central type Marianne)

This 1000 mille francs bill shows Marianne, symbol of France. The green one thousand French francs banknote contains the words ‘Republic Francaise Trésor Central’.

You get: £6.42000

1 FRF = £0.0064200000

1000 Hong Kong Dollars banknote (HSBC 1977-1983)

The gold-yellow-colored HSBC bank note of one thousand dollars shows a lion. The words ‘The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’ are printed on the bill.

You get: £60.55000

1 HKD = £0.0605500000

2 old Polish Zlote banknote (1948 issue)

The green coloured banknote of Dwa Zlote has an image of the buildings of the National Bank of Poland on its back side. This two zloty banknote was in use during the Cold War.

You get: £0.05000

1 PLN = £0.0250000000

2 Zambian Kwacha banknote (President Kenneth Kaunda type 1980)

The back side of the K2 Bank of Zambia note of two kwacha features a teacher and a student with a school building in the background. The front side of this 2 Zambian Kwacha banknote from 1980 shows former President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda.

You get: £0.02000

1 ZMW = £0.0100000000

20 Deutsche Marks banknote type Liberty (Bank Deutcher Länder)

This blue-red-colored German zwanzig deutsche mark note shows a portrait of Lady Liberty in an oval. Text on the 20 Deutschmarks bill reads ‘Bank Deutscher Länder’.

You get: £5.84060

1 DEM = £0.2920300000

25 Dutch Guilders banknote (Prinsesje)

The wartime banknote of 25 Dutch Guilders type ‘Prinsesje’ (little princess) was first issued in a bright orange colour. The occupying German forces cancelled the banknote in 1940 because they thought it encouraged Dutch nationalism and anti-Nazi resistance. A second version of the little princess 25 Guilders note was issued in 1943, this time coloured … Continued

You get: £2.29775

1 NLG = £0.0919100000

25 old Leva banknote Bulgaria (1951 issue)

On the obverse side of the 25 old Bulgarian Leva banknote is a portrait of Georgi Dimitrov Mikhaylov, the country’s first Communist party leader. On the back side of this 25 BGL bill is an image of rail construction workers.

You get: £0.00625

1 BGN = £0.0002500000

5 Brunei Dollars banknote series 1996

The note of lima ringgit shows Sultan Hassan Bolkiah I of Negara Brunei Darussalam. The polymer plastic banknote contains the words ‘negara Brunei darussalam’.

You get: £2.19515

1 BND = £0.4390300000

50 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike)

The old 50 rupees Ceylon banknote features the portrait of Ceylon’s 4th Prime Minister, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. On the back side of the Rs 50 bill is a scene showing a tea plantation and tea pluckers.

You get: £0.07000

1 LKR = £0.0014000000

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