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Bank Notes from Around the World
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Laos, 100 Kip note, before 1975.
Prince Souvanna Pouma, a chalice, and naga design on the front;
Lao temple and woman with basket of flowers on back.
Watermark: 3 Elephants and Umbrella
Laos, Pathet Lao 10 Kip note.
Printed by the Pathet Lao (Communist Insurgents), this was legal tender only
in the north of Laos in the 1970's. Clinic scene on the front;
planting bamboo booby-traps on the back.
Laos, Pathet Lao 500 Kip
note.
Printed by the Pathet Lao (Communist Insurgents), this was legal tender only
in the north of Laos in the early 1970's. Armed farmers in a rice field
on the front side, anti-aircraft guns bringing down an American airplane over
the Plain of Jars at Xiengkhuang on the back.
French Polynesia, 500 Franc note.
Outrigger in coastal scene, tropical fish and man's face on front;
man's face, rock cliffs, shells, and tiki on back.
Watermark: Woman's face and "RF"
French Polynesia, 1000 Franc note.
Hut in the palms and woman's face on front; village scene with
hut, church, deer, birds, tikis on back.
Watermark: Woman's face and "RF"
Taiwan (left and right), 0.5 NT note, 1949!
Sun Yat-Sen on the front; state building on back.
"NT" stands for New Taiwanese Dollar. This is the full-sized
note.
China (below), an old rice rationing coupon from Shianghai.
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