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Here’s Looking at You, Dirham: Morocco’s 200 Banknote
The Dirham (MAD) is the national currency of Morocco. Its first appearance was in form of coins between the 8th – 10th centuries, followed by its second coming as coins and also banknotes as of the 20th century, more specifically 1960. That year marked Morocco’s independence following a period of nearly 50 years during which…
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100 Riels Cambodia: Coming to Terms with a Beautiful and Dark Past
The Cambodian Riel (KHR), first appeared in 1955 and circulated alongside its predecessor, the Piastre, which it eventually replaced to become Cambodia’s national currency. Cambodia has a long history of colonialism and it was under French rule for much of the 20th century until gaining independence on November 9, 1953. Since then, Cambodia saw two…
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$10 Cayman Islands: The Perpetual Reign
The Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD) was introduced in 1972 as the new currency for the self governing British Overseas territory, that previously shared the Jamaican Dollar as the Caymans’ legal tender. Four denominations were introduced that year starting with $1 followed by $5, $10 and $25. In 1981 the Cayman Islands Currency Board introduced $40…
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$5 New Zealand: This Kiwi Doesn’t Fly Either But It’s Got Much Swagger
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD), was introduced by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 1967 as the nation’s new currency taking over for the Pound. The $5 is one of five current denominations (the others are: 10, 20, 50 and 100), and since 1999 all of have been issued as polymer notes. The sizes…
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$2 Dreams: How much are your “Toms” worth?
There has been a bunch of noise recently about $2 US notes and their value, that emanated from numerous media outlets like USA Today, Yahoo Finance, CBS among others. The fascination with America’s elusive $2 bill (aka the “Tom”), seems to have gripped the public’s attention once again.
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