Tag: art

• Mexico’s 500 Pesos Note: Celebrating Frida Kahlo

  

  The art world was abuzz recently. Two famous paintings sold at auctions, fetching record prices. One sold for $236.4 million and the other for $54.7 million. One was by Gustav Klimt, a European artist, and the other by female Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. Kahlo is the inspiration behind this post. Her self-portrait, The Dream (The…

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  November 26, 2025

  North America

  art, banknotes, currency, frida-kahlo, Kahlo, Mexico, painting, peso, self-portrait, travel

• Growing Up: The Paper Money Guy Turns 2!

  

  After a short hiatus and a busy summer, I’m excited to be back as The Paper Money Guy turns 2. Keeping with this theme, I decided to profile some of my favorite two denomination notes from around the world. Some of these have been demonetized and are no longer legal tender. In some cases, the…

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  September 26, 2025

  Asia, Caribbean, North America, Oceania, Pacific Islands, South America

  ANZ, art, bank, banknotes, birds, brazil, canada, children, currency, food, island, jamaica, Malaysia, photography, series, singapore, tower, travel, turtle

• Heroine Banknotes: Women who Changed the World

  

  Earlier this month the world celebrated International Women’s Day (on March 8). The day recognized the achievements of women across social, political, economic, and cultural spectra. It also commemorated their fight for equality and liberation, which in many places continues today. As Women’s history month marches on, this post is dedicated to several women who…

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  March 24, 2025

  Oceania, South America

  art, banknotes, Colombia, currency, food, heroine, independence, liberty, New Zealand, patriot, politics, polymer, series, Spain, sports, suffrage, travel, Venezuela