Tag: banknotes
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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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2000 Koruna Note Czechia: The Soprano of Czech Currency
The 2000 Koruna (CZK) note is released by the Czech National Bank and is the 5th largest denomination among current notes. The other denominations are 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000. The Koruna (translates to Crown in English), has been serving as the national currency since 1993 and is one of the European Union’s eight…
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50 Dollar Note Trinidad & Tobago: Missing in Action for Over 30 Years!
The $50 (TTD) note issued by the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago first came into existence in 1977 alongside the $100 note. Prior to 1977, the bank’s inaugural dollar series was introduced in 1964 and comprised the following denominations: $1, $5, $10 and $20. This marked the beginning of Trinidad & Tobago’s very own…
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