Tag: collecting

• 10 Nuevos Soles Peru: Soaring to New Heights

  

  The 10 Nuevos Soles (PEN) notes released between 1991 – 2020 bear José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles (1914 – 1941), on the obverse. José was a Peruvian military aviator who became a national hero. He joined the Peruvian Air Force in 1935 despite his parents’ opposition and rapidly developed great flying skills that set him apart…

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  September 22, 2023

  South America

  air force, bank, banknotes, collecting, currency, Inca, Machu Picchu, money, notaphilist, nuevos, numismatics, Peru, pilot, soles

• 5 Gulden Netherlands Antilles: Out of Touch but Not Out of Reach

  

  The 5 Gulden (ANG) note is part of the “bird series” that was introduced by the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles in 1986. It lived as a banknote for over 10 years until it became replaced by a coin of the same value in 1998. The dimensions of the note are 147 x 66 mm…

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  September 19, 2023

  Caribbean

  artist, bank, banknotes, birds, Caribbean, collecting, Curaçao, currency, dollars, Dutch, guilder, gulden, money, Netherlands Antilles, numismatics, oriole, series, Sint Maarten