Tag: hummingbird

• Tiny Wings, Big Bills: Hummingbirds on Paper Money (Part 2)

  

  Suriname 100 Gulden 2000 Series Picking up right where we left off, we’ll check out a few more notes in this post depicting hummingbirds. Next up, is another Suriname note from the 2000 series. Issued by Centrale Bank Van Suriname, the 100 Gulden paper note has the same dimensions, 140 x 70mm, as the 10…

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  June 29, 2026

  Caribbean, South America

  banknotes, biodiversity, currency, effigy, flower, hummingbird, island, nectar, tower

• Tiny Wings, Big Bills: Hummingbirds on Paper Money (Part 1)

  

  My wife recently purchased a hummingbird feeder and set it up in our backyard. I’m not quite sure how successful these contraptions are, but I share in our kids’ enthusiasm for the project. We all look forward to seeing these wonders of nature in close proximity. With early May upon us, the timing for their…

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  May 15, 2026

  Caribbean, Central America, South America

  bank, banknotes, beetle, butterfly, colones, forest, guilder, hummingbird, insects, nectar, rabbit, travel, volvano, watermark

• 50,000 Peso Note Colombia: Where Reality Meets Fantasy

  

  The 50,000 (COP) Peso note was introduced by the Bank of the Republic Colombia in 2016 as part of a new series. The note was the third to be placed into circulation after the 100,000 and 20,000 were released earlier that year. The other denominations to complete the series are 2,000, 5,000, and 10,000. The…

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  October 6, 2023

  South America

  bank, banknotes, Colombia, currency, hummingbird, magic realism, notaphilist, pesos, series, snail