Tag: nature

• Year of the Snake: 2025 Take Note

  

  With the Lunar or Chinese New Year now in full effect, I am dedicating this post to the auspices of the snake. The snake is the 6th animal (of 12), in the Chinese zodiac and symbolizes wisdom, transformation and growth. According to the Lunar Calendar, we are in the year 4723.  This new year officially…

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  February 27, 2025

  Asia, Caribbean, South America

  2025, anaconda, banknotes, chinese-zodiac, currency, nature, polymer, snake, snakes, venom, viper, wildlife, zodiac

• Living the “Pura Vida”: Costa Rica’s 10000 Colónes Note

  

  The Colón (CRC), has served as Costa Rica’s national currency since 1896 after it replaced the Peso, the previous currency more closely related to Spanish reales symbolic of the colonial era. However, the word Colón translates to Columbus (in reference to the explorer), who reached Costa Rica in 1502, therefore preserving an everlasting link to…

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  April 7, 2024

  Central America

  adventure, banknotes, beaches, Central America, colónes, collecting, Columbus, costa-rica, flora, nature, orchid, rainforest, series, sloth, Spain, travel, vacation

• 5 Dollar Fiji Note: A Call of the Wild

  

  The $5 (FJD) Fiji note is part of the current Flora and Fauna series that was introduced by the Reserve Bank of Fiji in 2013. The series showcases endemic plants and animals found throughout the Fijian archipelago which comprises more than 330 islands. The release of the series also marked the first time Queen Elizabeth…

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  September 29, 2023

  Pacific Islands

  bank, banknotes, birds, currency, dollars, Fiji, iguana, Islands, legacy, lorikeet, money, nature, notaphilist, numismatics, Pacific, wild