List of people on banknotes
This is a list of people on the banknotes of different countries. The customary design of banknotes in most countries is a portrait of a notable citizen (living and/or deceased) on the front (or obverse) or on the back (or reverse) of the banknotes, unless the subject is featured on both sides.
Banknotes in circulation
Abkhazia
Currency: Apsar (since 2008)
See also Abkhazian apsar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vladislav Arynba | 1945-2010 | 1st President of Abkhazia (1994-2005) | 500 apsars | Obverse | 2018 (commemorative) |
Albania
Currency: Lek (pl. Lekë) (since 1926)
Symbol: L
See also Albanian lek.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fan Noli | 1882–1965 | Priest and politician | 100 Lekë | Obverse | 1996 |
Naim Frashëri | 1846-1900 | Poet and writer | 200 Lekë | Obverse | 1996 |
Ismail Qemali | 1844-1919 | 1st Head of State of Albania (1912); 1st Prime Minister of Albania (1912-1914); 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs (1912-1913) | 500 Lekë | Obverse | 1996 |
Pjetër Bogdani | 1630-1689 | Writer and poet | 1,000 Lekë | Obverse | 1996 |
King Gent (Gentius) | ?-167 BC | Last Illyrian king of the Ardiaean State | 2,000 Lekë | Obverse | 2007 |
George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg) | 1405-1468 | Prince of Kastrioti (1443-1468) | 5,000 Lekë | Obverse | 1996 |
Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (Asdreni) | 1872-1947 | Poet; known for writing the National Anthem of Albania Himni i Flamurit | 10,000 Lekë | Obverse | 2018 |
Angola
Currency: Kwanza (since 1999)
Symbol: Kz
See also Angolan kwanza.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agostinho Neto and José Eduardo dos Santos | 1922–1979 (Agostinho Neto); 1942- (José Eduardo dos Santos) | President of Angola (1975-1979) (Agostinho Neto); President of Angola (1979-2017) (José Eduardo dos Santos) | All (1-2,000 kwanzas) | Obverse | 1999 |
Agostinho Neto and José Eduardo dos Santos | 1922–1979 (Agostinho Neto); 1942- (José Eduardo dos Santos) | President of Angola (1975-1979) (Agostinho Neto); President of Angola (1979-2017) (José Eduardo dos Santos) | All (5-5,000 kwanzas) | Obverse | 2012 and 2017 |
Agostinho Neto | 1922–1979 | President of Angola (1975-1979) | All (200-10,000 kwanzas) | Obverse | 2020 |
Argentina
Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $
See also Argentine peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bartolomé Mitre | 1821-1906 | 6th President of Argentina (April 12-October 11, 1862; October 12, 1862-October 11, 1868) | $2 | Obverse | 1997 |
José de San Martín | 1778-1850 | General and prime leader of South America's struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire | $5 | Obverse (1998 and 2015 issue); Reverse (2015 issue) | 1998 and 2015 |
José Artigas | 1764-1850 | National hero of Uruguay | $5 | Reverse | 2015 |
Simón Bolívar | 1783-1830 | Venezuelan military and political leader who played an instrumental role in the establishment of Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule | $5 | Reverse | 2015 |
Bernardo O'Higgins | 1778-1842 | Chilean independence leader; responsible for freeing Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence | $5 | Reverse | 2015 |
Manuel Belgrano | 1770-1820 | Economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader; took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina | $10 | Obverse (1999 and 2016); Reverse (2016) | 1999 and 2016 |
Juana Azurduy de Padilla | 1780 or 1781-1862 | Guerrilla military leader | $10 | Reverse | 2016 |
Juan Manuel de Rosas | 1793-1877 | Politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation | $20 | Obverse | 2000 |
Domingo Sarmiento | 1811-1888 | 7th President of Argentina (1868-1874) | $50 | Obverse | 1999 |
Antonio Rivero | 1808-? | Leading an unsuccessful resistance against the British in 1833 | $50 | Reverse | 2015 |
Julio Argentino Roca | 1843-1914 | 14th President of Argentina (2 Terms: October 12, 1880 – October 12, 1886; October 12, 1898 – October 12, 1904) | $100 | Obverse | 1999 |
María Eva Duarte de Perón | 1919-1952 | First Lady of Argentina (1946-1952) | $100 | Obverse | 2012 |
*See also Argentina in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Armenia
Currency: Dram (since 1993)
Symbol:
See also Armenian dram.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aram Khachaturian | 1903-1978 | Composer | 50 | Obverse | 1998 |
Victor Ambartsumian | 1908-1996 | Scientist and one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics | 100 | Obverse | 1998 |
Alexander Tamanian | 1878-1936 | Architect | 500 | Obverse | 1999 |
Yeghishe Charents | 1897-1937 | Poet, writer and public activist | 1,000 | Obverse | 1999 |
Paruyr Sevak | 1924-1971 | Poet, translator and literary critic | 1,000 | Both | 2018 |
Tigran Petrosian | 1929-1984 | Grandmaster and World Chess Champion (1963-1969) | 2,000 | Both | 2018 |
Hovhannes Tumanyan | 1869-1923 | Writer and public activist | 5,000 | Obverse | 1999 |
William Saroyan | 1908-1981 | Armenian-American novelist, playwright and short story writer; awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940 and won an Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy in 1943 | 5,000 | Both | 2018 |
Avetik Isahakyan | 1875-1957 | Lyric writer, poet and public activist | 10,000 | Obverse | 2003 |
Soghomon Soghomonian (Komitas) | 1869-1935 | Priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster; founder of Armenian national school of music; Recognized as one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology | 10,000 | Both | 2018 |
Martiros Saryan | 1880-1972 | Painter | 20,000 | Obverse | 2007 |
Ivan Aivazovsky | 1817-1900 | Painter | 20,000 | Both | 2018 |
Gregory the Illuminator and Tiridates III the Great | c.257-c.331 (Gregory the Illuminator); 250-300 (Tiridates III the Great) | Patron saint of Armenia and the first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Gregory the Illuminator); King of Arsacid Armenia (287-330) | 50,000 | Reverse | 2001 (commemorative) |
Gregory the Illuminator | c.257-c.331 | Patron saint of Armenia and the first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church | 50,000 | Both | 2018 |
King Abgar V of Edessa | 4 BC-7 AD and 13-50 AD | King of Osroene | 100,000 | Both | 2009 |
Artsakh
Currency: Artsakh dram (since 2004)
See also Artsakh dram.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gregory the Illuminator | 257-331 | Patron saint of Armenia and the first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church | 2 dram | Obverse | 2004 |
Australia
Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: A$
See also Banknotes of the Australian dollar and Australian dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edith Cowan | 1861–1932 | Suffragette; the first woman elected to the Parliament of Australia (1920–1924) | $50 | reverse | 1995 |
Elizabeth II* | 1926- | Queen of Australia (1952-) | $5 | obverse | 1992 |
John Flynn | 1880–1951 | Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (1928) | $20 | reverse | 1994 |
Mary Gilmore | 1865–1962 | poet and journalist | $10 | reverse | 1993 |
Nellie Melba | 1861–1931 | International opera soprano (1886–1926) | $100 | obverse | 1996 |
John Monash | 1865–1931 | General during World War I | $100 | reverse | 1996 |
Henry Parkes | 1815–1896 | The Father of the Federation | $5 | obverse | 2001 |
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson | 1864–1941 | Poet; author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) | $10 | obverse | 1993 |
Mary Reibey | 1777–1855 | Businesswoman | $20 | obverse | 1994 |
Catherine Helen Spence | 1825–1910 | Politician, journalist and suffragette | $5 | reverse | 2001 |
David Unaipon | 1872–1967 | Inventor and writer | $50 | obverse | 1995 |
*See also Canada, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Bahamas, The
Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: B$
See also Bahamian dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lynden Oscar Pindling | 1930-2000 | 1st Prime Minister of the Bahamas (1973-1992) | B$1 | Obverse | 2001 |
Cecil Wallace-Whitfield | 1930-1990 | B$5 | Obverse | 1995 | |
Elizabeth II | 1926- | Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-) and Queen of the Bahamas (1973-) | B$10 | Obverse | 1984 |
Stafford Lofthouse Sands | 1913-1972 | Minister of Finance of the Bahamas; "Father of Tourism" of the Bahamas | B$10 | Obverse | 2001 |
Milo Boughton Butler | 1906-1979 | Governor-General of the Bahamas (1973-1979) | B$20 | Obverse | 1993 |
Roland Theodore Symonette | 1898-1980 | 1st Premier of the Bahamas (1964-1967) | B$50 | Obverse | 2000 |
Elizabeth II | 1926- | Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-) and Queen of the Bahamas (1973-) | B$100 | Obverse | 1974 |
Bahrain
Currency: Dinar (since 1965)
Symbol: BD
See also Bahraini dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifa | 1950- | King of Bahrain (2002-) | 10 dinars | Obverse | 2006 |
Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifa | 1950- | King of Bahrain (2002-) | 20 dinars | Obverse | 2001 |
Bangladesh
Currency: Taka (since 1972)
Symbol: ৳
See also Bangladeshi taka.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920-1975 | 1st President of Bangladesh (1971-1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972-1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975) | ৳2 | Obverse | 2011 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920-1975 | 1st President of Bangladesh (1971-1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972-1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975) | ৳5 | Obverse | 2011 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920-1975 | 1st President of Bangladesh (1971-1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972-1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975) | ৳10 | Obverse | 2011 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920-1975 | 1st President of Bangladesh (1971-1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972-1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975) | ৳20 | Obverse | 2011 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920-1975 | 1st President of Bangladesh (1971-1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972-1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975) | ৳50 | Obverse | 2011 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920-1975 | 1st President of Bangladesh (1971-1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972-1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975) | ৳100 | Obverse | 1972 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920-1975 | 1st President of Bangladesh (1971-1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972-1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975) | ৳200 | Both | 2020 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920-1975 | 1st President of Bangladesh (1971-1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972-1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975) | ৳500 | Obverse | 2011 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1920-1975 | 1st President of Bangladesh (1971-1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972-1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975) | ৳1,000 | Obverse | 2011 |
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheikh Hasina Wazed | 1947- | Prime Minister of Bangladesh (2009-) | ৳70 | Reverse | 2018 (commemorative) |
Barbados
Currency: Dollar (since 1935)
Symbol: $/Bds$
See also Barbadian dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Redman Bovell | 1855-1928 | Scientist and agronomist credited with saving the sugar industry in Barbados | $2 | Obverse | 1980 |
Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell | 1924-1967 | Cricket player and senator of Jamaica | $5 | Obverse | 1973 |
Charles Duncan O'Neal | 1879-1936 | Physician and founder of the Democratic League | $10 | Obverse | 1973 |
Samuel Jackman Prescod | 1806-1871 | Journalist, Politician, Judge; National Hero of Barbados | $20 | Obverse | 1973 |
Errol Walton Barrow | 1920-1987 | 1st Prime Minister of Barbados (1966-1976; 1986-1987) | $50 | Obverse | 1989 |
Grantley Herbert Adams | 1898-1971 | 1st Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation (1958-1962); 1st Premier of Barbados (1953-1958) | $100 | Obverse | 1973 |
Bhutan
Currency: Ngultrum (since 1974)
Symbol: Nu
See also Bhutanese ngultrum.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jigme Singye Wangchuck | 1955- | King of Bhutan (1972-2006) | 10 ngultrum | Obverse | 2006 |
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | 1980- | King of Bhutan (2006-) | 20 ngultrum | Obverse | 2006 |
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | 1980- | King of Bhutan (2006-) | 50 ngultrum | Obverse | 2008 |
Jigme Singye Wangchuck | 1955- | King of Bhutan (1972-2006) | 100 ngultrum | Obverse | 2006 |
Jetsun Pema | 1990- | Queen consort of Bhutan (2011) | 100 ngultrum | Obverse | 2011 (commemorative) |
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck | 2016- | Crown Prince of Bhutan (2016-) | 100 ngultrum | Obverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
Ugyen Wangchuck | 1862-1926 | King of Bhutan (1907-1926) | 500 ngultrum | Obverse | 2006 |
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | 1980- | King of Bhutan (2006-) | 1,000 ngultrum | Obverse | 2008 |
Bolivia
Currency: Boliviano (since 1987)
Symbol: Bs
See also Bolivian boliviano.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas | 1899-1950 | Painter | 10 bolivianos | Obverse | 1986 |
José Santos Vargas | 10 bolivianos | Obverse | 2018 | ||
Apiaguaiki Tumpa | 1863-1892 | Messianic leader of the Eastern Bolivian Guarani (Chiriguanos) people | 10 bolivianos | Obverse | 2018 |
Eustaquio Méndez | 10 bolivianos | Obverse | 2018 | ||
Pantaleón Dalence Jiménez | 20 bolivianos | Obverse | 1986 | ||
Genoveva Ríos | 1865 | Defending the Flag of Bolivia during an invasion by Chile in 1879 | 20 bolivianos | Obverse | 2018 |
Tomás Katari | died in 1781 | Quechua chief who, in claiming indigenous rights, led a popular uprising in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia) in the 18th century | 20 bolivianos | Obverse | 2018 |
Pedro Ignacio Muiba | 20 bolivianos | Obverse | 2018 | ||
Melchor Pérez de Holguín | 50 bolivianos | Obverse | 1986 | ||
José Manuel Baca ("Cañoto") | 50 bolivianos | Obverse | 2018 | ||
Bruno Racua | 50 bolivianos | Obverse | 2018 | ||
Pablo Zárate ("Willka") | died in 1905 | Officer of the Bolivian Army; led one of the largest Indian rebellions in the history of Bolivia | 50 bolivianos | Obverse | 2018 |
Gabriel René Moreno | 100 bolivianos | Obverse | 1986 | ||
Franz Tamayo | 1878-1956 | Intellectual, writer, and politician | 200 bolivianos | Obverse | 1986 |
Bartolina Sisa | c.1750s-1782 | Aymara woman, an indigenous heroine and the wife of Túpac Katari | 200 bolivianos | Obverse | 2019 |
Túpac Katari | c.1750s-1781 | Aymara leader of a major insurrection in colonial-era Upper Peru (now Bolivia), laying siege to La Paz for six months | 200 bolivianos | Obverse | 2019 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Currency: Convertible mark (since 1998)
Symbol: KM
See also Bosnian and Herzegovinian convertible mark.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mak Dizdar | 1917-1971 | Poet | 10 convertible marka | Obverse | 1998 (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina issue) |
Aleksa Šantić | 1868-1924 | Poet | 10 convertible marka | Obverse | 1998 (Republika Srpska issue) |
Antun Branko Šimić | 1898-1925 | Poet | 20 convertible marka | Obverse | 1998 (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina issue) |
Filip Višnjić | 1767-1834 | Poet and guslar (gulse player) | 20 convertible marka | Obverse | 1998 (Republika Srpska issue) |
Musa Ćazim Ćatić | 1878-1915 | Poet | 50 convertible marka | Obverse | 1998 (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina issue) |
Jovan Dučić | 1871-1943 | Poet | 50 convertible marka | Obverse | 1998 (Republika Srpska issue) |
Nikola Šop | 1904-1982 | Poet | 100 convertible marka | Obverse | 1998 (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina issue) |
Petar Kočić | 1877-1916 | Poet | 100 convertible marka | Obverse | 1998 (Republika Srpska issue) |
Ivo Andrić | 1892-1975 | Novelist, short story writer and winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature | 200 convertible marka | Obverse | 2002 |
Botswana
Currency: Pula (since 1976)
Symbol: P
See also Botswana pula.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seretse Khama Ian Khama | 1953- | 4th President of Botswana (2008-) | 10 pula | Obverse | 2009 |
Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete | Writer and composer of Botswana's national anthem | 20 pula | Obverse | 1999 | |
Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama | 1921-1980 | 1st President of Botswana (1966-1980) | 50 pula | Obverse | 2000 |
Sebele I, Bathoen I, and Khama III | 1892-1911 (Sebele I); 1845-1910 (Bathoen I); ca. 1837-1923 (Khama III) | Kgosi (Chief) of the Kwena tribe (1892-1911) (Sebele I); Kgosi (Chief) of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland; responsible for making Bechuanaland a protectorate of Great Britain | 100 pula | Obverse | 2000 |
Brunei
Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: B$
See also Brunei dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hassanal Bolkiah | 1946- | Sultan of Brunei (1967-) | 1 ringgit/dollar | Obverse | 1996 |
Hassanal Bolkiah | 1946- | Sultan of Brunei (1967-) | 5 ringgit/dollars | Obverse | 1996 |
Hassanal Bolkiah | 1946- | Sultan of Brunei (1967-) | 10 ringgit/dollars | Obverse | 1996 |
Hassanal Bolkiah | 1946- | Sultan of Brunei (1967-) | 50 ringgit/dollars | Obverse | 1996 (paper); 2004 (polymer) |
Hassanal Bolkiah | 1946- | Sultan of Brunei (1967-) | 100 ringgit/dollars | Obverse | 1996 (paper); 2004 (polymer) |
Hassanal Bolkiah | 1946- | Sultan of Brunei (1967-) | 500 ringgit/dollars | Obverse | 2000 |
Omar Ali Saifuddien III | 1914-1986 | Sultan of Brunei (1950-1967) | 500 ringgit/dollars | Obverse | 2006 |
Hassanal Bolkiah | 1946- | Sultan of Brunei (1967-) | 1000 ringgit/dollars | Obverse | 2006 |
Hassanal Bolkiah | 1946- | Sultan of Brunei (1967-) | 10,000 ringgit/dollars | Obverse | 2006 |
Bulgaria
Currency: Lev (pl. Leva) (since 1881)
Symbol: лв
See also Bulgarian lev.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivan Rilski | 876-946 | Patron saint of Bulgaria | 1 lev | Obverse | 1999 |
Pasiy Hilendàrski | 1722-1773 | Saint of Bulgaria | 2 leva | Obverse | 1999 |
Ivan Milev | 1897-1927 | Bulgarian painter and scenographer, founder of Bulgarian Secession | 5 leva | Obverse | 1999 |
Petar Beron | 1799-1871 | Educator | 10 leva | Obverse | 1999 |
Stefan Stambolov | 1854-1895 | 9th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1887-1894) | 20 leva | Obverse | 1999 |
Pencho Slaveykov | 1866-1912 | Poet | 50 leva | Obverse | 1999 |
Aleko Konstantinov | 1863-1897 | Writer | 100 leva | Both | 2003 |
Burundi
Currency: Franc (since 1916)
Symbol: FBu
See also Burundian franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prince Louis Rwagasore | 1932-1961 | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Burundi (September 28, 1961 – October 13, 1961), Burundian nationalist and national hero | 100 francs | Obverse | 1964 |
Prince Louis Rwagasore and Melchior Ndadaye | 1932–1961 (Prince Louis Rwagasore); 1953–1993 (Melchior Ndadaye) | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Burundi (September 28, 1961 – October 13, 1961), Burundian nationalist and national hero (Prince Louis Rwagasore); President of Burundi (July 10, 1993 – October 21, 1993) (Melchior Ndadaye) | 10,000 francs | Obverse | 2004 |
Cambodia
Currency: Riel (since 1980)
Symbol: ៛
See also Cambodian riel.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norodom Sihanouk | 1922-2012 | King of Cambodia (1941-1955; 1993-2005) | 100 ៛ | Obverse | 2014 |
Norodom Sihamoni | 1953- | King of Cambodia (2004-) | 500 ៛ | Obverse | 2014 |
Norodom Sihanouk | 1922-2012 | King of Cambodia (1941-1955; 1993-2005) | 1,000 ៛ | Obverse | 2012 (commemorative) |
Norodom Sihanouk | 1922-2012 | King of Cambodia (1941-1955; 1993-2005) | 2,000 ៛ | Obverse | 2013 (commemorative) |
Norodom Sihanouk | 1922-2012 | King of Cambodia (1941-1955; 1993-2005) | 5,000 ៛ | Obverse | 2001 |
Norodom Sihanouk | 1922-2012 | King of Cambodia (1941-1955; 1993-2005) | 10,000 ៛ | Obverse | 2001 |
Norodom Sihamoni | 1953- | King of Cambodia (2004-) | 10,000 ៛ | Obverse | 2015 |
Norodom Sihamoni | 1953- | King of Cambodia (2004-) | 20,000 ៛ | Obverse | 2008 |
Norodom Sihanouk | 1922-2012 | King of Cambodia (1941-1955; 1993-2005) | 50,000 ៛ | Obverse | 2001 |
Norodom Sihanouk | 1922-2012 | King of Cambodia (1941-1955; 1993-2005) | 50,000 ៛ | Obverse | 2013 |
Norodom Sihanouk, Norodom Monineath and Norodom Sihamoni | 1922–2012 (Norodom Sihanouk); 1936- (Norodom Monineath); 1953- (Norodom Sihamoni) | King of Cambodia (1941-1955; 1993–2005 (Norodom Sihanouk)); Queen-consort of Cambodia (1993–2004 (Norodom Monineath)); King of Cambodia (2004- (Norodom Sihamoni)) | 100,000 ៛ | Both | 2012 (commemorative) |
Canada
Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar, Commemorative banknotes of the Canadian dollar and Canadian dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wilfrid Laurier* | 1841-1919 | 7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896-1911) | $5 | Obverse | 2013 |
John A. Macdonald* | 1815-1891 | 1st Prime Minister of Canada (1867–1873 and 1878–1891) | $10 | Obverse | 2013 |
George-Étienne Cartier | 1814-1873 | Premier of Canada East (1858-1862) | $10 | Obverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
Agnes Macphail | 1890-1954 | Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament (1948-1951) | $10 | Obverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
James Gladstone | 1887-1971 | Senator for Lethbridge, Alberta (1958-1971) | $10 | Obverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
Viola Desmond | 1914-1965 | Challenging racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946 | $10 | Obverse | 2018 |
Elizabeth II*§ | 1926- | Queen of Canada (1952) | $20 | Obverse | 2012 |
William Lyon Mackenzie King* | 1874-1950 | 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921–1926, 1926-1930 and 1935-1948) | $50 | Obverse | 2012 |
Robert Borden* | 1854-1937 | 8th Prime Minister of Canada (1911-1920) | $100 | Obverse | 2011 |
*See also Canada in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
§See also Australia, Jersey, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in Circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Cape Verde
Currency: Escudo (since 1914)
Symbol:
See also Cape Verdean escudo.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henrique Teixeira de Sousa | 1919-2006 | Doctor and author | 20000 | Obverse | 2014 |
Baltasar Lopes da Silva | 1907-1989 | Writer, poet and linguist | 50000 | Obverse | 1992 |
Roberto Duarte Silva | 1837-1889 | Chemist | 50000 | Obverse | 2007 |
Jorge Barbosa | 1902-1971 | Poet | 50000 | Obverse | 2015 |
António Aurélio Gonçalves | 1901-1984 | Writer, critic, historian and professor | 1,00000 | Obverse | 2007 |
Codé di Dona | 1940-2010 | Musician and composer | 1,00000 | Obverse | 2014 |
Eugénio Tavares | 1867-1930 | Poet | 2,00000 | Obverse | 1999 |
Cesária Évora | 1941-2011 | Singer | 2,00000 | Obverse | 2014 |
Aristides Maria Pereira | 1923-2011 | 1st President of Cape Verde (1975-1991) | 5,00000 | Obverse | 2015 |
Chile
Currency: Peso (since 1975)
Symbol: $
See also Chilean peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ignacio Carrera Pinto | 1848-1882 | Hero of the War of the Pacific | 1,000 pesos | Obverse | 1978 |
Manuel Xavier Rodríguez Erdoíza | 1785-1818 | Lawyer and guerrilla fighter; founder of Chile | 2,000 pesos | Obverse | 1997 |
Gabriela Mistral | 1889-1957 | Poet-diplomat, educator and feminist; received the Nobel Prize in Literature | 5,000 pesos | Obverse | 1981 |
Arturo Prat | 1848-1879 | Lawyer and Navy officer | 10,000 pesos | Obverse | 1989 |
Andrés Bello | 1781-1865 | Humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist | 20,000 pesos | Obverse | 1998 |
People's Republic of China
Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥
See also Fifth series of the renminbi and Renminbi.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mao Zedong* | 1893–1976 | 1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (1945-1976); 1st Chairman of the Central Politburo of the Communist Party of China (1943-1969); Chairman of the Communist Party of China's Central Military Commission (August 23, 1945 – 1949; September 8, 1954 – September 9, 1976); 1st Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC (1949-1954); Honorary Chairman (1954-1976); 1st Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954-1959); Member of the National People's Congress (1954-1959; 1964-1976) | ¥1 | obverse | 2004 |
¥5 | obverse | 2002 | |||
¥10 | obverse | 2001 | |||
¥20 | obverse | 2000 | |||
¥50 | obverse | 2001 | |||
¥100 | obverse | 1999 |
*See also People's Republic of China in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Colombia
Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $
See also Colombian peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán | 1903-1948 | 5th Minister of Labour, Health and Social Welfare of Colombia (1943-1944); Minister of National Education of Colombia (1940-1941); Mayor of Bogotá (1936-1937) | 1,000 pesos | Both | 2001 |
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña | 1792-1840 | 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (1832-1837); 2nd Vice President of the Republic of Colombia (1821-1827) | 2,000 pesos | Obverse | 1996 |
Débora Arango Pérez | 1907-2005 | Artist | 2,000 pesos | Obverse | 2016 |
José Asunción Silva | 1865-1896 | Poet | 5,000 pesos | Obverse | 1997 and 2015 |
Policarpa Salavarrieta | 1795-1817 | Seamstress and spy | 10,000 pesos | Obverse | 1995 |
Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda | 1921-1999 | Anthropologist | 10,000 pesos | Obverse | 2016 |
Julio Garavito Armero | 1865-1920 | Astronomer | 20,000 pesos | Obverse | 1996 |
Alfonso López Michelsen | 1913-2007 | 24th President of Colombia (1974-1978) | 20,000 pesos | Obverse | 2015 |
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer | 1837-1895 | Writer, politician and soldier | 50,000 pesos | Obverse | 2000 |
Gabriel García Márquez | 1927-2014 | Novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist | 50,000 pesos | Obverse | 2015 |
Carlos Lleras Restrepo | 1908-1994 | 22nd President of Colombia (1966-1970) | 100,000 pesos | Obverse | 2015 |
Comoros
Currency: Franc (since 1920)
Symbol: CF
See also Comorian franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saïd Mohamed Ben Chech Abdallah Cheikh | 1904-1970 | Head of the Government of Comoros (1962-1970) | 5,000 francs | Obverse | 1976 |
Al-Habib Seyyid Omar Bin Sumeit | 10,000 francs | Obverse | 1997 | ||
Congo, Democratic Republic (Congo-Kinshasa)
Currency: Franc (since 1997)
Symbol: FC
See also Congolese franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrice Lumumba | 1925-1961 | Prime Minister of Congo-Léopoldville (June 24-September 14, 1960) | 1 franc | Reverse | 1997 |
Costa Rica
Currency: Colón (since 1896)
Symbol: ₡
See also Costa Rican colón.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Braulio Carrillo Colina | 1800-1845 | Head of State (1st term: 1835–1837; 2nd term: 1838-1842) | ₡1000 | obverse | 2009 |
Mauro Fernández Acuña | 1843-1905 | Politician and lawyer | ₡2000 | obverse | 2009 |
Alfredo González Flores | 1877-1962 | President of Costa Rica (1914-1917) | ₡5000 | obverse | 2009 |
José Figueres Ferrer | 1906-1990 | President of Costa Rica (1st term (32nd President of Costa Rica): 1948–1949; 2nd term (34th President of Costa Rica): 1953–1958; 3rd term (38th President of Costa Rica): 1970-1974 | ₡10,000 | obverse | 2009 |
Carmen Lyra (born Maria Isabel Carvajal) | 1887-1949 | Costa Rican writer and member of the Communist Party of Costa Rica | ₡20,000 | obverse | 2009 |
Romualdo Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno | 1859-1945 | President of Costa Rica (1st term: 1910–1914; 2nd term: 1924–1928; 3rd term: 1932-1936) | ₡50,000 | obverse | 2009 |
Croatia
Currency: Kuna (since 1994)
Symbol: kn
See also Croatian kuna.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juraj Dobrila | 1812–1882 | Catholic bishop; public supporter of Croatian language and culture | 10 kn | obverse | 1994 |
Fran Krsto Frankopan | 1643–1671 | Statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty | 5 kn | obverse | |
Ivan Gundulić | 1589–1638 | Baroque poet | 50 kn | obverse | |
Josip Jelačić | 1801–1859 | Ban (1848–1859); abolished serfdom | 20 kn | obverse | |
Marko Marulić | 1450–1524 | Poet and humanist | 500 kn | obverse | |
Ivan Mažuranić | 1814–1890 | Ban (1873–1880); modernized economy and education | 100 kn | obverse | |
Stjepan Radić | 1871–1928 | Founder of the Croatian Peasant Party (1905) | 200 kn | obverse | |
Ante Starčević | 1823–1896 | Politician and writer | 1,000 kn | obverse | |
Tomislav | ???-928 | 1st King of Croatia (925-928) | 1,000 kn | reverse | |
Petar Zrinski | 1621–1671 | Statesman and poet; died for Croatian liberty | 5 kn | obverse |
Cuba
Currency: Cuban peso (since 1857)
Symbol: $, $MN
See also Cuban peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
José Martí and Fidel Castro | 1853–1895 (José Martí); 1926-2016 (Fidel Castro) | National hero of Cuba, poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist (José Martí); Prime Minister (1959-1976), President of Cuba (1976-2008) (Fidel Castro) | 1 peso | both | 2001 |
Ernesto "Che" Guevara | 1928-1967 | Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist | 3 pesos | both | 2004 |
Antonio Maceo Grajales | 1845-1895 | Lt. General | 5 pesos | both | 1997 |
Máximo Gómez y Báez | 1836-1905 | Major General in the Ten Years' War (1868-1878) and Commander in Cuba's War of Independence (1895-1898) | 10 pesos | obverse | 1997 |
Camilo Cienfuegos | 1932-1959 | Cuban revolutionary | 20 pesos | obverse | 1998 |
Calixto García Iñiguez | 1839-1898 | General in three uprisings: part of the Cuban War of Independence, the Ten Years' War, the Little War and the War of 1895 | 50 pesos | obverse | 1998 |
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes | 1819-1874 | Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence | 100 pesos | obverse | 2001 |
Frank País | 1934-1957 | Cuban revolutionary who campaigned for the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's government in Cuba | 200 pesos | obverse | 2010 (2015) |
Ignacio Agramonte | 1841-1873 | Cuban revolutionary | 500 pesos | obverse | 2010 (2015) |
Julio Antonio Mella McPartland | 1903-1929 | Founder of the "internationalized" Cuban Communist Party | 1,000 pesos | obverse | 2010 (2015) |
Czech Republic
Currency: Czech koruna (since 1993)
Symbol: Kč
See also Czech koruna.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles IV | 1346–1348 | King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor | 100 Kč | obverse | 1993 |
Alois Rašín | 1867-1923 | Economist and politician | 100 Kč | obverse | 2018 (commemorative) |
John Amos Comenius | 1592–1670 | Bishop of Unity of the Brethren | 200 Kč | obverse | 1993 |
Božena Němcová | 1820–1862 | Author | 500 Kč | obverse | 1993 |
František Palacký | 1798–1876 | Historian and politician | 1000 Kč | obverse | 1993 |
Emmy Destinn | 1878–1930 | Czech operatic soprano | 2000 Kč | obverse | 1993 |
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk | 1850–1937 | 1st President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935) | 5000 Kč | obverse | 1993 |
*See also Czech Republic in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Denmark
Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Danish krone.
Person | Years of birth/death | Reason for honor | Denomination | Obverse or reverse | In circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anna Ancher | 1859–1935 | Painter | 1,000 kr | obverse | 1998–2011 |
Michael Ancher | 1849–1927 | Painter | 1,000 kr | obverse | 1998–2011 |
Karen Blixen | 1885–1962 | author | 50 kr | obverse | 1999–2009 |
Niels Bohr | 1885–1962 | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1922) | 500 kr | obverse | 1997–2011 |
Johanne Luise Heiberg | 1812–1890 | Actress (1827–1864) | 200 kr | obverse | 1997–2010 |
Carl Nielsen | 1865–1931 | Composer, conductor and violinist | 100 kr | obverse | 1999–2010 |
Djibouti
Currency: Franc (since 1948)
Symbol:Fdj
See also Djiboutian franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ali Ahmed Oudoum | 1913-1988 | 1,000 francs | Obverse | 2005 | |
Mahmoud Harbi | 1921-1960 | Vice President of the Government Council of French Somaliland (1957-1958) | 5,000 francs | Obverse | 2002 |
Hassan Gouled Aptidon | 1916-2006 | 1st President of Djibouti (1977-1999) | 10,000 francs | Obverse | 1999 |
Dominican Republic
Currency: Peso (since 1844)
Symbol: $/RD$
See also Dominican peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gregorio Luperón | 1839-1897 | 20th President of the Dominican Republic (1879-1880) | 20 pesos oro | obverse | 2010 |
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Juan Pablo Duarte and Matías Ramón Mella | 1817–1861 (Francisco del Rosario Sánchez); 1813–1876 (Juan Pablo Duarte); 1816–1864 (Matías Ramón Mella) | Founding fathers of the Dominican Republic | 100 pesos oro/pesos dominicanos | obverse | 2000 (pesos oro) and 2011 (pesos dominicanos) |
Mirabal sisters (Patria Mercedes Mirabal Reyes, María Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes and Antonia María Teresa Mirabal Reyes) | 1924–1960 (Patria Mercedes Mirabal Reyes), 1926–1960 (María Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes), 1935–1960 (Antonia María Teresa Mirabal Reyes) | Three sisters that opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo | 200 pesos oro/pesos dominicanos | obverse | 2007 (pesos oro) and 2013 (pesos dominicanos) |
Salomé Ureña de Henríquez and Pedro Henríquez Ureña | 1850–1897 (Salomé Ureña de Henríquez); 1884–1946 (Pedro Henríquez Ureña) | Poet and pedagogist (Salomé Ureña de Henríquez); Essayist, philosopher, humanist, philologist and literary critic (Pedro Henríquez Ureña) | 500 pesos oro/pesos dominicanos | obverse | 2000 (pesos oro) and 2011 (pesos dominicanos) |
Emilio Prud’Homme and José Rufino Reyes y Siancas | 1856–1932 (Emilio Prud’Homme); 1835–1905 (José Rufino Reyes y Siancas) | Composers of the National Anthem of the Dominican Republic | 2000 pesos oro/pesos dominicanos | obverse | 2000 (pesos oro) and 2011 (pesos dominicanos) |
Eastern Caribbean States
Currency: Dollar (since 1965)
Symbol: $
See also East Caribbean dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth II | 1926- | Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (1952-) and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations (1952-) | All ($5–100) | Obverse | 1993 |
William Arthur Lewis | 1915-1991 | Economist | $100 | Reverse | 1993 |
Kenneth Dwight Venner | c. 1946-2016 | Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (1989-2015) | $50 | Reverse | 2019 |
Egypt
Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £
See also Egyptian pound.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ramesses II* | 1302–1213 BC | Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty (1279–1213 BC) | Pt.50 | reverse | 1996 |
£1 | reverse | 1979 | |||
Khafre* | unknown | Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty (2558–2532 BC) | £10 | reverse | 2003 |
*See also Egypt in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Fiji
Currency: Dollar (since 1969)
Symbol: $
See also Fijian dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Ryan | 1971- | Rugby union coach; known for coaching the Fiji sevens | $7 | Obverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
Osea Kolinisau | 1985- | Captain of the Fiji sevens | $7 | Obverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama (Frank Bainimarama) | 1954- | Prime Minister of Fiji (2007-) | $7 | Reverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
Gambia, The
Currency: Dalasi (since 1971)
Symbol: D
See also Gambian dalasi.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh | 1965- | 2nd President of the Gambia (1994-2016) | All (5-200 Dalasis) | Obverse | 2015 |
Georgia
Currency: Lari (1995– Present)
Symbol: GEL/
See also Georgian lari.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Niko Pirosmani | 1862–1918 | Primitivist painter | 1 | obverse | 1995 |
Zakaria Paliashvili | 1871-1933 | Composer | 2 | obverse | 1995 |
Ivane Javakhishvili | 1876-1940 | Academician | 5 | obverse | 1995 |
Akaki Tsereteli | 1840-1915 | Poet and Public Figure | 10 | obverse | 1995 |
Ilia Chavchavadze | 1837-1907 | Public Figure, Publicist, Writer | 20 | obverse | 1995 |
Queen Tamar | c. 1160–1213 | The Queen Regnant of Georgia | 50 | obverse | 1995 |
Shota Rustaveli | 1172–1216 | Poet | 100 | obverse | 1995 |
Kakutsa Cholokashvili | 1888–1930 | Military Commander | 200 | obverse | 2006 |
David IV of Georgia | 1073–1125 | King of Georgia | 500 | obverse | 1995 |
Ghana
Currency: Cedi (since 2007)
Symbol: GH₵
See also Ghanaian cedi.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta | 1916–2002 (Ebenezer Ako-Adjei); 1906–1979 (Edward Akufo-Addo); 1895–1965 (Joseph Boakye Danquah); 1909–1972 (Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah); 1902–1963 (Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey); 1910–1988 (William Ofori Atta) | Leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (known as "The Big Six") | GH₵1 | Obverse | 2007 |
Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah | 1909-1972 | 1st Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-1960); 1st President of Ghana (1960-1966) | GH₵2 | Obverse | 2010 |
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta | 1916–2002 (Ebenezer Ako-Adjei); 1906–1979 (Edward Akufo-Addo); 1895–1965 (Joseph Boakye Danquah); 1909–1972 (Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah); 1902–1963 (Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey); 1910–1988 (William Ofori Atta) | Leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (known as "The Big Six") | GH₵5 | Obverse | 2007 |
James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey | 1875-1927 | Intellectual, missionary, and teacher | GH₵5 | Obverse | 2017 (commemorative) 2018 (regular issue) |
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta | 1916–2002 (Ebenezer Ako-Adjei); 1906–1979 (Edward Akufo-Addo); 1895–1965 (Joseph Boakye Danquah); 1909–1972 (Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah); 1902–1963 (Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey); 1910–1988 (William Ofori Atta) | Leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (known as "The Big Six") | GH₵10 | Obverse | 2007 |
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta | 1916–2002 (Ebenezer Ako-Adjei); 1906–1979 (Edward Akufo-Addo); 1895–1965 (Joseph Boakye Danquah); 1909–1972 (Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah); 1902–1963 (Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey); 1910–1988 (William Ofori Atta) | Leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (known as "The Big Six") | GH₵20 | Obverse | 2007 |
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta | 1916–2002 (Ebenezer Ako-Adjei); 1906–1979 (Edward Akufo-Addo); 1895–1965 (Joseph Boakye Danquah); 1909–1972 (Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah); 1902–1963 (Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey); 1910–1988 (William Ofori Atta) | Leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (known as "The Big Six") | GH₵50 | Obverse | 2007 |
Gibraltar
Currency: Pound (since 1927)
Symbol: £
See also Gibraltar pound.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth II | 1926- | Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952-) and Head of the Commonwealth (1952-) | All | Obverse | 1995 |
Tariq ibn Ziyad | 670-720 | General and Governor of Al-Andalus (711-712) | £5 | Reverse | 1995 |
George Augustus Eliott | 1717-1790 | Governor of Londonderry (1774-1775); Governor of Gibraltar (1777-1790); Officer of the British Army during the Great Siege of Gibraltar | £10 | Reverse | 1995 |
Horatio Nelson | 1758-1805 | Flag Officer of the Royal Navy | £20 | Reverse | 1995 |
Winston Churchill | 1874-1965 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945; 1951-1955) | £50 | Reverse | 1995 |
Joshua Hassan | 1915-1997 | 1st and 3rd Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1st: 1964–1969; 3rd: 1972-1987); 1st Mayor of Gibraltar (1955-1969) | £100 | Reverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
Guatemala
Currency: Quetzal (since 1925)
Symbol: Q
See also Guatemalan quetzal.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tecun Uman | 1500-1524 | Prince and Commander-and-Chief of the Quiche Realm during the Spanish Conquest | 50 centavos | Obverse | 1972 |
José María Orellana | 1872-1926 | President of the Republic of Guatemala (1921-1926); responsible for the introduction of the quetzal as Guatemala's national currency | 1 quetzal | Obverse | 1972 (paper), 2006 (polymer) |
Justo Rufino Barrios | 1835-1885 | President of Guatemala (1873-1885) | 5 quetzales | Obverse | 1969 (paper), 2011 (polymer) |
Miguel García Granados | 1809-1878 | President of Guatemala (1871-1873) | 10 quetzales | Obverse | 1971 |
Mariano Gálvez | c. 1794-1862 | Governor of Guatemala (1831-1838) | 20 quetzales | Obverse | 1972 |
Carlos Zachrisson | Minister of Finance (1923-1926) | 50 quetzales | Obverse | 1974 | |
Francisco Marroquín | 1499-1563 | Bishop of the Realm of Goathemala; Founder of San Carlos de Borromeo University | 100 quetzales | Obverse | 1972 |
Sebastián Hurtado, Mariano Valverde and Germán Alcántara | Composers of the marimba | 200 quetzales | Obverse | 2009 | |
Guernsey
Currency: Pound (since 1921)
Symbol: £
See also Guernsey pound.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queen Elizabeth II | 1926- | Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (1952-) | All (£5-50) | Obverse | 1994 |
Daniel de Lisle Brock | 1762-1842 | Bailiff of Guernsey (1821-1842) | £1 | Reverse | 1991 |
Thomas de la Rue | 1793-1866 | Printer; Founder of the De La Rue printing company | £1 and £5 | Reverse | 2013 (commemorative £1); 1991 (£5) |
Isaac Brock | 1769-1812 | Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (Acting) (1811-1812); Hero of Upper Canada | £10 | Reverse | 1991 |
Lord de Saumarez | 1757-1836 | Admiral of the British Royal Navy, 1st Baron de Saumarez | £20 | Reverse | 1991 |
Haiti
Currency: Gourde (since 1872)
Symbol: G
See also Haitian gourde.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catherine Flon Arcahaie | fl.1803 | Responsible for the creation of the Flag of Haiti | 10 Gourdes | Obverse | 1988 |
Sanité Bélair | 1781-1805 | Freedom fighter and revolutionary; lieutenant in the army of Toussaint Louverture | 10 Gourdes | Obverse | 2004 |
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture | 1743-1803 | Leader of the Haitian Revolution | 20 Gourdes | Obverse | 2001 |
Fabre Geffrard | 1806-1878 | 8th President of Haiti (1859-1867) | 25 Gourdes | Obverse | 2004 |
Louis Étienne Félicité Lysius Salomon | 1815-1888 | 13th President of Haiti (1879-1888) | 50 Gourdes | Obverse | 1979 |
François Capois | 1766-1806 | Rebel slave and officer in the Haitian Revolution | 50 Gourdes | Obverse | 2004 |
Henri Christophe | 1767-1820 | President of the State of Haiti (1807-1811); King of Haiti (1811-1820) | 100 Gourdes | Obverse | 1979 |
Jean-Jacques Dessalines | 1758-1806 | Leader of the Haitian Revolution and Emperor of Haiti (1804-1806) | 250 Gourdes | Obverse | 1979 |
Alexandre Sabès Pétion | 1770-1818 | 1st President of Haiti (1806-1818) | 500 Gourdes | Obverse | 1888 |
Florvil Hyppolite | 1828-1896 | 16th President of Haiti (1889-1896) | 1,000 Gourdes | Obverse | 1999 |
Honduras
Currency: Lempira (since 1931)
Symbol: L
See also Honduran lempira.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lempira | ?-1537 | War chieftain of the Lencas | L1 | Obverse | 1951 |
Marco Aurelio Soto | 1846-1908 | President of Honduras (1876-1883) | L2 | Obverse | 1976 |
José Francisco Morazán Quezada | 1792-1842 | President of the Federal Republic of Central America (1830-1839) | L5 | Obverse | 1950 |
José Trinidad Cabañas | 1805-1871 | Head of State of Honduras (1852-1855) | L10 | Obverse | 1951 |
José Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y Díaz del Valle | 1781-1850 | Head of State of Honduras (1824-1827) | L20 | Obverse | 1951 (paper) 2008 (polymer) |
Juan Manuel Gálvez Durón | 1887-1972 | 39th President of Honduras (1949-1954) | L50 | Obverse | 1976 |
José Cecilio del Valle | 1780-1834 | 3rd President-elect of the Federal Republic of Central America | L100 | Obverse | 1951 |
Ramón Rosa Soto | 1848-1893 | Lieutenant Secretary of Finance of Guatemala (1871-1873); Secretary of Education of Guatemala and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala (1873-1876); Secretary General of Honduras (1876-1883) | L500 | Obverse | 1995 |
Hungary
Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint and Hungarian forint.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gabriel Bethlen | 1580–1629 | Prince of Transylvania (1613–1629); led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy | 2,000 Ft | both | 1998 |
Charles I | 1288–1342 | King of Hungary (1308–1342) | 200 Ft | obverse | 1998 |
Matthias Corvinus | 1443–1490 | King of Hungary (1458–1490) | 1,000 Ft | obverse | 1998 |
Ferenc Deák | 1803–1876 | Statesman and reformer | 20,000 Ft | obverse | 2001 |
Francis II Rákóczi* | 1676–1735 | Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy (1703–1711) | 500 Ft | obverse | 1998 |
Stephen I | 975-1038 | 1st King of Hungary (1006–1038) | 10,000 Ft | obverse | 1997 |
István Széchenyi* | 1791–1860 | Statesman and political theorist | 5,000 Ft | obverse | 1999 |
*See also Hungary in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Iceland
Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr
See also Icelandic króna.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir | 1640-1673 | 2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson | 5,000 kr | obverse | 1986 |
Jónas Hallgrímsson | 1807-1845 | Poet, author and naturalist | 10,000 kr | obverse | 2013 |
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir | 1646–1715 | developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson | 5,000 kr | both | 1986 |
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval | 1885–1972 | painter | 2,000 kr | obverse | 1995 |
Jón Sigurðsson | 1811–1879 | leader of the 19th century independence movement | 500 kr | both | 1981 |
Brynjólfur Sveinsson | 1605–1675 | Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature | 1,000 kr | obverse | 1984 |
Gísli Þorláksson | 1631-1684 | Lutheran bishop of Hólar (1657–1684); husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir | 5,000 kr | obverse | 1986 |
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir | 1640-1660 | 1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson | 5,000 kr | obverse | 1986 |
India
Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol:₹
See also Indian rupee, Mahatma Gandhi Series and Mahatma Gandhi New Series.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mahatma Gandhi | 1869–1948 | Political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement | All (₹5-2000) | Obverse | 2002 (₹5); 1996 (₹10); 2002 (₹20); 1997 (₹50); 1996 (₹100); 2017 (₹200); 2016 (₹500); 2016 (₹2000) |
Indonesia
Currency: Rupiah (since 1946)
Symbol: Rp
See also Banknotes of the rupiah and Indonesian rupiah.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pattimura | 1783–1817 | Moluccan soldier; national hero | 1000 Rp | obverse | 2000 |
Tjut Meutiah | 1870–1910 | Aceh fighter; national heroine | 1000 Rp | obverse | 2016 |
Antasari | 1809–1862 | Sultan of Banjar; national hero | 2000 Rp | obverse | 2009 |
Mohammad Husni Thamrin | 1894–1941 | Dutch era politician; national hero | 2000 Rp | obverse | 2016 |
Tuanku Imam Bonjol | 1772–1864 | Leader of the Padri Movement in West Sumatra; national hero | 5000 Rp | obverse | 2001 |
Idham Chalid | 1921–2010 | 3rd Chairman of the MPR (1972–1977); national hero | 5000 Rp | obverse | 2016 |
Mahmud Badaruddin II | 1767–1862 | 8th Sultan of the Palembang Sultanate; national hero | 10,000 Rp | obverse | 2005 |
Frans Kaisiepo | 1921–1979 | 4th Governor of Papua (1964–1973); national hero | 10,000 Rp | obverse | 2016 |
Oto Iskandar di Nata | 1897–1945 | Fighter for independence; national hero | 20,000 Rp | obverse | 2004 |
Sam Ratulangi | 1890–1949 | Politician, journalist, and national hero | 20,000 Rp | obverse | 2016 |
I Gusti Ngurah Rai | 1917–1946 | Commander of the Indonesian forces in Bali against the Dutch during the Indonesian War of Independence; national hero | 50,000 Rp | obverse | 2005 |
Djuanda Kartawidjaja | 1911–1963 | 10th Prime Minister of Indonesia (1957–1959); national hero | 50,000 Rp | obverse | 2016 |
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta | 1901–1970 (Sukarno); 1902–1980 (Hatta) | 1st President of Indonesia (1945–1967; Sukarno); 1st Vice-President of Indonesia (1945–1956; Hatta); independence declaration signers, national heroes (both) | 100,000 Rp | obverse | 1999 |
*See also Indonesia in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Iran
Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian rial.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hassan Modarres | 1870–1937 | notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution | 100 ریال | obverse | 1985 |
Ruhollah Khomeini | 1902–1989 | leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran | 1000 ریال | 1992 | |
2000 ریال | 2005 | ||||
5000 ریال | 1993 | ||||
10,000 ریال | 1992 | ||||
20,000 ریال | 2003 | ||||
50,000 ریال | 2005 | ||||
100,000 ریال | 2010 |
Iraq
Currency: Dinar (since 1932)
Symbol: ع.د
See also Iraqi dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hasan Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) | c. 965-c. 1040 | Scientist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher | 10,000 dinars | Obverse | 2003 |
Israel
Currency: New Sheqel/Shekel (since 1985)
Symbol: ₪
See also Israeli new sheqel.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shmuel Yosef Agnon* | 1888–1970 | Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1966) | ₪50 | obverse | 1998 |
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi* | 1884–1963 | 2nd President of Israel (1952–1963) | ₪100 | obverse | |
Moshe Sharett* | 1894–1965 | 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (1954–1955) | ₪20 | obverse | |
Zalman Shazar* | 1889–1974 | 3rd President of Israel (1963–1973) | ₪200 | obverse |
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rachel Bluwstein | 1890-1931 | Poet | ₪20 | obverse | 2017 |
Shaul Tchernichovsky | 1875-1943 | ₪50 | 2014 | ||
Leah Goldberg | 1911-1970 | ₪100 | 2017 | ||
Nathan Alterman | 1910-1970 | ₪200 | 2015 | ||
*See also Israel in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Jamaica
Currency: Dollar (since 1969)
Symbol: J$
See also Jamaican dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samuel Sharpe | 1801-1832 | Leader of the Jamaican Baptist War slave rebellion of 1831; National hero of Jamaica | J$50 | Obverse | 1988 |
Donald Burns Sangster | 1911-1967 | 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (February 23-April 11, 1967) | J$100 | Obverse | 1986 |
Nanny of the Maroons | c.1685-c.1755 | Leader of the Jamaican Maroons; National Heroine of Jamaica | J$500 | Obverse | 1994 |
Michael Norman Manley | 1924-1997 | 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972-1980; 1989-1992) | J$1,000 | Obverse | 2001 |
Hugh Lawson Shearer | 1923-2004 | 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (1967-1972) | J$5,000 | Obverse | 2009 |
Japan
Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥/円
See also Banknotes of the Japanese yen and Japanese yen.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hideyo Noguchi | 1876–1928 | Bacteriologist | ¥1,000 | obverse | 2004 |
Kitasato Shibasaburō | 1853-1931 | Co-discoverer of the bubonic plague in Hong Kong in 1894, together with Alexandre Yersin | ¥1,000 | obverse | 2024 |
Murasaki Shikibu | 973 or 978 – 1014 or 1031 | Author | ¥2,000 | reverse | 2000 |
Higuchi Ichiyō | 1872–1896 | Author | ¥5,000 | obverse | 2004 |
Tsuda Umeko | 1864-1929 | Educator; pioneer in education for women in Meiji period Japan | ¥5,000 | obverse | 2024 |
Fukuzawa Yukichi* | 1835–1901 | Political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator and author | ¥10,000 | obverse | 2004 |
Shibusawa Eiichi | 1840-1931 | Industrialist; "father of Japanese capitalism" | ¥10,000 | obverse | 2024 |
*See also Japan in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Jersey
Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £
See also Jersey pound.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth II* | 1926- | Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth (1952-) | £1 | obverse | 1971 |
£5 | obverse | ||||
£10 | obverse | ||||
£20 | obverse | ||||
£50 | obverse | ||||
Francis Peirson | 1757–1781 | Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey | £10 | reverse |
*See also Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes in circulation and Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Jordan
Currency: Dinar (since 1950)
Symbol: دينار
See also Jordanian dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sharif Hussein bin Ali | 1854-1931 | Sharif and Emir of Mecca (1908-1924); King of the Kingdom of Hejaz (1916-1924) | 1 dinar | Obverse | 2002 |
Abdullah I bin al-Hussein | 1882-1951 | Emir of Transjordan (1921-1946); King of Jordan (1946-1951) | 5 dinars | Obverse | 2002 |
Talal bin Abdullah | 1909-1972 | King of Jordan (1951-1952) | 10 dinars | Obverse | 2002 |
Hussein bin Talal | 1935-1999 | King of Jordan (1952-1999) | 20 dinars | Obverse | 2002 |
Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein | 1962- | King of Jordan (1999-) | 50 dinars | Obverse | 2002 |
Kazakhstan
Currency: Tenge (since 1993)
Symbol:
See also Kazakhstani tenge.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Farabi | c.872-c.950 | Scholar | 1 | Obverse | 1993 |
Suinbai Aronuly | 1815-1898 | Poet | 3 | Obverse | 1993 |
Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly | 1823–1896 | Composer | 5 | Obverse | 1993 |
Shoqan Walikhanov | 1835-1865 | Scholar, ethnographer, historian and participant of The Great Game; the father of modern Kazakh historiography and ethnography | 10 | Obverse | 1993 |
Abai Qunanbaiuli | 1845-1904 | Poet, composer and philosopher | 20 | Obverse | 1993 |
Abul Khair Khan | 1693-1748 | Khan | 50 | Obverse | 1993 |
Ablai Khan | 1711-1781 | Khan | 100 | Obverse | 1993 |
Al-Farabi | c.872-c.950 | Scholar | All (200 to 10,000) | Obverse | 1994 (200, 500, and 1,000); 1996 (2,000); 1998 (5,000); 2003 (10,000) |
Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev | 1940- | 1st President of Kazakhstan (1991-2019) | 10,000 | Obverse | 2016 (commemorative) |
Kenya
Currency: Shilling (since 1966)
Symbol: KSh
See also Kenyan shilling.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta | 1889-1978 | Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-1964); 1st President of Kenya (1964-1978); Founding father of Kenya | 50 shillings/shilingi | Obverse | 1966 |
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta | 1889-1978 | Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-1964); 1st President of Kenya (1964-1978); Founding father of Kenya | 100 shillings/shilingi | Obverse | 1966 |
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta | 1889-1978 | Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-1964); 1st President of Kenya (1964-1978); Founding father of Kenya | 200 shillings/shilingi | Obverse | 2004 |
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta | 1889-1978 | Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-1964); 1st President of Kenya (1964-1978); Founding father of Kenya | 500 shillings/shilingi | Obverse | 2003 |
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta | 1889-1978 | Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-1964); 1st President of Kenya (1964-1978); Founding father of Kenya | 1,000 shillings/shilingi | Obverse | 2003 |
Korea, North
Currency: Won (since 1947)
Symbol: ₩
See also North Korean won.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kim Il-sung | 1912–1994 | Founder of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (1950-1991); Chairman of the National Defence Commission (1972-1993); Chairman of the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea (1945-1946); Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of North Korea (1946-1949); Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (1949-1966); General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (1966-1994); Deputy to the
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Supreme People's Assembly (1948-1994); Premier of North Korea (1948-1972); President of North Korea (1972-1994); Eternal President of the Republic/Eternal leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1998-) |
₩5000 | obverse | 2009 |
Korea, South
Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol: ₩
See also South Korean won.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yi Hwang | 1501–1570 | Confucian scholar | ₩1,000 | obverse | 1983 |
Yi I | 1536–1584 | Confucian scholar | ₩5,000 | obverse | |
King Sejong the Great | 1397–1450 | Fourth king of the Kingdom of Joseon (1418-1450) | ₩10,000 | obverse | |
Shin Saimdang | 1504–1551 | Artist, calligraphist, poet and writer | ₩50,000 | obverse | 2009 |
*See also South Korea in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Kyrgyzstan
Currency: Som (since 1993)
Symbol: сом/
See also Kyrgyzstani som.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abdylas Maldybaev | 1906-1978 | Composer, actor, and operatic tenor singer; one of the composers of the state anthem of the Kirghiz SSR | 1 som | Obverse | 1994 |
Bubusara Beyshenalieva | 1926-1973 | Kyrgyz ballerina | 5 som | Obverse | 1994 |
Kasym Tynystanov | 1901-1938 | Scientist, politician and poet | 10 som | Obverse | 1994 |
Togolok Moldo | 1860-1942 | Poet, Manaschi and folk songwriter | 20 som | Obverse | 1994 |
Kurmanjan Datka | 1811-1907 | Stateswoman of Kyrgyzstan, who initiated annexation of that region to Russia | 50 som | Obverse | 1994 |
Toktogul Satylganov | 1864-1933 | Kyrgyz Akyns – improvising poets and singers | 100 som | Obverse | 1995 |
Alykul Osmonov | 1915-1950 | Poet | 200 som | Obverse | 2000 |
Sayakbay Karalaev | 1894-1971 | Manaschi – reciter of the epic Kyrgyz poem Manas | 500 som | Both | 2000 |
Yusuf Khass Hajib | ?-1085 | Chancellor of the Kara-Khanid Khanate, poet | 1,000 som | Obverse | 2000 |
Suimenkul Chokmorov | 1939-1992 | Actor | 5,000 som | Obverse | 2009 |
Laos
Currency: Kip (since 1952)
Symbol: ₭ or ₭N
See also Lao kip.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kaysone Phomvihane | 1920-1992 | 1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955-1992); President of Laos (1991-1992) | ₭2,000 | Obverse | 1997 |
Kaysone Phomvihane | 1920-1992 | 1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955-1992); President of Laos (1991-1992) | ₭5,000 | Obverse | 1997 |
Kaysone Phomvihane | 1920-1992 | 1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955-1992); President of Laos (1991-1992) | ₭10,000 | Obverse | 2002 |
Kaysone Phomvihane | 1920-1992 | 1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955-1992); President of Laos (1991-1992) | ₭20,000 | Obverse | 2002 |
Kaysone Phomvihane | 1920-1992 | 1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955-1992); President of Laos (1991-1992) | ₭50,000 | Obverse | 2004 |
Kaysone Phomvihane | 1920-1992 | 1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955-1992); President of Laos (1991-1992) | ₭100,000 | Obverse | 2011 |
Lesotho
Currency: Loti/Maloti (since 1979)
Symbol: L or M (pl.)
See also Lesotho loti.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) | 1938-1996 | King of Lesotho (1966-1996) | 10 maloti | Obverse | 1979 |
King Moshoeshoe I | 1786-1870 | King of Lesotho (1822-1870) | 10 maloti | Obverse | 2000 |
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) | 1963- (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II) | King of Lesotho (1996-) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822-1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966-1996) (King Moshoeshoe II) | 10 maloti | Obverse | 2009 |
King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) | 1938-1996 | King of Lesotho (1966-1996) | 20 maloti | Obverse | 1981 |
King Moshoeshoe I | 1786-1870 | King of Lesotho (1822-1870) | 20 maloti | Obverse | 1994 |
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) | 1963- (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II) | King of Lesotho (1996-) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822-1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966-1996) (King Moshoeshoe II) | 20 maloti | Obverse | 2009 |
King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) | 1938-1996 | King of Lesotho (1966-1996) | 50 maloti | Obverse | 1981 |
King Moshoeshoe I | 1786-1870 | King of Lesotho (1822-1870) | 50 maloti | Obverse | 1992 |
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) | 1963- (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II) | King of Lesotho (1996-) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822-1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966-1996) (King Moshoeshoe II) | 50 maloti | Obverse | 2009 |
King Moshoeshoe I | 1786-1870 | King of Lesotho (1822-1870) | 100 maloti | Obverse | 1994 |
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) | 1963- (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II) | King of Lesotho (1996-) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822-1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966-1996) (King Moshoeshoe II) | 100 maloti | Obverse | 2009 |
King Moshoeshoe I | 1786-1870 | King of Lesotho (1822-1870) | 200 maloti | Obverse | 1994 |
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso) | 1963- (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II) | King of Lesotho (1996-) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822-1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966-1996) (King Moshoeshoe II) | 200 maloti | Obverse | 2016 |
Liberia
Currency: Dollar (since 1943)
Symbol: L$
See also Liberian dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edward James Roye | 1815-1872 | 5th President of Liberia (1870-1871) | 5 Liberian dollars | Obverse | 1999 |
Joseph Jenkins Roberts | 1809-1876 | 1st President of Liberia (1848-1856); 7th President of Liberia (1872-1876) | 10 Liberian dollars | Obverse | 1999 |
William V. S. Tubman | 1895-1971 | 19th President of Liberia (1944-1971) | 20 Liberian dollars | Obverse | 1999 |
Samuel Kanyon Doe | 1951-1990 | 21st President of Liberia (1980-1990) | 50 Liberian dollars | Obverse | 1999 |
William Richard Tolbert, Jr. | 1913-1980 | 20th President of Liberia (1971-1980) | 100 Liberian dollars | Obverse | 1999 |
Libya
Currency: Dinar (since 1971)
Symbol: LD/ل.د
See also Libyan dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Omar Al-Mukhtār | 1858-1931 | Leading the native resistance to the Italian colonization of Libya | 10 dinars | Obverse | 1971 |
Malawi
Currency: Kwacha (since 1971)
Symbol: MK
See also Malawian kwacha.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M’mbelwa II | Inkosi ya Makhosi (Paramount Chief) | 20 kwacha | Obverse | 2012 | |
Gomani II | ?-1954 | Inkosi ya Makhosi (Paramount Chief) | 50 kwacha | Obverse | 2012 |
James Frederick Sangala | 1900-? | Founding member of the Nyasaland African Congress | 100 kwacha | Obverse | 2012 |
Rose Lomathinda Chibambo | 1928-2016 | Leader of the Nyasaland African Congress | 200 kwacha | Obverse | 2012 |
John Chilembwe | 1871-1915 | Baptist pastor and educator; figure to the resistance to colonialism | 500 kwacha | Obverse | 2012 |
Hastings Kamuzu Banda | 1898-1997 | 1st President of Malawi (1966-1994); 1st Prime Minister of Malawi (1964-1966) | 1,000 kwacha | Obverse | 2012 |
Malaysia
Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM
See also Malaysian ringgit.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan | 1895 – 1960 | 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Supreme Head of State) of the Federation of Malaya |
RM 1 | obverse | 1967 |
RM 2 | obverse | 1996-2005 | |||
RM 5 | obverse | 1967 (polymer in 1996) | |||
RM 10 | obverse | 1967 | |||
RM 20 | obverse | 1982 | |||
RM 50 | obverse | 1967 | |||
RM 100 | obverse | 1967 | |||
RM 500 | obverse | 1982–1999 | |||
RM 1,000 | obverse | 1967–1999 |
Mauritius
Currency: Rupee (since 1876)
Symbol: ₨
See also Mauritian rupee.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moilin Jean Ah-Chuen | 1911-1991 | Politician | 25 rupees | Obverse | 1998 |
Joseph Maurice Paturau | 50 rupees | Obverse | 1998 | ||
Renganaden Seeneevassen | First Mauritanian Minister of Education | 100 rupees | Obverse | 1998 | |
Abdool Razack Mohamed | 1906-1978 | Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius (1967-1978) | 200 rupees | Obverse | 1998 |
Sookdeo Bissoondoyal | 1908-1977 | Mauritian politician; one of the leading figures of the independence movement | 500 rupees | Obverse | 1998 |
Charles Gaëtan Duval | 1930-1996 | Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius (1983-1988) | 1,000 rupees | Obverse | 1998 |
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | 1900-1985 | 1st Chief Minister of Mauritius (1963-1968); Prime Minister of Mauritius (1976-1982); Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (1976-1977); Governor-General of Mauritius (1983-1985) | 2,000 rupees | Obverse | 1998 |
Mexico
Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $
See also Mexican peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | 1648/51-1695 | Nun, scholar and poet | $200 | obverse | 1996 |
Miguel Hidalgo | 1753–1811 | Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence | $1,000 | obverse | 2004 |
Benito Juárez | 1806–1872 | 26th President of Mexico (1858–1872) | $20 | both (1996 paper and 2002 polymer issue); obverse (Series F) | 1996 (polymer in 2002) |
José María Morelos | 1765–1815 | leader for Mexican independence | $50 | obverse | 1996 (polymer in 2006) |
Nezahualcoyotl | 1402–1472 | Texcocan king | $100 | obverse | 1996 |
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo | 1829–1862 | Artists and Communist Party militants | $500 | obverse | 1996 |
Venustiano Carranza | 1859-1920 | 37th President of Mexico (1917-1920) | $100 | obverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
Luis Manuel Rojas | 1871-1949 | Journalist and politician, President of the Mexican Constituent Congress (1916-1917) | $100 | obverse | 2017 (commemorative) |
Benito Juárez | 1806–1872 | 26th President of Mexico (1858–1872) | $500 | both | 2018 |
Moldova
Currency: Leu (pl. Lei) (since 1992)
Symbol: L
See also Moldovan leu.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stephen III (the Great) | 1433-1504 | Prince of the Principality of Moldavia (1457-1504) and Saint of the Romanian Orthodox Church | All (1-1,000 lei) | Obverse | 1992 |
Mongolia
Currency: Tögrög/Tugrik (since 1925)
Symbol: ₮
See also Mongolian tögrög.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Damdin Sükhbaatar | 1893-1923 | Founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, leader of the Mongolian partisan army, Father of the Mongolian Revolution | ₮5 | Obverse | 1939 |
Damdin Sükhbaatar | 1893-1923 | Founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, leader of the Mongolian partisan army, Father of the Mongolian Revolution | ₮10 | Obverse | 1939 |
Damdin Sükhbaatar | 1893-1923 | Founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, leader of the Mongolian partisan army, Father of the Mongolian Revolution | ₮20 | Obverse | 1981 |
Damdin Sükhbaatar | 1893-1923 | Founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, leader of the Mongolian partisan army, Father of the Mongolian Revolution | ₮50 | Obverse | 1939 |
Damdin Sükhbaatar | 1893-1923 | Founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, leader of the Mongolian partisan army, Father of the Mongolian Revolution | ₮100 | Obverse | 1939 |
Genghis Khan | 1162-1227 | Founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire (1206-1227) | ₮500 | Obverse | 1993 |
Genghis Khan | 1162-1227 | Founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire (1206-1227) | ₮1,000 | Obverse | 1993 |
Genghis Khan | 1162-1227 | Founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire (1206-1227) | ₮5,000 | Obverse | 1994 |
Genghis Khan | 1162-1227 | Founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire (1206-1227) | ₮10,000 | Obverse | 1995 |
Genghis Khan | 1162-1227 | Founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire (1206-1227) | ₮20,000 | Obverse | 2006 |
Morocco
Currency: Dirham (since 1960)
Symbol: د.م.
See also Moroccan dirham.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammed VI | 1963- | King of Morocco (1999-) | 20 dirhams | Obverse | 2002 |
Mohammed VI | 1963- | King of Morocco (1999-) | 20 dirhams | Obverse | 2013 |
Mohammed VI | 1963- | King of Morocco (1999-) | 50 dirhams | Obverse | 2002 |
Mohammed VI | 1963- | King of Morocco (1999-) | 50 dirhams | Obverse | 2013 |
Mohammed VI, Mohammed V and Hassan II | 1963- (Mohammed VI); 1909–1961 (Mohammed V); 1929–1999 (Hassan II) | King of Morocco (1927-1961) (Mohammed V); King of Morocco (1961-1999) (Hassan II); King of Morocco (1999-) (Mohammed VI) | 100 dirhams | Obverse | 2002 |
Mohammed VI | 1963- | King of Morocco (1999-) | 100 dirhams | Obverse | 2012 |
Mohammed VI and Hassan II | 1963- (Mohammed VI); 1929–1999 (Hassan II) | King of Morocco (1999-) (Mohammed VI); King of Morocco (1961-1999) (Hassan II) | 200 dirhams | Obverse | 2002 |
Mohammed VI | 1963- | King of Morocco (1999-) | 200 dirhams | Obverse | 2012 |
Mozambique
Currency: Metical (since 1980)
Symbol: MT
See also Mozambican metical.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samora Moisés Machel | 1933-1986 | Military commander, revolutionary, socialist leader and President of Mozambique (1975-1986) | 20 meticais | Obverse | 2006 |
Samora Moisés Machel | 1933-1986 | Military commander, revolutionary, socialist leader and President of Mozambique (1975-1986) | 50 meticais | Obverse | 2006 |
Samora Moisés Machel | 1933-1986 | Military commander, revolutionary, socialist leader and President of Mozambique (1975-1986) | 100 meticais | Obverse | 2006 |
Samora Moisés Machel | 1933-1986 | Military commander, revolutionary, socialist leader and President of Mozambique (1975-1986) | 200 meticais | Obverse | 2006 |
Samora Moisés Machel | 1933-1986 | Military commander, revolutionary, socialist leader and President of Mozambique (1975-1986) | 500 meticais | Obverse | 2006 |
Samora Moisés Machel | 1933-1986 | Military commander, revolutionary, socialist leader and President of Mozambique (1975-1986) | 1,000 meticais | Obverse | 2006 |
Namibia
Currency: Dollar (since 1993)
Symbol: N$
See also Namibian dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hendrik Witbooi | 1830-1905 | King of the Namaqua people; National hero of Namibia | All (10 to 200 Namibian dollars) | Obverse | 1993 and 2012 |
Sam Nujoma | 1929- | 1st President of Namibia (1990-2005) | 10 and 20 Namibian dollars | Obverse | 2012 |
New Zealand
Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $
See also Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar and New Zealand dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth II | 1926 – | Queen and Head of State of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations. | $20 | Obverse | 1967 |
Sir Edmund Hillary | 1919–2008 | Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal. | $5 | 1990 | |
Āpirana Ngata | 1874–1950 | Played a significant role in the revival of Māori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Māori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament for 38 years. | $50 | 1990 | |
Lord Rutherford of Nelson | 1871–1937 | New Zealand physicist and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908. | $100 | 1990 | |
Kate Sheppard | 1848–1934 | Prominent suffragette, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893. | $10 | 1990 |
Nigeria
Currency: Naira (since 1973)
Symbol: ₦
See also Nigerian naira.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | 1912-1966 | Prime Minister of Nigeria (1960-1966) | ₦5 | Obverse | 2006 |
Alvan Ikoku | 1900-1971 | Educator, statesman, activist and politician | ₦10 | Obverse | 2006 |
Murtala Mohammed | 1938-1976 | 4th Head of State of Nigeria (1975-1976) | ₦20 | Obverse | 2006 |
Ladi Kwali | 1925-1984 | Potter | ₦20 | Reverse | 2006 |
Obafemi Awolowo | 1909-1987 | Premier of Western Nigeria (1954-1960) | ₦100 | Obverse | 1999 |
Ahmadu Bello | 1910-1966 | Premier of Northern Nigeria (1954-1966) | ₦200 | Obverse | 2000 |
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe | 1904-1966 | 1st President of Nigeria (1963-1966) | ₦500 | Obverse | 2001 |
Aliyu Mai-Bornu and Clement Nyong Isong | 1919–1970 (Aliyu Mai-Bornu); 1920–2000 (Clement Nyong Isong) | Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (1963-1967; Aliyu Mai-Bornu); Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (1967-1975; Clement Nyong Isong) | ₦1,000 | Obverse | 2005 |
Nicaragua
Currency: Córdoba (since 1991)
Symbol: C$
See also Nicaraguan córdoba.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miguel Larreynaga | 1772-1842 | Philosopher, humanist, lawyer and poet | C$10 | Obverse | 2002 |
José Santos Zelaya López | 1853-1919 | President of Nicaragua (1893-1909) | C$20 | Obverse | 2002 |
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal | 1924-1978 | Journalist and publisher | C$50 | Obverse | 2002 |
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento | 1867-1916 | Poet, journalist, diplomat, and writer | C$100 | Obverse | 2002 |
José Dolores Estrada Vado | 1792-1869 | National hero of Nicaragua | C$500 | Obverse | 2002 |
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento | 1867-1916 | Poet, journalist, diplomat and writer | C$1,000 | Obverse | 2016 (commemorative) |
Norway
Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone and Norwegian krone.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen | 1812–1885 | Writer and scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore | 50 kr | obverse | 1997 |
Kirsten Flagstad | 1895–1962 | opera singer | 100 kr | obverse | 1997 |
Kristian Birkeland | 1867–1917 | scientist | 200 kr | obverse | 1994 |
Sigrid Undset | 1882-1949 | Nobel Prize winner for Literature (1928) | 500 kr | obverse | 1999 |
Edvard Munch | 1863–1944 | Expressionist painter | 1,000 kr | obverse | 2001 |
Oman
Currency: Rial (since 1970)
Symbol: ريال
See also Omani rial.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qaboos bin Said al Said | 1940-2020 | Sultan of Oman (1970-2020) | 100 baisa | Obverse | 1995 |
200 baisa | |||||
1/2 Rial | |||||
1 Rial | |||||
5 Rials | |||||
10 Rials | |||||
20 Rials | |||||
50 Rials | |||||
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Haitham bin Tariq | 1955- | Sultan of Oman (2020-present) | 5 Rials | Obverse | 2020 |
10 Rials | |||||
20 Rials | |||||
Papua New Guinea
Currency: Kina (since 1975)
Symbol: K
See also Papua New Guinean kina.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Somare | 1936- | Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (1975-2011) | 50 kina | Reverse | 1999 |
Pakistan
Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)
See also Pakistani rupee.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | 1876–1948 | 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (1947–1948); "Father of the Nation" |
Rs. 10 | obverse | 2006 |
Rs. 20 | obverse | 2005 | |||
Rs. 50 | obverse | 1977 | |||
Rs. 100 | obverse | 2006 | |||
Rs. 500 | obverse | 2006 | |||
Rs. 1,000 | obverse | 2007 | |||
Rs. 5,000 | obverse | 2006 |
Paraguay
Currency: Guaraní (since 1943)
Symbol:
See also Paraguayan guaraní.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adela and Celsa Speratti | (1865-1902) and (1868–1938) | Founded the first Normal Schools in the country | 2,000 | Obverse | 2008 |
Carlos Antonio López | 1792-1862 | Consul of Paraguay (1841-1844); 1st President of Paraguay (1844-1862) | 5,000 | Obverse | 1962 |
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia | 1766-1840 | Consul of Paraguay (1813-1814; 1814-1840) | 10,000 | Obverse | 1962 |
Agustín Pío Barrios | 1885-1944 | Classical guitarist and composer | 50,000 | Obverse | 1981 |
Roque González de Santa Cruz | 1576-1628 | Patron saint of Paraguay | 100,000 | Obverse | 1998 |
Peru
Currency: Nuevo sol/Sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.
See also Peruvian nuevo sol/sol.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
José Quiñones Gonzales | 1914–1941 | National aviation hero | Nuevo sol | S/. 10 | obverse | 1991– |
Raúl Porras Barrenechea | 1897–1960 | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Historian, Senator | Nuevo sol | S/. 20 | obverse | 1991– |
Abraham Valdelomar | 1888–1919 | Poet | Nuevo sol | S/. 50 | obverse | 1991– |
Jorge Basadre | 1903–1980 | Minister of education, Historian | Nuevo sol | S/. 100 | obverse | 1991– |
Rose of Lima | 1586–1617 | Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas | Nuevo sol | S/. 200 | obverse | 1995– |
Philippines
Currency: Peso (piso) (since 1903)
Symbol: ₱
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso and Philippine peso (piso).
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manuel L. Quezon | 1878–1944 | 2nd President of the Philippines (1935–1944) | ₱20 | obverse | 1986 |
Sergio Osmeña | 1878–1961 | 4th President of the Philippines (1944–1946) | ₱50 | obverse | 1986 |
Manuel Roxas | 1892–1948 | 5th President of the Philippines (1946–1948) | ₱100 | obverse | 1986 |
Diosdado Macapagal | 1910–1997 | 9th President of the Philippines (1961–1965) | ₱200 | obverse | 2002 |
Hilario Davide, Jr. | 1935- | 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1998–2005); swore in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | ₱200 | reverse | 2002 |
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | 1947- | Daughter of President Diosdado Macapagal; 14th President of the Philippines (2001-2009) | ₱200 | reverse | 2002 |
Corazon Aquino | 1933-2009 | 11th President of the Philippines (1986-1992) | ₱500 | obverse | 2010 |
Benigno Aquino, Jr. | 1932–1983 | Leader of the opposition to the autocracy and dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos | ₱500 | both | 1987 |
José Abad Santos | 1886–1942 | 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II | ₱1,000 | obverse | 2002 |
Josefa Llanes Escoda | 1898–1945 | Founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II | ₱1,000 | obverse | 1991 |
Vicente Lim | 1889–1945 | Brigadier General of the Philippine Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II | ₱1,000 | obverse | 1991 |
Lapu-Lapu | Datu of Mactan in the Visayas; the first native Filipino to resist imperial Spanish colonization and for killing Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan | ₱5,000 | obverse | 2021 (commemorative) | |
*See also Philippines in Banknotes no longer in circulation.
Poland
Currency: Złoty (since 1924)
Symbol: zł
See also Polish coins and banknotes and Polish złoty.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boleslaw I | 966/7-1025 | King of Poland (992-1025) | 20 zł | obverse | 1995, 2012, 2015 and 2017 |
Casimir III | 1310–1370 | King of Poland (1333–1370) | 50 zł | obverse | |
Jogaila | 1351–1434 | King of Poland (1386–1434) | 100 zł | obverse | |
Mieszko I | 935-992 | Duke of Poland (960-992) | 10 zł | obverse | |
Sigismund I the Old | 1520–1572 | King of Poland (1530–1572) | 200 zł | obverse | |
John III Sobieski | 1629-1696 | King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuiania (1674-1696) | 500 zł | obverse |
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Józef Klemens Piłsudski | 1867-1935 | Chief of State of the Second Republic of Poland (1918-1922); First Marshal of Poland (1920); Dictator of the Second Polish Republic (1926-1935); Minister of Military Affairs (1926-1935) | 10 and 20 zł | Obverse | 2008 (commemorative) 2014 (commemorative) |
Juliusz Słowacki | 1809-1849 | Romantic Poet | 20 zł | Obverse | 2009 (commemorative) |
Frédéric Chopin | 1810-1849 | Composer and Virtuoso pianist | 20 zł | Obverse | 2010 (commemorative) |
Marie Curie | 1867-1934 | Physicist and chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) | 20 zł | Obverse | 2011 (commemorative) |
Jan Długosz | 1415-1480 | Priest, chronicler, diplomat, soldier, and secretary to Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki of Kraków | 20 zł | Obverse | 2015 (commemorative) |
Doubravka of Bohemia | ca. 940/45-977 | Bohemian princess of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans | 20 zł | Obverse | 2016 (commemorative) |
Pope John Paul II and Stefan Wyszyński | 1920–2005 (John Paul II); 1901–1981 (Stefan Wyszyński) | Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (1978-2005); Saint of the Roman Catholic Church (John Paul II); Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw (1948-1981) (Stefan Wyszyński) | 50 zł | Both (John Paul II); Reverse (Stefan Wyszyński) | 2006 (commemorative) |
Romania
Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu and Romanian leu.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lucian Blaga | 1895–1961 | Poet, playwright and philosopher | 200 L | obverse | 2006 |
Ion I. C. Brătianu | 1864-1927 | Prime minister of Romania (five times, 1909-1927) | 100 L | obverse | 2019 (commemorative) |
Ion Luca Caragiale | 1852–1912 | Playwright and short story writer | 100 L | obverse | 2005 |
Mihai Eminescu | 1850–1889 | Romantic poet | 500 L | obverse | 2005 |
George Enescu | 1881–1955 | Composer, violinist and pianist | 5 L | obverse | 2005 |
Ferdinand I | 1865-1927 | King of Romania (1914-1927) | 100 L | obverse | 2018 (commemorative) |
Nicolae Grigorescu | 1838–1907 | Painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting | 10 L | obverse | 2005 |
2008 | |||||
Nicolae Iorga | 1871–1940 | Prime Minister of Romania (1931-1932) and historian | 1 L | obverse | 2005 |
Queen Marie | 1875-1938 | Queen consort of Romania (1914-1927) | 100 L | obverse | 2018 (commemorative) |
Aurel Vlaicu | 1882–1913 | Engineer, inventor and early pilot | 50 L | obverse | 2005 |
Russia
Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб/₽
See also Russian ruble.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky | 1809–1881 | Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk (1847–1861) | 5,000 ₽ | obverse | 2006 |
Peter I | 1672–1725 | Tsar of Russia and first Russian Emperor (1682–1725) | 500 ₽ | obverse | 1995 |
Yaroslav I | 978-1054 | Prince of Kiev and Novgorod (1019–1054) | 1,000 ₽ | obverse | 2001 |
Lev Ivanovich Yashin | 1929-1990 | Goalkeeper for Dynamo Moscow (1950-1970) and the Soviet Union national football team (1954-1967) | 100 ₽ | obverse | 2018 (commemorative) |
Samoa
Currency: Tālā (since 1967)
Symbol: WS$
See also Samoan tālā.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malietoa Tanumafili II | 1913-2007 | O le Ao o le Malo (Head of State) of Samoa (1962-2007) | 100 tālā | Obverse | 2008 |
São Tomé and Príncipe
Currency: Dobra (since 1977)
Symbol: Db
See also São Tomé and Príncipe dobra.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rei Amador | ?-1596 | King of the Angolars | All (500-50,000 dobras) | Obverse | 1993 (500 and 1,000 dobras); 1996 (5,000-50,000 dobras) |
Francisco José Tenreiro | 1921-1963 | Geographer and poet | 100,000 dobras | Obverse | 2005 |
Saudi Arabia
Currency: Riyal (since 1953)
Symbol: ر.س
See also Saudi riyal.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | 1924-2015 | King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (2005-2015) | 1-100 riyals | Obverse | 2007 |
Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal ibn Turki ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al Saud | 1876-1953 | King of Nejd and Hejaz (1926-1932); King of Saudi Arabia (1932-1953); Founder of Saudi Arabia | 500 riyals | Obverse | 2007 |
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | 1935- | King of Saudi Arabia and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (2015-) | 5-100 riyals | Obverse | 2016 |
South Africa
Currency: Rand (since 1961)
Symbol: R
See also South African rand.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 1918-2013 | President of South Africa (1994-1999) | 10 rand | Obverse (2012 issue); Reverse (2018 commemorative issue) | 2012 (original issue); 2018 (commemorative issue) |
20 rand | |||||
50 rand | |||||
100 rand | |||||
200 rand | |||||
South Sudan
Currency: Pound (since 2011) and Piaster (since 2011)
Symbol: £
See also South Sudanese pound.
Person | Years of Birth–Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Garang de Mabior | 1945-2005 | President of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (July 9-July 30, 2005); Leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army during the Second Sudanese Civil War | All (5 to 25 South Sudanese piasters) | Obverse | 2011 |
John Garang de Mabior | 1945-2005 | President of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (July 9-July 30, 2005); Leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army during the Second Sudanese Civil War | All (1 to 500 South Sudanese pounds) | Obverse | 2011 (1 to 100 South Sudanese pounds); 2016 (20 South Sudanese pounds); 2018 (500 South Sudanese pounds) |
Scotland (Kingdom of)
See under United Kingdom
Serbia
Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.
See also Serbian dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
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Jovan Cvijić | 1865–1927 | geographer | 500 din. | both | 2004 |
Slobodan Jovanović | 1869–1958 | Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile (1942–1943) | 5,000 din. | both | 2003 |
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić | 1787–1864 | Linguist; reformer of the Serbian language | 10 din. | both | 2006 |
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac | 1856–1914 | Composer and music educator | 50 din. | both | 2005 |
Milutin Milanković | 1879-1958 | Mathematician, astronomer and geophysicist | 2,000 din. | both | 2011 |
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš | 1813–1851 | Prince-Bishop of Montenegro (1830–1851); Serbian language poet | 20 din. | both | 2006 |
Nadežda Petrović | 1873–1915 | Painter | 200 din. | both | 2006 |
Nikola Tesla | 1856–1943 | Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor | 100 din. | both | 2006 |
Đorđe Vajfert | 1850–1937 | 1st president of the National Bank of Serbia (1912–1926) | 1,000 din. | both | 2006 |
Sierra Leone
Currency: Leone (since 1964)
Symbol: Le
See also Sierra Leonean leone.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bai Bureh | 1840-1908 | Leader in the Hut Tax War of 1898 in Northern Sierra Leone against British rule and Krio dominance | 1,000 Leones | Obverse | 2002 |
Isaac Theophilus Akunna Wallace-Johnson | 1894-1965 | Trade unionist, journalist, activist, and politician | 2,000 Leones | Obverse | 2000 |
Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué) | 1814-1879 | Responsible for leading the revolt of fellow slaves on the Spanish slave ship, Amistad | 5,000 Leones | Obverse | 2002 |
Singapore
Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$
See also Singapore Portrait Series currency notes and Singapore dollar.
Person | Years of Birth–Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yusof bin Ishak | 1910–1970 | First President of Singapore (1965–1970) | S$2 | obverse | 1999 |
S$5 | |||||
S$10 | |||||
S$20 | |||||
S$50 | |||||
S$100 | |||||
S$1000 | |||||
S$10,000 | |||||
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
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Lee Kuan Yew | 1923-2015 | 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-1990) | S$50 | Both | 2015 (commemorative) |
Munshi Abdullah | 1796-1864 | Author, translator and teacher | S$20 | Reverse | 2019 (commemorative) |
Henry Nicholas Ridley | 1855-1956 | Promoting rubber in the Malay Peninsula | S$20 | Reverse | 2019 (commemorative) |
Tan Kah Kee | 1874-1961 | Businessman; Philanthropic work, for setting up schools in China and Southeast Asia and for helping to raise funds to support China in events of the 20th century | S$20 | Reverse | 2019 (commemorative) |
P. Govindasamy Pillai | 1887-1980 | Businessman ans philanthropist | S$20 | Reverse | 2019 (commemorative) |
Teresa Hsu Chih | 1898-2011 | Charity worker, yoga teacher and retired nurse | S$20 | Reverse | 2019 (commemorative) |
Alice Pennefather | 1903-1983 | Badminton and tennis champion | S$20 | Reverse | 2019 (commemorative) |
Adnan Saidi | 1915-1942 | Malayan military officer of 1st Malaya Infantry Brigade who fought the Japanese in the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Singapore during World War II | S$20 | Reverse | 2019 (commemorative) |
Ruth Wong Hie King | 1918-1982 | Educator | S$20 | Reverse | 2019 (commemorative) |
Sri Lanka
Currency: Rupee (since 1872)
Symbol: (රු, Rs, ரூ)
See also Sri Lankan rupee.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa | 1945 | 6th President of Sri Lanka (2005-2015) | 1,000 rupees | Obverse | 2009 (commemorative) |
Swaziland (Eswatini)
Currency: Lilangeni/Emalangeni (since 1974)
Symbol: L or E (pl.)
See also Swazi lilangeni.
Person | Years of Birth–Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mswati III | 1968- | King of Swaziland (1986-) | 10 emalangeni | Obverse | 1974 |
20 emalangeni | |||||
50 emalangeni | |||||
100 emalangeni | |||||
200 emalangeni | |||||
Sweden
Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr
See also Swedish krona.
Person | Years of Birth–Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Astrid Lindgren | 1907–2002 | Writer | 20 kr | obverse | 2015 |
Evert Taube | 1890–1976 | Artist, author, composer and singer | 50 kr | obverse | 2015 |
Greta Garbo | 1905–1990 | Actress | 100 kr | obverse | 2016 |
Ingmar Bergman | 1918–2007 | Film director, producer and screenwriter | 200 kr | obverse | 2015 |
Birgit Nilsson | 1918–2005 | Soprano | 500 kr | obverse | 2016 |
Dag Hammarskjöld | 1905–1961 | Secretary-General of the United Nations (1953-1961) | 1,000 kr | obverse | 2015 |
Switzerland
Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.
See also Banknotes of the Swiss franc and Swiss franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacob Burckhardt | 1818–1897 | historian of the arts | 1,000 Fr. | obverse | 1998 |
Le Corbusier | 1887–1965 | modernist architect | 10 Fr. | obverse | 1997 |
Alberto Giacometti | 1901–1966 | sculptor, painter, draftsman | 100 Fr. | obverse | 1998 |
Arthur Honegger | 1892–1955 | composer | 20 Fr. | obverse | 1996 |
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz | 1878–1947 | French-speaking Swiss author | 200 Fr. | obverse | 1997 |
Sophie Taeuber-Arp | 1889–1943 | artist, painter, sculptor | 50 Fr. | obverse | 1995 |
Syria
Currency: Pound (LS or £S; since 1919)
See also Syrian pound.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcus Julius Philippus (Philip the Arab) | c. 204-249 | 29th Emperor of the Roman Empire | 100 Syrian pounds | Obverse | 1998 |
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (Saladin) | 1138-1193 | Sultan of Egypt and Syria and Kurdish General | 200 Syrian pounds | Obverse | 1997 |
Zenobia | 240-c. 275 | Queen of the Palmyrene Empire (267-271) | 500 Syrian pounds | Obverse | 1998 |
Hafez al-Assad | 1930-2000 | President of Syria (1971-2000) | 1,000 Syrian pounds | Obverse | 1997 |
Bashar al-Assad | 1965 | President of Syria (2000–present) | 2,000 Syrian pounds | Obverse | 2017 |
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $
See also Fifth series of the new Taiwan dollar banknote and New Taiwan dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sun Yat-sen | 1866–1925 | Founding father of the Republic of China; Provincial President of the Republic of China (January 1-March 10, 1912) | $100 | obverse | 2001 |
Chiang Kai-shek | 1887–1975 | President of the Republic of China (1948–1975) | $200 | obverse | 2002 |
Tanzania
Currency: Shilling (since 1966)
Symbol: TSh
See also Tanzanian shilling.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julius Kambarage Nyerere | 1922-1999 | 1st President of Tanzania (1964-1985) | 1,000 Shillings/Shilingi | Obverse | 2003 |
Tajikistan
Currency: Somoni (since 1999)
Symbol: cомонӣ
See also Tajikistani somoni.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isma'il ibn Ahmad (Somoni) | 849-907 | Amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907) | 1 dirams | Obverse | 1999 |
5 dirams | Obverse | 1999 | |||
20 dirams | Obverse | 1999 | |||
50 dirams | Obverse | 1999 | |||
Mirzo Tursunzoda | 1911-1977 | Poet | 1 somoni | Obverse | 1999-2000 |
Shirinsho Shotemur | 1899-1937 | Politician | 3 somoni | Obverse | 2010 |
Sadriddin Ayni | 1878-1954 | Poet, writer, novelist, journalist and historian; recipient of the Order of Lenin | 5 somoni | Obverse | 1999-2013 |
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani | 1314-1384 | Sūfī of the Kubrāwī order, poet and a prominent Muslim scholar | 10 somoni | Obverse | 1999-2013 |
Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) | 980-1037 | Polymath and jurist | 20 somoni | Obverse | 1999-2013 |
Bobojon Ghafurov | 1908-1977 | Historian, academician, and author | 50 somoni | Obverse | 1999-2013 |
Isma'il ibn Ahmad (Somoni) | 849-907 | Amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907) | 100 somoni | Obverse | 1999-2013 |
Nusratullo Maksum | 1881-1937 | Statesman and national hero of Tajikistan | 200 somoni | Obverse | 2010 |
Rudaki (Abuabdulloh Rudaki) | 858-941 | Founder of Tajik classic literature | 500 somoni | Obverse | 2010 |
Thailand
Currency: Baht (since 1925)
Symbol: ฿
See also Thai baht.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) | 1927-2016 (King Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej); 1925–1946 (King Rama VIII (Ananda Mahidol)) | King of Thailand (1946-2016) (King Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej); King of Thailand (1935-1946) (King Rama VIII (Ananda Mahidol)) | 20 baht | Obverse (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); Reverse (King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) | 2003 |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and King Ram Khamhaeng | 1927-2016 (King Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej); 1237–1247 to 1298–1317 (King Ram Khamhaeng) | King of Thailand (1946-2016); third King of the Phra Ruang dynasty, ruling the Sukhothai Kingdom (1279-1298) | 20 baht | Obverse (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); Reverse (King Ram Khamhaeng) | 2013 |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and King Mongkut (Rama IV) | 1927-2016 (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); 1804–1868 (King Mongkut (Rama IV) | King of Thailand (1946-2016) (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); King of Siam (1851-1868) (King Mongkut (Rama IV) | 50 baht | Obverse (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); Reverse (King Mongkut (Rama IV) | 2004 |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and King Naresuan | 1927-2016 (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); 1555–1605 (King Naresuan) | King of Thailand (1946-2016) (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); King of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1590-1605) (King Naresuan) | 50 baht | Obverse (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); Reverse (King Naresuan) | 2012 |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) | 1927-2016 (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); 1853–1910 (King Chulalongkorn (Rama V); 1880–1925 (King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) | King of Thailand (1946-2016); King of Siam (1868-1910) (King Chulalongkorn (Rama V); 1910–1925 (King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) | 100 baht | Obverse (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); Reverse (King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and (King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) | 2005 |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and King Taksin | 1927-2016 (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); 1734–1782 (King Taksin) | King of Thailand (1946-2016) (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); 1767–1782 (King Taksin) | 100 baht | Obverse (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); Reverse (King Taksin) | 2015 |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and King Nangklao (Rama III) | 1927-2016 (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); 1787–1851 (King Nanglao (Rama III) | King of Thailand (1946-2016) (King Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej); King of Siam (1824-1851) (King Nangklao (Rama III) | 500 baht | Obverse (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); Reverse (King Nangklao (Rama III) | 2001 |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) | 1927-2016 (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); 1737–1809 (King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) | King of Thailand (1946-2016) (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); King of Siam (1782-1809) (King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) | 500 baht | Obverse (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX); Reverse (King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) | 2014 |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) | 1927-2016 | King of Thailand (1946-2016) | 1,000 baht | Both | 2005 |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | 1927-2016 (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)); 1853–1910 (King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | King of Thailand (1946-2016) (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)); King of Siam (1868-1910) (King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | 1,000 baht | Obverse (King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)); Reverse (King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | 2015 |
King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) | 1952- | King of Thailand (2016-) | All (20 to 1,000 baht) | Obverse (20 to 1,000 baht) and Reverse (1,000 baht) | 2018 |
Tonga
Currency: Paʻanga (since 1967)
Symbol: T$
See also Tongan pa'anga.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
King Siaosi (George) Tupou V of Tonga | 1948-2012 | King of Tonga (2006-2012) | All (T$1–100) | Obverse | 2008 and 2009 |
King Tupou VI of Tonga | 1959- | King of Tonga (2012-) | All (T$2–100) | Obverse | 2015 |
Transnistria
Currency: Ruble (since 1994)
Symbol:
See also Transnistrian ruble.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Suvorov | 1730-1800 | General of the Imperial Russian Army; founder of the city and capital of Tiraspol | 1 ruble | Obverse | 2000 |
Alexander Suvorov | 1730-1800 | General of the Imperial Russian Army; founder of the city and capital of Tiraspol | 5 rubles | Obverse | 2000 |
Alexander Suvorov | 1730-1800 | General of the Imperial Russian Army; founder of the city and capital of Tiraspol | 10 rubles | Obverse | 2000 |
Alexander Suvorov | 1730-1800 | General of the Imperial Russian Army; founder of the city and capital of Tiraspol | 25 rubles | Obverse | 2000 |
Taras Shevchenko | 1814-1861 | Poet; founder of the modern Ukrainian literature and the modern Ukrainian language | 50 rubles | Obverse | 2000 |
Dimitrie Cantemir | 1673-1723 | Prince of Moldavia | 100 rubles | Obverse | 2000 |
Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky | 1725-1796 | General of the Russian Empire, Collegium of Little Russia | 200 rubles | Obverse | 2004 |
Catherine II (the Great) | 1729-1796 | Empress of the Russian Empire | 500 rubles | Obverse | 2004 |
Tunisia
Currency: Dinar (since 1960)
Symbol: DT
See also Tunisian dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hannibal | 247–183, 182 or 181 BC | General and commander-in-chief of the Carthaginian armies | 5 dinars | Obverse | 1993 |
Hannibal | 247–183, 182 or 181 BC | General and commander-in-chief of the Carthaginian armies | 5 dinars | Obverse | 2013 |
Ibn Khaldun | 1332-1046 | Historiographer and historian | 10 dinars | Obverse | 1994 |
Dido | Queen and founder of Carthage | 10 dinars | Obverse | 2005 | |
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi | 1909-1934 | Poet | 10 dinars | Obverse | 2013 |
Tawhida Ben Cheikh | 1909-2010 | First female doctor of Tunisia | 10 dinars | Obverse | 2020 |
Hayreddin Pasha | 1820-1890 | Grand Vizier of the Beylik of Tunis (1873-1877); Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1878-1879) | 20 dinars | Obverse | 1992 |
Hayreddin Pasha | 1820-1890 | Grand Vizier of the Beylik of Tunis (1873-1877); Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1878-1879) | 20 dinars | Obverse | 2011 |
Farhat Hached | 1914-1952 | Trades Union leader; leader of the Tunisian Independence Movement | 20 dinars | Obverse | 2017 |
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi | 1909-1934 | Poet | 30 dinars | Obverse | 1997 |
Ibn El Rachiq Kairouani | c. 1000-1064 | Writer and poet | 50 dinars | Obverse | 2011 |
Turkey
Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL/
See also Banknotes of Turkey and Turkish lira.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | 1881-1938 | Founder and 1st President of Turkey (1923-1938) | All (₺5-₺200) | Obverse | 2009 |
Aydın Sayılı | 1913-1993 | Historian of science | ₺5 | Reverse | 2009 |
Cahit Arf | 1910-1997 | Mathematician; known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 (applied in knot theory and surgery theory) in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings | ₺10 | Reverse | 2009 |
Mimar Kemalettin (Ahmet Kemalettin) | 1870-1927 | Architect | ₺20 | Reverse | 2009 |
Fatma Aliye Topuz | 1862-1936 | Novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian | ₺50 | Reverse | 2009 |
Buhurizade Mustafa Itri | 1640-1712 | Musician, singer, composer and poet | ₺100 | Reverse | 2009 |
Yunus Emre | 1238-1320 | Poet and mystic | ₺200 | Reverse | 2009 |
Turkmenistan
Currency: New manat (since 2009)
Symbol: T
See also Turkmenistan manat.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Togrul Beg | 990-1063 | Sultan of the Seljuq Empire | 1 manat | Obverse | 2009 |
Soltan Sanjar | 1085-1157 | Governor of Khorasan (1097-1118); Sultan of the Seljuq Empire (1118-1153, also 1156-1157) | 5 manat | Obverse | 2009 |
Magtymguly Pyragy | 1724-1807 | Poet | 10 manat | Obverse | 2009 |
Görogly | National hero | 20 manat | Obverse | 2009 | |
Dede Korkut | Legendary bard | 50 manat | Obverse | 2009 | |
Oghuz Khagan | Legendary ancestor of Turkmens | 100 manat | Obverse | 2009 | |
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov | 1940-2006 | 1st President of Turkmenistan (1990-2006) | 500 manat | Obverse | 2009 (not issued) |
Ukraine
Currency: Hryvnia (pl. Hryvni and Hryven') (since 1996)
Symbol: ₴
See also Banknotes of the Ukrainian hryvnia and Ukrainian hryvnia.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivan Franko | 1856–1916 | Poet, writer and journalist | ₴20 | obverse | 2003 |
Mykhailo Hrushevsky | 1866–1934 | 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918) | ₴50 | obverse | 2004 |
Bohdan Khmelnytsky | 1595–1657 | Hetman of Ukraine (1648–1657) | ₴5 | obverse | 2004 |
Ivan Mazepa | 1640–1709 | Hetman of Ukraine (1687–1708) | ₴10 | obverse | 2004 |
Taras Shevchenko | 1814–1861 | Poet; works considered to be the foundation of both the modern Ukrainian language and literature | ₴100 | obverse | 2006 |
Hryhori Skovoroda | 1722–1794 | Poet, philosopher and composer | ₴500 | obverse | 2006 |
Lesya Ukrainka | 1871–1913 | Poet and writer | ₴200 | obverse | 2001 |
Volodymyr I | 958-1015 | Prince of Kyiv and Novgorod (978-1015) | ₴1 | obverse | 2006 |
Volodymyr Vernadskyi | 1863-1945 | Historian, philosopher, naturalist and scientist | ₴1,000 | obverse | 2019 |
Yaroslav I | 978-1054 | Prince of Kyiv and Novgorod | ₴2 | obverse | 2004 |
United Kingdom
Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1707)
Symbol: £
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling and Pound sterling.
While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight commercial banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes; see Banknotes of the pound sterling for a full discussion of this arrangement.
England and Wales
In England and Wales the Bank of England is the only bank with the right to issue pound sterling banknotes
Bank of England | |||||
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Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
Jane Austen | 1775-1817 | Novelist | £10 | reverse | 2017 |
Elizabeth II | 1926- | Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-) | £5 | obverse | 2002 |
£10 | obverse | 2000 | |||
£20 | obverse | 1999 | |||
£20 | obverse | 2007 | |||
£50 | obverse | 1994-2014 | |||
£50 | obverse | 2011 | |||
Winston Churchill | 1874–1965 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945; 1951-1955) | £5 | reverse | 2016 |
Adam Smith | 1723–1790 | Economist | £20 | reverse | 2007 |
Alan Turing | 1912–1954 | Mathematician and computer scientist | £50 | reverse | 2021 |
J. M. W. Turner | 1775-1851 | Landscape painter | £20 | reverse | 2020 |
James Watt | 1736-1819 | Inventor | £50 | reverse | 2011 |
Matthew Boulton | 1728-1809 | Manufacturer | £50 | reverse | 2011 |
Scotland
Three commercial banks in Scotland are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes: the Bank of Scotland, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank.
Bank of Scotland[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
Sir Walter Scott | 1771–1832 | Historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes | £5 | obverse | 2007 |
£10 | obverse | 2007 | |||
£20 | obverse | 1999 | |||
£50 | obverse | 2007 | |||
£100 | obverse | 2007 | |||
The Royal Bank of Scotland[2] | |||||
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
Lord Ilay | 1682–1761 | Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland | £1 | obverse | 1987 |
£5 | obverse | 1987 | |||
£10 | obverse | 1987 | |||
£20 | obverse | 1987 | |||
£50 | obverse | 1987 | |||
£100 | obverse | 1987 | |||
Robert Louis Stevenson | 1850–1894 | Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer (special commemorative issue)[3] |
£1 | reverse | 1994 |
Alexander Graham Bell | 1847–1922 | Inventor of the telephone (special commemorative issue)[3] |
£1 | reverse | 1997 |
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | 1900–2002 | To mark the 100th birthday of The Queen Mother (special commemorative issue)[3] |
£20 | reverse | 2000 |
Queen Elizabeth II | 1926- | To mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II (special commemorative issue)[3] |
£5 | reverse | 2002 |
Old Tom Morris | 1821–1908 | 250th anniversary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (special commemorative issue)[3] |
£5 | reverse | 2004 |
Jack Nicklaus | 1940- | Notable American golfer (special commemorative issue)[3] |
£5 | reverse | 2005 |
Queen Elizabeth II | 1926- | To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II (special commemorative issue)[3][4] |
£10 | reverse | 2012 |
Nan Shepherd | 1893-1981 | Novelist and poet | £5 | obverse | 2016 |
Mary Somerville | 1780-1872 | Scientist | £10 | obverse | 2017 |
Catherine Cranston | 1849-1934 | Entrepreneur | £20 | obverse | 2020 |
Clydesdale Bank[5] | |||||
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
Robert Burns | 1759–1796 | Notable Scottish poet | £5 | obverse | 1998 |
Mary Slessor | 1848–1915 | Scottish missionary to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights | £10 | both | 1998 |
Robert the Bruce | 1274–1329 | King of the Scots (1306-1329) | £20 | obverse | 1998 |
Adam Smith | 1723–1790 | Economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment | £50 | both | 1998 |
Lord Kelvin | 1824–1907 | Mathematical physicist and engineer | £100 | both | 1998 |
Alexander Fleming | 1881–1955 | Discoverer of penicillin | £5 | obverse | 2009 |
William Arrol | 1839-1913 | Civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Unionist Party politician | £5 | obverse | 2015 (commemorative) |
Robert Burns | 1759–1796 | Notable Scottish poet | £10 | obverse | 2009 |
Robert the Bruce | 1274–1329 | King of the Scots (1306-1329) | £20 | obverse | 2009 |
Elsie Inglis | 1864–1917 | Doctor and suffragist | £50 | obverse | 2009 |
Charles Rennie Mackintosh | 1868-1928 | Architect and designer | £100 | obverse | 2009 |
Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes: Ulster Bank, Danske Bank (formerly Northern Bank), First Trust Bank and Bank of Ireland. Of these, only banknotes issued by Danske Bank and Ulster Bank feature portraits of real people, with First Trust's notes depicting generic "Irish citizens" and Bank of Ireland notes showing buildings.
Danske Bank | |||||
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Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
John Boyd Dunlop | 1840–1921 | Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company | £10 | obverse | 2005 |
Harry Ferguson | 1884–1960 | Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99 | £20 | obverse | 2005 |
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson | 1846-1921 | founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning | £50 | obverse | 2005 |
Sir James Martin | 1893–1981 | Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat | £100 | obverse | 2005 |
Ulster Bank | |||||
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
George Best | 1946–2005 | Footballer, Northern Ireland and Manchester United (special commemorative issue) |
£5 | obverse | 2006 |
United States of America
Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $
See also Federal Reserve Note and United States dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Adams | 1735–1826 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776; 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801) | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Samuel Adams | 1722–1803 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Charles Carroll | 1737–1832 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Samuel Chase | 1741–1811 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Abraham Clark | 1725–1794 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
George Clinton | 1739–1812 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776; 4th Vice President of the United States (1805-1812) | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
George Clymer | 1739–1813 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
John Dickinson | 1732–1808 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
William Ellery | 1727–1820 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
William Floyd | 1734–1821 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Benjamin Franklin | 1706–1790 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Founding Father | $100 | obverse | 1996 | ||
Elbridge Gerry | 1744–1814 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776; 5th Vice President of the United States (1813-1814) | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1822–1885 | 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) | $50 | obverse | 2004 |
Alexander Hamilton | 1755/7-1804 | 1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789–1795) | $10 | both | 2006 |
John Hancock | 1737–1793 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Benjamin Harrison, V | 1726–1791 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Joseph Hewes | 1730–1779 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Thomas Heyward, Jr. | 1746–1809 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
William Hooper | 1742–1790 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Stephen Hopkins | 1707–1785 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Francis Hopkinson | 1737–1791 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Samuel Huntington | 1731–1796 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Andrew Jackson | 1767–1845 | 7th President of the United States (1829–1837) | $20 | obverse | 2003 |
Thomas Jefferson | 1743–1826 | 3rd President of the United States (1801–1809); signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | both | 1976 |
Richard Henry Lee | 1732–1794 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Francis Lewis | 1713–1803 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Abraham Lincoln | 1809–1865 | 16th President of the United States (1861–1865) | $5 | both | 2008 |
Philip Livingston | 1716–1778 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Robert R. Livingston | 1746–1813 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Thomas McKean | 1734–1817 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Arthur Middleton | 1742–1787 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Lewis Morris | 1726–1798 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Robert Morris | 1734–1806 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
William Paca | 1740–1799 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Robert Treat Paine | 1731–1814 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
George Read | 1733–1798 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Benjamin Rush | 1745–1813 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Edward Rutledge | 1749–1800 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Roger Sherman | 1721–1793 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Richard Stockton | 1730–1781 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Charles Thomson | 1729–1824 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
George Walton | 1749/50-1804 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
George Washington | 1732–1799 | 1st President of the United States (1789–1797) | $1 | obverse | 1963 |
William Williams | 1731–1811 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Thomas Willing | 1731–1821 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
James Wilson | 1742–1798 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
John Witherspoon | 1723–1794 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Oliver Wolcott | 1726–1797 | signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776 | $2 | reverse | 1976 |
Uruguay
Currency: Peso Uruguayo (since 1993)
Symbol: $U
See also Uruguayan peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín | 1855-1931 | Writer, poet and ambassador | 20 Pesos Uruguayos | Obverse | 1994 |
José Pedro Varela | 1845-1879 | Sociologist, journalist, politician, and educator | 50 Pesos Uruguayos | Obverse | 1994 |
Eduardo Fabini | 1882-1950 | Composer and musician | 100 Pesos Uruguayos | Obverse | 1994 |
Pedro Figari | 1861-1938 | Painter, lawyer, writer, and politician | 200 Pesos Uruguayos | Obverse | 1995 |
Alfredo Vásquez Acevedo | Rector and politician | 500 Pesos Uruguayos | Obverse | 1994 | |
Juana de Ibarbourou | 1892-1979 | Poet | 1,000 Pesos Uruguayos | Obverse | 1995 |
Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga | 1771-1848 | Priest, naturalist and botanist | 2,000 Pesos Uruguayos | Obverse | 2003 |
Uzbekistan
Currency: Soʻm (since 1993)
See also Uzbekistani soʻm.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Timur (Tamerlane) | late 1320-1330s-1405 | Founder of the Timurid Empire and the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty | 500 soʻm | Reverse | 1999 |
Mirzo Ulugbek | 1394-1449 | Astronomer, mathematician and sultan | 100,000 soʻm | Obverse | 2019 |
Venezuela
Currency: Venezuelan bolívar soberano (sovereign bolívar) (since 2018)
Symbol: Bs.S
See also Venezuelan bolívar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Josefa Camejo | 1791-1862 | Heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence | 2 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2018 |
José Félix Ribas | 1775-1815 | Independence leader and hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence | 5 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2018 |
Rafael Urdaneta | 1788-1845 | 9th Venezuelan Minister of Defense (1839-1845); 4th President of Gran Colombia (1830-1831); 5th Colombian Minister of Defense (1828-1829); Venezuelan General and hero of the Spanish American wars of independence | 10 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2018 |
Simón Rodríguez | 1769–1854 | Philosopher and educator | 20 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2018 |
Antonio José de Sucre | 1795-1830 | 2nd President of Bolivia (1825-1828); 4th President of Perú (June 23-July 23, 1823) | 50 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2018 |
Ezequiel Zamora | 1817-1860 | Venezuelan soldier, and leader of the Federalists in the Federal War (Guerra Federal) of 1859-1863 | 100 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2018 |
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza | 1750-1816 | Supreme Chief of Venezuela (1812-1813) | 200 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2018 |
Simón Bolívar | 1783–1830 | Military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain | 500 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2018 |
Simón Bolívar | 1783–1830 | Military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain | 10,000 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2019 |
Simón Bolívar | 1783–1830 | Military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain | 20,000 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2019 |
Simón Bolívar | 1783–1830 | Military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain | 50,000 bolívares soberanos | Obverse | 2019 |
Vietnam
Currency: Dong (since 1978)
Symbol: ₫
See also Vietnamese đồng.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ho Chi Minh | 1890-1969 | Communist revolutionary leader, prime minister (1945-1955) and president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam | 10,000 ₫ | Obverse | 2003 |
20,000 ₫ | 2006 | ||||
50,000 ₫ | 2003 | ||||
100,000 ₫ | 2004 | ||||
200,000 ₫ | 2006 | ||||
500,000 ₫ | 2003 | ||||
Zambia
Currency: Kwacha (since 1968)
Symbol: ZK
See also Zambian kwacha.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenneth Kaunda | 1924- | 1st President of Zambia (1964-1991) | 50 kwacha | Reverse | 2014 (commemorative) |
Frederick Chiluba | 1943-2011 | 2nd President of Zambia (1991-2002) | 50 kwacha | Reverse | 2014 (commemorative) |
Levy Mwanawasa | 1948-2008 | 3rd President of Zambia (2002-2008) | 50 kwacha | Reverse | 2014 (commemorative) |
Rupiah Banda | 1937- | 4th President of Zambia (2008-2011) | 50 kwacha | Reverse | 2014 (commemorative) |
Michael Sata | 1937-2014 | 5th President of Zambia (2011-2014) | 50 kwacha | Reverse | 2014 (commemorative) |
Banknotes no longer in circulation
Afghanistan
Currency: Afghani (؋; Since 1925)
See also Afghan afghani.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammed Zahir | 1914-2007 | King of Afghanistan (1933-1973) | Afghani | All (2-1,000 afghanis) | Obverse | 1939-1946 (2-1,000 afghanis); 1948-1957 (2-1,000 afghanis); 1961-1963 (10-1,000 afghanis); 1967 (50-1,000 afghanis) |
Mohammed Daoud Khan | 1909-1978 | 1st President of Afghanistan (1973-1978) | Afghani | All (10-1,000 afghanis) | Obverse | 1973-1977 |
Albania
Currency: Albanian franga (Fr; 1926-1939)
See also Albanian franga.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli | 1895-1961 | 11th Prime Minister of Albania (1922-1924); 7th President of Albania (1925-1928); King of Albania (1928-1939) | Franga | 100 franga | Obverse | 1926 |
George Castriot (Skanderbeg) | 1405-1468 | Lord of Albania (1443-1468) | Franga | All (5-500 franga) | Obverse | 1945 |
Angola
Currencies: Angolar (pl: angolares; 1928-1958), Escudo (1914-1928; 1958-1977)
See also Angolan angolar and Angolan escudo.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides | 1602-1668 | Soldier and politician | Angolar | All (20-500 angolares) | Obverse | 1927-1944 |
António Óscar Fragoso Carmona | 1869-1951 | 11th President of Portugal (1926-1951) | Angolar | 5 angolares | Obverse | 1947 |
António Barroso | Priest | Angolar | 10 angolares | Obverse | 1946 | |
Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides | 1602-1668 | Soldier and politician | Angolar | 20 angolares | Obverse | 1944-1951 |
Manuel Cerveira Pereira | 8th Governor of Angola (1604-1607) | Angolar | 50 angolares | Obverse | 1944-1951 | |
Francisco Inocencio de Sousa Coutinho | Angolar | 100 angolares | Obverse | 1946-1951 | ||
John (João) II | 1455-1495 | King of Portugal and the Algarves (November 11–15, 1477 (1st Reign); 1481-1495 (2nd Reign) | Angolar | 1,000 angolares | Obverse | 1946-1952 |
António Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto | 1817-1890 | Trader and explorer | Escudo | 20 escudos | Obverse | 1956-1962 |
Henrique de Carvalho | Escudo | 50 escudos | Obverse | 1956-1962 | ||
Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Viscount of Serpa Pinto | 1846-1900 | Explorer and colonial administrator | Escudo | 100 escudos | Obverse | 1956-1962 |
Roberto Ivens | 1850-1898 | Explorer, colonial administrator and officer of the Portuguese Navy | Escudo | 500 escudos | Obverse | 1956-1962 |
Brito Capelo | Escudo | 1,000 escudos | Obverse | 1956-1962 | ||
Américo Tomás | 1894-1987 | 13th President of Portugal (1958-1974) and the third and last president of the Estado Novo | Escudo | All (20-1,000 escudos) | Obverse | 1962-1970 |
António Óscar Fragoso Carmona | 1869-1951 | 11th President of Portugal (1926-1951) | Escudo | All (20-1,000 escudos) | Obverse | 1972-1973 |
Luiz de Camões | Escudo | All (20-1,000 escudos) | Obverse | 1973 | ||
Argentina
Currencies: Peso Moneda Nacional (m$n; 1881–1969)
Peso Ley ($L; 1970–1983)
Peso Argentino ($a; 1983–1985)
Austral (₳; 1985–1991)
Peso ($; 1992–present)
See also Argentine peso moneda nacional, Argentine peso ley, Argentine peso argentino, Argentine austral, and Argentine peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juan Bautista Alberdi | 1810–1884 | Political theorist and diplomat | Peso Argentino | $a5,000 | obverse | 1984–1987 |
Nicolás Avellaneda | 1837–1885 | President of Argentina (1874–1880) | Austral | A500 | obverse | 1988–1992 |
Manuel Belgrano | 1770–1820 | Leader for independence from Spain | Peso Ley | $L1 | obverse | 1970–1981 |
$L5 | obverse | 1971–1981 | ||||
$L10 | obverse | 1970–1981 | ||||
Peso Argentino | $a10,000 | obverse | 1984–1987 | |||
Miguel Juárez Celman | 1844–1909 | President of Argentina (1886–1890) | Austral | A5,000 | obverse | 1988–1992 |
José de San Martín | 1778–1850 | Leader for independence from Spain | Peso Moneda Nacional | m$n5 | obverse | 1935–1965 |
m$n10 | obverse | 1936–1965 | ||||
m$n50 | obverse | 1936–1968 | ||||
1943–1968 | ||||||
m$n100 | obverse | 1936–1968 | ||||
1943–1968 | ||||||
m$n500 | obverse | 1944–1968 | ||||
1964–1968 | ||||||
m$n1,000 | obverse | 1944–1975 | ||||
m$n5,000 | obverse | 1962–1975 | ||||
m$n10,000 | obverse | 1961–1975 | ||||
Peso Ley | $L50 | obverse | 1972–1981 | |||
$L100 | obverse | 1971–1981 | ||||
$L500 | obverse | 1972–1984 | ||||
$L1,000 | obverse | 1973–1984 | ||||
$L5,000 | obverse | 1977–1984 | ||||
$L10,000 | obverse | 1976–1985 | ||||
$L50,000 | obverse | 1979–1985 | ||||
$L100,000 | obverse | |||||
$L500,000 | obverse | 1980–1985 | ||||
$L1,000,000 | obverse | 1981–1985 | ||||
Peso Argentino | $a1 | obverse | 1983–1985 | |||
$a5 | obverse | 1983–1987 | ||||
$a10 | obverse | |||||
$a50 | obverse | |||||
$a100 | obverse | |||||
$a500 | obverse | 1984–1987 | ||||
$a1,000 | obverse | 1983–1987 | ||||
Austral | ₳10,000 | obverse | 1989–1991 | |||
₳50,000 | obverse | |||||
₳500,000 | obverse | 1990–1991 | ||||
Justo José de Urquiza | 1801–1870 | President of Argentina (1854–1860) | Austral | ₳5 | obverse | 1986–1991 |
Santiago Derqui | 1809–1867 | President of Argentina (1860–1861) | Austral | ₳10 | obverse | 1985–1991 |
Bartolomé Mitre | 1821–1906 | President of Argentina (1862–1868) | Austral | ₳50 | obverse | 1986–1991 |
Carlos Pellegrini | 1846–1906 | President of Argentina (1890–1892) | Austral | ₳10,000 | obverse | 1989–1992 |
Peso | $1 | obverse | 1992-???? | |||
Manuel Quintana | 1835–1906 | President of Argentina (1904–1906) | Austral | ₳500,000 | obverse | 1990–1993 |
Bernardino Rivadavia | 1780–1845 | President of Argentina (1826–1827) | Austral | ₳1 | obverse | 1985–1991 |
Julio Argentino Roca | 1843–1914 | President of Argentina (1880–1886) and (1898–1904) | Austral | ₳1,000 | obverse | 1988–1992 |
Luis Sáenz Peña | 1822–1907 | President of Argentina (1892–1895) | Austral | ₳50,000 | obverse | 1989–1993 |
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento | 1811–1888 | President of Argentina (1868–1874) | Austral | ₳100 | obverse | 1985–1992 |
José Evaristo Uriburu | 1831–1914 | President of Argentina (1895–1898) | Austral | ₳100,000 | obverse | 1990–1993 |
Australia
Currencies: Pound (£, 1910–1966)
Dollar ($, 1966–present)
See also Australian pound and Banknotes of the Australian dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Banks | 1743–1820 | English botonist; introduced eucalyptus to the West | Dollar | $5 | obverse | 1967–1992 |
Caroline Chisholm | 1808–1877 | Humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare | Dollar | $5 | reverse | 1967–1992 |
James Cook | 1728–1779 | Explorer; the first European to visit the Australian east coast | Pound | £1 | reverse | 1953–1966 |
Elizabeth II | 1926- | Queen of Australia (1952-) | Pound | £1 | obverse | 1953–1966 |
Dollar | $1 | obverse | 1966–1984 | |||
William Farrer | 1845–1906 | Leading agronomist and wheat breeder | Dollar | $2 | reverse | 1966–1988 |
Matthew Flinders | 1774–1814 | Navigator and cartographer; author of A Voyage to Terra Australis | Pound | 10/- | obverse | 1953–1966 |
Howard Florey | 1898–1968 | Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin (1945) | Dollar | $50 | obverse | 1973–1995 |
Sir John Franklin | 1786–1847 | Governor of Tasmania and explorer of the Arctic | Pound | £5 | obverse | 1953–1966 |
Lawrence Hargrave | 1850–1915 | Inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893) | Dollar | $20 | reverse | 1966–1994 |
Hamilton Hume | 1797–1873 | First Australian-born explorer of Australia | Pound | £1 | reverse | 1953–1966 |
Henry Lawson | 1867–1922 | Poet and novelist | Dollar | $10 | reverse | 1966–1993 |
John Macarthur | 1766–1834 | Pioneer of the Australian wool industry | Dollar | $2 | obverse | 1966–1988 |
Douglas Mawson | 1882–1958 | Antarctic explorer and geologist | Dollar | $100 | obverse | 1984–1996 |
Arthur Phillip | 1738–1814 | Established the first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales | Pound | £10 | obverse | 1953–1966 |
Ian Clunies Ross | 1899–1959 | Scientist; leader in veterinary medicine | Dollar | $50 | reverse | 1973–1995 |
Charles Kingsford Smith | 1897–1935 | Aviator; first to fly across the Pacific in 1928 | Dollar | $20 | obverse | 1966–1994 |
Charles Sturt | 1795–1869 | English explorer of Australia | Pound | £1 | reverse | 1953–1966 |
John Tebbutt | 1834–1916 | Astronomer; discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861" | Dollar | $100 | reverse | 1984–1996 |
Austria
Currencies: Schilling (S, 1947–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Austrian schilling.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk | 1851–1914 | economist | Schilling | S100 | obverse | 1985–2001 |
Moritz Michael Daffinger | 1790–1849 | miniature painter and sculpture | Schilling | S20 | obverse | 1988–2001 |
Sigmund Freud | 1856–1939 | co-founder of psychoanalytic school of psychology | Schilling | S50 | obverse | 1987–2001 |
Karl Landsteiner | 1868–1943 | Nobel Prize winner | Schilling | S1,000 | both | 1997–2001 |
Rosa Mayreder | 1858–1938 | feminist, painter, author | Schilling | S500 | obverse | 1997–2001 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1756–1791 | classical composer and pianist | Schilling | S5,000 | obverse | 1989–2001 |
Erwin Schrödinger | 1887–1961 | Nobel Prize winner | Schilling | S1,000 | obverse | 1983–1997 |
Otto Wagner | 1841–1918 | architect | Schilling | S500 | obverse | 1986–1997 |
Azerbaijan
Currencies: Second manat ( 1992-2006)
See also Azerbaijani manat.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nizami Gəncəvi | 1141-1209 | Poet | Second Azerbaijani manat | 500 | Obverse | 1993-2006 |
Məmməd Əmin Rəsulzadə | 1884-1955 | President of the Azerbaijani National Council (May 27-December 7, 1918) | Second Azerbaijani manat | 1,000 | Obverse | 1993-2006 |
Belgium
Currencies: Franc (fr., 1832–2001)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Belgian franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albert II | 1934- | King of Belgium (1993-2013) | 10,000 fr. | obverse | 1994–2001 |
James Ensor | 1860–1949 | impressionist painter | 100 fr. | ||
Victor Horta | 1861–1947 | Art Nouveau architect | 2,000 fr. | ||
René Magritte | 1898–1967 | surrealist artist | 500 fr. | ||
Paola | 1937- | Queen Consort of Belgium (1993-2013) | 10,000 fr. | ||
Constant Permeke | 1886–1952 | Flemish expressionist painter | 1,000 fr. | ||
Adolphe Sax | 1814–1894 | musician, inventor of the saxophone | 200 fr. |
Brazil
Currencies: Cruzeiro (Cr$, 1942–1967, 1970–1986, 1990–1993)
Cruzeiro Novo (NCr$, 1967–1970)
Cruzado (Cz$, 1986–1989)
Cruzado Novo (NCz$1989 – 1990)
Cruzeiro Real (CR$1993 – 1994)
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dom Pedro I | 1798–1834 | First emperor of Brazil (1822–1831) | Cruzeiro | Cr$5 | obverse | 1970–1986 |
Dom Pedro II | 1825–1891 | Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889) | Cruzeiro | 10 Cr$ | obverse | |
Deodoro da Fonseca | 1827–1892 | 1st President of Brazil (1889–1891) | Cruzeiro | Cr$50 | obverse | |
Floriano Peixoto | 1839–1895 | President of Brazil (1891–1894) | Cruzeiro | Cr$100 | obverse | |
Baron of Rio Branco | 1845–1912 | Defined the country's borders | Cruzeiro | Cr$1,000 | obverse | 1978–1986 |
Duke of Caxias | 1803–1880 | Army marshal | Cruzeiro | Cr$100 | obverse | 1981–1986 |
Dona Isabel | 1846–1921 | Princess of Brazil; emancipation of slaves | Cruzeiro | Cr$200 | obverse | |
Castelo Branco | 1897–1967 | President of Brazil (1965–1967) | Cruzeiro | Cr$5,000 | obverse | |
Rui Barbosa | 1849–1923 | Brazilian delegate in the Second Hague Conference | Cruzeiro Cruzado |
Cr$10,000 Cz$10 |
obverse | 1984–1986 |
Oswaldo Cruz | 1872–1917 | Bacteriologist and public health officer | Cruzeiro Cruzado |
Cr$50,000 Cz$50 |
obverse | |
Juscelino Kubitschek | 1902–1976 | President of Brazil (1956–1961) | Cruzeiro Cruzado |
Cr$100,000 Cz$100 |
obverse | |
Heitor Villa-Lobos | 1887–1959 | Composer | Cruzado | Cz$500 | obverse | 1986–1989 |
Machado de Assis | 1839–1908 | Writer | Cruzado | Cz$1,000 | obverse | 1987–1990 |
Cândido Portinari | 1903–1962 | Neo-realist painter | Cruzado | Cz$5,000 | obverse | 1988–1990 |
Carlos Chagas | 1879–1934 | Bacteriologist, discoverer of the Chagas Disease | Cruzado | Cz$10,000 | obverse | |
Carlos Drummond de Andrade | 1902–1987 | Writer | Cruzado Novo | NCz$50 | obverse | 1989–1993 |
Cecília Meireles | 1901–1964 | Poet | Cruzado Novo | NCz$100 | obverse | |
Augusto Ruschi | 1915–1986 | Ecologist | Cruzado Novo | NCz$500 | obverse | |
Anísio Teixeira | 1900–1971 | Educational system reformer | Cruzeiro Real | CR$1,000 | obverse | 1993–1994 |
Bulgaria
Currency: Lev (pl. Leva, лв; since 1881)
See also Bulgarian lev.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Georgi Dimitrov | 1882-1949 | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1946-1949); Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
(1946-1949); Head of the International Policy Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1943-1945); General Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Communist International (1935-1943) |
Lev (pl. leva) | All (10-500 leva) | Obverse | 1951-1974 |
Desislava Sevastokratoritsa Ktitoritsa | 13th-century Bulgarian noble | Lev (pl. leva) | 20 leva | Obverse | 1991 | |
Hristo G. Danov | 1828-1911 | Bulgarian enlightener, teacher and book publisher | Lev (pl. leva) | 50 leva | Obverse | 1991 |
Zakhary Khristovich Dimitrov | 1810-1853 | Painter | Lev (pl. leva) | 100 leva | Obverse | 1991-1993 |
Ivan Minchov Vazov | 1850-1921 | Poet, novelist and playwright | Lev (pl. leva) | 200 leva | Obverse | 1992 |
Dobri Hristov | 1875-1941 | Composer | Lev (pl. leva) | 500 leva | Obverse | 1993 |
Vasil Levski | 1837-1873 | Revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria | Lev (pl. leva) | 1,000 leva | Obverse | 1994-1997 |
Nikola Fichev (Kolyu Ficheto) | 1800-1881 | Architect, builder and sculptor | Lev (pl. leva) | 2,000 leva | Obverse | 1994-1996 |
Zahari Stoyanov | 1850-1889 | Revolutionary, writer and historian | Lev (pl. leva) | 5,000 leva | Obverse | 1996-1997 |
Vladimir Dimitrov — Maystora | 1882-1960 | Painter, draughtsman and teacher | Lev (pl. leva) | 10,000 leva | Obverse | 1996 |
Petar Beron | 1799-1871 | Educator | Lev (pl. leva) | 10,000 leva | Obverse | 1997 |
Saints Cyril and Methodius | 826-869 (Saint Cryil); 815-885 (Saint Methodus) | Devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic | Lev (pl. leva) | 50,000 leva | Obverse | 1997 |
Burma
Currency: Kyat (K; since 1852)
See also Burmese kyat.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aung San | 1915-1947 | 5th Premier of the British Crown Colony of Burma (1946-1947); President of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (1945-1947) | Kyat | All (1-20 kyats) | Obverse | 1965 |
Aung San | 1915-1947 | 5th Premier of the British Crown Colony of Burma (1946-1947); President of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (1945-1947) | Kyat | 1-, 5-, 10-, 15-, 25-, 35-, 50-, 75 and 100 kyats | Obverse | 1972-1986 |
Thakin Pho Hla Gyi | Kyat | 45 kyats | Obverse | 1987 | ||
Saya San | 1876-1931 | Leader of the 'Saya San Rebellion' of 1930–1932 in British Burma | Kyat | 90 kyats | Obverse | 1987 |
Cameroon
Currency: Central African CFA franc (FCFA; since 1945)
See also Central African CFA franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo | 1924-1989 | 1st President of Cameroon (1960-1982) | Central African CFA franc | 5,000 CFA francs | Obverse | 1961 |
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo | 1924-1989 | 1st President of Cameroon (1960-1982) | Central African CFA franc | 100, 5,000 and 10,000 CFA francs | Obverse | 1962 (100 CFA francs); 1962 (5,000 CFA francs); 1972 (10,000 CFA francs) |
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo | 1924-1989 | 1st President of Cameroon (1960-1982) | Central African CFA frnac | 5,000 and 10,000 CFA francs | Obverse | 1974 (5,000 CFA francs); 1974-1981 (10,000 CFA francs) |
Paul Biya | 1933- | 2nd President of Cameroon (1982-) | Central African CFA franc | 1,000 CFA francs | Obverse | 1985-1992 |
Canada
Currency: Dollar ($, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Canadian dollar and Canadian dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Borden | 1854–1937 | 8th Prime Minister (1911–1920) | dollar | $100 | obverse | 1976–1990 |
1990–2004 | ||||||
Edward | 1894–1972 | Prince of Wales (1910–1936) | dollar | $5 | obverse | 1935–1937 |
Elizabeth | 1926- | Princess of York (1936–1952) | dollar | $20 | obverse | 1935–1937 |
Elizabeth II | Queen of Canada (1952-) | $1 | obverse | 1954–1974 | ||
$2 | obverse | 1954–1975 | ||||
1986–1996 | ||||||
$5 | obverse | 1954–1972 | ||||
$10 | obverse | 1954–1971 | ||||
$20 | obverse | 1954–1969 | ||||
1969–1993 | ||||||
1993–2004 | ||||||
$50 | obverse | 1954–1975 | ||||
$100 | obverse | 1954–1976 | ||||
$1,000 | obverse | 1954–1992 | ||||
1992–2000 | ||||||
George V | 1865–1936 | King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions (1910–1936) | dollar | $1 | obverse | 1935–1936 |
Albert | 1895–1952 | Duke of York (1920–1936) | dollar | $50 | obverse | 1935–1937 |
George VI | King of Canada (1936–1952) | $1 | obverse | 1936–1954 | ||
$2 | obverse | |||||
$5 | obverse | |||||
$10 | obverse | |||||
$20 | obverse | |||||
$50 | obverse | |||||
Henry | 1900–1974 | Duke of Gloucester (1928–1974) | dollar | $100 | obverse | 1935–1937 |
William Lyon Mackenzie King | 1874–1950 | 10th Prime Minister (1921–1926; 1926–1930; 1935–1948) | dollar | $50 | obverse | 1975–1989 |
1989–2004 | ||||||
Wilfrid Laurier | 1841–1919 | 7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911) | dollar | $5 | obverse | 1972–1986 |
1986–2001 | ||||||
$1,000 | obverse | 1935–1937 | ||||
1937–1954 | ||||||
John A. Macdonald | 1815–1891 | 1st Prime Minister (1867–1873 and 1878–1891) | dollar | $10 | obverse | 1971–1989 |
1989–2000 | ||||||
$100 | obverse | 1937–1954 | ||||
$500 | obverse | 1935–1937 | ||||
Mary | 1867–1953 | Royal consort to George V (1910–1936) | dollar | $2 | obverse | 1935–1937 |
Mary | 1897–1965 | Princess Royal of Canada (1932–1965) | dollar | $10 | obverse | 1935–1937 |
Central African Republic/Central African Empire
Currency: Central African CFA franc (FCFA; since 1945)
See also Central African CFA franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean-Bédel Bokassa | 1921-1996 | 2nd President of the Central African Republic (1966-1976); Emperor of the Central African Empire (1976-1979) | Central African CFA franc | All (500-10,000 francs) | Obverse | 1974-1976 (Central African Republic); 1978-1979 (Central African Empire) |
Chad
Currency: Central African CFA franc (FCFA; since 1945)
See also Central African CFA franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
François Tombalbaye (N'Garta Tombalbaye) | 1918-1975 | 1st President of Chad (1960-1975) | Central African CFA franc | 5,000 and 10,000 CFA francs | Obverse | 1974 (5,000 CFA francs); 1971 (10,000 CFA francs) |
Czechoslovakia
Currency: Czechoslovak koruna (Kčs; 1919-1993)
See also Czechoslovak koruna.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan Žižka | c.1360-1424 | Czech general, contemporary and follower of Jan Hus, Hussite military leader, and later also a Radical Hussite who led the Taborites | Czechoslovak koruna | 25 Kčs | Obverse | 1958-1972 |
Jan Žižka | c.1360-1424 | Czech general, contemporary and follower of Jan Hus, Hussite military leader, and later also a Radical Hussite who led the Taborites | Czechoslovak koruna | 20 Kčs | Obverse | 1971-1991 |
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav | 1849-1921 | Poet, dramatist, translator, and for a short time, member of the Czechoslovak parliament | Czechoslovak koruna | 10 Kčs | Obverse | 1986-1993 |
John Amos Comenius | 1592-1670 | Philosopher, pedagogue and theologian from the Margraviate of Moravia | Czechoslovak koruna | 20 Kčs | Obverse | 1988-1993 |
Ľudovít Štúr | 1815-1856 | Leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, and the author of the Slovak language standard | Czechoslovak koruna | 50 Kčs | Obverse | 1987-1993 |
Klement Gottwald | 1896-1953 | Leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1929-1953); 14th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1946-1948); 5th President of Czechoslovakia (1948-1953) | Czechoslovak koruna | 100 Kčs | Obverse | 1989-1990 |
Bedřich Smetana | 1824-1884 | Composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood | Czechoslovak koruna | 1,000 Kčs | Obverse | 1985-1993 |
Czech Republic
Currency: Czech koruna (Kč; since 1993)
See also Czech koruna.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ottokar I | c.1155-1230 | Duke of Bohemia (1192-1193); King of Bohemia (1197-1230) | Czech koruna | 20 Kč | Obverse | 1993-2014 |
Agnes of Bohemia | 1211-1282 | Princess of Bohemia; Saint of the Czech Republic | Czech koruna | 50 Kč | Obverse | 1993-2017 |
People's Republic of China
Currency: Renminbi (¥; since 1948)
See also Third series of the renminbi, Fourth series of the renminbi and Renminbi.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mao Zedong | 1893–1976 | 1st President (1954–1959) | Renminbi | ¥100 | obverse | 1992–1999 |
Zhou Enlai | 1898–1976 | 1st Premier (1949–1976); 1st Foreign Minister (1949–1958) | ||||
Liu Shaoqi | 1898–1969 | 2nd President (1959–1968) | ||||
Zhu De | 1886–1976 | Founder of the Chinese Red Army |
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liang Jun | 1930-2020 | Became China's first female tractor driver | Renminbi | ¥1 | Obverse | 1969-1996 |
Confederate States of America
Currency: Confederate States dollar ($; 1861-1865)
See also Confederate States dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Washington | 1732-1799 | 1st President of the United States (1789-1797); Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army; Founding Father of the United States | Confederate States dollar | $50 and $100 | Obverse | July 29-October 22, 1861 ($50 and $100); August 25-September 23, 1861 ($50) |
John Caldwell Calhoun | 1782-1850 | 7th Vice President of the United States (1825-1832) | Confederate States dollar | $1,000 | Obverse | April 5-June 21, 1861 |
Andrew Jackson | 1767-1845 | 7th President of the United States (1829-1837) | Confederate States dollar | $1,000 | Obverse | April 5-June 21, 1861 |
Jefferson Davis | 1808-1889 | President of the Confederate States (1862-1865) | Confederate States dollar | $50 | Obverse | April 17-December 10, 1862 |
Alexander Hamilton Stephens | 1812-1883 | Vice President of the Confederate States (1862-1865) | Confederate States dollar | $20 | Obverse | June 21-December 8, 1862 (Version 1); June 28-November 15, 1862 (Version 2) |
John Elliott Ward | 1814-1902 | Politician and diplomat | Confederate States dollar | $10 | Obverse | November 15-December 30, 1861 |
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter | 1809-1887 | President pro tempore of the Confederate States Senate (1862-1865); Confederate States Senator from Virginia (1862-1865); 2nd Confederate States Secretary of State (1861-1862) | Confederate States dollar | $10 | Obverse | February 20-December 8, 1862 (Version 1); May 12-August 9, 1862 (Version 2); July 12-December 8, 1862 (Version 3); June 14, 1862 – January 3, 1863 (Version 4) |
Christopher Gustavus Memminger | 1803-1888 | 1st Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (1861-1864) | Confederate States dollar | $5 | Obverse | March 13-June 19, 1862 (Version 1); May 12-December 8, 1862 (Version 2); April 7-September 13, 1862 (Version 3) |
Judah Philip Benjamin | 1811-1884 | 3rd Confederate States Secretary of State (1862-1865); 2nd Confederate States Secretary of War (1861-1862); 1st Confederate States Attorney General (February 25-November 15, 1861) | Confederate States dollar | $2 | Obverse | |
John Caldwell Calhoun | 1782-1850 | 7th Vice President of the United States (1825-1832) | Confederate States dollar | $100 | Obverse | |
Lucy Pickens | 1832-1899 | Socialite | Confederate States dollar | $1, $100 | Obverse | |
George Wythe Randolph | 1818-1867 | 3rd Confederate States Secretary of War (March 24-November 15, 1862) | Confederate States dollar | $100 | Obverse | |
Clement Claiborne Clay | 1816-1882 | Confederate States Senator from Alabama (1862-1864) | Confederate States dollar | $1 | Obverse | |
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson | 1824-1863 | General of the Confederate States Army | Confederate States dollar | $500 | Obverse | |
Denmark
Currency: Krone (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Danish krone.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hans Christian Andersen | 1805–1875 | poet and author of fairy tales | Krone | 10 kr | obverse | 1952–1955 |
obverse | 1954–1975 | |||||
Christian Ditlev Frederik | 1748–1827 | agricultural reformer | Krone | 500 kr | obverse | 1964–1975 |
Thomasine Heiberg | 1779–1856 | author; portrait painted by Jens Juel | Krone | 1,000 kr | obverse | 1975–1998 |
Jens Juel | 1745–1802 | painter | Krone | 100 kr | obverse | 1974–1995 |
obverse | 1995–1999 | |||||
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff | ????-???? | wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel | Krone | 10 kr | obverse | 1975–1980 |
Hans Christian Ørsted | 1777–1851 | physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism | Krone | 100 kr | obverse | 1962–1974 |
Ole Rømer | 1644–1710 | astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light | Krone | 50 kr | obverse | 1957–1975 |
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg | ????-???? | daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel | Krone | 50 kr | obverse | 1975–1999 |
Bertel Thorvaldsen | 1770–1844 | sculptor | Krone | 5 kr | obverse | 1952–1962 |
Pauline Maria Tutein | 1761–1827 | wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel | Krone | 20 kr | obverse | 1980–1990 |
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen | ????-???? | noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel | Krone | 500 kr | obverse | 1974–1997 |
East Germany
Currency: Mark (M, 1948-1990)
See also East German mark.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Müntzer | 1489-1525 | Reformation-era German theologian | East German mark | M 5 | Obverse | 1975-1990 |
Clara Zetkin | 1857-1933 | Marxist theorist, activist, and advocate for women's rights; Responsible for organizing the first International Women's Day in 1911 | East German mark | M 10 | Obverse | 1971-1990 |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 1749-1832 | Writer and statesman | East German mark | M 20 | Obverse | 1975-1990 |
Friedrich Engels | 1820-1895 | Social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory | East German mark | M 50 | Obverse | 1971-1990 |
Karl Marx | 1818-1883 | Philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist | East German mark | M 100 | Obverse | 1975-1990 |
Egypt
Currency: Pound (£, 1836–Present)
See also Egyptian pound.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farouk I | 1920–1965 | King of Egypt (1936–1952) | Pound | £1 | obverse | 1950–1952 |
£5 | obverse | 1946–1952 | ||||
Khafre | unknown | Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty (2558–2532 BC) | Pound | £10 | reverse | 1970–1979 |
1979–2003 | ||||||
Ramesses II | 1302–1213 BC | Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty (1279–1213 BC) | Pound | Pt.50 | obverse | 1968–1981 |
1981–1986 | ||||||
£1 | obverse | 1968–1979 | ||||
Tutankhamun | unknown | Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty (1333–1324 BC) | Pound | Pt.25 | obverse | 1952–1962 |
Pt.50 | obverse | 1952–1962 | ||||
£1 | obverse | 1930–1950 | ||||
1952–1963 | ||||||
1963–1968 | ||||||
£5 | obverse | 1952–1963 | ||||
1963–1969 | ||||||
1970–1981 | ||||||
£10 | obverse | 1952–1962 | ||||
1962–1970 | ||||||
£100 | obverse | 1979–1994 |
Ethiopia
Currency: Ethiopian dollar/birr (Br/ብር; since 1894)
See also Ethiopian dollar/birr.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Haile Selassie | 1892-1975 | Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974) | Ethiopian dollar/birr | All (1-500 dollars/birr) | Obverse | 1945 (1-500 dollars); 1961 (1-500 dollars); 1966 (1-100 dollars) |
Equatorial Guinea
Currency: Peseta (₧, 1969-1975) and Ekwele (plu. Bipkwele; 1975-1985)
See also Equatorial Guinean peseta and Equatorial Guinean ekwele.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francisco Macías Nguema | 1924-1979 | 1st President of Equatorial Guinea (1968-1979) | Peseta | All (100 to 1,000 ₧) | Obverse | 1969-1975 |
Francisco Macías Nguema | 1924-1979 | 1st President of Equatorial Guinea (1968-1979) | Ekwele (plu. Bipkwele) | All (25 to 1,000 bipkwele) | Obverse | 1975-1985 |
Tomas Engono Nkogo | Bipkwele | 100 bipkwele | Obverse | 1979-1985 | ||
Rey Uganda | Bipkwele | 500 bipkwele | Obverse | 1979-1985 | ||
Rey Bioko | Bipkwele | 1,000 bipkwele | Obverse | 1979-1985 | ||
Enrique Nvo Okenve | Bipkwele | 5,000 bipkwele | Obverse | 1979-1985 | ||
Estonia
Currency: Kroon (KR, 1928–1940, 1992–2010)
See also Estonian kroon.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kristjan Raud | 1865–1943 | painter | Kroon | 1 KR | obverse | 1992-2010 |
Karl Ernst von Baer | 1792–1876 | a founding father of embryology, naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer | Kroon | 2 KR | obverse | 1992-2010 |
Paul Keres | 1916–1975 | chess grandmaster | Kroon | 5 KR | obverse | 1992-2010 |
Jakob Hurt | 1839–1907 | folklorist, theologist and linguist | Kroon | 10 KR | obverse | 1992-2010 |
Anton Hansen Tammsaare | 1878–1940 | writer | Kroon | 25 KR | obverse | 1992-2010 |
Rudolf Tobias | 1873–1918 | composer and organist | Kroon | 50 KR | obverse | 1994-2010 |
Lydia Koidula | 1843–1886 | poet; known as "The Founder of Estonian Theatre" | Kroon | 100 KR | obverse | 1992-2010 |
Carl Robert Jakobson | 1841–1882 | writer, politician and teacher; one of the most important persons of Estonian national awakening | Kroon | 500 KR | obverse | 1992-2010 |
Faroe Islands
Currency: Króna (kr, 1951–present)
See also Faroese króna.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jens Christian Djurhuus | 1773–1853 | first poet to write in Faroese | Króna | 1,000 kr | obverse | 1980–2005 |
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb | 1819–1909 | established modern orthography for the Faroese language | Króna | 100 kr | obverse | 1964–1978 |
obverse | 1978–2003 | |||||
Nólsoyar Páll | 1765–1809 | seaman, trader, poet | Króna | 50 kr | obverse | 1967–1978 |
obverse | 1978–2001 |
Federated Malay States
Currency: Dollar ($; 1939-1953)
See also Malayan dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George VI | 1895-1952 | King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth (1936-1952); Emperor of India (1936-1947); and the first Head of the Commonwealth | Cent | All (1-50 cents) | Obverse | 1940-1945 |
George VI | 1895-1952 | King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth (1936-1952); Emperor of India (1936-1947); and the first Head of the Commonwealth | Dollar | All (1-10,000 dollars) | Obverse | 1941-1945 |
Federation of Malaya
Currency: Dollar ($; 1953-1967)
See also Malaya and British Borneo dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth II | 1926- | Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms (1952-) | Dollar | All (1-10,000 dollars) | Obverse | 1953-1967 |
Finland
Currency: Mark (mk, 1860–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Finnish mark.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvar Aalto | 1898–1976 | modernist architect | Markka | 50mk | reverse | 1986–2002 |
Anders Chydenius | 1792–1803 | priest and statesman | Markka | 1,000mk | reverse | 1986–2002 |
Väinö Linna | 1920–1992 | novelist | Markka | 20mk | reverse | 1993–2002 |
Elias Lönnrot | 1802–1884 | historian, composer of Kalevala (the national epic) | Markka | 500mk | reverse | 1986–2002 |
Paavo Nurmi | 1897–1973 | Olympic gold and silver multi-medalist | Markka | 10mk | reverse | 1986–1992 |
Jean Sibelius | 1865–1957 | classical composer | Markka | 100mk | reverse | 1986–2002 |
France
Currencies: Franc (₣, 1795–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also French franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
René Descartes | 1595-1650 | Philosopher, mathematician, and scientist | Franc | ₣100 | Obverse | 1942-1944 |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay | 1651-1690 | Politician | Franc | ₣100 | Obverse | 1944 |
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier | 1811-1877 | Mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics | Franc | ₣50 | Obverse | 1946-1951 |
François-René de Chateaubriand | 1768-1848 | Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian; founder of Romanticism in French literature | Franc | ₣500 | Obverse | 1945-1953 |
Victor Hugo | 1802-1885 | Poet, novelist and dramatist | Franc | ₣500 | Both | 1954-1958 |
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and of Fronsac | 1585-1642 | Clergyman, nobleman, and statesman; Cardinal, Bishop of Luçon | Franc | ₣1,000 | Both | 1953-1957 |
King Henri IV | 1553-1610 | King of France (1589-1610) | Franc | ₣5,000 | Both | 1957 and 1958 |
Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) | 1769-1821 | Military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars; Emperor of the French (1804-1814); King of Italy (1805-1814); Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813) | Franc | ₣10,000 | Both | 1955-1958 |
Victor Hugo | 1802-1885 | Poet, novelist and dramatist | New Franc (Nouveau franc) | NF5 | Both | 1960 |
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and of Fronsac | 1585-1642 | Clergyman, nobleman, and statesman; Cardinal, Bishop of Luçon | New Franc (Nouveau franc) | NF10 | Both | 1960 |
King Henri IV | 1553-1610 | King of France (1589-1610) | New Franc (Nouveau franc) | NF50 | Both | 1960 |
Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) | 1769-1821 | Military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars; Emperor of the French (1804-1814); King of Italy (1805-1814); Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813) | New Franc (Nouveau franc) | NF100 | Both | 1960 |
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin | 1622-1673 | Playwright and actor | New Franc (Nouveau franc) | NF500 | Both | 1959-1966 |
Louis Pasteur | 1822-1895 | Chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization | Franc | ₣5 | Both | 1966-1970 |
François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) | 1694-1778 | Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher | Franc | ₣10 | Both | 1963-1973 |
Jean Racine | 1639-1699 | Dramatist | Franc | ₣50 | Both | 1962-1976 |
Pierre Corneille | 1606-1684 | Tragedian | Franc | ₣100 | Both | 1964-1979 |
Hector Berlioz | 1803-1869 | Composer | Franc | ₣10 | Both | 1972-1978 |
Claude-Achille Debussy | 1862-1918 | Composer | Franc | ₣20 | Both | 1980-1997 |
Maurice Quentin de La Tour | 1704-1788 | Portraitist | Franc | ₣50 | Both | 1976-1992 |
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix | 1898-1863 | Romantic painter | Franc | ₣100 | Both | 1978-1995 |
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu | 1689-1755 | Lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher | Franc | ₣200 | Both | 1981-1994 |
Blaise Pascal | 1623-1662 | Mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher | Franc | ₣500 | Both | 1968-1993 |
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 1900–1944 | Author and aviator | Franc | ₣50 | Obverse | 1992–2002 |
Paul Cézanne | 1839–1906 | Post-Impressionist painter | Franc | ₣100 | Obverse | 1997–2002 |
Gustave Eiffel | 1832–1923 | engineer and architect | Franc | ₣200 | obverse | 1996–2002 |
Marie Curie and Pierre Curie | 1867–1934 (Marie Curie); 1859-1906 (Pierre Curie) | Physicist and chemist (Marie Curie); Physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity (Pierre Curie); received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 | Franc | ₣500 | Obverse | 1995–2002 |
French Polynesia
Currency: CFP franc (F; 1945-)
See also CFP franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Antoine de Bougainville | 1729-1811 | Admiral and explorer; known to circumnavigate the world, during the 18th century | CFP franc | 5,000 CFP francs | Obverse | 1992-2010 |
Auguste Febvrier Despointes | 1796-1855 | Counter admiral | CFP franc | 5,000 CFP francs | Reverse | 1992-2010 |
Gabon
Currency: Central African CFA franc (FCFA; since 1945)
See also Central African CFA franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba | 1935-2009 | President of Gabon (1967-2009) | Central African CFA franc | 10,000 CFA francs | Obverse | 1971 |
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba | 1935-2009 | President of Gabon (1967-2009) | Central African CFA franc | All (1,000-10,000 CFA francs) | Obverse | 1974-1984 (1,000 CFA francs); 1974-1978 (5,000 CFA francs); 1974-1978 (10,000 CFA francs) |
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba | 1935-2009 | President of Gabon (1967-2009) | Central African CFA franc | 1,000 CFA francs | Obverse | 1985-1992 |
Germany
Currencies: Deutsche Mark (DM, 1948–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also German mark.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Ehrlich | 1854–1915 | Nobel Prize winner, 1908 | Deutsche Mark | 200 DM | obverse | 1990–2002 |
Carl Friedrich Gauss | 1777–1855 | mathematician and scientist | Deutsche Mark | 10 DM | obverse | 1991–2002 |
Jacob Grimm | 1785–1863 | older of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales | Deutsche Mark | 1,000 DM | obverse | 1992–2002 |
Wilhelm Grimm | 1786–1859 | younger of the Brothers Grimm, recorders of folk and fairy tales | Deutsche Mark | 1,000 DM | obverse | 1992–2002 |
Maria Sibylla Merian | 1647–1717 | naturalist and illustrator | Deutsche Mark | 500 DM | obverse | 1992–2002 |
Balthasar Neumann | 1687–1753 | Baroque architect | Deutsche Mark | 50 DM | obverse | 1991–2002 |
Clara Schumann | 1819–1896 | classical pianist and composer | Deutsche Mark | 100 DM | obverse | 1990–2002 |
Bettina von Arnim | 1785–1859 | novelist | Deutsche Mark | 5 DM | obverse | 1992–2002 |
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff | 1797–1848 | poet and author | Deutsche Mark | 20 DM | obverse | 1992–2002 |
Greece
Currencies: Drachma (Δρ., 1832–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Greek drachma.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Capodistria | 1776–1831 | 1st Governor of Greece (1827–1831) | Drachma | 500 Δρ. | obverse | 1983–2002 |
Rigas Feraios | 1757–1798 | Revolutionary; first casualty of the Greek War of Independence | Drachma | 200 Δρ. | obverse | 1997–2002 |
Theodoros Kolokotronis | 1770–1843 | General during the Greek War of Independence | Drachma | 5,000 Δρ. | obverse | 1997–2002 |
Adamantios Korais | 1748–1833 | Linguist; author of the first modern Greek dictionary | Drachma | 100 Δρ. | reverse | 1978–2002 |
Georgios Papanikolaou | 1883–1962 | Pioneer in early cancer detection | Drachma | 10,000 Δρ. | obverse | 1995–2002 |
Guadeloupe
Currency: Franc (1848-1960)
See also Guadeloupe franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Columbus | 1451-1506 | Explorer, navigator and colonizer; responsible for establishing permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola and initiated the European colonization of the New World | Franc | 5 francs | Obverse | 1942 |
Louis Antoine de Bougainville | 1729-1811 | Being the first Frenchman to circumnavigate the world, during the 18th century | Franc | 5 francs | Obverse | 1947-1949 |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (Marquis de Seignelay) | 1651-1690 | Politician | Franc | 10 francs | Obverse | 1947-1949 |
Émile Gentil | 1866-1914 | Colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader | Franc | 20 francs | Obverse | 1947-1949 |
Belain d'Esnambuc | Franc | 50 francs | Obverse | 1947-1949 | ||
Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais | 1795-1840 | Chess master | Franc | 100 francs | Obverse | 1947-1949 |
Victor Schœlcher | 1804-1893 | Abolitionist | Franc | 5,000 francs | Obverse | 1947-1949 |
Guinea
Currency: Franc (FG; 1959-1971); Syli (1971-1985)
See also Guinean franc and Guinean syli.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmed Sékou Touré | 1922-1984 | 1st President of Guinea (1958-1984) | Franc | All (50-10,000 francs) | Obverse | 1958-1963 |
Mafori Bangoura | Syli | 1 Syli | Obverse | 1981 | ||
Mohammed V | 1909-1961 | Sultan of Morocco (1927-1957); King of Morocco (1957-1961) | Syli | 2 Sylis | Obverse | 1981 |
Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah | 1909-1972 | 1st President of Ghana (1960-1966) | Syli | 5 Sylis | Obverse | 1980 |
Patrice Émery Lumumba | 1925-1961 | Prime Minister of Congo-Léopoldville (June 24-September 14, 1960) | Syli | 10 Sylis | Obverse | 1971-1980 |
Behazin of Dahomey | King of Dahomey | Syli | 25 Sylis | Obverse | 1971-1980 | |
Alpha Yaya Diallo | King of Labé | Syli | 50 Sylis | Obverse | 1971-1980 | |
Samory Touré | Syli | 100 Sylis | Obverse | 1971-1980 | ||
Josip Broz Tito | 1892-1980 | 1st President of Yugoslavia (1953-1980); 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1944-1963); 1st Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1961-1964); 1st Federal Secretary of National Defense (1945-1953); 4th President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1939-1940) | Syli | 500 Sylis | Obverse | 1980 |
Guinea-Bissau
Currency: Peso (1975-1993)
See also Guinea-Bissau peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pansa Na Isna | Peso | 50 pesos | Obverse | 1975-1993 | ||
Domingos Ramos | Peso | 100 pesos | Obverse | 1975-1990 | ||
Francisco Mendes | 1939-1978 | 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (1973-1978) | Peso | 500 pesos | Obverse | 1983-1990 |
Amílcar Cabral | 1924-1973 | Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, writer, and a nationalist thinker and political leader | Peso | All (1000–10,000 pesos) | Obverse | 1978–1993 (1000 pesos); 1984–1993 (5000 pesos); 1990–1997 (10,000 pesos) |
Hungary
Currency: Forint (Ft, 1946–present)
See also Banknotes of the Hungarian forint and Hungarian forint.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Endre Ady | 1877–1919 | poet | Forint | 500 Ft | obverse | 1970–1999 |
1992–1999 | ||||||
Béla Bartók | 1881–1945 | Composer and pianist | Forint | 1,000 Ft | obverse | 1983–1999 |
1993–1999 | ||||||
György Dózsa | ????-1514 | Led a peasants' revolt against the nobility | Forint | 20 Ft | obverse | 1948–1992 |
1920–1992 | ||||||
1960–1992 | ||||||
Francis II | 1676–1735 | Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy (1703–1711) | Forint | 50 Ft | obverse | 1953–1996 |
1966–1996 | ||||||
Lajos Kossuth | 1802–1894 | Statesman and freedom fighter | Forint | 100 Ft | obverse | 1948–1998 |
1920–1998 | ||||||
1959–1998 | ||||||
1992–1998 | ||||||
Sándor Petőfi | 1823–1849 | National poet; key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 | Forint | 10 Ft | obverse | 1947–1992 |
1950–1992 | ||||||
1959–1992 | ||||||
István Széchenyi | 1791–1860 | Statesman and political theorist | Forint | 5,000 Ft | obverse | 1991–1999 |
Iceland
Currency: Króna (kr, 1874–Present)
See also Icelandic króna.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ingólfur Arnarson | unknown | first permanent settler of Iceland (874) | Króna | 5 kr | obverse | 1960–1969 |
Christian IX | 1818–1906 | King of Denmark (1863–1906); signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty in 1874 | Króna | 5 kr | obverse | 1886–1907 |
obverse | 1907–1919 | |||||
obverse | 1919–1920 | |||||
10 kr | obverse | 1886–1907 | ||||
obverse | 1907–1916 | |||||
obverse | 1916–1920 | |||||
50 kr | obverse | 1886–1907 | ||||
obverse | 1916–1920 | |||||
100 kr | obverse | 1916–1935 | ||||
Christian X | 1870–1947 | King of Denmark (1912–1947); King of Iceland (1918–1944) |
Króna | 5 kr | obverse | 1907–1916 |
obverse | 1929–1935 | |||||
10 kr | obverse | 1907–1916 | ||||
obverse | 1929–1934 | |||||
50 kr | obverse | 1907–1916 | ||||
obverse | 1931–1936 | |||||
100 kr | obverse | 1929–1935 | ||||
Jón Eiríksson | 1728–1787 | promoter of enlightenment | Króna | 5 kr | obverse | 1935–1947 |
obverse | 1947–1960 | |||||
10 kr | 1969–1984 | |||||
50 kr | obverse | 1936–1948 | ||||
obverse | 1948–1960 | |||||
Frederick VIII | 1843–1912 | King of Denmark (1906–1912) | Króna | 50 kr | obverse | 1907–1916 |
Arngrímur Jónsson | 1568–1648 | scholar | Króna | 10 kr | obverse | 1981–1984 |
Árni Magnússon | 1663–1730 | medieval Icelandic scholar | Króna | 100 kr | obverse | 1981–1995 |
Jón Sigurðsson | 1811–1879 | leader of the Icelandic independence movement | Króna | 10 kr | obverse | 1934–1947 |
obverse | 1947–1969 | |||||
100 kr | obverse | 1935–1947 | ||||
obverse | 1947–1973 | |||||
500 kr | obverse | 1944–1948 | ||||
obverse | 1948–1968 | |||||
Guðbrandur Þorláksson | 1541–1627 | bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible (1584) | Króna | 50 kr | obverse | 1981–1987 |
Indonesia
Currency: Rupiah (Rp; since 1945)
See also Banknotes of the rupiah and Indonesian rupiah.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sukarno | 1901–1970 | 1st President of Indonesia (1945–1967) | Rupiah | All (1–100 rupiah) | Obverse | 1946–1950 |
Rupiah | All (5–100 rupiah) | Obverse | 1947 | |||
Rupiah | All (25–250 rupiah) | Obverse | 1947 | |||
Rupiah | All (40–600 rupiah) | Obverse | 1947 | |||
New Rupiah (Rupiah Baru) | Both (10 and 100 rupiah baru) | Obverse | 1949 | |||
Rupiah | Both (5 and 10 rupiah) | Obverse | 1950 | |||
Raden Adjeng Kartini | 1879–1904 | Women's emancipation and national heroine | Rupiah | 5 rupiah | Obverse | 1953–1961 |
Pangeran Diponegoro | 1785–1855 | Prince of Java, national hero | Rupiah | 100 rupiah | Obverse | 1953–1960 |
Sukarno | 1901–1970 | 1st President of Indonesia (1945–1967) | Rupiah | Both (1 and 2 1/2 rupiah) | Obverse | 1964–1968 |
Sukarno | 1901–1970 | 1st President of Indonesia (1945–1967) | Rupiah | All (5–5,000 rupiah) | Obverse | 1965–1971 (except for the 2,500 and 5,000 rupiah notes, which were not issued) |
Sudirman | 1916–1950 | 1st commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces (1945–1950) | Rupiah | All (1–10,000 rupiah) | Obverse | 1968–1977 |
Pangeran Diponegoro | 1785–1855 | Prince of Java, national hero | Rupiah | 1000 rupiah | Obverse | 1975–1988 |
Soetomo | 1888–1938 | Doctor and politician, national hero | Rupiah | 1000 rupiah | Obverse | 1980–1992 |
Sisingamangaraja XII | 1849–1907 | Priest-king of Batak people in northern Sumatra, national hero | Rupiah | 1000 rupiah | Obverse | 1987–1995 |
Teuku Umar | 1854–1899 | Leader in a guerrilla campaign against the Dutch during the Aceh War, national hero | Rupiah | 5000 rupiah | Obverse | 1986–1995 |
Raden Adjeng Kartini | 1879–1904 | Women's emancipation and national heroine | Rupiah | 10,000 rupiah | Obverse | 1985–1995 |
Hamengkubuwono IX | 1912–1988 | 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (1973–1978), national hero | Rupiah | 10,000 rupiah | Obverse | 1992–2000 |
Suharto | 1921–2008 | 2nd President of Indonesia (1967–1998) | Rupiah | 50,000 rupiah | Obverse | 1993–2000 |
Cut Nyak Dhien | 1850–1908 | Leader of the Aceh guerrilla forces during the Aceh War, national heroine | Rupiah | 10,000 rupiah | Obverse | 1998–2008 |
Ki Hajar Dewantara | 1889–1959 | 1st Minister of National Education of Indonesia (1945), national hero | Rupiah | 20,000 rupiah | Obverse | 1998–2008 |
Wage Rudolf Supratman | 1903–1938 | Songwriter who wrote both the lyrics and melody of the national anthem of Indonesia, national hero | Rupiah | 50,000 rupiah | Obverse | 1999–2008 |
Iran
Currency: Toman (to 1931); Rial (since 1932)
Symbol:
See also Iranian toman and Iranian rial.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 1831–1896 | King of Persia (1848–1896) | 1 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 |
2 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 | |||
3 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 | |||
5 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 | |||
10 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 | |||
20 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 | |||
25 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 | |||
50 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 | |||
100 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 | |||
500 toman | obverse | 1890–1923 | |||
1000 toman | obverse | Treasury reserve only | |||
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | 1831–1896 | King of Persia (1848–1896) | 1 toman | obverse | 1924–31 |
2 toman | obverse | 1924–31 | |||
5 toman | obverse | 1924–31 | |||
10 toman | obverse | 1924–31 | |||
20 toman | obverse | 1924–31 | |||
50 toman | obverse | 1924–31 | |||
100 toman | obverse | 1924–31 | |||
Reza Shah | 1878–1944 | Founded the Pahlavi Dynasty | 5 ریال | obverse | 1932–1937 |
10 ریال | obverse | 1932–1951 | |||
20 ریال | obverse | 1932–1951 | |||
50 ریال | obverse | 1932–1962 | |||
100 ریال | obverse | 1932–1954 | |||
500 ریال | obverse | 1932–1974 | |||
1000 ریال | obverse | 1936–1974 | |||
Mohammad Reza Shah | 1919–1980 | Second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi | 10 ریال | obverse | 1951–1979 |
20 ریال | obverse | 1951–1979 | |||
50 ریال | obverse | 1962–1979 | |||
100 ریال | obverse | 1954–1976 | |||
200 ریال | obverse | 1965–1979 | |||
500 ریال | obverse | 1974–1979 | |||
1000 ریال | obverse | 1974–1979 | |||
10,000 ریال | obverse | 1975–1979 | |||
Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah | 100 ریال | obverse | 1976–1979 | ||
Iraq
Currencies: Dinar (1932–present)
See also Iraqi dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Faisal I | 1885-1933 | King of Iraq (1921-1933); King of Syria (March 8 to July 24, 1920) | Dinar | All (1/4-100 dinars) | Obverse | 1931-1932 |
King Ghazi | 1912-1939 | King of Iraq (1933-1939) | Dinar | All (1/4-100 dinars) | Obverse | 1934-1940 |
Faisal II | 1935-1958 | King of Iraq (1939-1958) | Dinar | All (100 fils-100 dinars) | Obverse | 1941-1959 |
Saddam Hussein | 1937-2006 | 5th President of Iraq (1979-2003) | Dinar | All (5-10,000 dinars) | obverse | 1978-2003 |
Ireland
Currencies: Pound (£, 1928–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Irish pound, Series B Banknotes (Ireland) and Series C Banknotes (Ireland).
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johannes Scotus Eriugena | 815-877 | Theologian, philosopher and poet | Pound | £5 | obverse | 1975–1994 |
Douglas Hyde | 1860–1949 | 1st President of the Republic of Ireland (1938–1945) | Pound | £50 | obverse | 1995–2002 |
James Joyce | 1882–1941 | Author and poet | Pound | £10 | obverse | 1993–2002 |
Catherine McAuley | 1787–1841 | Founder of the Sisters of Mercy (1831) | Pound | £5 | obverse | 1994–2002 |
Turlough O'Carolan | 1670–1738 | Most famous Irish bard | Pound | £50 | obverse | 1977–1995 |
Daniel O'Connell | 1775–1847 | A leader of Catholic Emancipation | Pound | £20 | obverse | 1992–2002 |
Charles Stewart Parnell | 1846–1891 | Statesman; forerunner to the modern Irish independence movement | Pound | £100 | both | 1995–2002 |
Jonathan Swift | 1667–1745 | Satirist and poet | Pound | £10 | obverse | 1976–1993 |
W. B. Yeats | 1865–1939 | Nobel Prize winner (1923) | Pound | £20 | obverse | 1976–1992 |
Israel
Currencies: Pound or Lira (£, 1948–1980)
Sheqel (₪, 1980–1985)
New Shekel (₪, 1985–present)
See also Israeli lira, Old Israeli shekel and Israeli new shekel.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | In Circulation Since |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shmuel Yosef Agnon | 1888–1970 | Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1966) | New Sheqel | ₪50 | obverse | 1985–1999 |
David Ben-Gurion | 1886–1973 | 1st Prime Minister of Israel (1948–1953 and 1955–1963) | Pound | £500 | obverse | 1977–1984 |
Sheqel | ₪50 | obverse | 1980–1986 | |||
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | 1884–1963 | 2nd President of Israel (1952–1963) | New Sheqel | ₪100 | obverse | 1986–1999 |
Hayyim Nahman Bialik | 1873–1934 | National Poet | Pound | £10 | obverse | 1970–1984 |
Edmond James de Rothschild | 1845–1934 | Philanthropist; activist for Jewish affairs | Sheqel | ₪500 | obverse | 1982–1986 |
Albert Einstein | 1879–1955 | Nobel Prize winner in Physics (1921) | Pound | £5 | obverse | 1972–1984 |
Levi Eshkol | 1895–1969 | 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (1963–1969) | Sheqel | ₪5,000 | obverse | 1984–1986 |
New Sheqel | ₪5 | obverse | 1985–1999 | |||
Theodor Herzl | 1860–1904 | Founder of the Zionist movement | Pound | £100 ₪10 |
obverse | 1969–1984 |
1975–1984 | ||||||
Sheqel | ₪10 | obverse | 1980–1986 | |||
Ze'ev Jabotinsky | 1880–1940 | A leader in the Zionist movement | Sheqel | ₪100 | obverse | 1980–1986 |
Maimonides | 1135/8-1204 | Author of the Mishneh | Sheqel | ₪1,000 | obverse | 1983–1986 |
New Sheqel | ₪1 | obverse | 1986–1999 | |||
Golda Meir | 1898–1978 | 4th Prime Minister of Israel (1969–1974) | Sheqel | ₪10,000 | obverse | 1984–1986 |
New Sheqel | ₪10 | obverse | 1985–1999 | |||
Moses Montefiore | 1784–1885 | philanthropist | Pound | £10 | obverse | 1975–1984 |
Sheqel | ₪1 | obverse | 1980–1986 | |||
Moshe Sharett | 1894–1965 | 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (1954–1955) | New Sheqel | ₪20 | obverse | 1988–1999 |
Zalman Shazar | 1889–1974 | 3rd President of Israel (1963–1972) | New Sheqel | ₪200 | obverse | 1992–1999 |
Henrietta Szold | 1860–1945 | A leader of the Zionist movement | Pound | £5 | obverse | 1976–1984 |
Haim Weizman | 1874–1952 | 1st President of Israel (1949–1952) | Pound | £50 | obverse | 1972–1984 |
1978–1984 | ||||||
Sheqel | ₪5 | obverse | 1980–1986 |
Italy
Currencies: Lira (₤, 1861–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Italian lira.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vincenzo Bellini | 1801–1835 | opera composer | Lira | ₤5,000 | obverse | 1985–2002 |
Gian Lorenzo Bernini | 1598–1680 | Baroque sculptor and architect | Lira | ₤50,000 | obverse | 1985–2002 |
Caravaggio | 1571–1610 | Baroque artist | Lira | ₤100,000 | obverse | 1985–2002 |
Guglielmo Marconi | 1874–1937 | Nobel Prize winner, 1909 | Lira | ₤2,000 | obverse | 1990–2002 |
Maria Montessori | 1870–1952 | developed the Montessori method of education | Lira | ₤1,000 | obverse | 1990–2002 |
Raphael | 1483–1520 | Renaissance painter | Lira | ₤500,000 | obverse | 1997–2002 |
Alessandro Volta | 1745–1827 | developer of the electric battery, 1800 | Lira | ₤10,000 | obverse | 1985–2002 |
Japan
Currency: Yen (¥, 1870–Present)
See also Japanese yen.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Itō Hirobumi | 1841–1909 | 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th Prime Minister of Japan (1885–1888 (1st); 1892–1896 (5th), 1898 (7th), 1900–1901 (10th)) | Yen | ¥1,000 | obverse | 1963–1986 |
Nitobe Inazo | 1862–1933 | Politician, economist and author | Yen | ¥5,000 | obverse | 1984–2004 |
Takahashi Korekiyo | 1854–1936 | 20th Prime Minister of Japan (1921–1922) | Yen | ¥50 | obverse | 1951–1958 |
Prince Shōtoku | 574-622 | Regent and politician | Yen | ¥100 | obverse | 1946–1956 |
¥1,000 | obverse | 1950–1965 | ||||
¥5,000 | obverse | 1957–1986 | ||||
¥10,000 | obverse | 1958–1986 | ||||
Ninomiya Sontoku | 1787–1856 | Philosopher, economist and moralist | Yen | ¥1 | obverse | 1946–1958 |
Natsume Sōseki | 1867–1916 | Novelist | Yen | ¥1,000 | obverse | 1984–2004 |
Itagaki Taisuke | 1837–1919 | Politician | Yen | ¥100 | obverse | 1953–1974 |
Iwakura Tomomi | 1825–1883 | Politician | Yen | ¥500 | obverse | 1951–1971 |
¥500 | obverse | 1969–1994 | ||||
Fukuzawa Yukichi | 1835–1901 | Political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator and author | Yen | ¥10,000 | obverse | 1984–2004 |
Katanga
Currency: Franc (1960-1963)
See also Katangese franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moise Tshombe | 1919-1969 | Prime Minister of Congo-Léopoldville (1964-1965) | Franc | All (10-1,000 francs) | Obverse | 1960-1963 |
Kenya
Currency: Shilling/Shilingi (KSh; since 1966)
See also Kenyan shilling.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi | 1924-2020 | 2nd President of Kenya (1978-2002) | Shilling/Shilingi | All (5-1,000 shillings/shilingi) | Obverse | 1981-1984 (5 shillings/shilingi); 1981-1988 (10 shillings/shilingi); 1989-1994 (20 shillings/shilingi); 1981-1987 (20 shillings/shilingi); 1989-1992 (20 shillings/shilingi); 1995-1998 (20 shillings/shilingi); 1996-2002 (50 shillings/shilingi); 1980-1988 (50 shillings/shilingi); 1990 & 1992 (50 shillings/shilingi); 1980-1988 (100 shillings/shilingi); 1989-1995 (100 shillings/shilingi); 1996-2002 (100 shillings/shilingi); 1986-1988 (200 shillings/shilingi); 1989-1994 (200 shillings/shilingi); 1996-2002 (200 shillings/shilingi); 1988-1995 (500 shillings/shilingi); 1995-2001 (500 shillings/shilingi); 1994 & 1995 (1,000 shillings/shilingi); 1997-2002 (1,000 shillings/shilingi) |
Korea
Currency: Korean yen (엔; 1902-1945)
See also Korean yen.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shibusawa Eiichi | 1840-1931 | Industrialist; known as the "Father of Japanese capitalism" | Korean yen | 1, 5 and 10 yen | Obverse | 1902-1910 |
Korea, North
Currency: Second North Korean won (₩; 1959-2009)
See also North Korean won.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hong Yong-hee | Actress; known for the title role as The Flower Girl | Second North Korean won | ₩1 | Obverse | 1992-2009 | |
Kim Il-sung | 1912-1994 | Founder of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (1950-1991); Chairman of the National Defence Commission (1972-1993); Chairman of the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea (1945-1946); Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of North Korea (1946-1949); Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (1949-1966); General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (1966-1994); Deputy to the
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Supreme People's Assembly (1948-1994); Premier of North Korea (1948-1972); President of North Korea (1972-1994); Eternal President of the Republic/Eternal leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1998-) |
Second North Korean won | ₩100, ₩1,000 and ₩5,000 | Obverse | 1992-2009 (₩100); 2002-2009 (₩1,000 and ₩5,000) |
Korea, South
Currency: First South Korean won (1945-1953); Hwan (전; 1953-1962)
See also South Korean won (1945-53) and South Korean hwan.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I Seungman | 1875-1975 | 1st President of South Korea (1948-1960) | First South Korean won | Both (500 and 1,000 won) | Obverse | 1952-1953 (500 won); 1950-1953 (1,000 won) |
I Seungman | 1875-1975 | 1st President of South Korea (1948-1960) | Hwan | All (100-1,000 hwan) | Obverse | 1953-1962 (100 hwan); 1956-1962 (500 hwan); 1957-1962 (1,000 hwan) |
King Sejong the Great | 1397-1450 | 4th King of the Kingdom of Joseon (1418-1450) | Hwan | Both (500 and 1,000 hwan) | Obverse | 1961-1962 (500 hwan); 1960-1962 (1,000 hwan) |
Latvia
Currency: Lats (Ls, 1922–1940, 1993–2014)
See also Latvian lats.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jānis Čakste | 1859–1927 | lawyer, politician and first President of Latvia | 20 Ls | obverse | 1925–1940 |
Krišjānis Valdemārs | 1825–1891 | editor, politician and folklorist | 25 Ls | obverse | 1928–1940 |
Kārlis Ulmanis | 1877–1942 | politician and Prime Minister of Latvia | 50 Ls | obverse | 1934–1940 |
Krišjānis Barons | 1835–1923 | writer, folklorist and linguist | 100 Ls | obverse | 1993–2014 |
Libya
Currency: Dinar (ل.د; since 1971)
See also Libyan dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi | 1942-2011 | Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution (1969-2011) | Dinar | 1, 20 and 50 dinars | Obverse (1 and 50 dinars); Reverse (20 dinars) | 1988-2009 (1 dinar); 2002-2009 (20 dinars); 2008-2012 (50 dinars) |
Lithuania
Currency: Litas (Lt, 1993–2015)
See also Banknotes of the Lithuanian litas and Lithuanian litas.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jonas Basanavičius | 1851–1927 | leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence (1918) | Litas | 50 Lt | obverse | 1993 |
1993–1998 | ||||||
1998–2001 | ||||||
Steponas Darius | 1896–1933 | Pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the United States to Lithuania | Litas | 10 Lt | obverse | 1993 |
1993–1997 | ||||||
1997–2001 | ||||||
Simonas Daukantas | 1793–1864 | Historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language | Litas | 100 Lt | obverse | 1993–2000 |
Stasys Girėnas | 1893–1933 | Pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the United States to Lithuania | Litas | 10 Lt | obverse | 1993 |
1993–1997 | ||||||
1997–2001 | ||||||
Jonas Jablonskis | 1860–1930 | Standardized the Lithuanian language | Litas | 5 Lt | obverse | 1993–1998 |
Maironis | 1862–1932 | Romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement | Litas | 20 Lt | obverse | 1993 |
1993–1997 | ||||||
1997–2001 | ||||||
Motiejus Valančius | 1801–1875 | A leader in the Lithuanian national movement | Litas | 2 Lt | obverse | 1993–1998 |
Vydūnas | 1868–1953 | Writer and philosopher; leader in the Lithuanian national movement | Litas | 200 Lt | obverse | 1997–2000 |
Žemaitė | 1845–1921 | Author | Litas | 1 Lt | obverse | 1994–1998 |
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jonas Basanavičius | 1851–1927 | Leader in the Lithuanian national movement; signatory of the Act of Independence (1918) | 50 Lt | obverse | 1998-2015 |
Steponas Darius | 1896–1933 | Pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the United States to Lithuania | 10 Lt | obverse | 2001-2015 |
Simonas Daukantas | 1793–1864 | Historian; wrote the first Lithuanian history books in the Lithuanian language | 100 Lt | obverse | 2000-2015 |
Stasys Girėnas | 1893–1933 | Pilot; died in a plane crash during a trans-Atlantic flight from the United States to Lithuania | 10 Lt | obverse | 2001-2015 |
Vincas Kudirka | 1858–1899 | Poet and physician; author of the music and lyrics for the national anthem | 500 Lt | obverse | 2000-2015 |
Maironis | 1862–1932 | Romantic poet; active member of the Lithuanian national movement | 20 Lt | obverse | 2001-2015 |
Vydūnas | 1868–1953 | Writer and philosopher; leader in the Lithuanian national movement | 200 Lt | obverse | 1997-2015 |
Luxembourg
Currencies: Franc (fr., 1944–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Luxembourgish franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean I | 1921-2019 | Grand Duke (1964–2000) | Franc | 100 fr. | obverse | 1986–2002 |
1,000 fr. | obverse | 1985–2002 | ||||
5,000 fr. | obverse | 1993–2002 |
Macau
Currency: Pataca (MOP$; since 1894)
See also Macanese pataca.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Luís de Camões | c. 1524-1525-1580 | Poet | Pataca | All (10-500 patacas) | Obverse | 1958 |
Belchior Carneiro Leitão | 1516-1583 | Jesuit missionary and bishop | Pataca | 5, 10 and 500 patacas | Obverse | 1963-1968 |
Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue | 1840-1917 | 1st President of Portugal (1911-1915); 1st Attorney General of the Republic (1910-1911) | Pataca | 100 patacas | Obverse | 1952-1966 |
Venceslau de Morais | 1854-1929 | Writer, naval officer and diplomat; Known for explaining Japan in Portuguese | Pataca | 500 Patacas | Obverse | 1981-1984 |
Mali
Currency: Malian franc (MAF; 1962-1984)
See also Malian franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Modibo Keïta | 1915-1977 | 1st President of Mali (1960-1968) | Malian franc | All (50-5000 francs) | Obverse | 1960 |
Malta
Currency: Lira (pl. liri: Lm; 1825-2007)
See also Maltese lira.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agatha Barbara | 1923-2002 | 3rd President of Malta (1982-1987) | Lira | All (2-20 liri) | Obverse | 1986-2000 |
Mexico
Currency: Peso ($, 1821–Present)
See also Mexican peso.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez (La Corregidora) | 1773-1829 | Insurgent and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence | Old Mexican peso | $5 and $20 | obverse | 1937-1970 ($20); 1969-1972 ($5) |
Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín | 1829-1862 | General of the Mexican Army and politician; for defeating the invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla | Old Mexican peso | $50 | obverse | 1937-1940 |
Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga | 1769-1811 | Captain of the Spanish Army who came to sympathize the Mexican independence movement | Old Mexican peso | $50 | obverse | 1941-1945 |
Francisco Ignacio Madero González | 1873-1913 | 33rd President of Mexico (1911-1913) | Old Mexican peso | $100 and $500 | obverse | 1936-1942 ($100); 1979-1984 ($500) |
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | 1753-1811 | Leader of the Mexican War of Independence | Old Mexican peso | $10, $100 | obverse | 1945-1973 ($100); 1969-1977 ($10) |
José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón | 1765-1815 | Leader of the Mexican War of Independence after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costa; Member of the Council of Zitacuaro (1811-1813); Chief of the Congress of Anáhuac (1813-1814); President of the Supreme Mexican Government (1814-1815) | Old Mexican peso | $20 and $500 | obverse | 1940-1948 ($500); 1972-1977 ($20) |
Cuauhtémoc | c.1497-1521 | Aztec ruler (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan (1520-1521) | Old Mexican peso | $1,000 and $50,000 | obverse | 1941-1977 ($1,000); 1986-1990 ($50,000) |
Matías Romero Avendaño | 1837-1898 | Secretary of Finance (first term; 1868–1872; second term; 1877–1879; third term; March 26-December 31, 1892); Ambassador of Mexico to the United States (First term; 1863–1868; second term; 1893-1898) | Old Mexican peso | $10,000 | obverse | 1943-1978 |
Benito Pablo Juárez García | 1806-1872 | 26th President of Mexico (1858-1872) | Old Mexican peso | $50 | obverse | 1973-1981 |
Venustiano Carranza Garza | 1859-1920 | 37th President of Mexico (1917-1920) | Old Mexican peso | $100 | obverse | 1974-1982 |
Juana Inés de la Cruz | 1651-1695 | Nun, scholar and poet | Old Mexican peso | $1,000 | obverse | 1978-1985 |
Justo Sierra Méndez | 1848-1912 | Writer, historian, journalist, poet and political figure | Old Mexican peso | $2,000 | obverse | 1983-1989 |
Juan de la Barrera, Juan Escutia, Francisco Márquez, Agustín Melgar, Fernando Montes de Oca and Vicente Suárez | 1828-1847 (Juan de la Barrera); 1828-1847 (Juan Escutia); 1834-1847 (Francisco Márquez); 1828-1847 (Agustín Melgar); 1828-1847 (Fernando Montes de Oca); 1833-1847 (Vicente Suárez) | Defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle from invading U.S. forces in the September 13, 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, during the Mexican–American War | Old Mexican peso | $5,000 | obverse | 1980-1989 |
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río | 1895-1970 | 44th President of Mexico (1934-1940); Nationalization of the oil industry of Mexico in 1938 | Old Mexican peso | $10,000 | obverse | 1981-1991 |
Andrés Quintana Roo | 1787-1851 | Liberal politician, lawyer and author | Old Mexican peso | $20,000 | obverse | 1985-1989 |
Plutarco Elías Calles | 1877-1945 | 40th President of Mexico (1924-1928) | Old Mexican peso | $100,000 | obverse | 1988-1991 |
Emiliano Zapata | 1879–1919 | Leader in the Mexican Revolution (1910–1919) | Mexican nuevo peso (new peso)/peso | $10 | both | 1993–1997 |
Nepal
Currency: Mohru/Rupee (Rs.; since 1932)
See also Nepalese rupee.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tribhuwan Bir Bikram Shah | 1903-1955 | King of Nepal (1911-1950) | Nepalese mohru/rupee | 5, 10 and 100 mohru/rupees | Obverse | 1945-1955 |
Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | 1920-1972 | King of Nepal (1955-1972) | Nepalese rupee | All (1-1,000 rupees) | 1956-1972 | |
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah | 1944-2001 | King of Nepal (1972-2001) | Nepalese rupee | All (1-1,000 rupees) | 1974-2001 | |
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | 1947- | King of Nepal (2001-2008) | Nepalese rupee | All (5-1,000 rupees) | 2002-2006 | |
Netherlands
Currencies: Gulden (ƒ, 1817–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Banknotes of the Dutch gulden and Dutch gulden.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michiel de Ruyter | 1607–1676 | Admiral of the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–1676) | Gulden | ƒ100 | obverse | 1972–1981 |
Frans Hals | 1580–1666 | Painter | Gulden | ƒ10 | obverse | 1971–1977 |
Baruch Spinoza | 1632–1677 | Rationalist philosopher | Gulden | ƒ1,000 | obverse | 1973–1996 |
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | 1562–1621 | Composer, organist and teacher | Gulden | ƒ25 | obverse | 1972–1990 |
Joost van den Vondel | 1587–1697 | Writer and playwright | Gulden | ƒ5 | obverse | 1976–1988 |
Norway
Currency: Krone (kr, 1877–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Norwegian krone and Norwegian krone.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Niels Henrik Abel | 1802–1829 | Mathematician | Krone | 500 kr | obverse | 1948–2002 |
1978–2002 | ||||||
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson | 1832–1910 | Nobel Prize winner for Literature (1903) | Krone | 50 kr | obverse | 1950–1999 |
1966–1999 | ||||||
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie | 1779–1849 | Speaker of the Storting (1815 and 1818) | Krone | 5 kr | obverse | 1901–1945 |
10 kr | obverse | |||||
50 kr | obverse | |||||
100 kr | obverse | |||||
500 kr | obverse | |||||
1,000 kr | obverse | |||||
Camilla Collett | 1813–1885 | Writer | Krone | 100 kr | obverse | 1979–1997 |
Christian Magnus Falsen | 1782–1830 | Co-author of the Constitution (1814) | Krone | 1,000 kr | obverse | 1991–2001 |
Edvard Grieg | 1843–1907 | Composer and pianist | Krone | 500 kr | obverse | 1991–2000 |
Henrik Ibsen | 1828–1906 | Playwright; known as "The Father of Modern Drama" | Krone | 1,000 kr | obverse | 1949–1999 |
1975–2001 | ||||||
Christian Michelsen | 1857–1925 | Prime Minister of Norway (1905–1907) | Krone | 10 kr | obverse | 1954–1999 |
Fridtjof Nansen | 1861–1930 | Nobel Prize winner for Peace (1922) | Krone | 5 kr | obverse | 1955–1999 |
10 kr | obverse | 1972–1999 | ||||
Oscar II | 1829–1907 | King of Norway (1872–1905) | Krone | 5 kr | obverse | 1877–1998 |
10 kr | obverse | |||||
50 kr | obverse | |||||
100 kr | obverse | |||||
500 kr | obverse | |||||
1,000 kr | obverse | |||||
Peder Tordenskjold | 1691–1720 | Vice-Admiral; hero from the Great Northern War | Krone | 10 kr | obverse | 1901–1945 |
100 kr | obverse | |||||
1,000 kr | obverse | |||||
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje | 1818–1870 | Poet and journalist | Krone | 50 kr | obverse | 1985–1997 |
Henrik Wergeland | 1808–1845 | Poet and writer | Krone | 100 kr | obverse | 1949–1999 |
1962–1999 |
Pakistan
Currency: Rupee (Rs., 1947–present)
See also Pakistani rupee.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | 1876–1948 | 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (1947–1948); "Father of the Nation" | Rupee | Rs. 5 | obverse | 1997–2002 |
Panama
Currency: Balboa (B/.; since 1904)
See also Panamanian balboa.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vasco Núñez de Balboa | 1475-1519 | Explorer, governor, and conquistador; best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World | Balboa | B/.1 | Obverse | 1941 |
Philippines
Currency: Peso (₱; since 1903)
See also Banknotes of the Philippine peso and Philippine peso (piso).
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isabel II | 1830-1904 | Queen of Spain (1833-1868) | Philippine peso fuerte | All (10-200 pesos fuertes) | Obverse | 1852-1898 |
Charles A. Conant | 1861-1915 | Journalist, author, and promoter; recognized as an expert on banking and finance | Peso | ₱1 | Obverse | 1916-1924 (Philippine National Bank) |
Apolinario Mabini | 1864-1903 | 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (January 23-May 7, 1899); responsible for drafting the Constitution of the Philippines | Peso/Piso | ₱1 and ₱10 | Obverse | 1918-1929 (Philippine Islands Treasury Certificate); 1936-1941 (Commonwealth Treasury Certificate); 1944 ("Victory" overprint); 1949-1969 (Central Bank of the Philippines); 1969 ("Pilipino" series); 1970 ("Pilipino" series; full printing); 1970-1978 ("Ang Bagong Lipunan" series); 1985-1997 ("New Design/BSP" series) |
José Rizal | 1861-1896 | National hero of the Philippines | Peso/Piso | ₱2 | Obverse | 1916-1921 (Philippine National Bank); 1903-1906 (Philippine Islands Silver Certificate); 1918-1929 (Philippine Islands Treasury Certificate); 1936-1941 (Commonwealth Treasury Certificate); 1944 ("Victory" overprint); 1949-1969 (Central Bank of the Philippines); 1970-1978 ("Ang Bagong Lipunan" series) |
Ferdinand Magellan | 1480-1521 | The first circumnavigation of the Earth, from Europe to East, and to West; for the first expedition from Europe to Asia by the West; and for captaining the first expedition across the Atlantic Ocean to the Strait of Magellan and across the Pacific Ocean | Peso | ₱2 and ₱100 | Reverse (₱2); Obverse (₱100) | 1916-1920 (Philippine National Bank); 1916 (Philippine Islands Silver Certificate); 1918-1929 (Philippine Islands Treasury Certificate); 1944 ("Victory" overprint); 1949 (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
William McKinley | 1843-1901 | 25th President of the United States (1897-1901) | Peso | ₱5 | Obverse | 1916-1937 (Philippine National Bank); 1903-1916 (Philippine Islands Silver Certificate); 1918-1929 (Philippine Islands Treasury Certificate) |
George Dewey | 1837-1916 | Admiral of the Navy | Peso | ₱5 | Obverse | 1929 (Philippine Islands Treasury Certificate); 1936-1941 (Commonwealth Treasury Certificate); 1944 ("Victory" overprint) |
George Washington | 1732-1799 | 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) | Peso | ₱10 | Obverse | 1916-1937 (Philippine National Bank); 1903-1916 (Philippine Islands Silver Certificate); 1918-1929 (Philippine Islands Treasury Certificate); 1936-1941 (Commonwealth Treasury Certificate); 1944 ("Victory" overprint) |
Henry W. Lawton | 1843-1899 | Major-General of the United States Army; served in the American Civil War, the Apache Wars, the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War | Peso | ₱50 | Obverse | 1916-1920 (Philippine National Bank); 1916 (Philippine Islands Silver Certificate); 1918-1929 (Philippine Islands Treasury Certificate); 1936 (Commonwealth Treasury Certificate); 1944 ("Victory" overprint) |
Miguel López de Legazpi | c. 1502-1572 | Governor-General of the Spanish East Indies (1565-1572) | Peso | ₱500 and ₱50 | Obverse (₱500); Reverse (₱50) | 1906 (Philippine Islands Silver Certificate); 1918-1929 (Philippine Islands Treasury Certificate); 1936 (Commonwealth Treasury Certificate); 1944 ("Victory" overprint); 1949 (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
William A. Jones | 1849-1918 | Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district (1891-1918); Chairman of the Committee on Insular Affairs (1911-1918) | Peso | ₱20 | Obverse | 1916-1937 (Philippine National Bank) |
Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán | 1850-1896 | Writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason; leader of the Reform Movement | Peso | ₱5 | Obverse | 1949 (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
Graciano López Jaena | 1856-1896 | Journalist, orator, revolutionary, and national hero | Peso | ₱5 | Obverse | 1949 (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
Mariano Gómez, José Burgos and Jacinto Zamora (Gomburza) | 1799-1872 (Mariano Gómez); 1837-1872 (José Burgos); 1835-1872 (Jacinto Zamora) | Known for the 1872 Cavite Mutiny | Peso | ₱10 | Obverse | 1949 (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
Andrés Bonifacio | 1863-1897 | Revolutionary leader and the president of the Tagalog Republic | Peso/Piso | ₱10 and ₱20 | Obverse | 1949 (Central Bank of the Philippines); 1997-2001 ("New Design/BSP" series) |
Emilio Jacinto | 1875-1899 | General during the Philippine Revolution | Peso | ₱20 | Obverse | 1949 (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
Antonio Luna | 1866-1899 | General in the Philippine–American War | Peso | ₱50 | Obverse | 1949 (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
Melchora Aquino | 1812-1919 | Revolutionary | Peso | ₱100 | Obverse | 1949 (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
Poland
Currency: Złoty (zł, 1924–present)
See also Historical coins and banknotes of Poland and Polish złoty.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Józef Bem | 1794–1850 | general; war hero | Złoty | 10 zł | obverse | 1982–1995 |
Boleslaw I | 966/7-1025 | King of Poland (992-1025) | Złoty | 2,000 zł | reverse | 1977–1995 |
Frédéric Chopin | 1810–1849 | romantic composer and pianist | Złoty | 5,000 zł | obverse | 1982–1995 |
Nicolaus Copernicus | 1473–1543 | developed a heliocentric model of the solar system | Złoty | 1,000 zł | obverse | 1962–1965 |
1975–1995 | ||||||
Marie Curie | 1867–1934 | Nobel Prize winner for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) | Złoty | 20,000 zł | obverse | 1989–1995 |
Jarosław Dąbrowski | 1836–1871 | General; commander-in-chief of the Paris Commune | Złoty | 200 zł | obverse | 1976–1995 |
Doubravka of Bohemia | 940/45-977 | Queen Consort of Mieszko I (965-977) | Złoty | 2 zł | obverse | 1936–1940 |
Tadeusz Kościuszko | 1746–1817 | General; leader of the Kościuszko Uprising (1794) | Złoty | 500 zł | obverse | 1976–1995 |
Mieszko I | 935-992 | Ruler of Poland (960-992) | Złoty | 2,000 zł | obverse | 1977–1995 |
Stanisław Moniuszko | 1819–1872 | Conductor and composer | Złoty | 100,000 zł | obverse | 1990–1995 |
Ignacy Jan Paderewski | 1860–1941 | 3rd Prime Minister (1919) | Złoty | 2,000,000 zł | obverse | 1992–1995 |
Emilia Plater | 1806–1831 | countess; hero from the November Uprising | Złoty | 20 zł | obverse | 1936–1939 |
1940–1944 | ||||||
Władysław Reymont | 1867–1925 | Nobel Prize winner for Literature (1924) | Złoty | 1,000,000 zł | obverse | 1991–1995 |
Henryk Sienkiewicz | 1846–1916 | Nobel Prize winner for Literature (1905) | Złoty | 500,000 zł | obverse | 1990–1995 |
Stanisław Staszic | 1755–1826 | Priest, philosopher and statesman; supporter of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 | Złoty | 50,000 zł | obverse | 1989–1995 |
Karol Świerczewski | 1897–1947 | Leader in the post-World War II government of Poland | Złoty | 50 zł | obverse | 1975–1995 |
Romuald Traugutt | 1826–1864 | general; hero from the January Uprising | Złoty | 20 zł | obverse | 1982–1995 |
Ludwik Waryński | 1856–1889 | socialist activist | Złoty | 100 zł | obverse | 1975–1995 |
Stanisław Wyspiański | 1869–1907 | playwright | Złoty | 10,000 zł | obverse | 1988–1995 |
Portugal
Currencies: Escudo ($, 1911–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Portuguese escudo.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pedro Álvares Cabral | 1467–1520 | Explorer and navigator; discovered the sea route to Brazil in 1500 | Escudo | $1,000 | obverse | 1996–2002 |
Vasco da Gama | 1469–1524 | Explorer and navigator; sailed from Europe to India (1497–1498) | Escudo | $5,000 | obverse | 1996–2002 |
João de Barros | 1496–1570 | Historian | Escudo | $500 | obverse | 1997–2002 |
Bartolomeu Dias | 1450–1500 | Explorer and navigator; sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 | Escudo | $2,000 | obverse | 1996–2002 |
Henry the Navigator | 1394–1460 | Patron of Portuguese exploration | Escudo | $10,000 | obverse | 1996–2002 |
Portuguese India
Currency: Portuguese Indian rupia (1871-1958); Portuguese Indian escudo (1958-1961)
See also Portuguese Indian rupia and Portuguese Indian escudo.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afonso de Albuquerque | 1453-1615 | Governor and Captain-General of the Seas of India, Viceroy of India, First Duke of Goa | Rupia | All (5-500 rupia) | Obverse | 1945 |
Escudo | All (30-1,000 escudos) | Both | 1959-1961 | |||
Portuguese Timor
Currency: Portuguese Timorese escudo (1959-1976)
See also Portuguese Timorese escudo.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jose Celestino da Silva | Escudo | All (30-500 escudos) | Obverse | 1959 | ||
Régulo D. Aleixo | Escudo | All (20-1,000 escudos) | Obverse | 1963-1968 | ||
Republika Srpska
Currency: Dinar (plural Dinara (1992-1998))
See also Republika Srpska dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Petar Kočić | 1877-1916 | Writer and poet | Dinar | All (5,000-50,000,000,000 dinara) | Obverse | 1993 |
Romania
Currency: Leu (L, 1867–Present)
See also Banknotes of the Romanian leu and Romanian leu.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grigore Antipa | 1867–1944 | Biologist; studied fauna and wildlife of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea | Leu | 200 L | obverse | 1992–1996 |
Nicolae Bălcescu | 1819–1852 | Leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 | Leu | 100 L | obverse | 1952–1966 |
1966–1991 | ||||||
Lucian Blaga | 1895–1961 | Poet, playwright and philosopher | Leu | 5,000 L | obverse | 1998–2002 |
Constantin Brâncuși | 1876–1957 | Sculptor | Leu | 500 L | both | 1991–1992 |
obverse | 1992–1999 | |||||
Ion Luca Caragiale | 1852–1912 | Playwright and short story writer | Leu | 1,000,000 L | obverse | 2003–2007 |
Carol II | 1893-1953 | King (1930-1940) | Leu | 500 Lei | obverse | 1930-1940 |
1,000 Lei | reverse | 1931-1936 | ||||
Alexandru Ioan Cuza | 1820–1873 | Prince of Moldovia and Wallachia (1859–1862); Domnitor of Romania (1862–1866) | Leu | 50 L | obverse | 1952–1966 |
1966–1991 | ||||||
Decebal | ??-106 | last King of Dacia | Leu | 5,000 L | obverse | 1943-1947 |
100,000 L | 1947 | |||||
1,000,000 L | ||||||
Mihai Eminescu | 1850–1889 | Romantic poet | Leu | 1,000 L | obverse | 1991–1993 |
1993–1998 | ||||||
1998–2001 | ||||||
George Enescu | 1881–1955 | Composer, violinist and pianist | Leu | 50,000 L | obverse | 1996–2002 |
2000–2004 | ||||||
2001–2007 | ||||||
Ferdinand I | 1865-1927 | King (1914-1927) | Ban (1/100 Leu) | 10 Bani | obverse | 1917-1918 |
25 Bani | ||||||
50 Bani | ||||||
Nicolae Grigorescu | 1838–1907 | Painter; founder of modern Romanian painting | Leu | 100,000 L | obverse | 1998–2004 |
2001–2007 | ||||||
Avram Iancu | 1824–1872 | Leader in the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848-1849 | Leu | 5,000 L | obverse | 1992–1993 |
1993–1998 | ||||||
Nicolae Iorga | 1871–1940 | Prime Minister of Romania (1931–1932) | Leu | 10,000 L | obverse | 1994–1999 |
1999–2002 | ||||||
2000–2007 | ||||||
Trajan | 53-117 | Roman Emperor; conqueror of Dacia | Leu | 5,000 L | obverse | 1943-1947 |
100,000 L | 1947 | |||||
1,000,000 L | ||||||
Tudor Vladimirescu | 1780–1821 | Revolutionary leader; led the Wallachian Uprising of 1821 and the Pandur militia | Leu | 1,000 L | obverse | 1947 |
1948-1951 | ||||||
25 L | 1952–1966 | |||||
1966–1991 | ||||||
Aurel Vlaicu | 1882–1913 | Engineer, inventor and early pilot | Leu | 500,000 L | obverse | 2000–2007 |
Sarawak, Raj of
Currency: Dollar ($; 1858–1953)
See also Sarawak dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Vyner Brooke | 1874-1963 | 3rd and last White Rajah of Sarawak (1917-1946) | Cent | 10 cents | Obverse | 1940 (emergency issue) |
Charles Vyner Brooke | 1874-1963 | 3rd and last White Rajah of Sarawak (1917-1946) | Dollar | All (1-50 dollars) | Obverse | 1919-1940 |
Slovenia
Currencies: Tolar (SIT, 1991–2007)
Euro (€, 2007–present)
See also Slovenian tolar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivan Cankar | 1876–1918 | writer, playwright, poet | Tolar | 10,000 SIT | obverse | 1995–2007 |
Jacobus Gallus | 1550–1591 | Renaissance composer | Tolar | 200 SIT | obverse | 1993–2007 |
Rihard Jakopič | 1869–1943 | impressionist painter | Tolar | 100 SIT | obverse | 1992–2007 |
Ivana Kobilca | 1861–1926 | realist painter | Tolar | 5,000 SIT | obverse | 1993–2007 |
Jože Plečnik | 1872–1957 | architect | Tolar | 500 SIT | obverse | 1992–2007 |
France Prešeren | 1800–1849 | poet | Tolar | 1,000 SIT | obverse | 1992–2007 |
Primož Trubar | 1508–1586 | founder and superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia | Tolar | 10 SIT | obverse | 1992–2007 |
Johann Weikhard von Valvasor | 1641–1693 | scholar | Tolar | 20 SIT | obverse | 1992–2007 |
Jurij Vega | 1754–1802 | mathematician and physicist | Tolar | 50 SIT | obverse | 1993–2007 |
South Africa
Currencies: Pound (£, 1825–1961)
Rand (R, 1961–present)
See also South African pound and South African rand.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan van Riebeeck | 1619–1677 | Dutch founder and colonial administrator of Cape Town (1652–1662) | Pound | 10/- | obverse | 1948–1961 |
£1 | obverse | |||||
£5 | obverse | |||||
£10 | obverse | 1952–1961 | ||||
£100 | obverse | |||||
Rand | R1 | obverse | 1961–1966 | |||
obverse | 1966–1973 | |||||
obverse | 1973–1975 | |||||
obverse | 1975–1977 | |||||
R2 | obverse | 1961–1974 | ||||
obverse | 1974–1975 | |||||
obverse | 1975–1978 | |||||
obverse | 1978–1993 | |||||
R5 | obverse | 1966–1975 | ||||
obverse | 1975–1978 | |||||
obverse | 1978–1993 | |||||
R10 | obverse | 1961–1966 | ||||
obverse | 1966–1975 | |||||
obverse | 1975–1978 | |||||
obverse | 1978–1993 | |||||
R20 | obverse | 1961–1979 | ||||
obverse | 1979–1993 | |||||
R50 | obverse | 1984–1992 |
Soviet Union
Currency: Ruble (руб, 1917–1991) and Chervonet (1922–1947)
See also Soviet ruble and Russian chervonets.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vladimir Lenin | 1870–1924 | Leader of the October Revolution; 1st Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1917–1924) | Ruble | 10 руб | obverse | 1947–1961 |
1961–1991 | ||||||
25 руб | 1947–1961 | |||||
1961–1992 | ||||||
50 руб | ||||||
100 руб | ||||||
Chervonet | 5 chervonzev | 1937–1947 | ||||
10 chervonzev |
Spain
Currencies: Peseta (₧, 1868–2002)
Euro (€, 2002–present)
See also Spanish peseta.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña | 1851–1901 | Novelist | Peseta | 200 ₧ | obverse | 1982–2002 |
Christopher Columbus | 1451–1506 | Navigator and explorer; began European colonization of the Americas (1492) | Peseta | 5,000 ₧ | obverse | 1992–2002 |
Hernando Cortés | 1485–1547 | Conquistador of Mexico | Peseta | 1,000 ₧ | obverse | 1992–2002 |
Rosalía de Castro | 1837–1885 | Writer and poet | Peseta | 500 ₧ | obverse | 1982–2002 |
Antonio de Ulloa | 1716–1795 | Explorer and colonial administrator; served as the first Spanish governor of Louisiana (1766–1768) | Peseta | 10,000 ₧ | reverse | 1987–2002 |
Felipe VI (Prince of Asturias and King of Spain) | 1968- | Prince of Asturias (1977-2014); King of Spain (2014-) | Peseta | 10,000 ₧ | reverse | 1982–1987 |
Juan Ramón Jiménez | 1881–1958 | Poet; Nobel Prize winner (1956) | Peseta | 2,000 ₧ | obverse | 1982–1987 |
Juan Carlos I | 1938- | King of Spain (1975-2014) | Peseta | 5,000 ₧ | obverse | 1982–1987 |
10,000 ₧ | obverse | |||||
obverse | 1987–2002 | |||||
José Celestino Mutis | 1732–1808 | Botanist and mathematician | Peseta | 2,000 ₧ | obverse | 1987–2002 |
Benito Pérez Galdós | 1843–1920 | Novelist | Peseta | 1,000 ₧ | obverse | 1982–1987 |
Francisco Pizarro | 1475–1541 | Conquistador of Peru | Peseta | 1,000 ₧ | reverse | 1992–2002 |
Straits Settlements
Currency: Dollar ($; 1898-1939)
See also Straits dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George V | 1865-1936 | King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1910-1936) | Dollar | 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 1,000 dollars | Obverse | 1916-1935 |
Sudan
Currency: Sudanese pound (1957-June 8, 1992)
See also Sudanese pound.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry | 1930-2009 | 4th President of Sudan (1969-1985) | Sudanese pound | All (25 piastres-50 Sudanese pounds) | Obverse | 1981-1984 |
Suriname
Currency: Guilder (Gulden (ƒ); 1940-2003)
See also Surinamese guilder.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anton de Kom | 1898-1945 | Resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author | Guilder (Gulden) | All (5-500 guilder (gulden)) | Both | 1986-1988 |
Anthony Nesty | 1967- | Olympic swimmer who won a gold medal in the 100 meter butterfly event in the 1988 Summer Olympics | Guilder (Gulden) | 25 guilder (gulden) | Reverse | 1991-1998 |
Sweden
Currency: Krona (kr, 1873–Present)
See also Swedish krona.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles XI | 1655–1697 | King of Sweden (1660–1697) | Krona | 500 kr | obverse | 1985–1999 |
obverse | 1989–2006 | |||||
Charles XIV John | 1763–1844 | King of Sweden and Norway (1818–1844) | Krona | 1,000 kr | obverse | 1976–1998 |
Gustav I | 1496–1560 | King of Sweden (1523–1560) | Krona | 5 kr | reverse | 1890–1987 |
obverse | 1965–1998 | |||||
10 kr | reverse | 1892–1987 | ||||
obverse | 1940–1987 | |||||
50 kr | reverse | 1907-1962 | ||||
100 kr | reverse | 1907-1963 | ||||
1,000 kr | reverse | 1907–1950 | ||||
Gustav III | 1746–1792 | King of Sweden (1771–1792) | Krona | 50 kr | obverse | 1965-1990 |
Gustav V | 1858–1950 | King of Sweden (1907–1950) | Krona | 5 kr | obverse | 1948–1987 |
1,000 kr | reverse | 1952–1987 | ||||
Gustav II Adolf | 1594–1632 | King of Sweden (1611–1632) | Krona | 100 kr | obverse | 1965-1985 |
obverse | 1986–2006 | |||||
Gustaf VI Adolf | 1882–1973 | King of Sweden (1950–1973) | Krona | 5 kr | obverse | 1954–1987 |
10 kr | obverse | 1963–1998 | ||||
10,000 kr | obverse | 1958–1991 | ||||
Selma Lagerlöf | 1858–1940 | Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1909) | Krona | 20 kr | obverse | 1992–2006 |
Carl Linnaeus | 1707–1778 | Botanist, physician and zoologist; father of taxonomy | Krona | 50 kr | reverse | 1965-1990 |
Switzerland
Currency: Franc (Fr., 1850–Present)
See also Swiss franc.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francesco Borromini | 1599–1667 | Baroque architect | Franc | 100 Fr. | obverse | 1976–2000 |
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure | 1740–1799 | aristocrat, physicist; considered the founder of mountaineering | Franc | 20 Fr. | obverse | 1979–2000 |
Leonhard Euler | 1707–1783 | mathematician, physicist | Franc | 10 Fr. | obverse | 1979–2000 |
Auguste-Henri Forel | 1848–1931 | psychiatrist and neuroanatomist; studied brain structures of humans and ants | Franc | 1,000 Fr. | obverse | 1978–2000 |
Conrad Gessner | 1516–1565 | authored Historiae animalium (1551–1558), considered the foundation of modern zoology | Franc | 50 Fr. | obverse | 1978–2000 |
Gottfried Keller | 1819–1890 | writer | Franc | 10 Fr. | obverse | 1956–2000 |
Saint Martin | 316/7-397 | patron saint of soldiers | Franc | 100 Fr. | obverse | 1957–2000 |
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi | 1746–1827 | teacher and education reformer | Franc | 20 Fr. | obverse | 1930–1976 |
Albrecht von Haller | 1708–1777 | anatomist and physiologist | Franc | 500 Fr. | obverse | 1977–2000 |
Tonga
Currency: Paʻanga (T$; since 1967)
See also Tongan paʻanga.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sālote Tupou III | 1900-1965 | Queen of Tonga (1918-1965) | Paʻanga | All (1/2-10 paʻanga) | Obverse | 1967-1973 |
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV | 1918-2006 | King of Tonga (1965-2006) | Paʻanga | All (1/2-50 paʻanga) | Obverse | 1973-1995 |
Turkey
Currency: Lira (₤, 1843–2005)
New Lira (₤, 2005–present)
See also Turkish lira and Turkish new lira.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | 1881–1938 | Founder and 1st President of the Republic of Turkey (1923–1938) | Lira | ₤2½ | obverse | 1939–1952 |
obverse | 1952–1966 | |||||
obverse | 1955–1966 | |||||
obverse | 1957–1966 | |||||
obverse | 1960–1966 | |||||
₤5 | obverse | 1937–1952 | ||||
obverse | 1952–1968 | |||||
obverse | 1959–1968 | |||||
obverse | 1961–1968 | |||||
obverse | 1965–1968 | |||||
obverse | 1968–1983 | |||||
obverse | 1976–1983 | |||||
₤10 | obverse | 1938–1952 | ||||
obverse | 1952–1966 | |||||
obverse | 1953–1966 | |||||
obverse | 1958–1966 | |||||
obverse | 1960–1966 | |||||
obverse | 1961–1966 | |||||
obverse | 1963–1966 | |||||
obverse | 1966–1981 | |||||
obverse | 1975–1981 | |||||
both | 1979–1987 | |||||
both | 1982–1987 | |||||
₤20 | obverse | 1966–1987 | ||||
obverse | 1974–1987 | |||||
obverse | 1979–1987 | |||||
obverse | 1983–1987 | |||||
₤50 | obverse | 1927–1938 | ||||
obverse | 1938–1952 | |||||
obverse | 1951–1979 | |||||
obverse | 1953–1979 | |||||
obverse | 1956–1979 | |||||
obverse | 1957–1979 | |||||
obverse | 1960–1979 | |||||
obverse | 1964–1979 | |||||
obverse | 1971–1979 | |||||
obverse | 1976–1987 | |||||
obverse | 1983–1987 | |||||
₤100 | obverse | 1927–1938 | ||||
obverse | 1938–1942 | |||||
obverse | 1952–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1956–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1958–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1962–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1964–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1969–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1972–1986 | |||||
obverse | 1979–1986 | |||||
obverse | 1983–1986 | |||||
obverse | 1984–1989 | |||||
₤500 | obverse | 1927–1939 | ||||
obverse | 1939–1946 | |||||
obverse | 1953–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1959–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1962–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1968–1976 | |||||
obverse | 1971–1984 | |||||
obverse | 1974–1984 | |||||
obverse | 1983–1989 | |||||
obverse | 1984–1989 | |||||
₤1,000 | obverse | 1927–1939 | ||||
obverse | 1939–1946 | |||||
obverse | 1953–1979 | |||||
obverse | 1978–1986 | |||||
obverse | 1979–1986 | |||||
obverse | 1981–1986 | |||||
obverse | 1986–1992 | |||||
obverse | 1988–1992 | |||||
₤5,000 | obverse | 1981–1994 | ||||
obverse | 1985–1994 | |||||
obverse | 1988–1994 | |||||
obverse | 1990–1994 | |||||
₤10,000 | obverse | 1982–1995 | ||||
obverse | 1984–1995 | |||||
obverse | 1989–1995 | |||||
obverse | 1993–1995 | |||||
₤20,000 | obverse | 1988–1997 | ||||
obverse | 1995–1997 | |||||
₤50,000 | obverse | 1989–1999 | ||||
obverse | 1995–1999 | |||||
₤100,000 | both | 1991–2001 | ||||
both | 1994–2001 | |||||
both | 1996–2001 | |||||
₤250,000 | obverse | 1992–2006 | ||||
obverse | 1995–2006 | |||||
obverse | 1998–2006 | |||||
₤500,000 | obverse | 1993–2006 | ||||
obverse | 1994–2006 | |||||
obverse | 1997–2006 | |||||
₤1,000,000 | obverse | 1995–2006 | ||||
obverse | 1996–2006 | |||||
obverse | 2002–2006 | |||||
₤5,000,000 | obverse | 1997–2006 | ||||
₤10,000,000 | obverse | 1999–2006 | ||||
₤20,000,000 | obverse | 2001–2006 | ||||
Mehmet Akif Ersoy | 1873–1936 | Poet; author of the lyrics to the National Anthem | Lira | ₤100 | reverse | 1983–1989 |
reverse | 1984–1989 | |||||
İsmet İnönü | 1884–1973 | 2nd President of Turkey (1938–1950) | Lira | 50 kuruş | obverse | 1944–1947 |
₤1 | obverse | 1942–1947 | ||||
₤2½ | obverse | 1947–1952 | ||||
₤10 | obverse | 1942–1950 | ||||
obverse | 1947–1952 | |||||
obverse | 1948–1952 | |||||
₤50 | obverse | 1942–1951 | ||||
obverse | 1947–1951 | |||||
₤100 | obverse | 1942–1946 | ||||
obverse | 1947–1952 | |||||
₤500 | obverse | 1940–1946 | ||||
obverse | 1946–1953 | |||||
₤1,000 | obverse | 1940–1946 | ||||
obverse | 1946–1953 | |||||
Mehmed II | 1432–1481 | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446) and (1451–1481) | Lira | ₤1,000 | reverse | 1986–1989 |
reverse | 1988–1992 | |||||
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi | 1207–1273 | Persian theologian and poet; his followers founded the Mevlevi Order, or "Whirling Dervishes" | Lira | ₤5,000 | reverse | 1981–1994 |
reverse | 1985–1994 | |||||
reverse | 1988–1994 | |||||
Mimar Sinan | 1489–1588 | Chief architect of the Ottoman Empire (1512–1588) | Lira | ₤10,000 | reverse | 1982–1995 |
reverse | 1984–1995 | |||||
reverse | 1989–1995 | |||||
reverse | 1993–1995 |
Turkmenistan
Currency: First manat (1993-2005)
See also Turkmenistan manat.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov | 1940-2006 | 1st President of Turkmenistan (1990-2006) | First manat | All (10-500 manat); (1,000-10,000 manat); (50-10,000 manat) | Obverse | 1993-1995 (10-500 manat); 1995-2005 (1,000-10,000 manat); 2005 (50-5,000 manat) |
Ukraine
Currency: Hryvnia (pl. Hryvni and Hryven') (₴, 1996–present)
See also Ukrainian hryvnia.
Currency: Karbovanets (pl. Karbovantsi and Karbovantsiv) (1991–1996)
See also Ukrainian karbovanets.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Volodymyr I | 958-1015 | Prince of Kyiv and Novgorod (978-1015) | Hryvnia | ₴1 | obverse | 1996–1997 |
obverse | 1997–2004 | |||||
obverse | 2004–2006 | |||||
Yaroslav I | 978-1054 | Prince of Kyiv and Novgorod | Hryvnia | ₴2 | obverse | 1996–1997 |
obverse | 1997–2001 | |||||
obverse | 2001–2004 | |||||
Bohdan Khmelnytsky | 1595–1657 | Hetman of Ukraine (1648–1657) | Hryvnia | ₴5 | obverse | 1996–1997 |
obverse | 1997–1998 | |||||
obverse | 1998–2001 | |||||
obverse | 2001–2004 | |||||
Ivan Mazepa | 1640–1709 | Hetman of Ukraine (1687–1708) | Hryvnia | ₴10 | obverse | 1996–1997 |
obverse | 1997–2000 | |||||
obverse | 2000–2004 | |||||
Ivan Franko | 1856–1916 | Poet, writer and journalist | Hryvnia | ₴20 | obverse | 1996–1997 |
obverse | 1997–2000 | |||||
obverse | 2000–2003 | |||||
Mykhailo Hrushevsky | 1866–1934 | 1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918) | Hryvnia | ₴50 | obverse | 1996–2004 |
Taras Shevchenko | 1814–1861 | Poet; works considered to be the foundation of both the modern Ukrainian language and literature | Hryvnia | ₴100 | obverse | 1996–2006 |
Lubid' | 6th century | Founder of Kyiv | Karbovanets | All (1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 karbovantsiv) | obverse | 1991–1996 |
Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv | 6th century | Founders of Kyiv | Karbovanets | All (100, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 karbovantsiv) | obverse | 1992–1996 |
Volodymyr I | 958-1015 | Prince of Kyiv and Novgorod (978-1015) | Karbovanets | All (10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000, 200,000, 500,000 karbovantsiv) | obverse | 1993–1996 |
Taras Shevchenko | 1814–1861 | Poet; works considered to be the foundation of both the modern Ukrainian language and literature | Karbovanets | 1,000,000 | obverse | 1995–2006 |
United Kingdom
Currency: Pound Sterling (£, 1158–Present in England; 1695–Present in Scotland)
See also Banknotes of the pound sterling.
England & Wales
Bank of England
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Darwin | 1809–1882 | Naturalist | Pound Sterling | £10 | reverse | 2000–2018 |
Charles Dickens | 1812–1870 | Writer and social critic | Pound Sterling | £10 | reverse | 1992–2003 |
Edward Elgar | 1857–1934 | Composer | Pound Sterling | £20 | reverse | 1999–2010 |
Elizabeth II | 1926- | Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-) | Pound Sterling | £1 | obverse | 1978–1988 |
£5 | obverse | 1971–1991 | ||||
obverse | 1990–2003 | |||||
obverse | 2002–2017 | |||||
£10 | obverse | 1975–1994 | ||||
obverse | 1992–2003 | |||||
obverse | 2000–2018 | |||||
£20 | obverse | 1970–1993 | ||||
obverse | 1991–2001 | |||||
£50 | obverse | 1981–1996 | ||||
Elizabeth Fry | 1780-1845 | Reformer | Pound sterling | £5 | reverse | 2002-2017 |
Michael Faraday | 1791–1867 | Physicist and chemist; significantly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry | Pound Sterling | £20 | reverse | 1991–2001 |
Isaac Newton | 1643–1727 | Physicist, mathematician and astronomer | Pound Sterling | £1 | reverse | 1978–1988 |
Florence Nightingale | 1820–1910 | Pioneer of modern nursing[lower-alpha 1] | Pound Sterling | £10 | reverse | 1975–1994 |
William Shakespeare | 1564–1616 | Playwright and poet; regarded as the greatest writer of the English language | Pound Sterling | £20 | reverse | 1970–1993 |
George Stephenson | 1781–1848 | Co-Created the Steam Locomotive 'The Rocket' | Pound Sterling | £5 | reverse | 1990–2003 |
Arthur Wellesley | 1769–1852 | 1st Duke of Wellington (1814–1852); Prime Minister (1828–1830 and 1834) | Pound Sterling | £5 | reverse | 1971–1991 |
Christopher Wren | 1632–1723 | Architect; designer of St. Paul's Cathedral | Pound Sterling | £50 | reverse | 1981–1996 |
John Houblon | 1632-1710 | 1st Governor of the Bank of England (1694-1697) | Pound sterling | £50 | reverse | 1994-2014 |
Scotland
Clydesdale Bank
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert the Bruce | 1274–1329 | King of the Scots (1306-1329) | £1 | obverse | 1971-c.1989 |
David Livingstone | 1813–1873 | Scottish missionary and explorer in Central Africa. | £10 | obverse | 1971–1998 |
Lord Kelvin | 1824–1907 | mathematical physicist and engineer | £20 | obverse | 1971-c.1989 |
United States of America
Currency: Dollar ($, 1792–Present)
See also Federal Reserve Note, Large denominations of United States currency and United States dollar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Bradford | 1590–1657 | 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (1621–1651) | Dollar | $10,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
William Brewster | 1566–1644 | leader and pastor of Plymouth Colony | Dollar | $10,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
John Carver | 1576–1621 | 1st Governor of Plymouth Colony (1620–1621) | Dollar | $10,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
Salmon P. Chase | 1808–1873 | 25th Secretary of the Treasury (1861–1864) | Dollar | $10,000 | obverse | 1918–1928 |
1929–1969 | ||||||
Grover Cleveland | 1837–1908 | 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1885–1889 (22nd Presidential term) and 1893–1897 (24th Presidential term) | Dollar | $1,000 | obverse | 1929–1969 |
Hernando de Soto | 1496/7-1542 | Spanish explorer; first European explorer to find the Mississippi River (1542) | Dollar | $500 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
Elbridge Gerry | 1744–1814 | Delegate, Continental Congress (1782–1785); 4th Vice President of the United States (1813-1814) | Dollar | $5,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
Alexander Hamilton | 1755/7-1804 | 1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789–1795) | Dollar | $1,000 | obverse | 1918–1928 |
Thomas Jefferson | 1743–1826 | Delegate, Continental Congress (1783–1784); 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809) | Dollar | $5,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
James Madison | 1751–1836 | Delegate, Continental Congress (1780–1783); 4th President of the United States (1809-1817) | Dollar | $5,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
4th President of the United States (1809–1817) | obverse | 1929–1969 | ||||
John Marshall | 1755–1835 | 4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1801–1835) | Dollar | $500 | obverse | 1918–1928 |
William McKinley | 1843–1901 | 25th President of the United States (1897–1901) | Dollar | $500 | obverse | 1929–1969 |
Thomas Mifflin | 1744–1800 | President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1783–1784) | Dollar | $5,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
James Monroe | 1758–1831 | Delegate, Continental Congress (1783–1786); 5th President of the United States (1817-1825) | Dollar | $5,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
John Robinson | 1575–1625 | organizer of the Mayflower voyage | Dollar | $10,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
Myles Standish | 1584–1656 | military commander of Plymouth Colony | Dollar | $10,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
George Washington | 1732–1799 | Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775–1783); 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) | Dollar | $5,000 | reverse | 1918–1928 |
Venezuela
Currency: Venezuelan bolívar (1879-2008)
Venezuelan bolívar fuerte (Bs.F., 2007-2018)
See also Venezuelan bolívar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francisco de Miranda | 1750–1816 | Military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain | Bolívar fuerte | 2 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2007-2013 |
Pedro Camejo | 1790–1821 | Soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain | Bolívar fuerte | 5 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2007-2014 |
Guaicaipuro | c1530-1568 | Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization | Bolívar fuerte | 10 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2007-2014 |
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi | 1799–1866 | Heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence | Bolívar fuerte | 20 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2007-2014 |
Simón Rodríguez | 1769–1854 | Philosopher and educator | Bolívar fuerte | 50 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2007-2015 |
Simón Bolívar | 1783–1830 | Military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain | Bolívar fuerte | 100 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2007-2015 |
Francisco de Miranda | 1750–1816 | Military leader during the struggle for independence from Spain | Bolívar fuerte | 500 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2016 |
Pedro Camejo | 1790–1821 | Soldier during the struggle for independence from Spain | Bolívar fuerte | 1,000 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2016-2018 |
Guaicaipuro | c1530-1568 | Venezuelan indigenous leader against Spanish colonization | Bolívar fuerte | 2,000 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2016-2018 |
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi | 1799–1866 | Heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence | Bolívar fuerte | 5,000 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2016-2018 |
Simón Rodríguez | 1769–1854 | Philosopher and educator | Bolívar fuerte | 10,000 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2016-2018 |
Simón Bolívar | 1783–1830 | Military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain | Bolívar fuerte | 20,000 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2016-2018 |
Simón Bolívar | 1783–1830 | Military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain | Bolívar fuerte | 100,000 bolívares fuertes | obverse | 2017-2018 |
Vietnam, South
Currency: South Vietnamese đồng (Đ; 1953-1978)
See also South Vietnamese đồng.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lê Văn Duyệt | 1763 or 1764-1832 | General | South Vietnamese đồng | 100 Đ | Obverse | 1966 |
Nguyễn Huệ (Quang Trung) | 1753-1792 | Second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty (1788-1792) | South Vietnamese đồng | 200 Đ | Both | 1966 |
Trān-Hu'ng-Šao | South Vietnamese đồng | 500 Đ | Obverse | 1966 | ||
Trương Công Định | 1820-1864 | Leading a guerrilla army in southern Vietnam against the French invasion in defiance of emperor Tự Đức | South Vietnamese đồng | 1,000 Đ | Obverse | 1972 (not issued) |
Weimar Republic
Currency: Reichsmark (ℛℳ; 1924-1948)
See also Reichsmark.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albrecht Daniel Thaer | 1752-1828 | Agronomist and an avid supporter of the humus theory for plant nutrition | Reichsmark | ℛℳ10 | Obverse | 1929-1936 |
Werner von Siemens | 1816-1892 | Inventor and industrialist; his name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens. He was also the founder of the electrical and telecommunications company Siemens | Reichsmark | ℛℳ20 | Obverse | 1929-1936 |
David Justus Ludwig Hansemann | 1790-1864 | Prussian Minister of Finance (1848) | Reichsmark | ℛℳ50 | Obverse | 1929-1936 |
Justus Freiherr von Liebig | 1803-1873 | Chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and was considered the founder of organic chemistry; As a professor at the University of Giessen, he devised the modern laboratory-oriented teaching method, and for such innovations, he is regarded one of the greatest chemistry teachers of all time; He has been described as the "father of the fertilizer industry" for his emphasis on nitrogen and trace minerals as essential plant nutrients, and his formulation of the Law of the Minimum which described how plant growth relied on the scarcest nutrient resource (limiting factor), rather than the total amount of resources available | Reichsmark | ℛℳ100 | Obverse | 1929-1936 |
Karl Friedrich Schinkel | 1781-1841 | Architect, city planner, and painter | Reichsmark | ℛℳ1,000 | Obverse | 1929-1936 |
Yugoslavia
Currency: Dinar (pl. Dinara; din. and дин.; 1918-2003)
See also Banknotes of the Yugoslavian dinar and Yugoslavian dinar.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter II Karađorđević | 1923-1970 | King of Yugoslaiva (1934-1945) | 1929-1939 Dinar | 10, 20, 500 and 10,000 dinara | Obverse | 1939 (10 dinara), 1936 (20 dinara), 1935 (500 dinara), 1936 (10,000 dinara) |
Alexander I | 1888-1934 | King of Yugoslavia (1929-1934) | 1929-1939 Dinar | 50 dinara | Obverse | 1931 |
Queen Maria | 1900-1961 | Queen consort of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1922-1929); Queen of Yugoslavia (1929-1934) | 1929-1939 Dinar | 1,000 dinara | Obverse | 1931-1935 |
Milivoje Rodić | Partisan; colonel of the Yugoslav army | 1944 Dinar | All (1-1,000 dinara) | Obverse | 1944 (1-1,000 dinara) | |
Milivoje Rodić | Partisan; colonel of the Yugoslav army | 1946 Dinar | 500 dinara | Obverse | 1946 | |
Arif Heralić | 1922-1971 | Blast furnace worker | 1955 Dinar | 1,000 dinara | Obverse | 1955-1963 |
Arif Heralić | 1922-1971 | Blast furnace worker | 1966 Dinar | 10 dinara | Obverse | 1965-1981 |
Nikola Tesla | 1856-1943 | Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor | 1966 Dinar | 500 dinara | Obverse | 1970-1986 |
Alija Sirotanović | 1914-1990 | Miner; recipient of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour | 1985 Dinar | 20,000 dinara | Obverse | 1987 |
Josip Broz Tito | 1892-1980 | Leader of the Partisans; 4th President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1939-1980); 1st Federal Secretary of National Defense (1945-1953); 1st Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1961-1964); 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1944-1963); 1st President of Yugoslavia (1953-1980) | 1985-1990 Dinar | 5,000, 100, 500 and 1,000 dinara | Obverse | 1985 (5,000 dinara); was considered for issue in 1990 (100, 500 and 1,000 dinara) |
Nikola Tesla | 1856-1943 | Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor | 1992 Dinar | 1,000, 5,000,000 and 10,000,000,000 dinara | Obverse | 1990-1991 (1,000 dinara); 1993 (5,000,000 dinara); 1993 (10,000,000,000 dinara) |
Ivo Andrić | 1892-1975 | Novelist, poet and short story writer; recipient of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature | 1990-1992 Dinar | 5,000 and 10,000,000 dinara | Obverse | 1991-1992 (5,000 dinara); 1993 (10,000,000 dinara) |
Nikola Tesla | 1856-1943 | Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor | 1993 Dinar | 5,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić | 1787-1864 | Philologist and linguist; reformer of the Serbian language | 1993 Dinar | 10,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš | 1813-1851 | Prince-Bishop of Montenegro | 1993 Dinar | 50,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Dimitrije "Dositej" Obradović | 1739-1811 | Writer, philosopher, dramatist, librettist, linguist, traveler, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia | 1993 Dinar | 500,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Đorđe Petrović (Karađorđe) | 1768-1817 | Grand Vožd of Serbia (1804-1813); President of the Administering Council (1811-1813) | 1993 Dinar | 5,000,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (Michael I. Pupin) | 1858-1935 | Physicist and physical chemist | 1993 Dinar | 50,000,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Jovan Cvijić | 1865-1927 | Geographer and ethnologist | 1993 Dinar | 500,000,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Georgije "Đura" Jakšić | 1832-1878 | Poet, painter, writer, dramatist, bohemian and patriot | 1993 Dinar | 5,000,000,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Miloš Obrenović | 1780-1860 | Prince of Serbia (1815-1839; 1858-1860) | 1993 Dinar | 50,000,000,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj | 1833-1904 | Poet | 1993 Dinar | 500,000,000,000 dinara | Obverse | 1993 |
Josif Pančić | 1814-1888 | Botanist | 1994 Dinar | 10 dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Nikola Tesla | 1856-1943 | Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor | 1994 Dinar | 100 dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš | 1813-1851 | Prince-Bishop of Montenegro | 1994 Dinar | 1,000 dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Dimitrije "Dositej" Obradović | 1739-1811 | Writer, philosopher, dramatist, librettist, linguist, traveler, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia | 1994 Dinar | 5,000 dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Đorđe Petrović (Karađorđe) | 1768-1817 | Grand Vožd of Serbia (1804-1813); President of the Administering Council (1811-1813) | 1994 Dinar | 50,000 dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Jovan Cvijić | 1865-1927 | Geographer and ethnologist | 1994 Dinar | 500,000 dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Ivo Andrić | 1892-1975 | Novelist, poet and short story writer; recipient of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature | 1994 Dinar | 10,000,000 dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Josif Pančić | 1814-1888 | Botanist | New (Novi/Novih) Dinar | 1 New (novi) dinar | Obverse | 1994 |
Nikola Tesla | 1856-1943 | Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor | New (Novi/Novih) Dinar | 5 New (novih) dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš | 1813-1851 | Prince-Bishop of Montenegro | New (Novi/novih) Dinar | 10 New (novih) dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Georgije "Đura" Jakšić | 1832-1878 | Poet, painter, writer, dramatist, bohemian and patriot | New (Novi/novih) dinar | 20 New (novih) dinara | Obverse | 1994 |
Miloš Obrenović | 1780-1860 | Prince of Serbia (1815-1839; 1858-1860) | New (Novi/novih) Dinar | 50 New (novih) dinara | Obverse | 1996 |
Dimitrije "Dositej" Obradović | 1739-1811 | Writer, philosopher, dramatist, librettist, linguist, traveler, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia | New (Novi/novh) Dinar | 100 dinara | Obverse | 1996 |
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić | 1787-1864 | Philologist and linguist; reformer of the Serbian language | Dinar | 10 dinara | Both | 2000-2007 |
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš | 1813-1851 | Prince-Bishop of Montenegro | Dinar | 20 dinara | Both | 2000-2007 |
Stevan Stojanović | 1856-1914 | Composer and music educator | Dinar | 50 dinara | Both | 2000-2007 |
Nikola Tesla | 1856-1943 | Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor | Dinar | 100 dinara | Both | 2000-2007 |
Nadežda Petrović | 1873-1915 | Painter | Dinar | 200 dinara | Both | 2001-2007 |
Đorđe Vajfert | 1850-1937 | 3rd Governor of the National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia (1890-1892); 5th Governor of the National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1912-1926) | Dinar | 1,000 dinara | Both | 2001-2007 |
Slobodan Jovanović | 1869-1958 | 19th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1942-1943) | Dinar | 5,000 dinara | Both | 2002-2007 |
Zaire
Currency: Zaire (Z; 1967-1997)
See also: Zairean zaire.
Person | Years of Birth/Death | Reason for Honor | Currency | Denomination | Obverse or Reverse | Years of Circulation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mobutu Sese Seko (b. Joseph-Desiré Mobutu) | 1930-1997 | President of Zaire (1967-1997) | Makuta/Zaire | All (50 makuta/5,000,000 zaires) | Obverse | 1972-1993 |
New Likuta/New Makuta/New Zaire | All (1 new likuta/1,000,000 new zaires) | 1993-1996 | ||||
Notes
- "Current Banknotes : Bank of Scotland". The Committee of Scottish Bankers (CSCB). Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- "Current issue notes". Royal Bank of Scotland. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- "Commemorative notes". Royal Bank of Scotland. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- "Scotland new 10-pound commemorative note confirmed". Banknote News. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- "Current Banknotes : Clydesdale Bank". The Committee of Scottish Bankers (CSCB). Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- Design incorporating Florence Nightingale suggested by Sydney Selwyn.
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