Tuesday 27 January 2015

Banknote of Pakistan

The Pakistani rupee (Urdu: روپیہ‎ / ALA-LC: Rūpiyah; ISO code: PKR) is the official currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of the country.

Rs,10/- or 10 Rupees banknote

Saturday 24 January 2015

Banknotes of Taiwan

The New Taiwan dollar has been the currency of Taiwan since 1949 when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar. Originally issued by the Bank of Taiwan, it has been issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2000. The currency code is TWD, and its common abbreviation is NT$.

The current series of banknotes for the new Taiwan dollar began circulation in July 2000. This set was introduced when the new Taiwan dollar succeeded the silver yuan as the official currency within Taiwan. The current set includes banknotes for NT$100, NT$200, NT$500, NT$1000, and NT$2000. Note that the NT$200 and NT$2000 banknotes are not commonly used by consumers.

100 New Taiwan Dollar banknote
100 Taiwan dollar banknote

500 New Taiwan Dollar banknote
500 New Taiwan Dollar banknote

1000 New Taiwan Dollar banknote
1000 New Taiwan Dollar banknote

Tuesday 20 January 2015

BRUNEI. 1989 Series/Third Series

The Brunei dollar, has been the currency of the Sultanate of Brunei since 1967. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively B$ to distinguish it from other dollar-dominated currencies, It is divided into 100 sen (Malay) or cents (English).
The Brunei dollar is managed together with the Singapore dollar at a 1:1 ratio by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

The Monetary Authority of Brunei Darussalam (Malay: Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam, abbreviated as AMBD) is the central bank of Brunei.

1989 Series or Third series - the post independence series.
1 Dollar banknote
1989 Series 1 Dollar Brunei banknote

This note amongst the first foreign note I ever got which spawned my love for collecting bank notes.

Friday 2 January 2015

MALAYSIA (The First Series)

Bank Negara Malaysia began issuing currency notes in June 1967. These banknotes were in five denominations: $1, $5, $10, $50 and $100. A $1,000 denomination note was issued on 2 September 1968. 

The basic design of these banknotes was common across all denominations. The obverse depicted a portrait of His Majesty the first King, together with the words `Bank Negara Malaysia’. The words `legal tender’, the face value and the signature of Tun Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, the first Malaysian appointed as the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, appeared on the obverse of these banknotes. The reverse had the Bank Negara Malaysia logo, with a background of geometrical designs. The banknotes’ security features included a tiger’s head watermark on the left and a security thread on the right.  Source: BNM

1 Ringgit banknote
1st series 1 Ringgit  malaysia banknote
 1 Ringgit Malaysia banknote

10 Ringgit banknote
1st series 10 Ringgit  malaysia banknote
 1st series 10 Ringgit  malaysia banknote

Signature of the 2nd Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia Tun Ismail bin Mohamed Ali (Julai 1962 - Julai 1980)


Fun fact about Malaysia banknote.