Currency Collection

Posted byslin1923Posted inUncategorized

Jump To:

Euros €

10 €

Obverse: generic archway symbolizing openness
Reverse: generic bridge symbolizing communication

5 €

Obverse: generic archway symbolizing openness
Reverse: generic bridge symbolizing communication

2 €

Common Reverse Side
France: Tree of Liberty
Italy: Dante Alighieri
Germany: 2024 Commemorative Coin: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

0.50 €

Common Reverse Side
Italy: Marcus Aurelius on horseback

0.20 €

Common Reverse Side
France: The Sower (La Semeuse)
Germany: Brandenburg Gate

0.10 €

Common Reverse Side
Italy: The Birth of Venus
France: The Sower (La Semeuse)
Spain: Miguel de Cervantes
Portugal: Seal of Portugal

0.05 €

Common Reverse Side
France; Marianne (Female Personification of French Rep.)

0.02 €

Common Reverse Side
France; Marianne (Female Personification of French Rep.)

0.01 €

Common Reverse Side
France; Marianne (Female Personification of French Rep.)
Austria: Genetian Flower

0 € (meme souvenir, though officially recognized within the Eurozone)

Pounds £

£ 5

Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
Reverse: Winston Churchill

£ 1

Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
Reverse: Nations of the Crown

50 p

Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
Reverse: Brittania – the personification of Britain

20 p

Obverse: Elizabeth II
Reverse: The Crowned Tudor Rose

5 p

Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
Reverse: The Royal Shield

2 p

Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
Reverse: 3-Plume ostrich feather Prince of Wales Badge

1 p

Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
Reverse: Portcullis

Taiwanese Yuan (元)

Obverse: Sun Yat-sen
Reverse: Chung-Shan Building

Japanese Yen ¥

10 ¥

Obverse: 10
Reverse: Byodo-In Temple – Uji, Japan

Korean Won (₩)

1000 ₩

Obverse: Yi Hwang, ancient scholar
Reverse: Gaesang junggeodo painting

Brazilian Real (R$)

50 R$

Obverse: Efigie da Republica
Reverse: Jaguar

20 R$

Obverse: Efigie da Republica
Reverse: golden lion Tamarin

10 R$

Obverse: Efigie da Republica
Reverse: green-winged Macaw

5 R$

Obverse: Efigie da Republica
Reverse (post 1994): horizontal 2 egrets
Obverse: Efigie da Republica
Reverse (pre 1994): single vertical egret

2 R$

Obverse: Efigie da Republica
Reverse: Hawksbill sea turtle

Swedish Krona (SEK)

*never visited. Courtesy of a former roommate.

20 SEK

Obverse: Astrid Lindgren (author) & Pippi Longstocking
Reverse: Småland

50 SEK

Obverse: Evert Taube (musician)
Reverse: Bohuslän

100 SEK

Obverse: Great Garbo (actress)
Reverse: Stockholm

200 SEK

Obverse: Ingmar Bergman (film director)
Reverse: Island of Fårö

500 SEK

Obverse: Birgit Nilsson (opera soprano)
Reverse: Öresund Bridge & Skåne

Icelandic Krona (ISK)

5000 ISK

Obverse: Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir (seamstress)
Reverse: Ragnheiður teaching her craft

1000 ISK

Obverse: Brynjólfur Sveinsson (bishop)
Reverse: Brynjólfskirkja (church)

500 ISK

Obverse: Jón Sigurðsson (leader of Icelandic independence)
Reverse: Sigurðsson working

100 ISK

Obverse: Lumpfish (so ugly)
Reverse: Landvættir (spirit protectors of Iceland)

50 ISK

Obverse: Atlantic Green Crab
Reverse: Landvættir (spirit protectors of Iceland)

10 ISK

Obverse: Capelin
Reverse: Landvættir (spirit protectors of Iceland)

5 ISK

Obverse: Atlantic Dolphin
Reverse: Landvættir (spirit protectors of Iceland)

1 ISK

Obverse: Atlantic Cod
Reverse: Landvættir (spirit protectors of Iceland)

Hong Kong Dollar (HK$)

100 HK$ (issued by Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation)

Obverse: HSBC lion statue
Reverse: HKSAR Establishment Day

Vietnamese Dong (₫)

2000 ₫

Obverse: Hồ Chí Minh
Reverse: Nam Định Textile Factory

Cambodian Riel (៛)

500 ៛

Obverse: King Norodom Sihamoni
Reverse: Kizuna Bridge

1000 ៛

Obverse: Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Reverse: Throne Hall

10000 ៛

Obverse: King Norodom Sihamoni
Reverse: Neak Pean temple ruins

Leave a comment