Currency Showoff - Page 2

Chesner

Iceland817 Posts

July 07 2010 03:30 GMT

#21

1 Króna
This króna coin was first put into circulation in 1981. Its diameter is 21.5 mm and it weighs 4.5 grams. Its metal composition is 75% copper and 25% nickel. The edge is milled. The obverse shows a giant, one of the four guardian spirits of Iceland, and the reverse is a cod (Gadus morhua).

In 1989 a one-króna coin was put into circulation with a different metal composition (nickel-plated steel) and lighter, weighing 4.0 grams.

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5 Krónur
Put into circulation in 1981. Diameter 24.5 mm and weight 6.5 grams. Its metal composition is 75% copper and 25% nickel. The edge is milled. The obverse is a stylised representation of the four guardian spirits of Iceland, while the reverse shows two dolphins (Delphinus delphis).

In 1996 a 5 krónur coin was put into circulation with a different metal composition (nickel-plated steel) and lighter, weighing 5.6 grams.

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10 Krónur
Put into circulation in 1984. Diameter 27.5 mm, thickness 1.78 mm and weight 8.0 grams. Its metal composition is 75% copper and 25% nickel. The edge is milled. The obverse is a stylised representation of the four guardian spirits of Iceland, while the reverse shows four capelin (Mallotus villosus).

In 1996 a 10 krónur coin was put into circulation with a different metal composition (nickel-plated steel), weighing 6.9 grams. In other respects the features are the same.

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50 Krónur
Put into circulation in 1987. Diameter 23 mm, thickness 2.6 mm and weight 8.25 grams. Its metal composition is nickel brass (70% copper, 24.5% zinc and 5.5% nickel). The edge is milled. The obverse is a stylised representation of the four guardian spirits of Iceland. The reverse shows a shore crab (Carcinus maenas).

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100 Krónur
Put into circulation in 1995. Diameter 25.5 mm, thickness 2.25 mm and weight 8.5 grams. Its metal composition is nickel brass (70% copper, 24.5% zinc and 5.5% nickel). The edge is alternately plain and milled. The obverse is a stylised representation of the four guardian spirits of Iceland. The reverse shows a lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus).

The picture sizes are somewhat askew, 10 krónur is biggest then 100 then 50 then 5 then 1 being smallest in actual size.

500 Krónur (500 Kall)
First put into circulation in 1986. In November 2003 the Central Bank put an upgraded design of the 5000 kr. note into circulation. Size: 70 x 155 mm.
Predominant colour: blue on multicoloured underprint.
Obverse: Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir (1646-1715), third wife of Gísli Þorláksson, Bishop of Hólar; and the bishop and his two earlier wives, Gróa Þorleifsdóttir and Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir.
Reverse: Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir instructing two girls in embroidery, with initials from her pattern book at the side.
The borders and main pattern on both sides, and the embroidered lettering on the obverse, are copied from the Laufáskirkja altar cloth at the National Museum of Iceland.
Blind recognition feature: three vertical lines intaglio-printed on the obverse.

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What you can purchase? Coke and Snickers.

1000 Krónur (Þúsund kall)
First put into circulation in 1984. In November 2004, the Central Bank of Iceland put an upgraded design of the 1000 kr. note into circulation. Size: 70 x 150 mm.
Predominant colour: purple on multicoloured underprint.
Obverse: Brynjólfur Sveinsson (1605-1675), Bishop of Skálholt, with borders and background featuring pictures from a bedspread at the National Museum; the written denomination is in a typeface matching the inscription on the baptismal font at Brynjólfskirkja [Brynjólfur?s church], Skálholt.
Reverse: Brynjólfskirkja church (1650-1802) at Skálholt, with a cross-section of it in the background. The main pattern is the same as on the borders on the obverse. At the side is an image of the Madonna from a gold ring owned by Bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson.
Blind recognition feature: two vertical lines intaglio-printed on the obverse.

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What can you purchase? Movie ticket is 1100.

2000 Krónur (Tvöþúsund kall)
First put into circulation in 1995. Size: 70 x 150 mm.
Predominant colour: brown and yellow (obverse) and blue-violet and yellow (reverse) on multicoloured underprint.
Obverse: Artist Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885-1972); in the background is a stylised detail from his painting Outside and Inside.
Reverse: Kjarval's painting Yearning for Flight and his drawing Woman and Flowers.
Identification feature: open intaglio-printed triangle on the obverse.

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What can you purchase? Cheap DVD's, not the newest

Newest are around 3000.

5000 Krónur (Fimmþúsund kall)
First put into circulation in 1986. In November 2003 the Central Bank put an upgraded design of the 5000 kr. note into circulation. Size: 70 x 155 mm.
Predominant colour: blue on multicoloured underprint.
Obverse: Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir (1646-1715), third wife of Gísli Þorláksson, Bishop of Hólar; and the bishop and his two earlier wives, Gróa Þorleifsdóttir and Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir.
Reverse: Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir instructing two girls in embroidery, with initials from her pattern book at the side.
The borders and main pattern on both sides, and the embroidered lettering on the obverse, are copied from the Laufáskirkja altar cloth at the National Museum of Iceland.
Blind recognition feature: three vertical lines intaglio-printed on the obverse.

See security features here!
What can you purchase? New PC games are generally around 5k, although 6k more normally I guess.

Fun fact, ISK or Intersteller Kredit the currency in the MMO Eve Online is actually a homage to the icelandic currency, since the developers are icelandic.

Fun fact2, the watermarks for each bill is a picture of Jón Sigurðsson, the man displayed in the 500 krónu bill.

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Images and text found on http://www.sedlabanki.is and http://www.online-kredit-index.de

SoLaR[i.C]

United States2969 Posts

July 07 2010 03:49 GMT

#22

That 2000 Krónur note looks super ornate.

You also showed me up by posting coinage. Nice work

Chesner

Iceland817 Posts

July 07 2010 03:52 GMT

#23

On July 07 2010 12:49 SoLaR[i.C] wrote:
That 2000 Krónur note looks super ornate.

You also showed me up by posting coinage. Nice work

I really like the 2000 krónur, its just pretty rare nowadays

My grandma usually gives me like few of those on my birthdays. ^^ And thanks, I went into this whole-heartedly.. then when I started reading
about my currency enthusiasm just got to me and I wanted to do this properly!

0neheart

United States92 Posts

July 07 2010 03:56 GMT

#24

On July 07 2010 12:21 Luddite wrote:
I've always wondered why we use Andrew Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant on our currency. They were both horrible, horrible presidents. Jackson basically ordered genocide against the Native Americans.

that's debatable. he was controversial, but he did lots of good things.

grant's presidency was terrible but the main reason he's important was because fo the civil war.

holy_war

United States3590 Posts

July 07 2010 04:26 GMT

#25

I wonder how much this could buy me...

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Inschato

Canada1349 Posts

July 07 2010 04:39 GMT

#26

That's kind of strange, wikipedia says Zimbabwe uses US Dollars (which seems rather strange on it's own), so that bill obviously isn't those, or is just plain fake :p (Or the wiki is mistaken, of course)

holy_war

United States3590 Posts

July 07 2010 04:42 GMT

#27

On July 07 2010 13:39 Inschato wrote:
That's kind of strange, wikipedia says Zimbabwe uses US Dollars (which seems rather strange on it's own), so that bill obviously isn't those, or is just plain fake :p (Or the wiki is mistaken, of course)

Nah, it was when Zimbabwe was facing hyperinflation during 2006-2009 when they had to trim around 12-15 zeroes off their currency twice? or something like that. The $100 trillion bill (I have seen one) was right before they slashed off a shit ton of zeroes. I believe the Zimbabwe currency isnt stable enough to be used (not sure though).

Subversion

South Africa3627 Posts

July 07 2010 04:51 GMT

#28

Hehe yeah the "rainbow wallet" is actually really nice, can easily identify what each denomination is without really looking.

Like Canadian and Icelandic money too, nice and colourful :D Icelandic money looks like something people discover in an ancient civilisation excavation or something!

That Zimbabwe note is real, I know because I have one

Also have a 50 billion dollar one. Their currency collapsed so insanely - as is obvious there. They started using the US dollar and our South African rand on the black market - which became the only place to trade, as shops were legally forced to fix their prices at insanely low rates and would sell out and not restock, as they were just losing money.

It's really terrible what happened there. Have some Zim friends who's go out to dinner and take a shopping bag full of cash just to pay. The currency was literally unusable.

They then cut 12 zeroes off their currency, lolwat.

SoLaR[i.C]

United States2969 Posts

July 07 2010 05:33 GMT

#29

Since I live in California/Texas, I inevitably have a few Mexican notes. I'll do the posting since I don't think TL has a large Mexican population.

10 Peso Note (Emiliano Zapata)
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20 Peso Note (Benito Juarez)
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50 Peso Note (Jose Maria Morelos)
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100 Peso Note (Nezahualcoyotl)
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200 Peso Note (Juana Ines de la Cruz)

500 Peso Note (Ignacio Zaragoza)
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1000 Peso Note (Miguel Hidalgo)

SoLaR[i.C]

United States2969 Posts

July 07 2010 06:08 GMT

#30

Was doing some browsing and found this note from Hong Kong... How crazy is that?
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il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

July 07 2010 06:09 GMT

#31

On July 07 2010 11:32 Subversion wrote:
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Here's the Korean won, where I live at the moment

I'll explain who the people are on each note.

They have a 1000 won note, a 5000 won note, and a 10000 won note. These equal about 80 cents, 4 dollars and 8 dollars respectively.

1000 won:

This dude is Yi Hwang (1501-1570), a child prodigy and one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I (Yulgok). On his death, Yi Hwang was posthumously promoted to the highest ministerial rank, and his mortuary tablet is housed in a Confucian shrine as well as in the shrine of King Seonjo. He was the author of many books on Confucianism, and he also published a "shijo" collection, a short poetic form popular with the literati of the Choson period. During forty years of public life he served four kings (Junjong, Injong, Myeongjong and Seonjo), and his interpretation of the "li-chi" dualism gained him fame in Korea and beyond.

5000 won:

This is Yi Hwang's contemporary, Yi L. He was also a child prodigy who knew Chinese script at the age of three and composed poems in Classical Chinese before he had reached his seventh birthday. By the age of seven, he had finished his lessons in the Confucian Classics, and he passed the Civil Service literary examination at the age of 13.

According to a legend, he had a villa built near the ford of the Imjin River in his lifetime and instructed his heirs to set it ablaze when the king had to flee northward from Seoul, to provide a guiding beacon. This took place during Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea at the Battle of the Imjin River (1592).

10000 won:

Sejong the Great (May 7, 1397 – May 18, 1450, r. 1418 – 1450) was the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He is best remembered for creating the Korean alphabet Hangul, despite strong opposition from the scholars educated in hanja (Chinese script). Sejong is one of only two Korean rulers posthumously honored with the appellation "the Great", the other being Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo.

He invented the Korean writing system, therefore he is badass and on their money

You forgot the 50,000 won!