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Currency
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> colourful five dollar Australian note. In 1965, Australia
> adopted the name "royal" for its currency, but it
> was later dropped in favour of the
> dollar.
BAHAMAS
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> Bahamian one dollar note, showing the Royal Bahamas
police
> force band.
CANADA
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> Canadian banknote for five dollars, depicting
children
> playing ice hockey. The verse is from a Roch Carrier
short
> story, and reads: "The winters of my childhood were
> long, long seasons. We lived in three places - the
school,
> the church and the skating rink
> - but our real life was on the skating
> rink."
>
COSTA RICA
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> Costa Rican banknote for five colones. It shows
Rafael
> Yglesia Castro, president of Costa Rica from 1894 to
1902
> and a Guaria Morada orchid, Costa Rica's national
> flower. The current series of banknotes is being
replaced
> throughout 2010.
EGYPT
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> note for one Egyptian pound. All Egyptian banknotes are
> bilingual
FRANCE
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> colourful, floral 1000 note from French Polynesia, where
> the currency is the CPF franc.
HONDURAS
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> one lempira note from Honduras. The lempira was introduced
> in 1931, and is named after a 16th century
> ruler.
INDIA
Indian
> 1000 Rupee note bearing the image of the nation's
> father, Mohandas K. Gandhi in front and a combine harvester,
> an offshore oil derrick, a satellite, and a steel furnace,
> with a young girl working at a computer at the
> back.
INDONASIA
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> Indonesian note for 10000 rupiah. The word
> rupiah derives from the Indian rupee. This note
> shows traditional houses in the city of
> Palembang.
>
MALAYSIA
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> five ringgit note from Malaysia showing the Kuala Lumpur
> International Airport, the Petronas Twin Towers, and the
> Multimedia Super Corrido
NEW ZEALAND
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> New Zealand note for five dollars, depicting New
> Zealand's native hoiho, or yellow-eyed
> penguin.
>
PAKISTAN
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> five rupee note from Pakistan. The port depicted is Gwadar
> port, which opened in 2008.
>
SOUTH AFRICA
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> 20 rand note from South Africa. Each in this series of
> banknotes features a different animal from the "big
> five".
>
SURINAMESE
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> Surinamese ten dollar note. The dollar replaced the
> Surinamese guilder in January 2004.
>
THAILAND
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> 500 baht note from Thailand. This is roughly equivalent to
> £10 of British money.
>
UAE
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> 100 dirham note from the UAE, showing the World Trade
> Centre. A falcon watermark is placed on all UAE banknotes to
> help prevent fraud.
>
LIBYA
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> one dinar note from Libya. The dinar replaced the pound in
> 1971.
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