President Franklin Pierce in the Center, Commerce on the right, Ceres on the left
This railroad paper money was circulated by The Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad Bank. It was chartered in March 1835 by the Michigan Legislative Council. It was established during the free banking era - when lots of scandals and cheats were setting up...
This one peso note was issued by the Bank of Mexico (Banco de Mexico). The obverse features the Aztec sun stone, and the reverse is red and shows the Independence Monument.
The American Bank Note Company of New York printed these notes, and the...
This one cruzeiro bank note features the head of Liberty wearing a cap and the reverse features the Central Bank of Brazil. The watermark shows two Liberty heads facing right.
The real was the official currency of Brazil from 1690 to 1942...
Image from "Junger Mann" Painting by Albrecht Durer
The obverse of this ten deutsche mark bank note shows a representation of the portrait "Junger Mann" by Albrecht Durer, and the reverse features a sailing ship similar to the navy training ships. The watermark is of the obverse image.
The...
The Bank of Spain (Banco de Espana) issued this one peseta bank note on July 22, 1953. The reverse shows the Marques of Santa Cruz, and the reverse shows an old sailing ship being rowed.
In the late 1950s, coins replaced the one peseta bank note,...
The obverse of this one pound bank note features Queen Elizabeth II, and the reverse features Sir Isaac Newton, the famous English physicist.
This bank note is part of the "series D" or "pictorial series" that featured famous British figures on...
This fifty mark bank note was issued by the Reichsbank, which served as Germany's central bank from 1876 to 1945, in 1919. A girl is depicted on the obverse, and a design with the number 50 and the letters RBD is shown on the reverse.
After...
This gold coin was struck in Russia by the last Czar - Nicholas II. He was very well educated, and considered to be one of the more intelligent of his contemporary European monarchs, but character flaws led to inconsistancy in his leadership. As a...
This gold coin was struck in Russia by the last Czar - Nicholas II. He was very well educated, and considered to be one of the more intelligent of his contemporary European monarchs, but character flaws led to inconsistency in his leadership. As a...
This gold coin was struck in Russia by the last Czar - Nicholas II. He was very well educated, and considered to be one of the more intelligent of his contemporary European monarchs, but character flaws led to inconsistence in his leadership. As a...
This 2 dollar bill was issued between 1957 - 1961 when Robert Bernard Anderson was Secretary of the Treasury and Ivy Baker Priest was the Treasurer. In 1918, the 2 dollar bill was changed from a silver certificate to a Federal Reserve Bank note,...
This 2 dollar bill was issued between 1961 - 1965 when Clarence Douglas Dillon was Secretary of the Treasury and Elizabeth Rudel Smith was the Treasurer. In 1918, the 2 dollar bill was changed from a silver certificate to a Federal Reserve Bank...
This is a 20 dollar bill that was issued between 1934 - 1945 when Henry Morgenthau, Jr. was Secretary of the Treasury and William Alexander Julian was Treasurer. The 20 dollar bill is actually the primary banknote dispensed by ATMs in the United...
This is a 20 dollar bill that was issued between 1957 - 1961 when Robert Bernard Anderson was Secretary of the Treasury and Ivy Baker Priest was Treasurer. This note has a star after the serial number, so it is referred to as a star note. The...
This one rupee bank note was printed in 1978. The obverse shows the front of the one rupee coin, the serial number, and the signature of Manmohan Singh, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. The reverse shows the back of the one rupee coin and an...
This dollar was issued in 1981 under Savenaca Siwatibau, who had been the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji. The dollar in Fiji is different than a US dollar. The Fiji currency during the late nineteenth century was the dollar but when Fiji...
King William III of England accomplished much during his reign for the welfare of the English people. He reformed the nation’s political and financial institutions, introducing a better system of finance and establishing the Bank of England. His...
On July 4th, 1853, Edmund Fairfield, president of Michigan Central College, gave two speeches. The first was at the country fairgrounds and was entitled True National Greatness. The second remarks were at the laying of the cornerstone for...
After the Fire of 1874, the College needed to replace two-thirds of the Central Building. It was decided, rather than replicate the original design, it would be more prudent to build five separate buildings. This appeal was widely sent to alumni...
This silver certificate was issued between 1953 - 1957 when George M. Humphrey was Secretary of the Treasury and Ivy Baker Priest was the Treasurer. A few changes were made in the 1935 series that were different from past dollars. On the obverse,...
