Psychedelic gaucho, the other side has the Malvinas on:
That one would have been very controversial if anyone in the UK gave a shit about Argentine money (and I suspect did cause some controversy on the Falklands, not that anyone here or back home will have noticed). The gaucho depicted is this bloke, who the previous administration (the ones who brought that new note in) were trying to hold up as a hero of Argentina's long and noble struggle to regain what's rightfully theirs, when in fact what he did was sneak out of a ranch he was working on and lead a gang which murdered five people (all his own co-workers, not, as is often assumed here, British colonisers).
The murders, and the lack of any court having jurisdiction over the crimes, were what ultimately led to the British decision to form a permanent settlement on the islands, so in some ways it's because of Rivero's crime that the current situation exists. Some brave and noble uprising that was...
caja-dglh wrote: And in fact, is the UK 50 going to be nearly square? One of the (few) better things about US currency is that it doesn't necessitate a wallet the size of a small ring binder.
In fairness, British wallet sizes are hardly dictated by the dimensions of the £50 note, are they? In 26 years living there I think I must have seen two £50 notes.
The Cook Island $3 bill dispells the modern myth that jumping the shark is uncool. The backside is pretty nice as well:
Costa Rica's 2,000 Colones bill has a similar aquatic theme:
Their 50k bill looks like it was done by the Central Bank of Avatar:
In terms of tropical island-nations, the Caymans also have a nice sealife theme going:
More basic back-of-the-envelope modern attempts at US currency:
This zero Rupee Indian bill has a very interesting political context, it was created by a grassroots anti-corruption group in an effort to challenge the local bribe culture; the bills are to be given to officials in situations where they would normally expect a bribe. The monetary pledge on the back is "I promise to neither accept not give bribe"
BTW, I think that the Swiss portraits are an excellent example of a diverse range of (admittedly artistic) subjects
10: Le Corbusier (architect)
20: Arthur Honegger (composer)
50: Sophie Taeuber-Arp (artist)
100: Alberto Giacometti (sculptor)
200: Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (author)
1000: Jacob Burckhardt (historian)
Corbu is from La Chaux-de-Fonds, which is a genuinely interesting place to visit (among other things, it was a centre for Esperanto and Swiss socialism).
A bit too familiar/conservative for my taste, and it looks like we're not getting a funky see-through window, which is half the point of plastic money.
Edit: Oh, apparently the small window with the Queen is see-through.
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