List of motifs on banknotes
This is a list of current motifs on the banknotes of different countries. The customary design of banknotes in most countries is a portrait of a notable citizen on the front (or obverse reverse ) - often something relating to that person. One exception to this is the euro banknotes , where non-existent architectural structures have been chosen to avoid the impression of a national bias. Even though most banknotes have more than one motif on each side, only the main motifs are described here.
Albania
The official currency of Albania is the Albanian lek (ALL ). The motifs used are:
Argentina
The official currency of Argentina is the Argentine peso (ARS ). The motifs used are:
Australia
The official currency of Australia is the Australian dollar (AUD ). The motifs used are:
Brazil
Obverse of a 100 Brazilian real banknote The official currency of Brazil is the Brazilian real (BRL ). The motifs used are:
Canada
The official currency of Canada is the Canadian dollar (CAD ). The motifs used on the Frontier Series , the most recent banknotes of the Canadian dollar released by the Bank of Canada , are:
The official currency of China is the Chinese yuan (CNY ). The motifs used are:
Colombia
The official currency of Colombia is the Colombian peso (COP ). The motifs used are:
Croatia
The official currency of Croatia is the Croatian kuna (HRK ). The motifs used are:
Czech Republic
The official currency of Czech Republic is the Czech koruna (CZK ). The motifs used are:
Denmark
The official currency of Denmark is the Danish krone (DKK ). The motifs used are:
Egypt
The official currency of Egypt is the Egyptian pound (EGP ). The motifs used are:
Estonia
Carl Robert Jakobson on the obverse side of the 500 EEK banknote. The former currency of Estonia was the Estonian kroon (EEK ). The motifs used are:
The 5 euro note of the Europa series.
The official currency of the 19 Eurozone countries (and a number of other territories) is the euro (EUR ). The motifs used are:
Hungary
The official currency of Hungary is the Hungarian forint (HUF ). The motifs used are:
Iceland
The official currency of Iceland is the Icelandic króna (ISK ). The motifs used are:
India
The official currency of India is the Indian rupee (INR ). Currently the Reserve Bank of India issues the Mahatma Gandhi series and the Mahatma Gandhi New Series banknotes. The motifs used in it are:
Indonesia
Obverse of a IDR 100,000 banknote Reverse of a IDR 100,000 banknote The official currency of Indonesia is the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR ). The motifs used are:
Iran
The official currency of Iran is the Iranian rial (IRR
Iraq
The official currency of Iraq is the Iraqi Dinar (IQD). The motifs used are:
2003 Series:
2004 Series:
2006 Series:
2008 Series:
Denomination
Obverse
Reverse
IQD 25,000 A Kurdish farmer holding a sheaf of wheat, a tractor and An Islamic gold dinar coin
Carving of the Code of King Hammurabi
2010 Series:
2012 Series:
2013 Series ( 1434 hijry) Islamic calendar :
2013 Series ( 1435 hijry) Islamic calendar :
Denomination
Obverse
Reverse
IQD 250 An Arabic astrolabe أسطرلاب , one intaglio circle at left front
Spiral minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra
IQD 500 Dukan Dam , Two intaglio circles at left frontwinged bull, Lamassu
IQD 1000 An Islamic gold dinar coin , دينار إسلامي ذهبي , Three intaglio circles at left frontMustansiriya School , Baghdad
IQD 5000 Geli Ali Beg waterfall , شلال كلي علي بك , one intaglio bar at left frontAl-Ukhaidir Fortress , Karbala
IQD 10,000 Freedom Monument in Baghdad , Jawad Saleem , two intaglio bar at left frontThe hunchbacked minaret Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul
IQD 25,000 A Kurdish peasant holding a jug, a tractor and An Islamic gold dinar coin , three intaglio bar at left frontCarving of the Code of King Hammurabi
2015 Series :
Denomination
Obverse
Reverse
IQD 500 Dukan Dam , two intaglio circles at left frontwinged bull, Lamassu , Add Kurdish language
IQD 10,000 Freedom Monument in Baghdad , Jawad Saleem , two intaglio bar at left frontThe hunchbacked minaret Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul
IQD 25,000 A Kurdish peasant holding a jug, a tractor and An Islamic gold dinar coin , three intaglio bar at left frontCarving of the Code of King Hammurabi
IQD 50,000 Water wheel on the Euphrates river Noria , Date palm , Gali Ali Beg waterfall in Arbil , four intaglio bar at left front
Mesopotamian Marshes , reed house, Euphrates and Tigris rivers
Table of Iraqi Banknotes according to the years of issue:
Denomination
2003
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2013/1434
2013/1435
2015
IQD 50 Yes
IQD 250 Yes
Yes
Yes
IQD 500 Yes
Yes
Yes
IQD 1000 Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IQD 5000 Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IQD 10,000 Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IQD 25,000 Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IQD 50,000 Yes
Japan
Obverse of a 1984 series 1000 Japanese yen banknote The official currency of Japan is the Japanese yen (JPY ). The motifs used are:
1984 Series (Series D):
2000 Special (Series D):
2004 Series (Series E):
Jersey
Banknotes of the Jersey pound (JEP) are issued in Jersey . The motifs used are:
Obverse side of a South Korean note of 50,000 won The official currency of South Korea is the South Korean Won (KRW ). The motifs used are:
Lithuania
500litas banknote (obverse and reverse) The former currency of Lithuania is the Lithuanian litas (LTL ). The motifs used are:
Malaysia
The official currency of Malaysia is the Malaysian ringgit (MYR ). The motifs used are:
2012 version
New Zealand
The official currency of New Zealand is the New Zealand Dollar (NZD ). The motifs used are:
Norway
The official currency of Norway is the Norwegian krone (NOK ). The motifs used are:
Pakistan
The official currency of Pakistan is the Pakistani rupee (PKR ). The motifs used are:
Paraguay
Obverse of a 1000 Paraguayan guaraní banknote. The official currency of Paraguay is the Paraguayan guaraní (PYG ). The motifs used are:
Peru
The official currency of Peru is the Peruvian sol (PEN ). The motifs used are:
Philippines
The official currency of the Philippines is the Philippine peso (PHP ). The motifs used are:
Denomination
Obverse
Reverse
PHP 5 Emilio Aguinaldo Scene from the Philippine Declaration of Independence
PHP 10 Apolinario Mabini Barasoain Church
PHP 10 (Centennial Series) Apolinario Mabini and Andres Bonifacio Barasoain Church and the initiation rites of the Katipunan
PHP 20 Manuel L. Quezon , Declaration of Filipino as the national language, Malacañan Palace Banaue Rice Terraces , palm civet , Cordilleras weave design
PHP 50 Sergio Osmeña , First Philippine Assembly , Leyte Landing Taal Lake in Batangas , giant trevally , Batangas embroidery design
PHP 100 Manuel A. Roxas , Old BSP building in Intramuros , Manila , Inauguration of the Third Philippine Republic Mayon Volcano in Albay , Whale shark , Bicol textile design
PHP 200 Diosdado P. Macapagal , EDSA People Power 2001 , Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit , Cavite , Barasoain Church in Malolos , Bulacan , the swearing-in of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as president Chocolate Hills in Bohol , Philippine tarsier , Visayas weave design
PHP 500 Corazon C. Aquino , Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. , EDSA People Power I , Benigno Aquino monument in Makati Subterranean Underground River in Puerto Princesa, Palawan , blue-naped parrot , Southern Philippines cloth design
PHP 1000 José Abad Santos , Vicente Lim , Josefa Llanes Escoda ; Centennial celebration of Philippine independence ; Medal of Honor, which was awarded to Abad Santos, Lim, and EscodaTubbataha Reefs Natural Park in Sulu Sea , South Sea pearl , Mindanao design for T'nalak (Ikat-dyed abaca)
Poland
The official currency of Poland is the Polish złoty (PLN ). The motifs used are:
Romania
The official currency of Romania is the Romanian leu (RON ). The motifs used are:
One leu banknote obverse Two hundred lei banknote obverse. The newest banknote. Five hundred lei banknote obverse
Denomination
Obverse
Reverse
RON 1 Nicolae Iorga (1871–1940), Coat of arms of Romania at top leftCurtea de Argeş Cathedral at center-left, the Flag and coat of arms of Wallachia|Wallachian eagle at left
RON 5 George Enescu (1881–1955), Coat of arms of Romania at top leftRomanian Athenaeum concert hall at left, A fragment of the score of the Enescu's opera King Oedipus above. A musician's piano at centre right.
RON 10 Nicolae Grigorescu (1838–1907, Hollyhock flower, an artist's palette and paintbrushNicolae Grigorescu's painting "Rodica "
RON 50 Aurel Vlaicu (1882–1913), A mountain flower edelweiss , an aircraft propeller, Coat of arms of Romania at top leftMountain eagle head, "Vlaicu II " aircraft design and "Gnome " engine sketch
RON 100 Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912), Comedy masks and a violet flowerOld building of the Bucharest National Theatre , Caragiale's statue at left
RON 200 Lucian Blaga (1895–1961), Coat of arms of Romania at top left, poppies A watermill and the Hamangia Thinker
RON 500 Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889), Lime tree blossoms , a quill and an inkpotTimpul newspaper, University Library in Iaşi
Russia
Obverse of a 1000 Russian ruble banknote The official currency of Russia is the Russian ruble (RUB ). The motifs used are:
Denomination
Obverse
Reverse
RUB 10 Krasnoyarsk , chapel and bridge over YeniseiKrasnoyarsk Dam
RUB 50 Saint Petersburg , Sculpture from Rostral Column Former stock exchange building
RUB 100 (1997) Sculpture from Bolshoi Theatre , Moscow
The Bolshoi Theatre
RUB 100 (2022) Spasskaya Tower , Moscow State University , Shukhov Tower , Ostankino Tower , Zaryadye Park , MoscowCentral Federal District : Rzhev Memorial , Tver Oblast , Kulikovo Field , Tula Oblast , cranes
RUB 200 Monument to the Sunken Ships , Sevastopol Chersonesus
RUB 500 Peter the Great and Port of Arkhangelsk Solovetsky Monastery
RUB 1000 Yaroslav the Wise , Chapel of Our Lady of Kazan in Yaroslavl St. John the Baptist Church , Yaroslavl
RUB 2000 Russky Bridge , Vladivostok Vostochny Cosmodrome
RUB 5000 Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky , Khabarovsk CliffBridge of Amur
Serbia
The official currency of Serbia is the Serbian dinar (RSD ). The motifs used are:
South Africa
The official currency of South Africa is the South African rand (ZAR ). The motifs used are:
Sweden
The official currency of Sweden is the Swedish krona (SEK ). The motifs used are:
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Switzerland
The official currency of Switzerland is the Swiss franc (CHF ). The motifs used are:
The official currency of Taiwan is the New Taiwan dollar (TWD ). The motifs used are:
Thailand
The official currency of Thailand is the Thai Baht (THB ). The motifs used are:
Turkey
Obverse of the 200 lira banknote Reverse of the 200 lira banknote The official currency of Turkey is the Turkish lira (TRY ). The motifs used are:
Ukraine
Obverse of a 20 Ukrainian hryvnia banknote The official currency of Ukraine is the Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH ). The motifs used are:
United Kingdom
The currency of the UK is the pound sterling, represented by the symbol £. The Bank of England is the central bank, responsible for issuing currency. Banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland retain the right to issue their own notes, subject to retaining enough Bank of England notes in reserve to cover the issue.
The official currency of England is the pound sterling (GBP ). The motifs used are:
Scotland
The official currency of Scotland is the Pound sterling (GBP ). Under Scottish legislation, banknotes are issued by commercial banks, not the government. The motifs issued by the Bank of Scotland are:
The Royal Bank of Scotland issues:
The Clydesdale Bank issues:
United States
Obverse of a 100 U.S. dollar banknote The official currency of the United States is the United States dollar (USD ). The motifs used are:
See also
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