Stories Told by Notes

Another note with a story.



Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) 10 Litu Note, 2007 Issue
Obverse: Aviators Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas at right
Reverse: Monoplane "Lituanica" at upper center, shield with "Vytis" at upper right center
Watermark: Shield with "Vytis"
Size: 135 x 65 mm

On 15 July 1933, Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas attempted a nonstop flight from New York City, USA to Kaunas, Lithuania - a total of 7,186 km, in Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane named "Lituanica". After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 37 hours and 11 minutes of nonstop flight, they crashed on July 17, 0:36 AM (Berlin Time) by the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany (now Pszczelnik, near Mysliborz area, Poland), most probably due to difficult weather conditions combined with engine defects. Both aviators were killed in the crash. They covered a distance of 3,984 miles (6,411 kilometers) without landing, only 650 km short of their final destination.


"Vytis" ("the Chaser") is the coat of arms for Lithuania, consisting of an armor-clad knight on horseback holding an olden sword and shield.

 

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They really really updated that note, the ones that came out in the early 1990's really looked like some sort of cheap coupon or something. I have always liked it because of the aircraft on it, but think it is a bit ironic that the aviators never made it back to Lithuania - but they are commemorated anyway.

 

Some great looking notes guy's, I have both the Thai folders in my collection and have to agree they are amazing notes I would love some of the larger Chinese to add to the collection but no joy so far LOL

 

Well, they did make a 6,411 km Trans-Atlantic flight, and made it about 90% to their final destination.

 

I have this note! It is a Private issue note from China from 1931 - 2 Strings of Copper Cash note issued by the Yi Ching Chan Bank (Yi Qingsheng Yinhang) in Hunan Province. There is a good description at www.banknoteden.com/Chinese1.html

Thought you might want to know.

 

Really nice "story notes" in this thread!

I really like some of the old US notes for the stories that they tell. My favorite is my 1896 one dollar note.


The obverse of this "History Instructing Youth" note shows a panoramic view of early Washington, D.C. viewed from the Virginia side of the Potomac River, with the Capitol building and the Washington Monument in the landscape. In wreaths across the top, left and right sides are the names of prominent Americans throughout our nation's early history, including Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Calhoun, Clay, Webster, Farragut, and many others. On the far right rests an open book, with the beginning of the Constitution of the United States. The reverse has portraits of Martha and George Washington.








The engraving work is fantastic in my opinion, and the text of the Constitution is quite legible with magnification:

 

The second note of the Educational Series — the $1 note being the first. It is perhaps the only bill in United States history to give tribute to scientists and inventors alone while neglecting the usual display of generals and politicians. Engraved by Charles Schlecht and G.F.C. Smillie from designs by Edwin H. Blashfield (the figures in the center) and Thomas F. Morris (frame and background). The front represents the wise and matronly Science presenting the young Steam and Electricity to Industry and Commerce. The young Electricity carries a coil of wire wound into an electromagnet. Steam, slightly more mature, holds a lever which controls the gear of an engine. Tall fronds form a central circle for the figures, framing them and setting them off sharply from the white background; the sides of the note are filled out with carved mantels and shields.


The reverse, engraved by Lorenzo J. Hatch, has engravings of Robert Fulton, inventor of the steam engine, and Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph.