Paper Money: New Acquisitions

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Two new star notes for the collection:

 

Just arrived today, 3 new countries to my collection (from when they themselves were new countries!):



In the early days of Mozambique's independence from Portugal, they overprinted "Bank of Mozambique" on the Portuguese notes. This is a 500 escudos, originally printed in 1967, overprinted in 1976.



Georgia, 1 lari from 1993; newly independent from the Soviet Union.



Eritrea, 1 nakfa from 1997; newly independent from Ethiopia. And the reverse being a little crooked is not a scanning mistake; the note seems to actually be slightly misaligned.

Other new notes:


UK, 2023, 5 pounds. This is the first series of notes with the portrait of King Charles III, and the second set of polymer notes.



Azerbaijan, 2020, 1 manat. Just liked the musical instruments on this one.

 

New arrivals today:



Found this one for face value in the register today.



Queen Tamar is one of my favorite "characters" in Civilization 6. Had to get something with her on it!





Always love notes from Guatemala. Just need the 100 and the 200 now.



Um, just liked this one. Love Mt. Everest in the background.



Somehow didn't have anything from Iceland yet. Well, another country down!

 

Really like the Quetzales & other recent pick ups @Troodon.

Here's my paper $5.00 from New Zealand (although Edmund Hillary was one of the first climbers to reach the summit of Everest, the peak featured on the $5.00 is the southern ridge of Mt. Cook, where Hillary trained before his Everest summit). You can see how the design of the $5.00 has changed over the years!

 

On closer inspection, yep, that is indeed Mt. Cook, not Mt. Everest.

I can see they kept design elements on the $5 fairly similar for quite some time.

 

Just arrived today:




Part of my attempt to get the last banknotes of the old (1905-1991) peso. Now just need 20,000, 50,000, and 100,000.

 

I think I read somewhere that Hillary insisted on the mountain being Cook and not Everest, since it is for New Zealand. Mount Cook is the highest point in New Zealand.

 

-I think I read the same article.

Also note how the peak is given a different angle/look on the newer version (posted by @Troodon: to help distinguish the Cook peak from Everest's sharp peak).