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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 713790, member: 18867&quot;]I have another &quot;turtle&quot; note:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/VE-98.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pick# 98 - Banco Central de Venezuela 20 Bolívares Note</b></p><p>Obverse: Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi</p><p>Reverse:: Critically endangered Hawksbill Turtle, Tortuga Carey (<i>Eretmochelys imbricata</i>); Montañas de Macanao (Parque Nacional Laguna de la Restinga)</p><p>Watermark: Portrait of Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi</p><p>Printer: Casa de la Moneda, Venezuela</p><p>Size: 158 x 69 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi was born in Caracas on 25 September 1799. She was the wife of the military and patriot leader Juan Bautista Arismendi. She was arrested by the royalists as a means of extortion to her husband, and she remained in captivity and exile for 3 years. She staunchly supported the patriot cause and her husband, despite the hardships suffered during her confinement. She died in Caracas in 1866, and her remains were transferred to the Pantheon National on 24 August 1876.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Portrait of Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi, is an oil on canvas painting by Emilio Jacinto Mauri circa 1899. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse side of the note portrays endangered animals to raise awareness about the conservation and respect for national diversity.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Hawksbill Turtle (<i>Eretmochelys imbricata</i>) inhabits shallow tropical waters on rock or coral. They lay their eggs on land, and their nesting areas are in the Archipelago of Los Roques and the Blanquilla Island. The turtle populations are threatened by hunters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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