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@CelticKnot, the 'Saddam series' date from 1990 - 2002 although there is one banknote from around 1986 showing him in a military uniform. After the 1991 Gulf War, sanctions were imposed & Iraq banknotes were printed usually in China on poor quality paper, various shades of colour, some with no serial number, no real security features. Many arabic notes also have english script on them, Lebanon have a beautiful series I really like. I only have 2 "Saddams" just bought for novelty value tbh, they're cheap & widely available. Here's two Iraqi 1/4 dinars one from 1979 and the other from 1993, big difference in quality. The 79' note has a nice arabian horse as watermark.     |
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Kim il-Sung (1912-1994) aka 'Great Leader' is depicted on this 1000 won banknote from 2006. His birthday is a Public Holiday in the DPRK, and is known as "the day of the sun". In 1998 he was declared "Eternal President of The Republic"   |
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Nice examples!  |
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25 Ekuele, Equatorial Guinea. President Masie Nguema During Macías Nguema's government, the country had neither a development plan nor an accounting system for government funds. After the killing of the governor of the Central Bank, he carried everything that remained in the national treasury to his house in a rural village. On Christmas Eve of 1969 about 150 of his opponents were killed. Soldiers executed them by shooting at the football stadium in Malabo, while amplifiers were playing Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days." Macías Nguema's government forced tens of thousands of citizens to flee in fear of persecution and to protect their personal safety. Intellectuals and skilled professionals were a particular target. By the end of his rule, nearly all of the country's educated class was either executed or forced into exile—a brain drain from which the country has never recovered. (Source: Wikipedia).   Edited by hahag
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Cameroon 1000 Francs, president Paul Biya In 2009, Biya was ranked 19th in Parade Magazine's Top 20 list of "The World's Worst Dictators".   |
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Nice pair! |
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@ScotsGreyhound, here is the Saddam note from 1986 that you mentioned 0n 04/13. @CelticKnot, on this note the year is on the lower right front of the note. Unfortunately, I can't copy the numbers in the arabic script here. Using google, you can see that this is the year 1986 in the Gregorian calendar and 1406 in the Islamic calander.   |
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@KeithM, that's the one. Nice note
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A group of Bangladeshi freedom fighters feature on the reverse of this commemorative 40 taka note from 2011   |
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A group of Bangladeshi freedom fighters feature on the reverse of this commemorative 40 taka note from 2011 Very nice! |
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Dr John Garang de Mabior features on this South Sudan £1 note. A Sudanese politician, he led the People's Liberation Army during the 2nd Sudanese civil war. His ideology was to unite all the cultures in the region & unify under the one thing they all share, being Sudanese. He died in a helicopter crash in 2005.   |
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Dr John Garang de Mabior features on this South Sudan £1 note. Nice one! |
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The one & only Genghis Khan (1162-1227) is the star of this 20000 tugrik note from Mongolia. Founder of the Mongol Empire, he united many of the nomadic tribes in NorthEast Asia, the rest as they say is history. Also thought to have had up to 12 wives    |
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The one & only Genghis Khan (1162-1227) is the star of this 20000 tugrik note from Mongolia. Very nice! |
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The one & only Genghis Khan ...thought to have had up to 12 wives And had many children. Wow if they only grew up to be numismatists.  KK |
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