How Far Back Can We Go? - With Banknotes! Third Edition

Here are a series of 100, 200, 500, and 1000 Roubles notes all dated 1993 and pulled from circulation during a brief period of glasnost:

This 1992 Estonian 1 Kroon P-69a shows Estonian artist Kristjan Raud on the obverse and Toompea castle and the "Tall Hermann" tower in Tallinn on the reverse.

Nice 1993 set from Russia @Spence!


It took me a while to find that note CB! One order I had: it was missing (seller refunded me but still had to find another). Anyway, I like the scene of the outer walls of Old Tallinn. Wikipedia calls it " an exceptionally intact 13th century city plan" & a UNESCO World Heritage site (since 1997). We stayed in a hostel & I could hardly leave the old town b/c I literally felt like I was living 600 years in the past. If you get a chance to visit, I highly recommend it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallinn
Nice $20 from Cooks Islands CB & thanks for your compliments!

For 1992 I have this $10 P-94a from the Fiji Islands:


That scene of dancers on the back is my favourite part of this note & I hope to go visit these islands someday.

Next up is this last 50 Francs P-157a from France:


This note features Antoine de Saint-Exupery an author of "The Little Prince" & war pilot. It also features some of the characters from his book & the bi-plane he flew. The 1992 version had his name misspelled (accent when there should be no accent) so while it is a common note, it is kind of nice to get the incorrect version.

A 1992 5,000-dinar note from the dying country of Yugoslavia:


Ivo Andric, on the front of the note, was a Yugoslav novelist and poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. The reverse shows the Mehmed Pasha Sokolovich Bridge in Visegrad. It spans the Drina River, was built in 1577, has 11 arches and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Nice examples, Rob!

First up for 1991 is an Afghanistan 500 Afghanis P-60c. The obverse has a great scene of horsemen competing in Buzkashi, while the reverse shows Bala Hissar fortress in Kabul.

A ND (1991) Zambia 100 Kwacha shows a smiling President Kenneth Kunda on the obverse and the usual combination of an African buffalo head, Victoria Falls, and the Freedom Statue on the reverse.

1991 Bank of England Twenty Pounds:


This £20 note was issued in 1991 to replace a larger note depicting William Shakespeare, and was the first modern English £20 note to be dated. The reverse shows Michael Faraday, a noted English chemist and physicist whose research led to major developments in the use of electricity and magnetism. To the left of Faraday's portrait, a vignette shows Faraday conducting an experiment in front of an enthralled audience.