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Marianne favours on notes from French Polynesia:  
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Whilst a lovely young Venetian woman, rumoured to have been Albrecht Durer's lover in Venice features prominently on this German 5 DM note from 1960:  
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And an entry from Ghana in W. Africa:  
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Hungary, there must be something about Central Europe, features prominently with lovely women:  
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Another attractive Hungarian:   Since I cannot move there, and I am married, I must settle for collecting the banknotes.
Edited by Scottishmoney 07/24/2007 5:24 pm
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And they keep coming:  
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Even historically lovely ladies featured on Hungarian notes:   Revolutionary notes from the 1850's, printed in the USA.
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The Baltics are represented in this category by Latvia:  
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The "Gypsy Lady" on Mexican notes is an actual person, well known in Mexico during her time. Apparently very well known in some circles, particularly by males:  
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From Paraguay, an image later used on more modern notes, the allegorical Paraguayan lady:  
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Poland features with this 2 Zlote note from 1936:  
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The Spanish entries:   Republic of Spain 10 Pesetas 1936
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Julio Romero de Torres, a famous Spanish painter, and a sample of his work on the reverse:  
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The Republic issued small change note with allegorical females with Phrygian caps:  
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Spanish Republic 5 Ptas 1936:  
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