Post Your Notes Depicting Historical Scenes & Events!

This sort of thing is typically placed on the back of notes.

Let's start by getting the current U.S. note of this genre out of the way -



Here's a Philippines 2 Pesos -



(Magellan's Landing in the Philippines, where he died in 1521)

This motif seems to be especially favored by Latin American countries.

Chile ½, 1, & 5 Escudo -



(Arrival of the Spanish in Chile)



(Founding of Santiago)



(Battle of Rancagua, 1814 - see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rancagua)

Brazil 5 Cruzeiros -



(Conquest of the Amazons)

Venezuela 1,000 Boliviares -



Argebtina 100 Pesos -



(General San Martin, see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_de_San_Martín)

Honduras 5 Lempiras -



(See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Morazán)

The Costa Rica 5 Colones is a particularly colorful example -