20 of the most Interesting and Beautiful Currency Notes in the World

A small history of Banknotes:

Banknote or Paper Money was introduced in China in 11th century to get rid of coins in heavy and bulky transactions. Before introduction of coins and paper money, there were many other goods that were used as a medium of exchange. Salt, gold and silver coins were some of the major mediums of exchange.

We are not going to talk more about the history of banknotes now as this post is dedicated to some beautiful currency notes around the world.

Zimbabwean Dollar:

The One Hundred Trillion Dollar banknote was printed and introduced in Zimbabwe in 2009. Although it was a banknote with extremely high amount but it was just equal to about N51b.

Kazakhstani Tenge

Swiss Franc (Switzerland)

Costa Rican colón

Uzbekistani Som

Portuguese Escudo (Portugal)

Portugal is in Euro Zone and currently using Euro as its official currency.

Philippine Peso

Russian Ruble

This currency note was issued in 2014 for Sochi Winter Olympics which are being played in Sochi, Russia.

El Salvador Colones

Although, official currency of El Salvador is United States Dollar since 2000 but the old currency is still acceptable.

Zambian Kwacha

Gabonese Franc (Gabon)

Currently, official currency of Gabon is Central African CFA franc which is the combined currency of six African countries.

Chinese Yuan (China)

Syrian Lira

Surinamese Dollar

Cameroonian Franc

Cameroon is currently using Central African CFA Franc as its official currency along with 5 other countries.

Slovakian Koruna

Slovakia is one of the countries in Euro Zone and currently using Euro as its official currency.

Somali Shilling (Somalia)

Iranian Rial

Indonesian Rupiah

You are wondering why we didn’t include Naira? Well…, this article is specifically to help you get used to currencies of other countries. If there are other ones you’d love to know, tell us in the comments and we will include it in our sudsequent post.