01.jpg (39.7 KB. 620x400 - viewed 2 times.)A Costa Rican banknote for five colones. It shows Rafael Yglesia Castro, president of Costa Rica from 1894 to 1902 and a Guaria Morada orchid, Costa Rica's national flower. The current series of banknotes is being replaced throughout 2010.
02.jpg (54.91 KB. 620x400 - viewed 2 times.)A Canadian banknote for five dollars, depicting children playing ice hockey. The verse is from a Roch Carriershort story, and reads: "The winters of my childhood were long, long seasons. We lived in three places - the school, the church and the skating rink - but our real life was on the skating rink."
03.jpg (47.78 KB. 620x400 - viewed 2 times.)A colourful five dollar Australian note. In 1965, Australia adopted the name "royal" for its currency, but it was later dropped in favour of the dollar.
04.jpg (48.04 KB. 620x400 - viewed 2 times.)A note for one Egyptian pound. All Egyptian banknotes are bilingual.
05.jpg (38.59 KB. 620x400 - viewed 2 times.)A 100 dirham note from the UAE, showing the World Trade Centre. A falcon watermark is placed on all UAE banknotes to help prevent fraud.
06.jpg (56.27 KB. 620x400 - viewed 2 times.)A five rupee note from Pakistan. The port depicted is Gwadar port, which opened in 2008.
07.jpg (28.48 KB. 620x400 - viewed 1 times.)A five ringgit note from Malaysia showing the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the Petronas Twin Towers, and the Multimedia Super Corrido
08.jpg (57.38 KB. 620x400 - viewed 1 times.)A 20 rand note from South Africa. Each in this series of banknotes features a different animal from the "big five".
09.jpg (64.62 KB. 620x400 - viewed 1 times.)A colourful, floral 1000 note from French Polynesia, where the currency is the CPF franc.
10.jpg (54.08 KB. 620x400 - viewed 1 times.)A 500 baht note from Thailand. This is roughly equivalent to £10 of British money.
11.jpg (66.86 KB. 620x400 - viewed 1 times.)A Surinamese ten dollar note. The dollar replaced the Surinamese guilder in January 2004.
12.jpg (42.93 KB. 620x400 - viewed 1 times.)A one lempira note from Honduras. The lempira was introduced in 1931, and is named after a 16th century ruler