14 November, 2010

INDIA NOTES (23)



INDIA - 1 Rupee
Description:
Obverse:
One Rupee coin with Gandhiji on it.
Reverse:
Lion capital of Ashoka Pillar.
'1 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).
Watermark:
Four lions Capital of Ashoka Pillar.


INDIA - 1 Rupee
Description:
Obverse:
One Rupee coin with 
Lion capital of Ashoka Pillar
on it.

Reverse:
Lion capital of Ashoka Pillar.
'1 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).
Watermark:
Four lions Capital of Ashoka Pillar.


INDIA - 1 Rupee
Description:
Obverse:
One Rupee coin with four Lions Capital of Ashoka Pillar on it. Ashoka Pillar was sculpted from sandstone, preserved at Sarnath Museum, was originally erected around 250 BCE at Sarnath.
Reverse:
One Rupee coin, Offshore oil drilling platform (oil rig) Sagar Samrat designed by Offshore Company Mercury Class and built by Mitsubishi at Hiroshima shipyard and delivered in 1973.
'1 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).
Watermark:
Four lions Capital of Ashoka Pillar.


INDIA - 1 Rupee
Description:
Obverse:
One Rupee coin with four Lions Capital of Ashoka Pillar on it. Ashoka Pillar was sculpted from sandstone, preserved at Sarnath Museum, was originally erected around 250 BCE at Sarnath.
Reverse:
One Rupee coin, Offshore oil drilling platform (oil rig) Sagar Samrat designed by Offshore Company Mercury Class and built by Mitsubishi at Hiroshima shipyard and delivered in 1973.
'1 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).
Watermark:
Four lions Capital of Ashoka Pillar.


INDIA - 2 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
Roaring tiger facing left.
'2 Rupees' written in 7 languages.


INDIA - 2 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India- Lion Capital of Ashoka (Ashoka column), sculpted from Sandstone, preserved at Sarnath Museum which was originally erected around 250 BCE atop an Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath, The wheel 'Ashoka Chakra' on its base is a centerpiece of National flag of India, 'Satyamev Jayate' National motto of India is inscribed under it.
Reverse:
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) or (Panthera tigris bengalensis).
'2 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).
Watermark:
Lion capital of Ashoka Pillar.


INDIA - 2 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
Roaring tiger facing right.
'2 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 2 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India- Lion Capital of Ashoka (Ashoka column), sculpted from Sandstone, preserved at Sarnath Museum which was originally erected around 250 BCE atop an Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath, The wheel 'Ashoka Chakra' on its base is a centerpiece of National flag of India, 'Satyamev Jayate' National motto of India is inscribed under it.
Reverse:
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) or (Panthera tigris bengalensis).
'10 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).
Watermark:
Lion capital of Ashoka Pillar.

INDIA - 2 Rupees


INDIA - 5 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
Antelopes.
'5 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).



INDIA - 5 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
'5 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).
Reverse:
A man driving a tractor.


INDIA - 5 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
Mahatma Gandhiji.
Reverse:
A man driving a tractor.
'5 Rupees' written in 15 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Konkani,Malayalam,Marathi,Nepali,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 10 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
A sailboat.
'10 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 10 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
Village scene.
'10 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 10 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
A sailboat.
'10 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 10 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
A sailboat.
'10 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 10 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
'10 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).
Reverse:
Peacocks.



INDIA - 10 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
A sailboat.
'10 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 10 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
Mahatma Gandhiji.
Reverse:
Elephant, Rhinoceros and tiger.
'10 Rupees' written in 15 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Konkani,Malayalam,Marathi,Nepali,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 20 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
Parliament of India.
'20 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 50 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
'50 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).

Reverse:
Parliament of India.



INDIA - 100 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
National emblem of India.
Reverse:
Dam.
'100 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).


INDIA - 100 Rupees
Description:
Obverse:
'100 Rupees' written in 13 languages.
(Assamese,Bengali,Gujarati,Kannada,Kashmiri,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Tamil,Telugu,
Urdu).
Reverse:
Agricultural work.

RUSSIA NOTES (1)

RUSSIA - 500 RUBLE (Year 1912)
Description:
Obverse:
Russia emblem with the bird wearing the crown and having a screptre in its hand.
Reverse: 
Czar Peter I the Great in battle suit, Seated Princess.

YUGOSLAVIA NOTES (1)

YUGOSLAVIA - 100000 Dinar

IRAQ NOTES (13)

IRAQ - 1 Dinar 
Description:
Obverse:
Baiji Oil Refinery.
Reverse:
Entrance to the Madrasa Al- Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad.
Watermark:
Falcon's head in profile.


IRAQ - 1 Dinar 
Description:
Obverse:
Islamic coin design.
Reverse:
Madrasa Al- Mustansiriyah School in Baghdad.
Watermark:
Head of a purebred Arabian Stallion.


IRAQ - 1/2 Dinar
Description:
Obverse:
Astrolabe.
Reverse:
Minaret of Samarra.



IRAQ - 1/4 Dinar 
Description:
Obverse:
Grain silo and a cargo ship in a port at Basrah..
Reverse:
Nakhla, the date palms.
Watermark:
Falcon's head in profile.


IRAQ - 5 Dinars
Description:
Obverse:
Emblem of the Republic.
Reverse:
The upper part of the stela of Hammurabi's code of laws: King Hammurabi receiving the code of laws from Shamash, the god of the Sun, who was also the God of Justice. Hammurabi was the ruler, who turned Babylon into a powerful and eternal, city.
Watermark:
The symbol of the Revolution of 14th July 1958.


IRAQ - 5 Dinars
Description:
Obverse:
Parliament.
Reverse:
The upper part of the stela of Hammurabi's code of laws: King Hammurabi receiving the code of laws from Shamash, the god of the Sun, who was also the God of Justice. Hammurabi was the ruler, who turned Babylon into a powerful and eternal, city.


IRAQ - 25 Dinars
Description:
Obverse:
Three galloping Arabian horses.
Reverse:
Courtyard of the Abbasid palace in Baghdad (Madrasa Sharabiyya or Bishriyya).
Watermark:
Head of a horse in profile.


IRAQ - 25 Dinars
Description:
Obverse:
Saddam Hussein.
Reverse:
Horseman, Monument.
Watermark:
Head of a horse in profile.



IRAQ - 100 Dinars
Description:
Obverse:
Saddam Hussein, Al-Ukhether Castle.
Reverse:
Baghdad clock.


IRAQ - 100 Dinars
Description:
Obverse:
Saddam Hussein.
Reverse:
Old Baghdad.



IRAQ - 250 Dinars
Description:
Obverse:
Astrolabe.
Reverse:
Spiral minaret in Samarra.


IRAQ - 250 Dinars
Description:
Obverse:
Saddam Hussein.
Reverse:
Liberty monument friese.



IRAQ - 250 Dinars
Description:
Obverse:
Saddam Hussein.
Reverse:
Rock Dome.



YEMEN NOTES (8)

YEMEN - 1 Rial
Description:
Obverse:
Mosque.
Reverse:
Coffee plants.


YEMEN - 5 Rials



YEMEN - 10 Rials
Description:
Obverse:
Qubbat Al-bakiliyah Mosque (Al-Bakiriya, Al-Baqiliyah, Al-Bakiriyya) in Sanaa.
Reverse:
Marib Dam in the valley of Dhana, near the ruins of the Great Dam of Marib, Arabian coffee shrub (Coffea arabica).
Watermark:
Coat of Arms depicting a golden eagle.



YEMEN - 20 Rials
Description:
Obverse:
Sculpture of Dionysus with grapes.
Reverse:
Aden Harbour, Dhow sailboat.
Watermark:
Coat of Arms depicting a golden eagle.



YEMEN - 50 Rials
Description:
Obverse:
Bronze statue of Maadkarib 'Bronze man' found in Al Baydah (ancient Nashqum), now in Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
Reverse:
Shibam Hadramaut, an old capital of Hadramawt Kingdom- the oldest skyscraper city of the world.
Watermark:
Coat of Arms depicting a golden eagle.




YEMEN - 100 Rials
Description:
Obverse:
Ancient culvert near Aden (or a footbridge (pont pietonnier) in Shaharah).
Reverse:
View of the city of Sanaa and the surrounding mountains.
Watermark:
Coat of Arms depicting a golden eagle.




YEMEN - 200 Rials
Description:
Obverse:
Alabaster stela sculpture of a warrior.
Reverse:
View of the city of Al Mukalla as seen from the Indian Ocean.
Watermark:
Coat of Arms depicting a golden eagle.





YEMEN - 500 Rials
Description:
Obverse:
Cetral Bank of Yemen.
Reverse:
Baraan Ruins.
Watermark:
Coat of Arms depicting a golden eagle.



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1 Dollar
Description:
Obverse:
Portrait of George Washington, the first President of the United States of America, painted by Gilbert Stuart.
Reverse:
The Great Seal of the United States featuring the all-seeing Eye of Providence, an American eagle and a pyramid, which symbolizes the United States.


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 5 Dollars
Description:
Obverse:
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States of America, one of the greatest U.S presidents, became the first US president to be assasinated.
Reverse:
Lincoln Memorial, located on the National Mall in Washington D.C., designed by architect Henry Bacon.
Watermark:
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln.