Every banknote (except for 10 countries I am told) contains at least 1 signature and usually two. And 99% of the people using the currency probably have no idea who these people are. Let’s start with the first question; why… Read More

Cape Verde is a beautiful series of islands in the Atlantic Ocean a few hundred miles east of Africa. Its location made it useful during the African slave trade in the 1600s and 1700s. It was also useful as a… Read More

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a relatively poor country in Southeast Asia. It has a constitutional monarchy. It also has a prime minister which is the head of the government. Most people know very little about Cambodia. Sadly, its most… Read More

How do we know the thing in our wallet is a piece of currency? And how do we judge a banknote for its beauty, design and integration of features? These are the questions banknote designers wrestle with all the time.… Read More

Many countries in Africa contain the scars of European Colonization and tribal conflicts. Burundi is a small landlocked country in the center of Africa that has many of these scars. Map of BurundiSource: AS Burundi Background History Burundi had historically… Read More