On November 12, 2020 Jerry Rawlings passed away. He led Ghana for 20 years, first as a Military leader and then in 1993 as the elected president of the Ghana 4th Republic. Like many leaders, especially in the developing world, there are… Read More

Costa Rica has had very colorful and interesting banknotes since 2009 when they introduced a 1000 Colones polymer banknote and changed all of their designs to match that concept. That doesn’t mean that before then, their banknotes were full of… Read More

The world mourns the death of Diego Maradona, the best footballer of the 1980’s and probably the 1990’s. Some people started following football when Pele was a start. For some, it was the great Maradona. He was Messi before Messi.… Read More

Burma is the largest country is Southeast Mainland Asia. Its name was changed to Myanmar in 1989, but the actual naming is still contested and debated by its citizens. Here we will focus only on Burmese banknotes. Burma – View… Read More

Brunei is a fascinating country in South East Asia. Its Ringgit banknotes are pretty, but maybe not very ‘interesting’ or unique. Let’s start with the name of the country. Officially, it is The Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace.… Read More