The First Polymer Notes all over the world 4
Gambia:
- Currency: Dalasi
- Denomination: 20
- Issue Year: 2015
- Polymer rank: 0
- Size: 144 x 75 mm
- Printer: DLR
- Substrate: Safeguard™
- Type: Circulating commemorative (obsolete)
20 Dalasis, issued in 2015. This note marks the country's golden jubilee and commemorates 20 Years of the Revolution of July 22nd, 1994, when the then 29-year-old Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless coup d’état, ousting Dawda Jawara who had been President of The Gambia since 1970. A crocodile head in the clear window. Front: At right, Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (1965), president of The Gambia. In the center, a carmine bee eater bird in flight and perched on tree branch. The words "20 Years of Progress and Self-Reliance" at the bottom. Back: The State House of The Gambia in Banjul.
Gibraltar:
- Currency: Pound
- Denomination: 100
- Issue Year: 2017
- Polymer rank: 0
- Size: 163 x 90 mm
- Printer: DLR
- Substrate: Safeguard™
- Type: Circulating (on issue)
- Currency: Quetzal
- Denomination: 1
- Issue Year: 2007
- Polymer rank: 88
- Size: 156 x 67 mm
- Printer: CBN, FCO
- Substrate: Guardian®
- Type: Circulating (on issue)
1 Quetzal, issued in 2007. Various Mayan patterns appear throughout the bank note. Front: José María Orellana Pinto (1872-1926), a politician, general and President of Guatemala from 1921 to 1926. During his presidential term, the quetzal was created as the Guatemalan currency unit. Back: At left, a plate of Leyden, a jade statue with the oldest dated Mayan writing. In the center, the Central Bank of Guatemala building. At center right, an engraved stone altar of Tikal, which was one of the largest cultural and population centers of the Mayan civilization, reaching its apogee during the Classic Period, from ca. 200 to 900 AD.
Haiti:
- Currency: Gourde
- Denomination: 1
- Issue Year: 1982
- Polymer rank: 2
- Size: 122 x 61 mm
- Printer: BWC
- Substrate: Tyvek®
- Type: Circulating (obsolete)
- Currency: Lempira
- Denomination: 20
- Issue Year: 2010
- Polymer rank: 104
- Size: 156 x 67 mm
- Printer: CBN
- Substrate: Guardian®
- Type: Circulating (obsolete)
20 Lempiras, issued in 2010. Front: At left, the coat of arms of Honduras. At right, Dionisio de Herrera (1781-1850), a liberal Honduran politician, the first head of state of Honduras from 1824 to 1827 and head of state of Nicaragua from 1830 to 1833 (during his terms, Honduras and Nicaragua were states within the Federal Republic of Central America). During his term, he decreed the first territorial subdivisions of Honduras and promulgated the first constitution of the country in 1825. In 1835 he was elected head of state of El Salvador, but he declined the office. Back: The presidential residence of Honduras from 1922 to 1992.
Hong Kong:
- Currency: Dollar
- Denomination: 10
- Issue Year: 2007
- Polymer rank: 87
- Size: 133 x 66 mm
- Printer: No data
- Substrate: Guardian®
- Type: Circulating (on issue)
10 Dollars, issued in 2007. The abstract design of the bank note makes impressionistic references to the spirit of modern architecture in Hong Kong. It also captures elements of festive and cultural activities in Hong Kong and China. Bauhinia flower, which has been Hong Kong's emblem since 1965, appears in the clear window. The flower, Bauhinia blakeana, is named after Sir Henry Blake, Hong Kong's governor from 1898 to 1903, who had a strong interest in botany. The flower can grow up to 8 meters tall and flowers in late winter or early spring. It is sometimes called the Hong Kong orchid tree and appears on Hong Kong's flag.
