BANKNOTES OF ASIA

Ressie Joy Catherine T. Felices ASIAN CIVILIZATION

AB- Psychology Rodrigo Costales, PhD

JAPANESE YEN
¥1000
OBVERSE REVERSE

1000 yen, (2004) two serial letters, blue on multicolour, Hideo Noguchi at right. Reverse with Mt Fuji at left.

KOREAN WON
₩5000

5000 won, (2006) orange on multicolour, Yi I , Ojukheon in Gangneung, black bamboo at right. Reverse with
"Insects and Plants", a painting of a watermelon and cockscombs by Yi I's mother Shin Saimdang.

IRAQI DINAR
50000‫د‬.‫ع‬

50000 dinars, (2013-2015) brown on multicolour, Water wheel on the Euphrates river, palm trees, Gali Ali Beg
waterfall (Kurdistan) in obverse. In reverse there’s a fishermen, traditional reed house of the Mesopotamian
marshes, rivers Euphrates and Tigris rivers on map
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JORDANIAN DINAR
50 dinars
OBVERSE REVERSE

50 dinars (2003) pink and brown on multicolour, Abdullah bin al-Hussein at right. Reverse with Raghadan Palace.

SAUDI RIYAL
500 riyals

500 riyal (2007), blue on multicolour, Ka'aba in Meccain

the middle while King Abdulaziz Al Saud at right. Reverse with Holy mosque in Makkah Al Mukarramah (Mecca).

TURKISH LIRA
200

200 turkish lira (2009), violet on multicolour, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at right. Reverse with Yunus Emre:
Yunus's mausoleum, rose, pigeon and the line "Sevelim, sevilelim" (Let us love, let us be loved).

CYPRIOT POUND
£20
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OBVERSE REVERSE

20 cypriot pound (1997), blue on multicolour,

Aphrodite (upper part of a sculpture found in Soloi-1st
century BC) at left. Reverse with Kyrenia boat (4th century
BC), Petra Tou Romiou.

MONGOLIAN TUGRIKS
₮100

100 tugrik (2016), violet on multicolour, Sükhbaatar at

left, Soyombo, Paiza. Reverse with mountainous landscape and horses eating grass.

KAZAKHSTANI TENGE
10000 tenge

10000 tenge (2011), blue and violet on multicolour, obverse:"Kazakh Eli" monument in Astana (representing the
"independence of Kazakhstan" and the "Continuation of Generations"), Palace of Independence, piegons, Emblem
of Kazakhstan and Flag of Kazakhstan. Reverse with Outline of Kazakhstan, Residence Ak Orda (Palace of the
President), Astana.

TAJIKISTANI SOMANI
500 somani
OBVERSE REVERSE
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500 somani (2010), purple and gray on multicolour, obverse: Abuabdullo Rudaki. Reverse with Palace of Nations in
Dushanbe.

UZBEKISTANI SO’M
50000 so’m

50000 so’m (2017), violet on multicolour, obverse: National emblem of Uzbekistan; top of the “Ezgulik” ark in
Independence Square in Tashkent. Reverse with Palace of Conventions (Anjumanlar Saroyi) in Tashkent.

TURKMENISTANI MANAT
100 manat

50

manat (2009), cyan on multicolor, obverse: Emblem of Turkmenistan; Gorgut Ata Türkmen (aka Dede Korkut).
Reverse with Türkmenistanyň Mejlisi (National Assembly of Turkmenistan), Aşğabat.

REFERENCES:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lKsAAMXQIBBRCDtw/s-l1600.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won#/media/File:5000_won_serieV_obverse.jpeg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1000_yen_banknote_2004.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1000_Yen_from_Back.jpg