Let's see if we can post banknotes by the catalog country list. For the countries P-R

The continuing thread in the same series as A-C, D-F, G-I, J-L and M-O.

• Pakistan
  
• Palestine (British Mandate)
  
• Panama
  
• Papua New Guinea
  
• Paraguay
  
• Peru
  
• Philippines
  
• Poland
  
• Portugal
  
• Puerto Rico
  
• Qatar
  
• Qatar and Dubai
  
• Réunion
  
• Rhodesia
  
• Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  
• Romania
  
• Russia
  
• Rwanda
  
• Rwanda and Burundi
  

30th June: Pakistan

Pakistan - 50 Rupees





Pakistan - 100 Rupees/Taka

1st July: Palestine

2nd July: Panama

Sorry, do not have Panama. Another country on my wants list.

Quote: "COINMAN1"​Sorry, do not have Panama. Another country on my wants list.

​Aye, same here. I've nothing until Philippines, and Panama is also on my banknote to get list.

3rd July: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea - 2 Kina




Papua New Guinea - 20 Kina

4th July: Paraguay

Paraguay 1 Guarani Pic#193a.1 (Previously thought it was Pic#192)

5th July: Peru

Peru - 500 Intis




Peru - 1000 Intis

6th July: Philippines

Finally I get to post again!

Numista went down while I was uploading the photos from my phone, but hey, it seems to be working fine now! Some more of the older issues from me:


1921 Philippines 5 Pesos (Philippine National Bank), McKinley


1929 Philippines 2 Pesos, José Rizal


1936 Philippines 1 Peso, Mabini


1936 Philippines 5 Pesos, McKinley/Dewey


1944 Philippines 1 Peso, Mabini "VICTORY" issue



A bunch of emergency currency notes issued by local provinces and guerillas during the Japanese occupuation in WWII; 1941-44. Most are extremely crude; they are very cheap and plentiful in the Philippines; these (and more) were picked up for 10€ together in Singapore.

Crude they might be, but beautiful on the eye. Never likely to get to the Philippines though

Quote: "COINMAN1"​Crude they might be, but beautiful on the eye. Never likely to get to the Philippines though

​There's tons of it floating around, I'm sure of it; seen them being sold even in Europe.

Even if we have the sort of person who can only afford Japanese occupation notes, these are also affordable for them.

7th July: Poland

Got carried away and this turned into kind of a World Banknote Chat for Polish notes... oh well, enjoy!


1916 Poland (Kingdom of) 1 Marka/Marek
This issue came out under the Kingdom of Poland, a German puppet state semi-instituted in occupied Russian Poland during WWI, from 1916 onwards. It was not recognised by any of the Allied nations, and in late 1918-1919 some of the Polish representatives of it, such as Józef Piłsudski went on to found a new, completely independent Polish state (the Second Polish Republic, 1918-39) while the Central Powers and Russia were collapsing in defeat/implosion and civil war respectively.


1916 Poland (German Occupation) 20, 50 Kopecken, 1 Rubel
These are technically listed under Germany, and as "Occupation of Lithuania" in WPM, but I have them organised in my collection under Poland, for they were issued in Posen (today Poznań) and it just made so much more sense to me.


1920 Poland 5000 Marek
By now Poland was a fully independent Republic, having emerged out of the chaos caused by the crumbling German administration in (formerly) Russian Poland; it had gained new territories from Germany and the former Austro-Hungarian Empire at the Treaty of Versailles, and had raced eastward past the Curzon Line to secure as much land for the new state as possible from the Bolsheviks. This note was printed in the midst of the Polish-Soviet war of 1920, when Polish defence of Warsaw from the Red Army stopped the westward advance of Communism envisioned by Lenin and Trotsky.


1922-23 Poland 10000, 50000 Marek


1919 (1924) Poland 500 Złotych
The first coin and banknote issues of the Polish Złoty came in 1924; these replaced the banknotes of the Marek that had been circulating since WWI. The symbolic date of 1919 here probably represents the birth of the new independent Polish state for the first time since 1795.


1929 Poland 50 Złotych
By now Poland's brief era with democracy had ended with the May coup in 1926 by Piłsudski, who assumed almost dictatorial power in the young republic.


1930 Poland 5 Złotych
Somewhat strangely Scottish looking, what with the thistles and colour scheme.


1932 Poland 100 Złotych
I consider myself a connoisseur of vintage currency, but the designer of Interwar era Polish banknotes (well, the ones from the 1930s) had a certain savoir-faire, they look timeless everywhere.


1936-40 Poland 20 Złotych (Poland/General Government)
Piłsudski's death in 1935 ushered in a period of relative fractured government, with various successors fighting for the reins of power. The threat of war loomed as irredentist Nazi war aims looked to recover land lost to Poland in the Treaty of Versailles; in September 1939 Poland was invaded, beginning WWII in Europe. It's interesting to compare the prewar and wartime issues of this banknote; the 1940-41 notes have "Bank Emisyjny" rather than "Bank Polski" (Polish Bank), and show "Kraków" as a place of issue instead of Warsaw; these circulated in the General Government.


1941 Poland 50 Złotych (General Government)

8th July: Portugal

Quote: "CassTaylor"​Got carried away and this turned into kind of a World Banknote Chat for Polish notes... oh well, enjoy!
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​1916 Poland (Kingdom of) 1 Marka/Marek
​This issue came out under the Kingdom of Poland, a German puppet state semi-instituted in occupied Russian Poland during WWI, from 1916 onwards. It was not recognised by any of the Allied nations, and in late 1918-1919 some of the Polish representatives of it, such as Józef Piłsudski went on to found a new, completely independent Polish state (the Second Polish Republic, 1918-39) while the Central Powers and Russia were collapsing in defeat/implosion and civil war respectively.
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​1916 Poland (German Occupation) 20, 50 Kopecken, 1 Rubel
​These are technically listed under Germany, and as "Occupation of Lithuania" in WPM, but I have them organised in my collection under Poland, for they were issued in Posen (today Poznań) and it just made so much more sense to me.
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​1920 Poland 5000 Marek
​By now Poland was a fully independent Republic, having emerged out of the chaos caused by the crumbling German administration in (formerly) Russian Poland; it had gained new territories from Germany and the former Austro-Hungarian Empire at the Treaty of Versailles, and had raced eastward past the Curzon Line to secure as much land for the new state as possible from the Bolsheviks. This note was printed in the midst of the Polish-Soviet war of 1920, when Polish defence of Warsaw from the Red Army stopped the westward advance of Communism envisioned by Lenin and Trotsky.
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​1922-23 Poland 10000, 50000 Marek
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​1919 (1924) Poland 500 Złotych
​The first coin and banknote issues of the Polish Złoty came in 1924; these replaced the banknotes of the Marek that had been circulating since WWI. The symbolic date of 1919 here probably represents the birth of the new independent Polish state for the first time since 1795.
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​1929 Poland 50 Złotych
​By now Poland's brief era with democracy had ended with the May coup in 1926 by Piłsudski, who assumed almost dictatorial power in the young republic.
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​1930 Poland 5 Złotych
​Somewhat strangely Scottish looking, what with the thistles and colour scheme.
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​1932 Poland 100 Złotych
​I consider myself a connoisseur of vintage currency, but the designer of Interwar era Polish banknotes (well, the ones from the 1930s) had a certain savoir-faire, they look timeless everywhere.
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​1936-40 Poland 20 Złotych (Poland/General Government)
​Piłsudski's death in 1935 ushered in a period of relative fractured government, with various successors fighting for the reins of power. The threat of war loomed as irredentist Nazi war aims looked to recover land lost to Poland in the Treaty of Versailles; in September 1939 Poland was invaded, beginning WWII in Europe. It's interesting to compare the prewar and wartime issues of this banknote; the 1940-41 notes have "Bank Emisyjny" rather than "Bank Polski" (Polish Bank), and show "Kraków" as a place of issue instead of Warsaw; these circulated in the General Government.
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​1941 Poland 50 Złotych (General Government)

​i enjoyed it very much..thank you!

Glad you did!

Here's my old Portuguese notes:


1910 Portugal 500 Réis (Banco de Portugal issue; REPUBLICA overstamped)
The "REPUBLICA" stamp indicates this note was still circulating later in the same year it was issued in (1910), which was when the King, Manuel II abdicated, and the Portuguese monarchy was replaced by a Republic.


1925 Portugal 20 Centavos (Casa da Moneda issue)

I actually have way more Portuguese colonial banknotes than I do Portuguese issues.... strange now that I think of it.

9th July: Puerto RIco

10th July: Qatar

Qatar, 1 Riyal, 1996


Qatar, 1 Riyal, 2008

Qatar - 1 Riyal

Qatar 5 Riyals P29(1) ND (2008)

Wow, I didn't expect the only Q country in the world to have 3 posts in a day when I was the only one who had Portugal!

11th July: Qatar and Dubai

Quote: "CassTaylor"​Wow, I didn't expect the only Q country in the world to have 3 posts in a day when I was the only one who had Portugal!
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​11th July: Qatar and Dubai

​lol! i have most of them, but rarely time to post, unfortunately..

Quote: "ngdawa"​

Quote: "CassTaylor"​Wow, I didn't expect the only Q country in the world to have 3 posts in a day when I was the only one who had Portugal!
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​​11th July: Qatar and Dubai

​​lol! i have most of them, but rarely time to post, unfortunately..

Same problem here. Next up for me is Romania but I will be on holiday. Hopefully I'll get to post some of my "S" countries when I get back.​

12th July: Réunion

ND (1944) Réunion 5 Francs

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Quote: "ngdawa"​
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Quote: "CassTaylor"​Wow, I didn't expect the only Q country in the world to have 3 posts in a day when I was the only one who had Portugal!
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​​​11th July: Qatar and Dubai

​​​lol! i have most of them, but rarely time to post, unfortunately..

​Same problem here. Next up for me is Romania but I will be on holiday. Hopefully I'll get to post some of my "S" countries when I get back.​

​Not a problem, you guys; do feel free to post notes from countries you missed as long as they're still from the same series (P-R for example).

Quote​​Not a problem, you guys; do feel free to post notes from countries you missed as long as they're still from the same series (P-R for example).

​I missed Poland


50 Zlotych P142c 1988
Obverse: Karol Swierczewski (22 February 1897 – 28 March 1947). Polish born Red Army general, participated in Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. Died in ambush by Ukrainian terrorists.
Reverse: Order of the Cross of Grunwald, Military decoration.


100 Zlotych P143e 1988
Obverse: Ludwik Warynski (24 September 1856 – 2 March 1889). Activist and theoretician of the socialist movement in Poland.
Reverse: Social-Revolutionary Party Manifest.


200 Zlotych P144c 1988
Obverse: Jarosław Dąbrowski (13 November 1836 – 23 May 1871). A left wing independence activist for Poland and military commander of the 1871 Siege and Commune of Paris where he died.
Reverse: “Victimes des revolutions” Sculpture by Paul Moreau-Vauthier in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

13th July: Rhodesia

14th July: Rhodesia and Nyasaland

15th July: Romania

1928 Romania 20 Lei
A very obvious French influence here; the designer seems to be French himself, and the motif and colours used bring to mind contemporary French bleu et rose series (used from the 1880s to 1920s) notes.


1944 Romania 5000 Lei
By now Romania had lost not only a great deal of the land gained after WWI, but had also apparently bet on the wrong side in WWII. By May 1944 most of the country was occupied by the Soviet Red Army, and a few months later an armistice was signed practically turning it into a communist puppet.


1945 Romania 20 Lei
One of the last notes ever printed by Romania under a monarchy; the bust is of King Carol II who would abdicate less than 2 years later under pressure from local communists.


1946 Romania 100000 Lei
Up until the beginning of the communist period in 1947, when Soviet influence took over, Romanian notes' designs remained very clearly influenced by contemporary French notes; this is particularly visible here with the scalloped left side and cursive writing, also seen on many high denomination French notes.

Romania - 1 Leu

Romania



5 Lei P118 2017
Obverse: George Enescu (19 August 1881 – 4 May 1955); composer, violinist and conductor.
Reverse Athenaeum in Bucharest; musical chord from "Oedipe", opera by George Enescu.



10 Lei P119i 2013
Front: Mallow flowers at centre, at right Nicolae Grigorescu (15 May 1838 – 21 July 1907), one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.
Reverse: At left “Water carrier” from painting by Nicolae Grigorescu, in centre a Romanian "Culă" (fortified house) in Province of Oltenia (Lesser Walachia).

16th July: Russia (including the Soviet Union)

Russia



100 Rubles P275 2015
Crimea’s Reunification with Russia
Obverse: Painting "The Russian Squadron on the Sebastopol Roads" (by Ivan K. Aivazovsky),
"Monument to the Scuttled Ships", Sevastopol Bay (by Amandus Adamson),
Layout of Sevastopol city,
"Memorial to the Heroic Defense of Sevastopol in 1941-1942", Nakhimov square (by I. Fialko and V. Yakovlev)
St. Vladimir’s Cathedral.

Reverse: "Sail" cliff and Au-Dag mountain,
Swallow’s Nest castle on Aurora Cliff overlooking Cape of Ai-Todor, Yalta
Khan's mosque in Khan's Palace, Bakhchysarai
radio telescope RT-70 near the town of Yevpatoria.

Splitting this into two sections, for Tsarist/Provisional Government/White Army issues and Bolshevik/R.S.F.S.R/USSR issues:


1910-12 Russian Empire 100, 500 Roubles


1899 (1912-17 issue) Russian Empire 50 Roubles


1898 (1915 issue) Russian Empire 1 Rouble


ND (1917) Russia (Provisional Government) 20, 40 Kopecks
In March 1917, the February Revolution broke out after grain riots in Petrograd (St. Petersburg); resulting in the Tsar's abdication and the establishment of a Provisional Government led by Alexander Kerensky, fatally dependent on the Petrograd Soviet for staying in power.


ND (1918) Russia (Provisional Government; Siberia Issue) 50 Kopecks
Issued by the White Army-bolstered Provisional Government in Siberia, against the backdrop of the Russian Civil War. Stamped.


1918 Russia (Provisional Government; Treasury Note issue) 25, 100 Roubles


ND (1920) Russia (South Russia; White Army issue) 500 Roubles
Issued by the High Command of the Armed Forces in South Russia; by White Armies occupying the Ukraine during the Russian Civil War


General Assortment of White Army notes, 1918-20; 100, 250, 1000, 5000, 10000 Roubles

Part 2, for Bolshevik/Soviet issues since 1920;


ND (1919) Russia (R.S.F.S.R; Civil War issue) 2 Roubles
These issues were printed in the midst of the Russian Civil War; the Bolsheviks controlling Petrograd and Moscow, while the White Army and their foreign supporters controlling Siberia, the Russian Far East, the Ukraine and Karelia. This issue is only 40x48mm, about the size of a large postage stamp!


1921 Russia (R.S.F.S.R) 50000, 100000 Roubles
This was the first Rouble issued by the Bolsheviks; it suffered massive inflation, and no coins were minted until the revaluation of the currency as the second rouble later that year (1921).


1922 Russia (R.S.F.S.R) 10, 25 Roubles
Issued in the name of the 2nd Rouble; these were the last issues by the R.S.F.S.R before the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR is signed later this year.


1937 Soviet Union 1, 3, 5, 10 Chevront- (z) (sa)(sev)
Issued by the Soviet government to combat counterfeiting; White expatriate groups often smuggled counterfeit chevronetz banknotes into the USSR with the intent of causing inflation. Fun Fact; some of these are on display at the Musée de l'Armée in Les Invalides in Paris, but last time I went there they were incorrectly attributed on the display as (for the last one) "10 Rouble note".


1938 Soviet Union 1, 3, 5 Roubles


1947 Soviet Union 3 Roubles

Your banknotes collection keeps amazing me, Cass!! Lovely notes again.

Edit: posting the notes that hadn’t been posted yet! Have more back home in The Netherlands, but no access to them :(

1 Ruble USSR



New 200 Ruble



Fifa World Cup 100 Ruble (gotten from our fellow numista member Tolnomur after meeting!)

This is a rare moment for me. Not just that I have pictures ready, but I actually have time to post them!

RSFSR
1919-1921


Russian Empire
1912-1917


South Russia
1918


Russia
1993


1995


1997-2004


2015, Crimea

　(КС - Krym, Sevastopol’) 　　(СК - Sevastopol’, Krym)

Russia - 10 Roubles

Russia

100 Rubles P274 2014
Winter Olympic Games in Sochi
Obverse: Snowboarder flying over Sochi, Olympic Stadium, mountain.
Reverse: Firebird, Olympic Stadium.

Quote: "Salaction"​Your banknotes collection keeps amazing me, Cass!! Lovely notes again.
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​ Thanks again!
The appreciation everyone's shown for my notes does mean a lot; plus it's always great to see them being enjoyed; after all what is a collection without a little showing off?

Russian notes can be relatively affordable, and it's amazing how some of the White Army issues can be found in the strangest places; in Spain and China in particular, where White Army expatriates fleeing the Bolsheviks usually engaged as volunteers in ideological combats such as the Spanish and Chinese Civil Wars.

@ngdawa I really like/want the other two RSFSR small notes you have there. Also, be prepared for new thread!

17th July: Rwanda

Rwanda


500 Francs P26a 1998



1000 Francs P39 2015

18th July: Rwanda-Urundi