Double Thalers of Hesse-Cassel.
Friedrich Wilhelm The First's bust features on just Three dates for the elusive Double Thaler, 1851, 1854 & 1855.
Hessen-Kassel Doppeltaler
Die Büste Friedrich Wilhelms des Ersten ist an nur drei Daten für den schwer fassbaren Doppeltaler zu sehen, 1851, 1854 und 1855.
USA . Federal Reserve Bank Notes $100
1929 saw the introduction of small size Federal Reserve Bank Notes, with a distinctive brown seal.
French Banknotes. Livres 1790s
French Assignat were issued between the 1720s and 1790s, with the Livres denominations prevalent until 1794, superceded by the Franc. Prior to 1792 the larger denominations featured the bust of Louis XVI.
Louis Philippe - The Five Franc Issues.
The Anglophile Louis Philippe's comparatively short reign (1830-1848) was a period of colonial expansion, including the conquest of Algeria, however, growing social inequality and a lack of enfranchisement led to a number of assassination attempts and subsequent abdication, and exile in England.
Cine Note; Feyder's Macadam and the Demeter F1,000.
Filming for Jacques Feyder's 1946 social realism/crime film Macadam took place in the hot summer of 1946.
The Antiguan Farthing
The need for small change resulted in the issuing of Farthing denominations, by the St John, Antigua, merchants Hannay and Coltart, whose company was founded C.1836.
Victorian Third Farthings.
Issued at the height of Imperial power, the Third Farthing denomination was struck solely for circulation in Malta, the initial mintage, in 1827 being just under 1.5 million.
The National Bank of Scotland £1 Note in the 1950s
Following the removal of the Royal Coat of arms from the obverse in 1934, the basic design remained the same until the Bank's note-issuing demise in 1959.
Jacque Coeur & The Short Lived 50 Franc Note.
Following on from the Ceres 50 Franc note, which had seen France through the depression years, by the summer of 1940, a week before the armistice, the first of the new Jacque Coeur (1395-1456) notes were printed.
The Short lived banknote issues of Qatar & Dubai
Despite being independent territories, Qatar & Dubai were merged for monetary purposes, the joint currency (Riyal), coming into being in September 1966.
The signature combination of Lord Elphinstone (1869-1955) and William Watson (1902-1984) as Governor and Treasurer of the Bank of Scotland respectively, covered just Seven date issues, between September 1953 and March 1955.
Six of the dates maintain the usual(for that time) print run of 1,000,000 notes per date, with the exception of the first date of September 4 1953, with only 500,000 notes being printed.
1955 saw the Bank of Scotland take over the Union Bank of Scotland, at the same time the formerly grey medallion in the centre became a blue-grey, and the reverse adopted a sailing ship motif in the central medallion, in honour of the Union Bank.
The banknotes continued to be printed by Waterstons. Once the remaining paper supplied by Portals was exhausted, subsequent supplies were sourced from Cowans of Penicuik.
In replying to a question in the House of Commons, the then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan stated that the average male wage in April 1955 was £10. 17s. 5d (£10.87p), meaning that for many, a £1 note was probably the highest denomination in the wage packet.
Penguin New Writing. The Paperbacks
Following the success of Allen Lane's hardback Penguin New Writing in 1936, the books became paperback at the end of 1940.