Welcome to my blog for worldwide Banknotes, Coins and Numismatic related collections.............Numismatics is the study or collection of currency including paper money, coins, tokens and related objects. The discipline also includes the broader study of money and other payment media used to resolve debts and the exchange of goods........"The artwork on a country's currency usually contains historical and cultural references and is a source of national pride"

Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts

Monday, 6 October 2014

Kingdom of Bahrain

Kingdom of Bahrain, 1 (one) Dinar (BHD)

Bahrain, is a small island country near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. Bahrain was one of the earliest areas to convert to Islam in 628 AD. Following a period of Arab rule, Bahrain was occupied by Portuguese in 1521 then followed by Shah Abbas I of the Safavid empire.

Saturday, 4 October 2014

Kingdom of Bhutan

Kingdom of Bhutan 2006, 1 (one) Ngultrum (BTN)

Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is bordered to the north by China and to the south, east and west by India. Much of early Bhutanese history is unclear because most of the records were destroyed when fire ravaged the ancient capital, Punakha, in 1827.

Macau (Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)

Macau 2005, 10 (ten) Patacas (MOP)

Macau, is one of the two Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta across from Hong Kong. A former Portuguese colony, Macau was administrated by Portugal from the mid-16th century until late 1999, when it was the last remaining European colony in Asia.

Friday, 3 October 2014

Republic of Indonesia

Republic of Indonesia 1959, 100 (one hundred) Rupiah

Indonesia is an archipelago comprising 13,466 islands with about 300 ethnic groups, each with cultural identities developed over centuries, and influenced by Indian, Arabic, Chinese, and European sources. The Indonesian archipelago has been an important trade region for traders from China and India since the 7th century.

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 5 (five) Rupee

The territory that now constitutes Pakistan was previously home to several ancient cultures, including the Mehrgarh of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization, and later home to kingdoms ruled by people of different faiths and cultures, including Hindus, Indo-Greeks, Muslims, Turco-Mongols, Afghans and Sikhs

People's Republic of Bangladesh

Peoples Republic of Bangladesh 2010, 10 (ten) Taka

Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India to its west, north and east, Burma to its southeast and separated from Nepal and Bhutan. The present-day borders of Bangladesh took shape during the Partition of Bengal and British India in 1947, when it was known as East Pakistan.

Thursday, 2 October 2014

Sultanate of Oman

Sultanate of Oman 1995, 100 (one hundred) Baisa

Oman, is an Arab state in Southwest Asia. From the late 17th century the Omani Sultanate was a powerful empire, vying with Portugal and Britain for influence in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean.

Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic 1982, 1 (one) Syrian Pound

A country in Western Asia bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea.The modern Syrian state was established after World War I as a French mandate, and represented the largest Arab state to emerge from the formerly Ottoman-ruled Arab Levant. It gained independence in 1946, as a parliamentary republic.