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Sigismund III, 10 ducats, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1614 and 1616)

Reason: High quality, high EV (two-image set). Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632) was monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and carried the titles of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

Original – Sigismund III Vasa as ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth depicted on a pair of gold 10 ducat coins: one bearing the coat of arms (reverse) of the Royal City of Gdańsk (1614) and the other a variation of the coat of arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1616), struck in the Lithuanian Treasury.

Articles in which these images appear: Sigismund III Vasa (2), ducat (2), Gdańsk (1)

FP category for this image: Currency/European currency

Creator: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History

Sigismund III Vasa

Depicted on a 1614 City of Gdańsk (Danzig) 10 ducat
Coat of arms of the Royal City of Gdańsk (reverse)

Depicted on a 1616 Lithuanian 10 ducat
Coat of arms, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and privy mark of Hieronim Wołłowicz, Grand Treasurer of Lithuania (reverse)

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Kingdom of Denmark-1 Mark (1713)

Original – One Danish Mark (1/6 of a rigsdaler) from 1713, the first year paper currency was issued in Denmark.

Reason: High quality image, high EV. Backed with felt in an early conservation attempt, this 1713 note is from the first year Denmark began issuing paper currency.

Articles in which these images appear: Danish rigsdaler

FP category for this image: Currency

Creator: Kingdom of Denmark.
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

Colonial Guadeloupe, 1 Franc (1863)

Original – One Guadeloupe franc banknote issued in 1863 and hand-signed by three Treasury officials. Any note (regardless of condition) issued before 1884 is considered rare.

Reason: High quality, high EV

Articles in which these images appear: Guadeloupe franc

FP category for this image: Currency

Creator: Guadeloupe Colonial Treasury
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

Banco de la Republica-5 Pesos gold (1907)

Reason: High quality, high EV. Fairly early example of a Paraguayan banknote.

Articles in which these images appear: American Bank Note Company, Currency of Uruguay

FP category for this image: Currency

Creator: Waterlow and Sons and the government of Paraguay.
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

Banco Italiano-100 Pesos (1887)

Original – Banco Italiano del Uruguay (1887) – 100 Pesos engraved and printed by the American Bank Note Company. Portraits of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Christopher Columbus.

Reason: High quality, high EV. After losing a nearly exclusive contract to engrave and print for the U.S. Treasury (c. 1880), the ABNCo pursued foreign contracts. They have provided security paper and/or bank notes to 115 foreign countries.

Articles in which these images appear: American Bank Note Company, Currency of Uruguay

FP category for this image: Currency

Creator: American Bank Note Company and the government of Uruguay.
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

Taiwanese yen

Original – One gold Taiwanese yen issued by the Bank of Taiwan in 1904.

Reason: High EV, high quality image.

Articles in which these images appear: Taiwanese yen

FP category for this image: Currency

Creator: Bank of Taiwan.
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

El Banco Español-Filipino (1896)

Original – Ten Philippine peso fuerte banknote issued by El Banco Español-Filipino in 1896, and hand-signed by three bank officers.

Original - One Philippine peso Treasury Certificate in 1924, on the bank officers.

Reason: High quality, high EV. Early example of a fairly rare banknote.

Articles in which these images appear: Philippine peso fuerte, Bank of the Philippine Islands

FP category for this image: Currency

Creator: El Banco Español-Filipino
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

Banco Herrera, Eastman & Ca

Original – Ten peso banknote from the Banco Herrera, Eastman & CA., Montevideo, Uruguay. The bank only emitted a single issue (1873) of 10 peso notes. A note in any condition is very rare.

Reason: High quality, high EV

Articles in which these images appear: Currency of Uruguay

FP category for this image: Currency

Creator: Bradbury Wilkinson and Company and Banco Herrera, Eastman & CA.
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

Republique d'Haiti, 10 Gourdes (1827)

Original – Ten gourde banknote issued in 1827 during the Haitian unification of Hispaniola (1822–44).

Reason: High quality, high EV

Articles in which these images appear: Haitian gourde

FP category for this image: Currency

Creator: Republic of Haiti
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

New Caledonia emergency postage currency

Reason: High quality, high EV (presented as a pair). New Caledonian emergency stamp money was issued (1914–23) in lower denominations (e.g., 25 and 50 Centimes, 1 and 2 Francs) indicating a need for non-metallic change (see Fractional currency) and likely reflecting a war-time specie shortage.

Original – A two-image set representing the two different types of emergency postage money issued in New Caledonia (postage stamp on card and encased postage stamp)

Articles in which these images appear: New Caledonian franc (both),

FP category for this image: Currency

Creator: Banque de l'Indochine (by authority of the French government) for New Caledonia
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.

New Caledonian emergency postage stamp currency (1914–23)

New Caledonia, 25 centimes
stamp on card (1914–23)
New Caledonia, 25 centimes
encapsulated stamp (1922)

Canterbury Quad, St. John's College, Oxford

Original – Canterbury Quad: The entrance to the Great Lawn and Groves of St John's College, Oxford.

Reason: High EV, high quality image
Articles in which this image appears: St John's College, Oxford.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Godot13