Bolivia (1962-1981)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period after the re-election of Paz Estenssoro as president in 1960 and 1964 in which on November 5, 1964 he was overthrown by a coup by Vice President René Barrientos, beginning a period of 18 military governments. Barrientos was elected president in 1966 and carried out a conservative economic policy (reopening of the tin industry to foreign companies, which led to strong economic growth) and fought against...

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Bolivia (1945-1962)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period in which World War II lasted and subsequently the Cold War started, which began with President Gualberto Villaroel, being overthrown and lynched in 1946. In 1947 the conservatives of Enrique Hertzog took power (those who opposed left and right ), which was replaced by Mamerto Urriolagoitia in 1949. In 1950 the Communist Party of Bolivia was outlawed and in 1952 the Bolivian Revolution (1952) led by the...

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Bolivia (1911-1929)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the liberal period, born with the victory of José Manuel Pando in the Bolivian Civil War, which lasted until 1920; The greatest exponent of these democratic governments was that of Ismael Montes. Since 1926, President Hernando Siles ruled, overthrown by a revolution in 1930 for trying to extend his term. All bills with an impression above saying Central Bank of Bolivia date from an extraordinary issuance of 1929....

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Guinea (1985-nowadays)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period after the coup d'etat of Lasana Conté and Diarra Traoré, with which the first became President and the second, Prime Minister. Political prisoners were released, more than 200,000 people returned from exile and an attempt was made to leave the socialist model. In 1992 the power was returned to the civilians, with the victory of Conté and his political party in the presidential and legislative elections...

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Chile (1962-1967)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period after the 1960 earthquake, which begins with the celebration of the 1962 Soccer World Cup with President Jorge Alessandri, who is carrying out his land reform. In the following elections of 1964, in the middle of the Cold War, the right gathered around the Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei Montalva (with US support) to stop the socialist Salvador Allende. After his victory in the elections, Frei Montalva...

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Slovenia (1992-2007)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period after the independence of the country of Yugoslavia, in which the Slovenes chose Milan Kučan as President (re-elected in 1997) and Janez Drnovšek as Prime Minister. At this time it led to a gradual economic, social transformation and trade was oriented towards the West. Drnovšek stopped being PM in 2002 and that same year he became President of the country until 2007. Under his presidency the referendums...

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North Macedonia (1993-1996)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period after the independence of the country in which the country had problems to be recognized internationally because Greece was opposed to the use of Hellenic symbols (came to put a trade embargo in 1994, which caused the country to change flag) although in the end it entered the UN in 1993 with the provisional name of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). There are banknotes of 10 Macedonian...

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Free City of Danzig (1923-1928)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period of the history of the city of Danzig in which the city had a period of city-state with semi-autonomy created after the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles. The state was formed by the cities of Danzig, Zoppot (Sopot), Oliva (Oliwa), Tiegenhof (Nowy Dwór Gdański) and Neuteich (Nowy Staw) and in it the population was 95% German, with a Polish minority with rights quite protected. The Free City...

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Free City of Danzig (1923-1928)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period of history of the city of Danzig in which, as in other German-speaking territories, there was a huge rise of the Nazi party, from 0.7% in the elections of 1927 to 50% in 1933, led by Albert Forster. At this time the repression of the political opposition took place (introducing laws such as the 1933 authorization or those of Nuremberg) and, due to German economic aid, the Danzig florin was devalued by...

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Denmark (2009-nowadays)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period in which Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen was appointed secretary general of NATO, inheriting the post Lars Løkke Rasmussen who governed until 2011 and since 2015 (in that period was replaced by the Social Democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the first PM in history from Denmark). There are banknotes of 50 Danish krone, 100 Danish krone, 200 Danish krone, 500 Danish krone and 1,000 Danish krone. 50...

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