Nicolae Iorga (1871 – 1940) was a Romanian historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and politician. He served as a member of Parliament, as President of the post-World-War-I National Assembly, as minister, and (1931-32) as Prime Minister.

Romania (2005) 1 Lei (front) portrait of ex-Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga

Artur Virgílio Alves dos Reis (b. in Lisbon 1898 - 1955) perpetrated one of the largest fruad in history, against Bank of Portugal in 1925 often called the Portuguese Bank Note Crisis. He duped Waterlow & Sons into printing 200,000 pieces of 500 Portuguese Escudos, read the whole story here. And here the 500 note piece, and auction in 2007 for 6500Euros!

The Cathedral of Curtea de Arges (early 16th century) is one of the most famous buildings in Romania, and stands in the grounds of a monastery, 1 1/2 m north of Curtea de Arges. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.

Romania (2005) 1 Lei (back) - the Curtea de Arges Cathedral

Bloomberg 19/06/2008: 1 USD = 23701.996 ROL (Romanian Leu)

Lempira (d. 1537) was a war captain of the Lencas of western Honduras in Central americas during the 1530s, when he led resistance to Francisco de Montejo's attempts to conquer and incorporate the region into the province of Honduras.

Honduras (1997) 1 Lempira (front) - Portrait of Lempira - Captain of the Lencas, Honduras during 1530s

Rate: 1 USD = 18.896 HNL (Honduras Lempira) (Source: Bloomberg 16 June 2008).

Caught one of today's headlines in Yahoo's 'Stranded divers chase off Komodo dragon on island'. It's actually not a dragon but is the largest living species of lizard, growing to an average length of 2–3 meters and weighing around 70 kilograms.

Indonesia (1991) 50 Rupiah (Coin) - Komodo Dragon

In April 2008, the Bank of Ireland marked the moment with the launch of new banknotes that honour the Bushmills Irish Whiskey's heritage by featuring the famous Old Bushmills Distillery in Co Antrim.

Bank Of Ireland (2008) 20 Pounds - Bushmills Distillery

The official currency of Transnistria is the Transnistrian ruble. Transnistria is an internationally unrecognized country. Currency has no ISO code.

Transnistria (1994) 10 Ruble (front)

Polymer banknotes were introduced in (2004) due to high cases of banknote forgery. All of them are polymer. The largest denomination is the BND 10,000.

Brunei (2006) 10,000 Dollar - (front) Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

Bloomberg 3rd June 2008:-
1 USD = 1.3628 BND (Brunei Dollar)