Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral, Portuguese aviation pioneers, the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air, from March to June 1922 from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro.

Mozambique (1972) 1,000 Escudos (back) - Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho

Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho was born on 17 February 1869 in Belem (Lisboa). At age of sixteen he entered Polytechnic College to prepare for admission to the Naval Academy one year later.

Juan Ramon Jimenez (Moguer, Spain, 24 December 1881 – Santurce, Puerto Rico, 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. Read Feature Article

Spain (1983) 2,000 Pesetas (front) - Portrait of Juan Ramon Jimemnez

Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832 - 1910) was a Norwegian writer and a 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjornson is generally considered as one of "The Great Four" Norwegian writers. Read Feature Article

Norway (1953) 50 Kroners (front) - Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852 – 1934) was a Spanish histologist, physician, and Nobel laureate. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern neuroscience. Read Feature Article

Spain (1935) 50 Pesetas (front) - Portrait of Santiago Ramon y Cajal

Bertha von Suttner (1843 - 1914) was an Austrian novelist, radical pacifist. She was first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and one of her famous publication was Lay Down Your Arms!). Read Feature Article

Austria (1966) 1,000 Schillings (front) - Portrait of Bertha von Suttner

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