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Slovenia's Currency 'Tolar'
I was just curious about Slovenia's currency "Tolar" (Code: SIT). Slovenia's Central Bank provides meaningful information.
Slovenia (1992) 50 Tolars - mathematician Jurij Vega
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Maria Sklodowska-Curie 2x Nobel Laureate (Banknote Poland)
Marie Curie (born Maria Sklodowska, 1867 – 1934) was a physicist and chemist of Polish upbringing and, subsequently, French citizenship. She was twice-honored Nobel laureate. Read Feature Article
Poland (1989) 20,000 Zlotych (front) - Marie Sklodowska Curie
Guglielmo Marconi - Nobel Physics 1909 (Banknote Italy)
Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937) was an Italian inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system. He shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read Feature Article
Italy (1990) 2,000 Liras (front) Portrait of Guglielmo Marconi
Niels Bohr - Nobel Physics 1922 (Banknote Denmark)
Niel Bohr (1885 - 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Read Feature Article
Denmark (1997) 500 Kroner (front) - Portrait of Niels Bohr
Austria's Erwin Schrodinger - Nobel Physics 1933 (Banknote Austria)
Erwin Schrodinger was an Austrian - Irish physicist who achieved fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics, especially the Schrodinger equation Read Feature Article
Austria (1983) 1,000 Schilling (front) - Portrait of Erwin Schrodinger
Albert Einstein - Nobel Physics 1921 (Banknote Israel)
Albert Einstein is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass-energy equivalence, E = mc2. Read Feature Article
Israel (1968) 5 Lirot (front) - Portrait of Albert Einstein
France's Marie And Pierre Curie (Nobel Laureates) (Banknote France)
Marie and Pierre Curie are the famous husband and wife scientists and Nobel Laureates. Read Feature Article
France (1994) 500 Francs (front) - Marie and Pierre Curie
Croatia's Ruder Boskovic - Brilliant Physicist, Astronomer, Mathematician
Ruder Boskovic (see names in other languages; May 18, 1711 – February 13, 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, and Jesuit from Ragusa (today Dubrovnik, in Croatia) who lived in some states of Italy and, for some years, in France and England. He is famous for his atomic theory, given as a clear, precisely-formulated....
Croatia (1993) 50,000 Dinara (front) - Portrait of Ruder Boskovic
Yugoslavia Honours Nicola Tesla - "Patron Saint of Modern Electricity"
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. Born in Smiljan, Croatian Krajina, Military Frontier, he was an ethnic Serb subject of the Austrian Empire and later became American citizen. Tesla is best known for his many great contributions to the discipline of electricity and magnetism......
Yugoslavia (1986) 500 Dinara (front) - Statue of Nicola Tesla
Kazakhstan's Honour To Al-Farabi, The Second (Great) Teacher
Abū Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Farakh al-Fārābi (Persian: محمد فارابی) or Abū Nasr al-Fārābi (in some sources, known as Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan ibn Uzlagh al-Farabi), also known in the West as Alpharabius, Alfarabi, Al-Farabi, Farabi, and Abunaser (c. 872 – between 14 December 950 and 12 January 951) was a Central Asian polymath and one of the greatest scientists and philosophers.......
