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

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)

The somoni (ISO 4217 code: TJS) is the currency of Tajikistan. It is subdivided into 100 diram. The currency is named after the father of the Tajik nation, Ismail Samani (also spelled Ismoil Somoni).

Tajikistan (1999) 10 Somoni (front) - Portrait of Mir Syed Ali Hamadani

In November 2006, the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) of Bhutan released the new one Ngultrum note. The release, called the ‘Series 2006’, was part of a clean note policy during which the authority would mop up all the soiled, dirty and mutilated notes from circulation. See The Full Series 2006

Bhutan (2006) 1 Ngultrum (front) - Dragons

Bloomberg 3rd June 2008:-

The US appeals court recently ruled that the blind and other visually impaired people are discriminated against by the nation's currency.

Canada has put "embossed dots" on its bills that vary by denomination, while the Euro includes a foil feature that can be detected by touch, the judges said. The United States is nearly alone in the world in using bills that are the same in size and color in all denominations, they added.

There are about 3.7 million visually impaired in USA. The US Treasury Dept is considering next action includig appeal to Supreme Court.