Classroom activity by Manmeet

Banknote analysis

manmeet210 — 2016-01-07 04:12:04 UTC

The images on paper money reflect the history, geography, economics, and culture of a country. Many students have access to sample banknotes from other countries. In addition, images are available online. Using actual paper currency or online images, have students describe the visual features (both front and back) of banknotes from one or more countries. Students should point out evidence of historic, geographic, economic, cultural-social, political legal influences on the images portrayed.

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China

2016-01-26 02:20:49 UTC

A Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.

Red Envelopes containing bank notes are ritually given at special occasions rather than presents: festivals (particularly Chinese New Year), marriages, births, visiting sick relatives, etc.

This is the third edition of the fifth series of renminbi introduced in 1999. Like the second edition issued in 2005, the latest version adds anti-counterfeiting features like colour-changing ink, an additional serial number, a new security line, and unevenly printed patterns of the Great Hall of the People on the note.

Japan Banknote

2016-01-26 02:20:49 UTC

The front part of the 5000 yen banknote consists of Ichiyo Higuchi who is one of the first Japanese women writers. She was the third woman that had the chance to appear on a banknote. The back part of the banknote consists of the Kakitsubata-zu which is actually a painting of irises that was painted by Ogata Korin who is a famous painter in Japan. The bank note is also purple in colour. The meaning of Nippon Ginko is Bank of Japan. The red mark is the governor's

Singapore

2016-01-26 02:20:57 UTC

The person that appeared in front the front banknote is President Yusof bin Ishak. He's the first president of Singapore.

The logo of Majulah Singapora at the top left of the notes means 'God Save The King (or Queen) before Singapore was independent.

The logo that appears on top of the 10,000 number it contains an image of the denomination numeral The kinegram appears as an octagonal foil on the front of the note. It contains an image of the denomination numeral which shifts as the note is tilted. On varying the viewing angle, one can also see the logo of BCCS or MAS transforming into the letters “BCCS” or the Singapore Lion symbol. The background of the kinegram is composed of shapes representing electron orbitals which change from bright to dark as the note is rotated. This background shimmers in an array of colours when rotated. These features are unique properties to the kinegram and cannot be replicated. The lion logo that is found on the bank notes represent Singapore's official animal and the lion logo fountain of Singapore.

South Korea Won

2016-01-26 02:22:56 UTC

The person appeared in the front of the banknote is Sejong The Great whom the fourth king of Joseon-dynasty Korea. 세종 He created the Korean alphabet Hangul

Globe of Honcheonsigye

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astronomical clock

and Cheonsang Yeolcha Bunyajido in the background

See-through Register: Patterns are printed in the same place on both sides of the note. Holding the note up to the light, the shapes on the obverse and reverse will combine to make a completed Taegeuk.
Micro Lettering: Difficult to see with the naked eye, but can be discerned with a magnifier. It is appeared as a line or dotted line when forged by color printer or color copier.
Watermark: Held up to the light, a hidden reverse image portrait appears in the non-image space on the left side of the obverse, thanks to the variation in thickness within each note.
Watermark Bar: Held up to the light, three horizontal dark bars and two bright bars appear in turn, thanks to the variation in thickness within each note.
Fluorescent Security Fiber: Fluorescent fibers are inserted into the paper. Under ultraviolet light, it is possible to see the fluorescent fibers scattered throughout.

Bank Not

2016-01-26 02:26:56 UTC

Russia

2016-01-26 02:28:06 UTC

this is the russia 100 ruble. on front side of the banknote of russia 100 ruble is a women riding a thing with 4 horse and that majestic female is Catherine II. as for the back side of the note is a huge house which i cant effort.

US Dollar and UK Pounds

2016-01-26 02:28:40 UTC

UK Pound

US 5 Dollar Bill

2016-01-26 02:31:09 UTC

The yan dao guy in the picture is Abraham Lincoln.

He is the 16th president of the US and A.

He abolished slavery on African people, strengthen the government, modernized the government.

Got assassinated by the illuminati's in 1865, April 15

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1. Watermarks - here are now two watermarks. A large numeral "5" watermark is located in a blank space to the right of the portrait, replacing the watermark portrait of President Lincoln found on previous bills. A second watermark — a new column of three smaller "5"s — has been added and is positioned to the left of the portrait.

2. Security: The embedded security thread runs vertically and is now located to the right of the portrait. The letters "USA" followed by the number "5" in an alternating pattern are visible along the thread from both sides of the bill. The thread glows blue when held under ultraviolet light

UK

2016-01-26 02:34:40 UTC

The woman in the pound note is Queen Elizabeth.

The Queen is Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms. The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she was born in 1926 and became Queen at the age of 25, and has reigned through more than five decades of enormous social change and development.

The Queen is married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and has four children and eight grandchildren.

Before the banknotes, there were only coins in the UK. Coins were made of silver and its called "shillings"

The pound was a unit of account in Anglo-Saxon England, equal to 240 silver pennies and equivalent to one pound weight of silver.

From there, it evolved into the modern British currency, the pound sterling.