Here Is A List Of 15 Coolest Banknotes In The World

Currency is one of those ever-present objects in our lives, something that passes through our hands every day. So mundane that we don’t really notice what it looks like each time we see it. But the design of our bills is ever-shifting, continuously updated for contemporary aesthetics.

Visitors usually bring a set amount of currency for the single purpose of buying gifts and souvenirs for themselves or for their loved ones back home but imagine traveling to a country just to bring back the very thing you’d normally spend.

1. Comorian franc

The designs you still see today originated in the 1970s, with periodic tweaks to the design to add additional security measures. The first Comorian Paper money was printed in 1920, an emergency issue of Madagascar’s postage stamps fixed to a card that allowed them to be used as currency.

2. Costa Rican colones

The Costa Rican coins are somewhat ordinary, but the bills are some of the most beautiful paper currencies out there.

The reverse side of each of the bills is different and focuses on Costa Rica’s beautiful biodiversity with representations of plants, ecosystems, and animals such as sloths, hummingbirds, and sharks.

3. The Cook Islands’ Dollar

Cook Islanders are New Zealand citizens and the currency used in the Cook Islands is the New Zealand Dollar. That said, the Cook Islands also have their own bills and coins, including an unusual $3 bill and a triangular $2 coin, both of which are collected by travelers to the islands and kept as cool souvenirs.

4. Aruban Florins

When designing its currency, Aruba aimed to represent the country’s essence. Aruban artist Evelino Fingal created this colorful line of banknotes in 1990, combining the country’s unique natural flora with the patterns of pre-Columbian pottery.

5. Icelandic krona

With a cartoonishly Nordic look, the krona is fun for the whole family. This is the currency of Iceland. Iceland is the second smallest country by population, after Seychelles, to have its own currency and monetary policy.

6. Angolan kwanza

The banknotes are quite similar in design, with only different colors separating them. The Banco Nacional de Angola issued a new series of kwanza banknotes on March 22, 2013, in denominations of 50, 100, 200, and 500 kwanzas