The Future of Gender Equality on Banknotes

Merchant Machine analysed the top legal tender currencies around the world and propose six of today’s most influential women to replace them and create equal banknotes for the future.

Merchant Machine analysed the top legal tender currencies around the world and found that 88% of the world’s banknotes feature men over women. This figure then rises to 91% when we exclude the monarch, Queen Elizabeth. 

Did you know that…

• 69 of the 177 legal tender currencies around the world are 100% male
• The Danish krone, Swedish krona, and Australian dollar are the only currencies with an equal number of women and men on banknotes
• The US dollar, Chinese yuan, and Indian rupee have never featured women on banknotes, only men
• Queen Elizabeth II appears on 35 different countries banknotes, more countries than anyone else in history

To counteract this gender disparity, we showcase six of the most influential women of 2020 who we feel are deserving to adorn the future series of banknotes. From leading us through the Covid-19 pandemic, fighting for climate change, dominating the music and athletic spaces and revolutionising the political landscapes, these are the women making modern history.

Kamala Harris

Net Worth: $6,300,000.00

Kamala Harris is the first female Vice President in history, first Indian-American woman to be elected to the United States Senate and the first African-American and first woman to serve as California’s attorney general.

 

Angela Merkel

Net Worth:  $11,500,000.00

Angela Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany and served a commendable 4 terms. She acted as a de facto leader to Europe, leading the region’s largest economy and Germany from financial crisis back to financial growth.

Greta Thunberg

Net Worth: $1,000,000.00

Thunberg is internationally renowned for challenging world leaders to take action against climate change. She led 4 million people across the globe in the largest climate change demonstration in history on September 20, 2019, as well as starting a worldwide movement called the “How dare you” speech. 

 

Taylor Swift

Net Worth: $365,000,000.00

Taylor Swift is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, winning 10 Grammys and other awards and produced two of the top 10 2020 best selling albums during the pandemic. She is also a key pioneer of LGBT rights. 

 

Oprah Winfrey

Net Worth: $2,600,000,000.00

Oprah Winfrey is the first black female billionaire and has transformed her hit talk show, which ran for 25 years, into a media and business empire.

 

Serena Williams

Net Worth: $200,000,000.00

Serena Williams was the former world No. 1 in women’s singles tennis and has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most wins by any player in the Open Era and the second-most grand slam wins of all time.

Person	Gender	Country originated from	Currency they're on	Note (e.g. $50/ $20)	Years of Circulation	Currently in Circulation	Notable achievement (that put them on the note)	Years of Birth/Death	Age/ Dead or alive?
Elizabeth II	Female	Australia	Australian Dollar	$5	1992	Yes	Queen of Australia (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Australia	Australian Dollar	$1	1966–1984	No	Queen of Australia (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Ian Clunies Ross	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$50	1973–1995	No	Scientist; leader in veterinary medicine	1899–1959	Dead
Howard Florey	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$50	1973–1995	No	Nobel Prize winner for work with penicillin (1945)	1898–1968	Dead
Charles Kingsford Smith	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$20	1966–1994	No	Aviator; first to fly across the Pacific in 1928	1897–1935	Dead
Douglas Mawson	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$100	1984–1996	No	Antarctic explorer and geologist	1882–1958	Dead
John Flynn	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$20	1994	Yes	Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (1928)	1880–1951	Dead
David Unaipon	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$50	1995	Yes	Inventor and writer	1872–1967	Dead
Henry Lawson	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$10	1966–1993	No	Poet and novelist	1867–1922	Dead
Mary Gilmore	Female	Australia	Australian Dollar	$10	1993	Yes	poet and journalist	1865–1962	Dead
John Monash	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$100	1996	Yes	General during World War I	1865–1931	Dead
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$10	1993	Yes	Poet; author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890)	1864–1941	Dead
Edith Cowan	Female	Australia	Australian Dollar	$50	1995	Yes	Suffragette; the first woman elected to the Parliament of Australia (1920–1924)	1861–1932	Dead
Nellie Melba	Female	Australia	Australian Dollar	$100	1996	Yes	International opera soprano (1886–1926)	1861–1931	Dead
Lawrence Hargrave	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$20	1966–1994	No	Inventor aeronautical pioneer; invented the box kite (1893)	1850–1915	Dead
William Farrer	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$2	1966–1988	No	Leading agronomist and wheat breeder	1845–1906	Dead
John Tebbutt	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$100	1984–1996	No	Astronomer; discoverer of the "Great Comet of 1861"	1834–1916	Dead
Catherine Helen Spence	Female	Australia	Australian Dollar	$5	2001	Yes	Politician, journalist and suffragette	1825–1910	Dead
Henry Parkes	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$5	2001	Yes	The Father of the Federation	1815–1896	Dead
Caroline Chisholm	Female	Australia	Australian Dollar	$5	1967–1992	No	Humanitarian for women's immigrant welfare	1808–1877	Dead
Mary Reibey	Female	Australia	Australian Dollar	$20	1994	Yes	Businesswoman	1777–1855	Dead
John Macarthur	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$2	1966–1988	No	Pioneer of the Australian wool industry	1766–1834	Dead
Joseph Banks	Male	Australia	Australian Dollar	$5	1967–1992	No	English botonist; introduced eucalyptus to the West	1743–1820	Dead
Elizabeth II*?	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$20	2012	Yes	Queen of Canada (1952)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$1	1954–1974	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$2	1954–1975	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$2	1986–1996	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$5	1954–1972	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$10	1954–1971	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$20	1954–1969	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$20	1969–1993	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$20	1993–2004	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$50	1954–1975	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$100	1954–1976	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$1,000	1954–1992	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$1,000	1992–2000	No	Queen of Canada (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$20	1935–1937	No	Princess of York (1936–1952)	1926-	Alive
Viola Desmond	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$10	2018	Yes	Challenging racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946	1914-1965	Dead
Henry	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$100	1935–1937	No	Duke of Gloucester (1928–1974)	1900–1974	Dead
Mary	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$10	1935–1937	No	Princess Royal of Canada (1932–1965)	1897–1965	Dead
Albert	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$50	1935–1937	No	Duke of York (1920–1936)	1895–1952	Dead
Edward	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$5	1935–1937	No	Prince of Wales (1910–1936)	1894–1972	Dead
Agnes Macphail	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$10	2017 (commemorative)	Yes	Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament (1948-1951)	1890-1954	Dead
James Gladstone	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$10	2017 (commemorative)	Yes	Senator for Lethbridge, Alberta (1958-1971)	1887-1971	Dead
William Lyon Mackenzie King	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$50	1975–1989	No	10th Prime Minister (1921–1926; 1926–1930; 1935–1948)	1874–1950	Dead
William Lyon Mackenzie King*	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$50	2012	Yes	10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921–1926, 1926-1930 and 1935-1948)	1874-1950	Dead
Mary	Female	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$2	1935–1937	No	Royal consort to George V (1910–1936)	1867–1953	Dead
George V	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$1	1935–1936	No	King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions (1910–1936)	1865–1936	Dead
Robert Borden	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$100	1976–1990	No	8th Prime Minister (1911–1920)	1854–1937	Dead
Robert Borden*	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$100	2011	Yes	8th Prime Minister of Canada (1911-1920)	1854-1937	Dead
Wilfrid Laurier	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$1,000	1937–1954	No	7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911)	1841–1922	Dead
Wilfrid Laurier	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$1,000	1935–1937	No	7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911)	1841–1921	Dead
Wilfrid Laurier	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$5	1986–2001	No	7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911)	1841–1920	Dead
Wilfrid Laurier	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$5	1972–1986	No	7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911)	1841–1919	Dead
Wilfrid Laurier*	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$5	2013	Yes	7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896-1911)	1841-1919	Dead
John A. Macdonald	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$500	1935–1937	No	1st Prime Minister (1867–1873 and 1878–1891)	1815–1894	Dead
John A. Macdonald	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$100	1937–1954	No	1st Prime Minister (1867–1873 and 1878–1891)	1815–1893	Dead
John A. Macdonald	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$10	1989–2000	No	1st Prime Minister (1867–1873 and 1878–1891)	1815–1892	Dead
John A. Macdonald	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$10	1971–1989	No	1st Prime Minister (1867–1873 and 1878–1891)	1815–1891	Dead
John A. Macdonald*	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$10	2013	Yes	1st Prime Minister of Canada (1867–1873 and 1878–1891)	1815-1891	Dead
George-?tienne Cartier	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$10	2017 (commemorative)	Yes	Premier of Canada East (1858-1862)	1814-1873	Dead
George VI	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$1	1936–1954	No	King of Canada (1936–1952)		Dead
George VI	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$2	1936–1955	No	King of Canada (1936–1952)		Dead
William Lyon Mackenzie King	Male	Canada	Canadian Dollar	$50	1989–2004	No			Dead
William McKinley	Male	USA	Dollar	$500	1929–1969	No	25th President of the United States (1897–1901)	1843–1901	Dead
Grover Cleveland	Male	USA	Dollar	$1,000	1929–1969	No	22nd and 24th President of the United States (1885–1889 (22nd Presidential term) and 1893–1897 (24th Presidential term)	1837–1908	Dead
Ulysses S. Grant	Male	USA	Dollar	$50	2004	Yes	18th President of the United States (1869–1877)	1822–1885	Dead
Abraham Lincoln	Male	USA	Dollar	$5	2008	Yes	16th President of the United States (1861–1865)	1809–1865	Dead
Salmon P. Chase	Male	USA	Dollar	$10,000	1929–1969	No	25th Secretary of the Treasury (1861–1864)	1808–1873	Dead
Andrew Jackson	Male	USA	Dollar	$20	2003	Yes	7th President of the United States (1829–1837)	1767–1845	Dead
James Monroe	Male	USA	Dollar	$5,000	1918–1928	No	Delegate, Continental Congress (1783–1786); 5th President of the United States (1817-1825)	1758–1831	Dead
Alexander Hamilton	Male	USA	Dollar	$1,000	1918–1928	No	1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789–1795)	1755/7-1804	Dead
Alexander Hamilton	Male	USA	Dollar	$10	2006	Yes	1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789–1795)	1755/7-1804	Dead
John Marshall	Male	USA	Dollar	$500	1918–1928	No	4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1801–1835)	1755–1835	Dead
James Madison	Male	USA	Dollar	$5,000	1918–1928	No	Delegate, Continental Congress (1780–1783); 4th President of the United States (1809-1817)	1751–1836	Dead
George Walton	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1749/50-1804	Dead
Edward Rutledge	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1749–1800	Dead
Robert R. Livingston	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1746–1813	Dead
Thomas Heyward, Jr.	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1746–1809	Dead
Benjamin Rush	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1745–1813	Dead
Elbridge Gerry	Male	USA	Dollar	$5,000	1918–1928	No	Delegate, Continental Congress (1782–1785); 4th Vice President of the United States (1813-1814)	1744–1814	Dead
Elbridge Gerry	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776; 5th Vice President of the United States (1813-1814)	1744–1814	Dead
Thomas Mifflin	Male	USA	Dollar	$5,000	1918–1928	No	President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1783–1784)	1744–1800	Dead
Thomas Jefferson	Male	USA	Dollar	$5,000	1918–1928	No	Delegate, Continental Congress (1783–1784); 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809)	1743–1826	Dead
Thomas Jefferson	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	3rd President of the United States (1801–1809); signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1743–1826	Dead
James Wilson	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1742–1798	Dead
William Hooper	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1742–1790	Dead
Arthur Middleton	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1742–1787	Dead
Samuel Chase	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1741–1811	Dead
William Paca	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1740–1799	Dead
George Clymer	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1739–1813	Dead
George Clinton	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776; 4th Vice President of the United States (1805-1812)	1739–1812	Dead
Charles Carroll	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1737–1832	Dead
John Hancock	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1737–1793	Dead
Francis Hopkinson	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1737–1791	Dead
John Adams	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776; 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801)	1735–1826	Dead
William Floyd	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1734–1821	Dead
Thomas McKean	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1734–1817	Dead
Robert Morris	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1734–1806	Dead
George Read	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1733–1798	Dead
John Dickinson	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1732–1808	Dead
George Washington	Male	USA	Dollar	$5,000	1918–1928	No	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775–1783); 1st President of the United States (1789-1797)	1732–1799	Dead
George Washington	Male	USA	Dollar	$1	1963	Yes	1st President of the United States (1789–1797)	1732–1799	Dead
Richard Henry Lee	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1732–1794	Dead
Thomas Willing	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1731–1821	Dead
Robert Treat Paine	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1731–1814	Dead
William Williams	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1731–1811	Dead
Samuel Huntington	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1731–1796	Dead
Richard Stockton	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1730–1781	Dead
Joseph Hewes	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1730–1779	Dead
Charles Thomson	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1729–1824	Dead
William Ellery	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1727–1820	Dead
Lewis Morris	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1726–1798	Dead
Oliver Wolcott	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1726–1797	Dead
Benjamin Harrison, V	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1726–1791	Dead
Abraham Clark	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1725–1794	Dead
John Witherspoon	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1723–1794	Dead
Samuel Adams	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1722–1803	Dead
Roger Sherman	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1721–1793	Dead
Philip Livingston	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1716–1778	Dead
Francis Lewis	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1713–1803	Dead
Stephen Hopkins	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1707–1785	Dead
Benjamin Franklin	Male	USA	Dollar	$2	1976	Yes	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	1706–1790	Dead
Benjamin Franklin	Male	USA	Dollar	$100	1996	Yes	Founding Father	1706–1790	Dead
William Bradford	Male	USA	Dollar	$10,000	1918–1928	No	2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (1621–1651)	1590–1657	Dead
Myles Standish	Male	USA	Dollar	$10,000	1918–1928	No	military commander of Plymouth Colony	1584–1656	Dead
John Carver	Male	USA	Dollar	$10,000	1918–1928	No	1st Governor of Plymouth Colony (1620–1621)	1576–1621	Dead
John Robinson	Male	USA	Dollar	$10,000	1918–1928	No	organizer of the Mayflower voyage	1575–1625	Dead
William Brewster	Male	USA	Dollar	$10,000	1918–1928	No	leader and pastor of Plymouth Colony	1566–1644	Dead
Hernando de Soto	Male	USA	Dollar	$500	1918–1928	No	Spanish explorer; first European explorer to find the Mississippi River (1542)	1496/7-1542	Dead
James Madison	Male	USA	Dollar	$5,000	1929–1969	No	4th President of the United States (1809–1817)		Dead
Ing?lfur Arnarson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5 kr	1960–1969	No	first permanent settler of Iceland, 874	unknown	Dead
J?hannes Sveinsson Kjarval	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	2,000 kr	1995	Yes	painter	1885–1972	Dead
Christian X	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	100 kr	1929–1935	No	King of Denmark, 1912–1947; King of Iceland, 1918–1944	1870–1953	Dead
Christian X	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	50 kr	1931–1936	No	King of Denmark, 1912–1947; King of Iceland, 1918–1944	1870–1952	Dead
Christian X	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	50 kr	1907–1916	No	King of Denmark, 1912–1947; King of Iceland, 1918–1944	1870–1951	Dead
Christian X	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	10 kr	1929–1934	No	King of Denmark, 1912–1947; King of Iceland, 1918–1944	1870–1950	Dead
Christian X	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	10 kr	1907–1916	No	King of Denmark, 1912–1947; King of Iceland, 1918–1944	1870–1949	Dead
Christian X	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5 kr	1929–1935	No	King of Denmark, 1912–1947; King of Iceland, 1918–1944	1870–1948	Dead
Christian X	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5 kr	1907–1916	No	King of Denmark, 1912–1947; King of Iceland, 1918–1944	1870–1947	Dead
Frederick VIII	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	50 kr	1907–1916	No	King of Denmark, 1906–1912	1843–1912	Dead
Christian IX	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	100 kr	1916–1935	No	King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1882	1818–1914	Dead
Christian IX	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	50 kr	1916–1920	No	King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1881	1818–1913	Dead
Christian IX	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	50 kr	1886–1907	No	King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1880	1818–1912	Dead
Christian IX	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	10 kr	1916–1920	No	King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1879	1818–1911	Dead
Christian IX	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	10 kr	1907–1916	No	King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1878	1818–1910	Dead
Christian IX	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	10 kr	1886–1907	No	King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1877	1818–1909	Dead
Christian IX	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5 kr	1919–1920	No	King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1876	1818–1908	Dead
Christian IX	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5 kr	1907–1919	No	King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1875	1818–1907	Dead
Christian IX	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5 kr	1886–1907	No	King of Denmark, 1863–1906; signed the treaty that gave Iceland sovereignty, 1874	1818–1906	Dead
J?n Sigur?sson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	500 kr	1981	Yes	leader of the 19th century independence movement	1811–1879	Dead
J?nas Hallgr?msson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	10,000 kr	2013	Yes	Poet, author and naturalist	1807-1845	Dead
J?n Eir?ksson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	49 kr	1948–1960	No	promoter of enlightenment	1728–1791	Dead
J?n Eir?ksson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	48 kr	1936–1948	No	promoter of enlightenment	1728–1790	Dead
J?n Eir?ksson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	10 kr	1969–1984	No	promoter of enlightenment	1728–1789	Dead
J?n Eir?ksson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	6 kr	1947–1960	No	promoter of enlightenment	1728–1788	Dead
J?n Eir?ksson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5 kr	1935–1947	No	promoter of enlightenment	1728–1787	Dead
?rni Magn?sson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	500 kr	1944–1948	No	medieval Icelandic scholar	1663–1735	Dead
?rni Magn?sson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	101 kr	1947–1973	No	medieval Icelandic scholar	1663–1734	Dead
?rni Magn?sson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	100 kr	1935–1947	No	medieval Icelandic scholar	1663–1733	Dead
?rni Magn?sson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	11 kr	1947–1969	No	medieval Icelandic scholar	1663–1732	Dead
?rni Magn?sson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	10 kr	1934–1947	No	medieval Icelandic scholar	1663–1731	Dead
?rni Magn?sson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	100 kr	1981–1995	No	medieval Icelandic scholar	1663–1730	Dead
Ragnhei?ur J?nsd?ttir	Female	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5,000 kr	1986	Yes	developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of G?sli ?orl?ksson	1646–1715	Dead
Ingibj?rg Benediktsd?ttir	Female	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5,000 kr	1986	Yes	2nd wife of G?sli ?orl?ksson	1640-1673	Dead
Gr?a ?orleifsd?ttir	Female	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5,000 kr	1986	Yes	1st wife of G?sli ?orl?ksson	1640-1660	Dead
G?sli ?orl?ksson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	5,000 kr	1986	Yes	Lutheran bishop of Hólar (1657–1684); husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir	1631-1684	Dead
Brynj?lfur Sveinsson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	1,000 kr	1984	Yes	Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature	1605–1675	Dead
Arngr?mur J?nsson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	10 kr	1981–1984	No	scholar	1568–1648	Dead
Gu?brandur ?orl?ksson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	50 kr	1981–1987	No	bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1584	1541–1627	Dead
Gu?brandur ?orl?ksson	Male	Iceland	Icelandic kr?na	500 kr	1948–1968	No	bishop; published the first Icelandic translation of the Bible, 1583	1541–1626	Dead
Karen Blixen	Female	Denmark	Krone	50 kr	1999–2009	Yes	author	1885–1962	Dead
Niels Bohr	Male	Denmark	Krone	500 kr	1997–2011	Yes	Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1922)	1885–1962	Dead
Carl Nielsen	Male	Denmark	Krone	100 kr	1999–2010	Yes	Composer, conductor and violinist	1865–1931	Dead
Anna Ancher	Female	Denmark	Krone	1,000 kr	1998–2011	Yes	Painter	1859–1935	Dead
Michael Ancher	Male	Denmark	Krone	1,000 kr	1998–2011	Yes	Painter	1849–1927	Dead
Johanne Luise Heiberg	Female	Denmark	Krone	200 kr	1997–2010	Yes	Actress (1827–1864)	1812–1890	Dead
Hans Christian Andersen	Male	Denmark	Krone	10 kr	1952–1975	No	poet and author of fairy tales	1805–1875	Dead
Thomasine Heiberg	Male	Denmark	Krone	1,000 kr	1975–1998	No	author; portrait painted by Jens Juel	1779–1856	Dead
Hans Christian ?rsted	Male	Denmark	Krone	100 kr	1962–1974	No	physicist; discoverer of electromagnetism	1777–1851	Dead
Bertel Thorvaldsen	Male	Denmark	Krone	5 kr	1952–1962	No	sculptor	1770–1844	Dead
Pauline Maria Tutein	Female	Denmark	Krone	20 kr	1980–1990	No	wife of Peter Tutein, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel	1761–1827	Dead
Christian Ditlev Frederik	Male	Denmark	Krone	500 kr	1964–1975	No	agricultural reformer	1748–1827	Dead
Jens Juel	Male	Denmark	Krone	100 kr	1995–1999	No	painter	1745–1802	Dead
Ole R?mer	Male	Denmark	Krone	50 kr	1957–1975	No	astronomer; made the first measurements of the speed of light	1644–1710	Dead
Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoff	Female	Denmark	Krone	10 kr	1975–1980	No	wife of J.H. Kirchhoff, Councillor of State; portrait painted by Jens Juel	????-????	Dead
Engelke Charlotte Ryberg	Female	Denmark	Krone	50 kr	1975–1999	No	daughter-in-law of Niels Ryberg, merchant; portrait painted by Jens Juel	????-????	Dead
Franziska Genoveva von Qualen	Female	Denmark	Krone	500 kr	1974–1997	No	noble woman of Holstein, Germany; portrait painted by Jens Juel	????-????	Dead
Elizabeth II	Female	Australia	Pound	$1	1953–1966	No	Queen of Australia (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Hamilton Hume	Male	Australia	Pound	$1	1953–1966	No	First Australian-born explorer of Australia	1797–1873	Dead
Charles Sturt	Male	Australia	Pound	$1	1953–1966	No	English explorer of Australia	1795–1869	Dead
Sir John Franklin	Male	Australia	Pound	$5	1953–1966	No	Governor of Tasmania and explorer of the Arctic	1786–1847	Dead
Matthew Flinders	Male	Australia	Pound	10/-	1953–1966	No	Navigator and cartographer; author of A Voyage to Terra Australis	1774–1814	Dead
Arthur Phillip	Male	Australia	Pound	$10	1953–1966	No	Established the first European colony of Sydney, New South Wales	1738–1814	Dead
James Cook	Male	Australia	Pound	$1	1953–1966	No	Explorer; the first European to visit the Australian east coast	1728–1779	Dead
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$50	1981–1996	No	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$1	1978–1988	No	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$5	2002–2017	No	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$10	1975–2018	No	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$20	1970–2001	No	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$5	2002	Yes	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$10	2000	Yes	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$20	1999	Yes	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$20	2007	Yes	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Elizabeth II	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$50	2011	Yes	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)	1926-	Alive
Alan Turing	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$50	2021	Yes	Mathematician and computer scientist	1912–1954	Dead
Winston Churchill	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$5	2016	Yes	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945; 1951-1955)	1874–1965	Dead
Florence Nightingale	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$10	1975–1994	No	Pioneer of modern nursing[a]	1820–1910	Dead
Charles Dickens	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$10	1992–2003	No	Writer and social critic	1812–1870	Dead
Charles Darwin	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$10	2000–2018	No	Naturalist	1809–1882	Dead
Michael Faraday	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$20	1991–2001	No	Physicist and chemist; significantly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry	1791–1867	Dead
George Stephenson	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$5	1990–2003	No	Co-Created the Steam Locomotive 'The Rocket'	1781–1848	Dead
Elizabeth Fry	Female	England	Pound sterling	$5	2002-2017	No	Reformer	1780-1845	Dead
J. M. W. Turner	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$20	2020	Yes	Landscape painter	1775-1851	Dead
Jane Austen	Female	England	Pound Sterling	$10	2017	Yes	Novelist	1775-1817	Dead
Arthur Wellesley	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$5	1971–1991	No	1st Duke of Wellington (1814–1852); Prime Minister (1828–1830 and 1834)	1769–1852	Dead
James Watt	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$50	2011	Yes	Inventor	1736-1819	Dead
Matthew Boulton	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$50	2011	Yes	Manufacturer	1728-1809	Dead
Adam Smith	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$20	2007	Yes	Economist	1723–1790	Dead
Isaac Newton	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$1	1978–1988	No	Physicist, mathematician and astronomer	1643–1727	Dead
Christopher Wren	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$50	1981–1996	No	Architect; designer of St. Paul's Cathedral	1632–1723	Dead
John Houblon	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$50	1994-2014	No	1st Governor of the Bank of England (1694-1697)	1632-1710	Dead
William Shakespeare	Male	England	Pound Sterling	$20	1970–1993	No	Playwright and poet; regarded as the greatest writer of the English language	1564–1616	Dead
George Best	Male	Northern Ireland	Pound Sterling	$5	2006	Yes	Footballer, Northern Ireland and Manchester United (special commemorative issue)	1946–2005	Dead
Sir James Martin	Male	Northern Ireland	Pound Sterling	$100	2005	Yes	Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat	1893–1981	Dead
Harry Ferguson	Male	Northern Ireland	Pound Sterling	$20	2005	Yes	Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99	1884–1960	Dead
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson	Male	Northern Ireland	Pound Sterling	$50	2005	Yes	founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning	1846-1921	Dead
John Boyd Dunlop	Male	Northern Ireland	Pound Sterling	$10	2005	Yes	Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company	1840–1921	Dead
David Livingstone	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$10	1813–1873	No	Scottish missionary and explorer in Central Africa.	1971–1998	Dead
Robert the Bruce	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$1	1274–1329	No	King of the Scots (1306-1329)	1971-.1989	Dead
Lord Kelvin	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$20	1824–1907	No	mathematical physicist and engineer	1971-.1989	Dead
Jack Nicklaus	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$5	2005	Yes	Notable American golfer (special commemorative issue)[3]	1940-	Alive
Queen Elizabeth II	Female	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$5	2002	Yes	To mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II (special commemorative issue)[3]	1926-	Alive
Queen Elizabeth II	Female	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$10	2012	Yes	To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II (special commemorative issue)[3][4]	1926-	Alive
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother	Female	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$20	2000	Yes	To mark the 100th birthday of The Queen Mother (special commemorative issue)[3]	1900–2002	Dead
Nan Shepherd	Female	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$5	2016	Yes	Novelist and poet	1893-1981	Dead
Alexander Fleming	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$5	2009	Yes	Discoverer of penicillin	1881–1955	Dead
Charles Rennie Mackintosh	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$100	2009	Yes	Architect and designer	1868-1928	Dead
Elsie Inglis	Female	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$50	2009	Yes	Doctor and suffragist	1864–1917	Dead
Robert Louis Stevenson	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$1	1994	Yes	Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer (special commemorative issue)[3]	1850–1894	Dead
Catherine Cranston	Female	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$20	2020	Yes	Entrepreneur	1849-1934	Dead
Mary Slessor	Female	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$10	1998	Yes	Scottish missionary to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights	1848–1915	Dead
Alexander Graham Bell	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$1	1997	Yes	Inventor of the telephone (special commemorative issue)[3]	1847–1922	Dead
William Arrol	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$5	2015 (commemorative)	Yes	Civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Unionist Party politician	1839-1913	Dead
Lord Kelvin	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$100	1998	Yes	Mathematical physicist and engineer	1824–1907	Dead
Old Tom Morris	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$5	2004	Yes	250th anniversary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (special commemorative issue)[3]	1821–1908	Dead
Mary Somerville	Female	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$10	2017	Yes	Scientist	1780-1872	Dead
Sir Walter Scott	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$100	2007	Yes	Historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes	1771–1836	Dead
Sir Walter Scott	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$50	2007	Yes	Historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes	1771–1835	Dead
Sir Walter Scott	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$20	1999	Yes	Historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes	1771–1834	Dead
Sir Walter Scott	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$10	2007	Yes	Historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes	1771–1833	Dead
Sir Walter Scott	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$5	2007	Yes	Historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes	1771–1832	Dead
Robert Burns	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$5	1998	Yes	Notable Scottish poet	1759–1796	Dead
Robert Burns	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$10	2009	Yes	Notable Scottish poet	1759–1796	Dead
Adam Smith	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$50	1998	Yes	Economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment	1723–1790	Dead
Lord Ilay	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$100	1987	Yes	Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland	1682–1766	Dead
Lord Ilay	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$50	1987	Yes	Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland	1682–1765	Dead
Lord Ilay	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$20	1987	Yes	Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland	1682–1764	Dead
Lord Ilay	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$10	1987	Yes	Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland	1682–1763	Dead
Lord Ilay	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$5	1987	Yes	Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland	1682–1762	Dead
Lord Ilay	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$1	1987	Yes	Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland	1682–1761	Dead
Robert the Bruce	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$20	1998	Yes	King of the Scots (1306-1329)	1274–1329	Dead
Robert the Bruce	Male	Scotland	Pound Sterling	$20	2009	Yes	King of the Scots (1306-1329)	1274–1329	Dead