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.
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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? |
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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 |
Zeke308 says
Get yourselves a bunch of hammers, a huge pile of sand, and proceed to pound all that sand you-know-where.