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Crazy banknotes that will not leave you indifferent
The rare cases when money is not used to buy art and entertainment, but is the art and entertainment itself.
One of the craziest banknotes is the Finnish 1000 markka note from 1922. Finland had just gained independence and had gone through its own civil war and war with the Soviet Russia.
A group of naked people of both sexes. Naked Mother Finland leads her naked people into a bright future. In their hands, the naked Finns hold either a rolled-up carpet or a python.
Very cool banknote from the times of the New Economic Policies in the Soviet Union. The worker and farmer lie down together and read the book. Which book is that? Obviously, “The Capital” by Karl Marx. People nicknamed the banknote “slackers”.
Very beautiful dollar bills were issued in the United States in the 19th century. For example, this $2 bill, the so-called “silver…
