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Smithwick Numismatics

Cerrón Grande, The Great Dam Of El Salvador: 1 Colón(El Salvador, 1982)-Reference

Notes Of Indochina, The Woman And Peasant: 1 Piastre (French Indochina, 1936)-Reference

Beasts Of Burden And Temples: 500 Riels (Cambodia, 1972)-Reference

Notes Of The Pathet Lao, Aspiration For A Future: 200 Kip (Laos, 1968)-Article

Haw Phra Kaew, House of The Emerald Buddha: 100 Kip (Laos, 1974)-Reference

Red Gold, The Colombia Coffee Harvest: 200 Peso Oro (Colombia, 1982)-Reference

Notes Of The West African Franc, The Village On Stilts: 1,000 Francs (Ivory Coast, 1997)-Reference

Notes Of The Central African Franc, The Market: 2,000 Francs (Equatorial Guinea, 2000)-Reference

Madagascar, The Land Of Great Fertility: 25,000 Francs (Madagascar, 1998)-Reference

Madagascar, The Colonized Land Of Natural Wonders: 5,000 Francs (Madagascar, 1995)-Reference

The Raffia Weavers Of Madagascar: 2,500 Francs (Madagascar, 1998)-Reference

Brâncuși, Patriarch Of Modern Sculpture: 500 Lei (Romania, 1991)-Reference

Notes Of The Great Mzee, The Lion Pride: 20 Shillings (Kenya, 1978)-Reference

Samoan Commemoration, The Chief's Jubilee: 2 Tala (Samoa, 2003)-Reference

Notes Of New Guinea, Trade Goods: 10 Kina (Papua New Guinea, 1985)-Reference

New Guinean Commemoration, The 15th Pacific Games: 10 Kina (New Guinea, 2015)-Reference

The Poet And The Mountain: 10 Korun (Czechoslovakia, 1986)-Reference

Notes Of The Hong Kong Government: 10 Dollars (Hong Kong, 2014)-Reference

Notes Of The Asoka Lion, The Thousand-Eyed Bird: 10 Rupees (India, 1970)-Reference

Modern Notes Of The Solomon Islands, The Pan Piper: 20 Dollars (Solomon Islands, 2017)-Reference

Test Notes Of De La Rue-Giori: 0 Value (De La Rue, 2000)-Reference

Test Notes Of KBA-Giori, The Cash Cycle: 001 Value (KBA Giori, 2010)-Reference

Test Notes Of KBA-Giori, Jules Verne: 0 Value (KBA Giori, 2005)-Reference

Kuwaiti Commemoration, The Liberation: 1 Dinar (Kuwait, 1993)-Reference

Armenian Commemoration, Noah's Ark: 500 Dram (Armenia, 2017)-Reference

Nigerian Commemoration, The Statesman Chief: 100 Naira (Nigeria, 2014)-Reference

Fantasy Notes Of A United Pacific: 5 Dollars (Pacific States, 2018)-Reference

Fantasy Notes Of Easter Island: 500 Rongo (Easter Island, 2011)-Reference

Arngrímur The Learned, Notes From The Land Of Vikings: 10 Kronur (Iceland, 1961)-Reference

Fijian Commemoration, The Rugby 7s: 7 Dollars (Fiji, 2017)-Reference

Fijian Commemoration, Countdown To Y2K: 2 Dollars (Fiji, 2000)-Reference

Notes Of The Maple Leaf Nation: 1 Dollar (Canada, 1973)-Reference

Montessori, The Great Educator: 1,000 Lira (Italy, 1990)-Reference

Coins Of The Austrian-Hungary Empire: 1 Kreuzer (Kingdom of Austria, 1891)-Reference

Notes Of General Aung San, Father Of The Myanmar State: 25 Kyat (Myanmar, 1972)-Reference

Coins Of The Austrian Crown: 1 Kreuzer (Austria, 1816)-Reference

General Aung San, Father Of The Myanmar State: 5 Kyat (Myanmar, 1973)

Notes Of the Mexican Revolution: 1 Peso (Mexico, 1914)-Reference

The Enchanted Night, The Tragedy Of José Asunción Silva: 5000 Pesos (Columbia, 2012)-Reference

MacArthur's Return And Independence: 1 Centavo (U.S. Philippines, 1944)-Reference

The Marshall, Jaguar, And Condor: 5,000 Bolivianos (Bolivia, 1984)-Reference

Birdwatching, White-Throated Toucan: 25 Gulden (Suriname, 2000)-Reference

Notes Of The Conflicted Colony: 20 Escudos (Portuguese Timor, 1967)-Reference

Notes Of The Central African Franc, The Herdsman: 500 Francs (Equatorial Guinea, 2000)-Reference

Notes Of The Leopard Of Zaire, The Ingra Dam: 5 Zaires (Zaire, 1985)-Article

Bicentennial Notes, World Expo 88: 5 Expo Dollars (Australia, 1988)-Article

Carlos Gomes, The New World Composer: 5,000 Cruzeiros (Brazil, 1993)-Article

The Crocodile Coins Of Melanesia: 1 Kina (Papua New Guinea, 1975)-Article

Coins Of The USA, Sacagawea Dollar: 1 Dollar (United States Of America, 2001)-Article

Fiji Six Pence, Coins From The Island Colony: 6 Pence (Fiji 1953)-Article

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