User:Godot13/sandbox/FPC sandbox

Sigismund III, 10 ducats, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1614 and 1616)

 * Reason:High quality, high EV (two-image set). Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632) was monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and carried the titles of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

Original – Sigismund III Vasa as ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth depicted on a pair of gold 10 ducat coins: one bearing the coat of arms (reverse) of the Royal City of Gdańsk (1614) and the other a variation of the coat of arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1616), struck in the Lithuanian Treasury.


 * Articles in which these images appear: Sigismund III Vasa (2), ducat (2), Gdańsk (1)


 * FP category for this image:Currency/European currency


 * Creator: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History

Kingdom of Denmark-1 Mark (1713)



 * Reason:High quality image, high EV. Backed with felt in an early conservation attempt, this 1713 note is from the first year Denmark began issuing paper currency.


 * Articles in which these images appear: Danish rigsdaler


 * FP category for this image:Currency

From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Image by Godot13.
 * Creator: Kingdom of Denmark.

Colonial Guadeloupe, 1 Franc (1863)



 * Reason:High quality, high EV


 * Articles in which these images appear:Guadeloupe franc


 * FP category for this image:Currency

From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Image by Godot13.
 * Creator: Guadeloupe Colonial Treasury

Banco de la Republica-5 Pesos gold (1907)

 * Reason:High quality, high EV. Fairly early example of a Paraguayan banknote.


 * Articles in which these images appear:American Bank Note Company, Currency of Uruguay


 * FP category for this image:Currency

From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Image by Godot13.
 * Creator:Waterlow and Sons and the government of Paraguay.

Banco Italiano-100 Pesos (1887)



 * Reason:High quality, high EV. After losing a nearly exclusive contract to engrave and print for the U.S. Treasury (c. 1880), the ABNCo pursued foreign contracts. They have provided security paper and/or bank notes to 115 foreign countries.


 * Articles in which these images appear:American Bank Note Company, Currency of Uruguay


 * FP category for this image:Currency

From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution. Image by Godot13.
 * Creator:American Bank Note Company and the government of Uruguay.

Taiwanese yen



 * Reason: High EV, high quality image.


 * Articles in which these images appear: Taiwanese yen


 * FP category for this image:Currency

From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution. Image by Godot13.
 * Creator:Bank of Taiwan.

El Banco Español-Filipino (1896)



 * Reason:High quality, high EV. Early example of a fairly rare banknote.


 * Articles in which these images appear:Philippine peso fuerte, Bank of the Philippine Islands


 * FP category for this image:Currency

From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Image by Godot13.
 * Creator: El Banco Español-Filipino

Banco Herrera, Eastman & Ca



 * Reason:High quality, high EV


 * Articles in which these images appear:Currency of Uruguay


 * FP category for this image:Currency

From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution. Image by Godot13.
 * Creator:Bradbury Wilkinson and Company and Banco Herrera, Eastman & CA.

Republique d'Haiti, 10 Gourdes (1827)



 * Reason:High quality, high EV


 * Articles in which these images appear:Haitian gourde


 * FP category for this image:Currency

From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Image by Godot13.
 * Creator: Republic of Haiti

New Caledonia emergency postage currency

 * Reason:High quality, high EV (presented as a pair). New Caledonian emergency stamp money was issued (1914–23) in lower denominations (e.g., 25 and 50 Centimes, 1 and 2 Francs) indicating a need for non-metallic change (see Fractional currency) and likely reflecting a war-time specie shortage.

Original – A two-image set representing the two different types of emergency postage money issued in New Caledonia (postage stamp on card and encased postage stamp)


 * Articles in which these images appear:New Caledonian franc (both),


 * FP category for this image:Currency

From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Images by Godot13.
 * Creator: Banque de l'Indochine (by authority of the French government) for New Caledonia

Canterbury Quad, St. John's College, Oxford

 * Reason:High EV, high quality image
 * Articles in which this image appears:St John's College, Oxford.
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
 * Creator:Godot13