Here you can find scans of banknotes from my collection of currency featuring scientists and mathematicians.

The online collection is divided into four pages (for no particular reason). It is organized as follows:

(Click on the page to see all the notes there, or click on a name to jump to a 600-dpi scan of the banknote)

Page One



Page Two



Page Three

Page Four

Page Five

My collection continues to grow, and there are many items still missing. In particular, I'm looking for the following (uncirculated) notes:

Albania 1000 Leke (1996): Bogdani

Australia 100 Dollars (?): Tebbutt

Austria 100 Schillings (1984): von Bawerk

Austria 500 Schilling (1965): Ressel

Austria 1000 Schilling (1961): Kaplan

Bulgaria 10 Leva (1999-present): Beron

Bulgaria 10000 Leva (1997-1999): Beron

Canada 100 Dollar (2004): Radarstat (satellite)

Colombia 20 Pesos (three issues): Caldas

Colombia 200 Peso (1983-1992, another): Mutis y Bosio

Colombia 20000 Pesos (2004): Garavito Armero

Estonia 2 Krooni (1992): von Baer

Germany 10 Deutschmark (1980): Dürer

Germany 20 Reich Marks (1929): Siemens

Germany 100 Marks (1935): Von Liebig

Germany 1000 Deutschmark (1977): Schöner

Germany 100 Reich Marks (?): Kepler

Greece 20 Drachma (old): Democritus

Greece 500 Drachma (1955): Socrates

Greece 10000 Drachma (1947): Aristotle

Italy 50000 Lire (1987, two other issues): da Vinci

Kamberra 5 (2005): Enstein

Lithuania 5 Litas (1993): Jablonskis

Lithuania 50 Litas (1928,93,98,2003): Basanavicius

Malaysia 2 Ringgit (1996): Pioneer (probe)

Norway 5 Kroner (1955-63): Nansen

Norway 10 Kroner (1972-84): Nansen

Norway 500 Kroner (1948-76, 78-85): Abel

Portugal 20 Escudo (1971): Orta

Portugal 100 Escudos (1961): Nunes

Portugal 10000 Escudos (1989-91) Monis

Serbia 500 Dinar (2004): Svijic

Spain 1000 Pesetas (1971, and older): Echegaray

Spain 50 Pasetas (1935): Ramon y Cajal

Spain 2000 Pasetas (1992): Mutis

Spain 10000 Pasetas (1992): Santacilia

Sweden 50 Kroner (1965-90) Linne

Tajikistan 20 Somoni (1999-2000, and older): Sina

Turkey 10 Lira (2009): Arf

UK Clydesdale 5 Pounds: Burns

UK Clydesdale 20 Pounds (older): Kelvin

UK England 10 Pounds (old): Nightingale

UK RBS(?) 1 Pound (?): Bell

Yugoslavia 50000000 Dinar (?): Pupin

If you know of where I may find these or know of any other notes that would fit the collection please let me know. You can send comments or suggestions to jbourj(at)umich(dot)edu.

Special thanks to Jihye Seo, who contributed to this collection while we were at CERN in Genevé during the summer of 2008.

As you can tell, I am still working on the descriptions and links. Thanks to Myron Campbell (U. Michigan Physics) who kindly offered his scanner, most (if not all) of the images here are the best available online. Clicking on a banknote will bring you to a 600dpi version which includes the reverse side.

This collection was greatly helped by Edward Redish's wonderful webpage, Physicists on the Money, which started my brother and me off in the right direction. We are also very grateful for CSM's extensive list of banknotes new and old.

Cheers!