The World's Coolest Banknotes
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- *I got it wrong - it may be the second English polymer banknote but there have been a few before it including Northern Ireland and Scotland - sorry!
Music by Half-Asleep Music.
Thanks to Danielle for helping me find the new £10 on its release day.
I'll be making an updated version towards the end of the year. Any suggestions for what banknotes should be included?
Philippine bank notes
Yes! They’re on my list :)
What about the Bristol or Brixton Pound banknotes . Instead of a national currency it’s a town specific currency.
MįÇhÆėŁ Wù wait what
GEL ( georgian lari)
The Australian notes have micro poems written on them. You can see them clearly with a microscope.
I didn't know that - that's amazing!
And the patterns on them line up when you roll them up so the edges touch (I’m sorry it’s hard to explain)
I get what you mean, that's really cool!
In Romania we have a poem on one bancnot
MouldyTomato thats cool the south african rand also does that
As a Canadian I can confirm that our money *does* smell like maple syrup. Maybe it's a placebo, but I don't care.
I’ve smelled it as well. I had about $200 in $20s and my purse smelled like maple syrup. I don’t eat maple syrup and I never have any, so it had to be the money
let's be honest, everything in Canada smells like Maple Syrup because you pour it everywhere, heck, I've even heard you pour it into snow
I smelt canadian money and it has no smell
I have a few plastic Canadian banknotes, and there must be some weird thing that people have because I smell no maple syrup, only a plastic smell.
not true. i went to vancouver in sep 2019 and no money smell like maple syrup
"We don't have enough woman on bank notes"
Norway: _FISH ON BANKNOTES_
(The fish are female)
@@ash-ok6dr OR ARE THEY!?
F I S H Y B O I S
Everyone knows all fish sexually identify as UH-60 helicopters smh
I never really liked the concept of putting people on money. That‘s why I loved it when Switzerland switched from those dreadful heads to the new notes.
Monopoly money looks awesome too.
Michael Angel all money is monopoly money
@@levikeanu5156 not USA money
Actually it is
@@thebigboi2868 really? Wait I thought USA money was just green?
*yes*
"The Euro looks cool." -nobody
CactusBoi they look cool! every note shows the development of architecture in europe and as a blind person you can feel the differences between the coins and notes!
They look awesome
@@A-Wa And they have no national symbols at all so they fit for every country and no euro country would feel left out (Except the coins that are unique to each country)
Rtvcd When people celebrate the lack of nationalism you know the EU mainland is fucked. Thank God for Britain.
Euro doesn't exactly look nearly as cool as any of these but it's way more useful having just one currency 💁♂️👍
Australian notes also include Braille for those who may be vision impaired
So do the Canadian ones
Euro has different sizes for each nominal
Michael Vinogradov same here in Aus! :D I work at a supermarket and once had an American customer say they found it strange, even asked if it made counting the money more difficult lol
Ollie Mac Russian Rouble has same size for the each nominal. However when I travel to Europe I cannot say it impresses me. It’s a tiny-tiny bit annoying because big nominals don’t fit to my wallet and a banknote start creasing. But usually I don’t bring big ones.
I’ve seen an interview with a blind guy. He was talking how annoying is it to define nominal when cannot see. Now it’s better because you can use smartphone for that. Before smartphone era they use special devices. The devices were large, heavy and not durable. I don’t know why Russian money don’t have Braille or something that can help define money to blind people. It’s has no any difference for majority of the people but can make life of a blind person much more easier.
I don’t think its brain it’s just a bump for the 5 dollar 2 for the 10 ETC
Fun Fact, the swiss Bank has released an app that shows various AR elements if you hold your phones Camera at a swiss bank note, it's really interesting and i am not aware of any other currency having something like that.
The omani 1 Rial currency has a butterfly ar effect on it
200 and 2000 Russian Rubles do
The U.S has possibly the most boring banknotes in the world. When they released the new banknote designs in the late 90's I wrote to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving to complain that the new notes looked more like coupons than banknotes of the world's reserve currency. The wrote back and said they had been tasked with making the notes more secure not more pleasing aesthetically. They are ugly!
Unpopular opinion: I kind of like them, in a classic sort of way. At least they're not the euro, completely and intentionally devoid of any personality...
My problem with the Euros is not even that they're minimalist, but that they're too damn wide and made out of paper to boot. When I'm in Europe Euros go straight from the ATM to crumpled within my wallet which can't fit them in, within the space of about half an hour.
+mike Sadlier USD are the best! You can use them anywhere in the world, unlike all the funny money shown in this video.
No you can't , and American money is boring, less hygienic, less resilient, and is not made to be quickly distinguishable note-to-note.
and less secure than the new aus bank notes
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Half-Asleep Chris how about Australia's new banknote? ;) Edit: nvm
What about New Zealand 🇳🇿 money
Half-Asleep Chris I'm Canadian and it sad to say , the bills do not smell like maple syrup. But maybe one day soon!
Thanks for showing my country's money (im Hungarian)
Thanks for having great money!
I’m Hungarian, and I never even knew about the hidden uv light stuff.
You should see our new 50 Aussie note mate, you'd be blown away
SulphuricSeaTurtle I agree mate I’m Aussie too!
They are awesome!!
SulphuricSeaTurtle mate
Lmao I'm Aussie I didn't even realise we had new 50s
Lol
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Thanks a lot Christian! :)
Half-Asleep Chris im happy to say that you gained a new sub from australia
Thanks very much!
Done. :D. This video popped up in my recommemded videos even though I don't really watch videos about money so your channel might pick up speed soon. Keep ik up man!
That's great! Thanks :)
I work at Travelex (currency exchange) in Australia and can confirm that Canadian dollars do indeed smell like maple syrup! I love when we get deliveries of uncirculated bundles, they smell so sweet! BUT believe it or not, the New Zealand dollars actually smell sweeter! It's so awesome!!! Great video Chris! I agree all these notes are super cool, also another favourite currency of mine is the beautifully coloured Fiji dollars! :)
That's awesome, the one I work in is supplied by Travelex so I know exactly what you're talking about! Thanks a lot :)
I’m 11 and i’d love the work at a currency exchange 💷💶💴
The New Zealand bank notes are printed here in Canada...lol that's probably why they also smell sweet. Lol
”Turn on the UV light”
Me “Oh no”
I am Hungarian and didn't know our banknotes were this cool! Loved the video!
Én is magyar vagyok és én se tudtam a forint UV tintás kidolgozásáról.
@@ssub8492 én se tudtam rola :O
The new 10er Swiss Franc was released in October 2017, it looks fantastic. The 200er will follow this Spring.
The 10 is wonderful! They really are mini works of art - can't wait to see the future denominations
In switzerland, most people I knos, dislike the new 10er, because of the bright yellow. But we are looking forward to the 100er in a strong blue😍
Ja unsere Schweizer note ist cool
Chris Wachtler in August
Nein, die neuen fühlen sich nach Monopoly Geld an. Ich mag das Gefühl des Geldes nicht wirklich. Aber sonst ist es okay, wenn nicht wirklich schön - okay, die alten waren auch nicht schön. Finde die Yen Noten viel schöner.
As a Swiss resident, I am really happy you like our bank notes ^\^ The 10 Franc note has been in circulation for a couple of months now, and it has the theme of “time”. I’m really curious about the others (100, 200, 1000), still.
I like that our Canadian bank notes have the value in braille.
so do the new aussie notes
So do the Indian notes
Kroner note looks like shoegaze album art. So cool!
South African and Costa Rican notes are beautiful :)
The coolest feature on the new Aussie $5 and $10 notes are that they have a code in braille so that blind people will easily know exactly what they are holding. $5 = single bump, $10 = 2 bumps. At 3:39 you can see the bumps near the top left and bottom right corners of the clear bit.
That is pretty cool, but the South African Rand has had those bumps since we switched to the Big 5 theme in the mid-90s. 1 bump - R10, up to 5 bumps on the R200 note.
The Canadian notes have that feature, too!
This feature appeared here in Switzerland with the Borromini series 100 Francs note, at the time this was rather novel but only with the following series the bumps remained more reliably readable, the first version wore out with use.
I don’t think I’d want to spend anything using the Swiss notes! 😍
We have a new 10, 200 and 1'000 now too! We miss the old ones but the new ones are undeniably pretty
Funny enough you’ll have to spend a lot if you come here
their money look too expensive for paying with that, it should be behind glass, not in wallet :-D
@@MS-ly6wv exactly... !
Nobody:
Swiss francs: I'm sCiEnTiFiC
the new Australian notes also have a neat little feature as well. The old notes were all different sizes in length (with the $5 being the shortest and gradually increasing by the note and the $100 being the largest), the new ones keep this going but add an extra feature that can be overlooked at first glance. Each note near the top has a number of raised dots. Each note has a different number of dots ($5 have one, $10 having two, $20 having three, $50 four and $100 five), these I've been told along with the different length of notes are to help the visually impaired know which note is which. It wasn't mentioned and I honestly think it should as more countries should help their citizens with small features that make people's lives easier.
I’m beginning to wish that we (Australia) would officially change the name of our currency to the dollarydoo
M3au Yeah same
Australia didn't "adopt" the poly note. They fkn created it 😂
He did say pioneer (first to develop and use it) and adopt here in the sense of taking it up or just basically using it, I.e. the assembly adopted a new constitution. (the assembly used a new constitution).
I remember seeing news about its northern neighbor trying to outsource the polymer notes to Australia, but the resulting poly-note are not well accepted among the populace.
The Outback Tinker you research more. An Australian scientist, David Solomon at CSIRO invented Aussie plastic notes
The Outback Tinker the RBA, CSIRO, and University of Melbourne were the first to develop polymer bank notes you gronk. Do some research
The Outback Tinker they are right. Australia holds the manufacturing patent for polymer bank notes that all countries with them use. Including Canada.
surprised the kiwi bills aren't here. their 5'er won a world competition
Funny you say that... I did consider them but ultimately decided the Australian really deserved to win for originality's sake, as well as the new fiver being so cool. But I have just returned from 4 months away, including 1 1/2 months in NZ, and the bills will definitely be featuring in those future videos, so watch this space!
Just googled the kiwi 5 dollar and I personally feel like its pretty ugly but I may be a little biased because you can't outshine us Aussies ahahaha
Amadeus Bellenger 😂
Aussie notes are nasty. Also the new Aussie notes are just a direct copy of the Canadian notes.
Kolby completely agree. also british flag copied aussie flag.
Really nice video! I like the way you made it and how in detail you could get when explaining the features in the banknotes. My favourite are the Swiss Francs. They are absolutely a cut above the rest.
There's something about your videos that's so relaxing to watch. New subscriber here from the Philippines 🙂
the new Swisswiss franc notes are really thick
That is because a polymer is sandwiched between the notes it is called Durasafe.
Thiccccccc
patrick wu also we have also new 10 francs not only 20s and 50s, tve old ones are nicer though
American Abroad Collecting Currency Abroad
They would have done better with Elasto-safe, because their "Thou shall not bend!" was not heard by everyone…
“swisswiss” lmao
This video looks like it took a lot of effort! I love the way that you used stop motion. My favorite is definitely the Swiss ones. Great video, you earned a new sub
Thanks, yeah I'm kinda addicted to stop-motion. Mine too! Thanks, currently away but there will be tons of new videos in the new year :)
What a well made video! Subbed because of your cat bridge, now so happy I did!
Brilliant work pal! Thanks for being great!
Who came for their own currency...
Yay Norway 🇳🇴 was here
Yes they where they where number 5!
watch ''trailer SL''
Not Denmark :(
Me
Two countries I have citizenship in were included. :D
I'm Costarican and when i saw that bill in the thumbnail i inmediatly click it
DANF x2 xD
Same i'm Swiss
No weon!
DANF Saw the 100kr and 200kr bill so I clicked too. BTW hei from Norway
Loool same! Pura vida!
Yeah and I‘m from Switzerland :)
He forgot about the app to make our bills live through AR ;)
Are u from Romandie? Cuz i am from Geneva
I am
Noothless same I’m from Switzerland too
Noothless ay i bin au eine!:))
The new 200 swiss is amazing. The 100, not released yet, has to be incredible
I thought my Monopoly money and the US $100 bill were cool... but these are on a whole other level.
Costa Rican money is the prettiest I think. It’s the most colourful out of all of them b
Google Plus Sucks Chile is just as good.
I love the Costa Rican ones too! Especially the Sloth one! Oh how I wish I could easily get my hands on one!
You should check the 5 colones bill. It's already out of circulation but it's absolutely beautiful!
Ainiewainy if you give me your address, I will send you one. ;)
Check out the banknotes from Romania🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴
Also fun fact: on the australian $10 note if you zoom in really close on the area behind Banjo Patterson you'll see the WHOLE of man from snowing river printed really tiny
Fun fact. If the turn note over you'll see a massive poem by Mary Gilmore
Canadian bills definitely smell sweet, but not really like maple
As a Norwegian I have to say:
Take that Sweden!
Something else you missed. If you shine a laser through the clear section on part of the Canadian bank note it projects a maple leaf.
and the denomination
I wasn't expected this video to be that good!
Thanks a lot!
This actually has me appreciating these unique currency’s.. They’re all so beautiful and vibrant.
Love the vivid colors and uniqueness of each banknote!
I'm from Hungary and I had no idea
Me too
same. my mum said she hates the forint but i guess i have to show her this trick
+Ákos Szabó
Régi típusú bankjegyeken nem működik.
csenge varkonyi same
Illetve a magyar eurón állatok lesznek és ha a fény felé fordítod akkor csak a gerincuk fog látszódni. Csak gondoltam elmondom hogy Magyarország milyen menő
G’day from Australia 🇦🇺
I’ve tried to many European countries and I love the Swiss currency 🇨🇭, but Australia I think still has the most aesthetic money in the world. All the notes are unique, equipped with numerous counterfeit measures, various colours, and microscopic poems... it’s also made out of a strong polymer which makes it difficult to get scrunched when it’s in a confined space and it is water-resistant too...
Those are just some features to name :)
I live in australia and my fav notes are the Chinese Yuan
Nicely put together..... Thanks.
Thanks for putting the CHF so high up. It's really quite a nice note to behold. I wonder if I ever get to see the recently released 1000.- note but it's a bit expensive xD
We now have the 10 francs too in Switzerland! :)
They forgot the secret image you can find in the Canadian note by shining a lazer through the maple leaf!
It's so secret that he didn't know. The braille is pretty obvious but wasn't mentioned.
This video editing is on point!!!! Well done!
Swiss Franc is a living piece of art, i'm in love! They are so thick aswell, always feels like new.
Omg This one of the best videos of all time!
Thanks a million, glad you enjoyed it!
I know this video is about notes, but the new (2017) Canadian two dollar coin is rather interesting. It features a glow in the dark aurora borealis.
Just looked that up, it's amazing! Jeez, I could imagine commercial companies making coins like that to sell, but the actual Bank of Canada putting them into circulation makes it even more incredible. Thanks for that, that's really cool!
Half-Asleep Chris it is indeed really cool for Canada to do, I guess that's just how they roll 😉
Jerrico Kane The new quarter also features a glow in the dark (turtle?)
I got one of those :OP
Wow! Swiss notes are really beautiful. Like a painting 😍
Very informational, I love your sense of humor. You got yourself a subscriber!
Thanks, glad to hear it!
HUNGARY!❤
Norbert Channel magyar vagy?
Mihály Majzik én is magyar vagyok
Im from poland
Indeed, but, bazdmeg, they ought to do something about their inflation. 😁
Papir 200 forintos xdd
The back of the 500 HUF banknote actually shows my little hometown's castle, where the Rákóczi family(a historical noble family in Hungary) once lived. On the front you can see Francois Rákóczi II, who was the leader of a failed War of Indepence in the early 18th century. In fact the back of the banknotes show famous historical moments or places from the person's life, who is on the front side of the note.
Fun fact: I am actually living on a street, which has been named after the painter, who has painted the portrait of Francois Rákóczi II, which the picture of him is based on.
No way, that's really cool! I have to confess I don't know a lot about the history behind these notes but this is really interesting, and I'm gonna look into it more now, thanks!
The war's motto was 'Cum deo pro patria et libertate!' which means 'With God for our home and freedom'
ShironTHPS Are you Hungarian?
Yeah! Hi!
ShironTHPS Szia!
Chris, love the storytelling and creativity in your videos. Would be great to see your take on the EURion constellation. The Swiss notes reminded me of it.
I was so happy to discover this channel, only to find out too soon that there are only 11 videos on banknotes.
I'd have to say that the Costa Rican colones notes are my favorite!
Yeii Costa Rica ♥️ thanks for the video 👏🏽
The new Costa Rica notes will share the same history. Announced in July 2018, the new Costa Rican notes use the same technology as the Canadian, British and Australian notes (being printed on Guardian substrate). The new notes are being produced in Australia (with an option to also produce them in Mexico) then shipped over to beautiful Costa Rica.
They are as colourful as the people of Costa Rica are :) as you can from this video.
Edit: The original 2011m 1000 colon note was produced with Guardian originally. But the new notes should be more colourful than that.
The Swiss Franc is really the best looking one. When I saw them the first time in Zurich Switzerland I was shocked at how beautiful they were. Its very well design and its vertical!
Congratulations on 17k! This morning when I dubbed it was 16k, good job 🙌
New Zealand's new series is very beautiful. I recently got the 5 through 50; I hope to get a 100 soon. I am in the U.S.A.
Thought this would be some kind of bad WatchMojo video, but very good production, and very intresting host!
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it. I have some similar videos on my channel too if you're interested!
I'd love to see a part 2 once there's enough new notes to do so!
I love the 80's - early 90's U.S notes. Conservative, yet extremely intricate at the same time.
I like your voice, accent, style, and detailed explanations. I also collect banknotes and coins. Can I ask you...is the green drafting paper real or did you use software to create it? I am thinking about stealing your background. What did you use to edit your video? It is awesome.
Thanks very much, glad you liked it! Everything's real, just stop motion animation. Final Cut Pro. The background is a cutting mat, you should be able to get one on amazon or somewhere for under £10!
Ancerid Seriously? Did you never learn the saying: "If you have nothing nice to say, just keep your mouth shut!". If you were giving feedback, it would be a whole other story. You're just being mean for no reason at all! We should all really try and be a whole lot nicer to eachother! We are stuck on earth together...
Ainiewainy we're not stuck on earth together if we kill ourselves
you first
nah your alright mate
Cool to see Switzerland on this !
Love your videos. Do not stop.
I like the clear see-through features
The Canadian $10 bill has updated since and we have a black woman on it now! Her name is Viola Desmund and she challenged racial segregation.
I love the enthusiasm! Sucked me right in :)
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely collection.
For the Canadian bills, if you shine a laser through the circular part of the maple leaf it'll show the denomination of the bill.
I’m swiss and as a bakery cassier I see them a lot an I just love how they look.
The new Australian notes are so cool!!! The new $10 looks so great!!!!
Awesome, I've only seen pictures not one in person, but hopefully they're better than my bad drawing...
Thx for the information Half-Asleep Chris
I find it funny and endearing that even though you don't have the new AUS $10, you made one for the purpose of this video. 😂
Is the USD still boring? I think the NZD is a stunning currency
nothing human it’s classy.
Me too but I'm biased. (New Zealander)
I'm from Hungary but i didn't knew that our money can do that lmao
Thanks for mentioning us 🇿🇦
Also the new Australian notes have raised dots for the vision impaired to feel which note they have (one dot for $5, two for $10). Looks like the Canadian notes have raised dots too
I literally said 'lol our money won't be shown' (Australian) GUESS WHO'S WRONG!
What can I say... you have awesome banknotes!
The new 10 swiss franc is the coolest..
Love the video! More like that please! 🙌🏻😍
Well done man, earned my sub
Norway made it yay hahah🇳🇴
Yay Australia made it on the list!🇦🇺
Go Australia!
The Dutch Gulden designs where simply wonderful, the 50 had a sunflower on it! :D
The Euro: *"I'm about to end this man's whole career."*
For some reason I found this video very... cozy? Love it
Show a map of the Earth, but not the part where Switzerland is visible
Yeah I thought this was odd too, and have since learnt that each banknote will show a slightly different rotation of the earth so the whole series of notes (when it's complete) will show a complete rotation. Still seems strange now when only 2 have been issued.
As a Canadian citizen, I believe that the new (2019?) 10$CAD bills are more beautiful than all the bills shown in this video except the (UV)Hungarian and Australian ones.
They're all wonderful and so very well presented. Proud of the Canadian bills, but awestruck at all the others - such imagination and creativity! Wonderful what we can do when we put our minds to higher pursuits, no? Well done, all!
I love that the Swiss ones are portrait oriented
For me : 1: Switzerland 2: Canada 3: Costa rica 😍
My personal list:
1.Swiss Franc🇨🇭
2.Norwegian Krone🇳🇴
3.Australian Dollar🇦🇺
4.New Zealand Dollar🇳🇿
5.Canadian Dollar🇨🇦
Mine is:
1. Turkish Lira 🇹🇷
2. Israeli Shekel 🇮🇱
3. South Korean Won 🇰🇷
4. Euro 🇪🇺
5. Chinese Yuan 🇨🇳
Hey! Thanks for featuring my Canadian banknotes! ;DD have a great day mate!
;DDDDDDDDD thank you for the like!!! You’re my favourite you tuber right now and I wanted you to have a token of my appreciation, thank you!!
The frank is so beautiful that it looks like and art conference or convention banner!