# Identify the Banknote **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966 "2007-07-24T15:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/21 "2007-07-25T16:42:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Sent to SamClem, but not to Rick, who does not have an email in his profile. What? After my incredibly informative post on Eastern European banknotes, don’t I deserve an email? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/22 "2007-07-25T16:53:38Z")
OK sent to various folks, But no more. This is not the time or place for this sort of thing, Thank you **Samclem**. Twenty pounders, photoshopped. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/23 "2007-07-25T17:01:36Z")
::: Gets e mail, opens attachment::: I’m sorry what? Bank notes? There were bank notes in that picture? 😕 Who knew? If you look closely at the bank note, below the 000 is the word Twenty in script. photo shopped. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/24 "2007-07-25T17:18:14Z")
Could someone just post this note to photobucket and be done with it? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/25 "2007-07-25T17:29:56Z")
Yes, those are standard British [twenty pound notes](http://www.askcab.co.uk/upimages/mtwentyim1merged-20a.jpg) with the “250,000” photoshopped over the denominations. And set in an attractive framing device. ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/26 "2007-07-25T20:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Zimbabwe? Malta? Ireland? :: tries to think of countries that a) have been Commonwealth Realms for even a short while, b) used the pound symbol, and c) went through a bout of hyperinflation. :: … [/QUOTE] Ireland?? Well you got 1 out of 3 right. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/27 "2007-07-26T01:31:29Z")
:: Checks back in late. :: Thanks for sending that. Although by the time work was over, others had found the answer. Yup, they look photoshopped. The bank notes, I mean. Although it occurs to me that maybe they photoshopped the banknote once and then printed out multiple copies to be photographed all at one go. That would save work. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/28 "2007-07-26T11:09:40Z")
Um, Zimbabwe has dollars and Ireland has had Euros since 2001, punts prior to that. Neither would have had the Queen’s head on anything since independence. The Irish punt hasn’t suffered hyperinflation. Maltese currency is Lira, the highest denomination note is Lm20. One Maltese Lira is worth more than £1 sterling. Maltese money hasn’t had the Queen on it for a long time. No more hyperinfaltion either. That’s 0/3. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/29 "2007-07-26T19:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=irishgirl] Um, Zimbabwe has dollars and Ireland has had Euros since 2001, punts prior to that. Neither would have had the Queen’s head on anything since independence. The Irish punt hasn’t suffered hyperinflation. Maltese currency is Lira, the highest denomination note is Lm20. One Maltese Lira is worth more than £1 sterling. Maltese money hasn’t had the Queen on it for a long time. No more hyperinfaltion either. That’s 0/3. Sorry. [/QUOTE] I meant 1 out of 3 for Ireland. we did use the pound symbol. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/30 "2007-07-26T19:53:35Z")
[QUOTE=bryanmaguire] I meant 1 out of 3 for Ireland. we did use the pound symbol. [/QUOTE] I was trying to think of currencies that used the pound symbol, but weren’t necessarily pounds, as many pesos also use the dollar symbol. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966/31 "2007-07-27T00:14:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I was trying to think of currencies that used the pound symbol, but weren’t necessarily pounds, as many pesos also use the dollar symbol. [/QUOTE] If I were a nitpicking kind of guy, which I am, I would direct you to the difference, which is the one vertical stroke for the peso, as opposed to two for the dollar. Cecil even did a piece on the origin of the dollar sign. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-banknote/412966.md?page=1)