Scientists and Mathematicians on Money Florence Sicily Personal Skydiving Astrophotography Scientists and Mathematicians on Money Page: 1 2 3 4 Back to Jacob Bourjaily's Home Page	Banknotes featuring Scientists and Mathematicians: Page Four Page One Page Two Page Four Banknotes Home Page Three Click on each image to see a high resolution version (600dpi) of the front and reverse.   Ole Rømer, 50 Danish Kroner (1936) This note is now obsolete.   Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, 50 French Francs (1947) This note is now obsolete.   Charles Darwin, 10 British Pounds (2005) This note is still legal currency and is still in print.   George Stephenson, 5 British Pounds (1990) This note is out of print, and has been taken out of circulation.   Adam Smith, 50 Britsh Pounds, Clydesdale Bank, (2003) This note is still legal currency and is of the most recent printing.   Pedro Nunes, 100 Portuguese Escudos (1957) This note is now obsolete.   Janez Vajkard Valvasor, 20 Slovenian Tolarjev (1992) This note is now obsolete.   Atomium, 20 Belgian Francs (1964) This note is now obsolete. Atomium is of course not a person, it is the structure of iron crystals (body-centered cubic).   Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn al-Haitham, 10 Iraqi Dinar (1982) This note is now obsolete.   Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn al-Haitham, 10000 Iraqi Dinar (2005) This note is still legal currency and is still in print.   Ozone Depletion, 100 Antarctican Dollars (2001) This note is now obsolete. Okay, it's not 'real' currency in the sense that Antarctica does not have a bank; it was a fund raiser. See the print on the left-hand side of the banknote under the 100.   Total Solar Eclipse, 2000 Romanian Lei (1999) This note is now obsolete. This note commemorates the total solar eclipse visible over Romania in 1999. On the back is a map of Romania with the eclipse path.   US Space Shuttle, 5 British Pounds, Northern Bank (1999) This note is out of print, and is being taken out of circulation.   Aryabhata Satellite, 2 Indian Rupees (1983) This note is now obsolete. The satellite is named after the Indian mathematician Aryabhata. (Thanks to Miranda Movin for pointing this out to me!)