Bermuda, Canada, Kazakhstan: Bank notes from around the world that went from landscape to portrait - Economic Times

Almost always horizontal, these bank notes from across the world have undergone a change in orientation, turning from landscape to portrait.

Bermuda’s $2 note
This one is a beauty. A gorgeous puffed up Bermuda bluebird towers over a profile of Queen Elizabeth II on the front of these vertical notes. The back is more subtle, featuring the clock tower at the Royal Naval Dockyard and a famous statue of Neptune. Released in 2010, the note was chosen as the Bank Note of the Year by the International Bank Note Society. The aesthetics apart, the note also has unique security features like Optiks embedded metallic thread, a hibiscus watermark, a sailboat electrotype and a transparent butterfly that appears when the note is inspected closely.

Bermuda’s $2 note

Canada’s $10 note
This newly-minted vertical bank note, released in November 2 018 , features civil rights pioneer and businesswoman Viola Desmond’s portrait. The note, which went into circulation last month, is the first vertically oriented banknote in Canada. Desmond is the first Canadian woman to be featured on a regularly circulating banknote, according to the Bank of Canada. The new bill also feature a map of Halifax’s historic north end, home to one of Canada’s oldest black communities and the locat ion where Desmond opened her first salon. This artistic rendering of the historic map shows the waterfront, Citadel and Gottingen Street, the thoroughfare where Viola’s Studio of Beauty Culture was located.

Canada’s $10 note

UK’s £5 and £10 note
The UK’s first ‘vertical’ bank notes will enter circulation in Northern Ireland next year. Ulster Bank, one of the Big Four Irish banks, unveiled its new polymer £5 and £10 notes, which will be printed portrait rather than the traditional landscape shape. The new notes are based on the theme ‘Living in Nature’ developed by and for Northern Ireland with a panel of experts. The £5 note features images of Strangford Lough and Brent Geese, while the new £10 note displays Lough Erne, Irish hare and Guelderrose shrubs. A king scallop from Strangford Lough also features on the notes, as does an Ulster Glade potato from Co Antrim.

UK’s £5 and £10 note

Kazakhstan’s 10,000-tenge note
Released on July 4, 2011 to mark the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence, this high-denomination note depicts the Kazakh Eli monument, the National Emblem and the National Flag on the front, along with images of doves flying. The residence of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the emblem of 20 years of independence and commemorative text can be seen on the reverse. The design is complemented by a wide range of world-class security features including an Optiks security thread.

Kazakhstan’s 10,000-tenge note

Switzerland’s 10-franc note
This distinctive note, which features images of a watch movement and a train tunnel, went into general circulation in October 2017. The note — which focuses on Switzerland’s organisational talent expressed in the key motif of time — has ‘state-ofthe-art anti-counterfeiting protection’ which includes design features that can only be seen under a microscope or using UV light. Designed by Manuela Pfrunder, it was voted the best bank note of 2018. It means Swiss notes have taken the IBNS prize two years in a row: last year the new Swiss 50-franc note took the gong.

Switzerland’s 10-franc note

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