Asia
THE ORIENT
Over 40,000 years ago, half-human and half-animal creatures already adorned the caves of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Over the millennia that followed, multiple Asian cultures perpetuated this fascination with imagery. Asian money, ancient and modern, have a very large number of animal representations.
With its 43.8 million km², Asia is the largest continent, covering 8.6% of the total land surface, or 29.4% of the land area.
There are 47 countries and nearly 4.5 billion people (more than half the world's population). Its inhabitants speak more than twenty languages.
Russia, the largest transcontinental state in the world, has 75% of its territory in Asia, the rest is in Europe.
SEARCH FOR A COUNTRY :Afghanistan | Armenia | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Buthan | Burma | Cambodia | China | Hong Kong | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Israel | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Kuwait | Laos | Lebanon | Macau | Malaysia | Maldives | Mongolia | Nepal | North Korea | Oman | Ouzbekistan | Pakistan | Philippines | Qatar | Singapore | South Korea | Sri Lanka (Ceylan before 1972) | Syria | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Thailand | Tibet | Turkey | Turkmenistan | United Arab Emirates | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Yemen
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Afghanistan
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a country in Central Asia.
Population ≈ 36.6 million inhabitants. Area: 652,230 km².
Paul MARTY
1 Afghani 2001
Mammals Birds
IVAN BOGDANOV
50 Afghanis 1977
Mammals
500 Afghanis 1990
Mammals
1,000 Afghanis 1991
Birds
Armenia
The Republic of Armenia is a country in Western Asia.
Population ≈ 3 million inhabitants. Area: 29,743 km².
10 Dram 1993
Mammals
25 Dram 1993
Mammals
PASCALYDIE.FR
500 Dram 2017
Birds Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
1,000 Dram 2011
Mammals
Bahrain
The Kingdom of Bahrain is an island country located in the Middle East.
Population ≈ 1.5 million inhabitants. Area: 765 km².
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
1 Dinar 2007
Mammals
Bangladesh
The People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia.
Population ≈ 162.7 million inhabitants. Area: 143,998 km².
1 Taka 1989
Mammals
2 Taka 2003
Birds
10 Taka 2010
Birds
25 Taka 2013
Mammals
50 Taka 2019
Mammals
100 Taka 2013
Mammals
100 Taka 2020
Mammals
Jerome Collection
500 Taka 2020
Mammals
Bhutan
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas in South Asia.
Population ≈ 782,000 inhabitants. Area: 38,394 km².
1 Ngultrum 1986
Reptiles
5 Ngultrum 2011
Unclassifiable
Burma
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia.
Population ≈ 56.6 million inhabitants. Area: 676,578 km².
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
5 Kyats 1965
Mammals
Jerome Collection
10 Kyats 1958
Mammals
PASCALYDIE.FR
20 Kyats 1994
Mammals
25 Kyats 1972
Mammals
35 Kyats 1986
Birds Mammals
90 Kyats 1987
Mammals
100 Kyats 1953
Mammals
Richard BERTHOU
100 Kyats 1994
Mammals
Seb SERRUS
200 Kyats 1991-98
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
5,000 Kyats 2014
Mammals
Pierre SCHNEIDER
20,000 Kyats 2023
Mammals
Cambodia
The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia.
Population ≈ 16.2 million inhabitants. Area: 181,035 km².
0.1 Riel 1979
Mammals
0.2 Riel 1979
Mammals
1 Riel 1979
Mammals
10 Riels 1987
Reptiles
20 Riels 1979
Mammals
50 Riels 2002
Mammals Reptiles
100 Riels 1972
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
500 Riels 1958/70
Mammals
500 Riels 1998
Unclassifiable
1,000 Riels 2012
Birds
1,000 Riels 2016
Reptiles Mammals Birds
2,000 Riels 2022
Mammals
PASCALYDIE
15,000 Riels 2019
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
20,000 Riels 2018
Mammals Reptiles
China
The People's Republic of China is a country in East Asia.
Population ≈ 1.5 billion. Area: 9,596,960 km².
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
1 Yuan 1935
Mammals
Liangpiao ? 1956
Mammals
0.1 Jin 1978
Mammals
0.2 Shi JIN 1974
Mammals
Jerome Collection
Liangpiao 10 and 50? 1974
Mammals
Jerome Collection
Liangpiao 2 et 200 ? 1988
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
50 Fen 1940
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
1 Sen 1939
Reptiles
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
1 Yuan 1941
Mammals
1 Yuan 1960
Mammals
1 Yuan 1980
Birds
2 Yuan 1980
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
5 Yen 1940
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
5 Yuan 1941
Mammals
5 Yuan 1980
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
10 Yuan 1934
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
10 Yuan 1935
Unclassifiable
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
10 Yen 1940
Reptiles
10 Yuan 1980
Birds
PASCALYDIE.FR
20 Yuan 2024
Reptiles
PASCALYDIE.FR
20 Yuan 2025
Reptiles
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
100 Yuan 1938
Mammals
Rafał MACIĄG
100 Yuan 2015
Unclassifiable
PASCALYDIE.FR
100 Yuan 2000
Reptiles
Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is located in the Southeast of China.
Population ≈ 7.5 million inhabitants. Area: 1,104 km².
10 Dollars 1992
Unclassifiable Mammals
10 Dollars 1994
Fish
PASCALYDIE.FR
10 Dollars 2018
Mammals
20 Dollars 1998
Mammals
20 Dollars 2002
Reptiles
Paul MARTY
20 Dollars 2008
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
20 Dollars 2010
Fish
Yumiko & Garlo
20 Dollars 2012
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
50 Dollars 2010
Reptiles
50 Dollars 2018
Arthropods
A.F.E.P.
50 Dollars 2018
Arthropods
A.F.E.P.
50 Dollars 2020
Mammals Arthropods
India
The Republic of India is a country in South Asia.
Population ≈ 1.3 billion inhabitants. Area: 3,287,263 km².
2 Rupees 1985
Mammals
Jerome Collection
5 Rupees 1962
Mammals
10 Rupees 1982
Mammals Birds
10 Rupees 1985
Mammals
Indonesia
The Republic of Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia.
Population ≈ 267 million inhabitants. Area: 1,904,569 km².
1 Rupees 1956
Unclassifiable
IVAN BOGDANOV
5 Rupees 1957
Mammals Unclassifiable
5 Rupees 1959
Birds
10 Rupees 1959
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
25 Rupees 1991
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
50 Rupees 1959
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
100 Rupees 1959
Birds
100 Rupees 1977
Mammals
100 Rupees 1984
Birds
500 Rupees 1988
Mammals
500 Rupees 1992
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
1,000 Rupees 1975
Birds Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
2,000 Rupees 1995
Birds
20,000 Rupees 2022
Reptiles
PASCALYDIE.FR
50,000 Rupees 1993
Mammals
Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in West Asia (formerly Persia).
Population ≈ 85 million. Area: 1,648,195 km².
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
20 Rials 1965
Unclassifiable
500 Rials 1997
Birds
Jerome Collection
5,000 Rials 2005
Unclassifiable
5,000 Rials 2015
Unclassifiable
Iraq
The Republic of Iraq is a country in the Near East, in West Asia.
Population ≈ 38.9 million inhabitants. Area: 435,052 km².
25 Dinars 1982
Mammals
25 Dinars 1986
Mammals
25 Dinars 2001
Mammals
500 Dinars 2015
Mammals
Jerome Collection
50,000 Dinars 2023
Unclassifiable
Israel
The State of Israel is a country in Western Asia.
Population ≈ 9,2 million inhabitants. Area: 20 770 km².
William Collection
5 Pounds 1958
Mammals
Jerome Collection
100 New Shekels 2017
Mammals
Japan
The State of Japan is an island country in East Asia.
Population ≈ 125.5 million inhabitants. Area: 377,975 km².
5 Sen 1944
Mammals
10 Sen 1947
Birds
William Collection
50 Sen 1943
Birds
1 Yen 1946
Birds
1 000 Yen 1993
Oiseaux
Yumiko & Garlo
10,000 Yen 2004
Birds
Jordan
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an Arab country in Western Asia.
Population ≈ 10.8 million inhabitants. Area: 89,342 km².
1 Dinar 2016
Mammals
IVAN BOGDANOV
1 Dinar 2022
Birds
Jerome Collection
5 Dinars 2020
Mammals
Jerome Collection
10 Dinars 2019
Mammals
Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe.
Population ≈ 19 million inhabitants. Area: 2,724,900 km².
2 Tiyn 1993
Mammals
20 Tenge 1993
Birds Mammals
50 Tenge 1993
Unclassifiable
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
500 Tenge 2006
Birds
500 Tenge 2017
Birds
Jerome Collection
1,000 Tenge 2013
Unclassifiable
Jerome Collection
5,000 Tenge 2023
Birds Unclassifiable
PASCALYDIE.FR
10,000 Tenge 2012
Birds
Kyrgyzstan
The Kyrgyz Republic is a country in Central Asia.
Population ≈ 7.3 million inhabitants. Area: 236,800 km².
1/10/50 Tyin 1993
Birds
1 Som 1993
Mammals
IVAN BOGDANOV
2,000 Som 2017
Mammals Birds
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is located in the Middle East, on the Persian Gulf. Population ≈ 3 million inhabitants. Area: 17,818 km².
Demi Dinar 2014
Reptiles
PASCALYDIE.FR
1 Dinar 1993
Mammals
PASCALYDIE.FR
1 Dinar 2001
Unclassifiable Birds
Jerome Collection
10 Dinars 2014
Mammals Birds
Laos
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is a country in Southeast Asia
Population ≈ 5.9 million inhabitants. Area: 198,500 km².
Paul Marty
1 Kip 1962
Mammals
5 Kip 1962
Mammals
5 Kip 1979
Mammals
IVAN BOGDANOV
10 Kip 1975
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
50 Kip 1957
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
50 Kip 1975
Mammals
50 Kip 1979
Mammals
William Collection
100 Kip 1974
Mammals
William Collection
200 Kip 1963
Mammals
200 Kip 1968-1979
Unclassifiable Mammals
IVAN BOGDANOV
1,000 Kip 1974
Mammals
1,000 Kip 1994
Mammals
Lebanon
The Lebanese Republic is a state in the Near East (Southeast Asia).
Population ≈ 5.5 million inhabitants. Area: 10,452 km².
Macau
Mainland China South Coast Special Administrative Region.
Population ≈ 635 000 inhabitants. Area: 118 km².
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
Population ≈ 31.8 million inhabitants. Area: 329,750 km².
1 Ringgit 1981
Mammals Unclassifiable
5 Ringgit 2011
Birds
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
20 Ringgit 2012
Reptiles
Maldives
The Republic of Maldives is a country in South Asia made up of 1,199 islands.
Population ≈ 393,000 inhabitants. Area: 298 km².
Paul MARTY
5 Rufiyaas 2010
Molluscs
5 Rufyaas 2017
Fish Molluscs
PASCALYDIE.FR
20 Rufiyaas 2015
Fish
Jerome Collection
1,000 Rufiyaas 2015
Fish Reptiles
Mongolia
Mongolia is a country in East Asia.
Population ≈ 3.2 million inhabitants. Area: 1,564,116 km².
50 Mongo 1993
Mammals
1 Turgik 1955
Unclassifiable
1 Tugrik 2008
Mammals
5 Tugriks 2008
Mammals
10 Tugriks 1993
Mammals
500 Tugriks 2016
Mammals
Nepal
The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a country in South Asia.
Population ≈ 30.3 million inhabitants. Area: 147,516 km².
1 Rupee 1974
Mammals
2 Rupees 1981
Mammals
5 Rupees 1985
Mammals
5 Rupees 2012
Mammals
5 Rupees 2017
Mammals
10 Rupees 1974
Mammals
10 Rupees 1995
Mammals
10 Rupees 2017
Mammals
20 Rupees 2006
Mammals
20 Rupees 2016
Mammals
25 Rupees 1997
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
50 Rupees 1974
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
50 Rupees 2005
Birds
50 Rupees 2012
Mammals
50 Rupees 2015
Mammals
100 Rupees 2006
Mammals
100 Rupees 2015
Mammals
500 Rupees 2012
Mammals
500 Rupees 2016
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
1,000 Rupees 2008
Mammals
Jerome Collection
1,000 Rupees 2019
Mammals
North Korea
The People's Democratic Republic of Korea is a country in East Asia.
Population ≈ 25.4 million billion inhabitants. Area: 120,540 km².
5 Won 1988
Mammals
Oman
The Sultanate of Oman is a country in the Middle East, in West Asia.
Population ≈ 4.7 million inhabitants. Area: 309,500 km².
Pakistan
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a South Asian country founded in 1947, following the partition of the British Indian Empire.
Population ≈ 221 million inhabitants. Area: 881 913 km².
75 Rupees 2022
Mammals
Philippines
The Republic of the Philippines is a country in Southeast Asia made up of 7,641 islands.
Population ≈ 109 million inhabitants. Area: 300,400 km².
Jerome Collection
Half Peso 1957
Mammals
20 Piso 2016
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
50 Piso 2010
Fish
50 Piso 2025
Mammals Fish
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
100 Piso 2010
Fish
100 Piso 2024
Birds Fish
Jerome Collection
200 Piso 2010
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
500 Piso 2013
Birds
500 Piso 2024
Mammals Birds
Jerome Collection
1,000 Piso 2022
Birds Others Reptiles
Qatar
The State of Qatar is an Emirate of the Middle East, in West Asia.
Population ≈ 2.4 million inhabitants. Area: 11,586 km².
1 Riyal 2017
Birds
1 Riyal 2020
Molluscs
A.F.E.P.
5 Riyals 1981
Unclassifiable
5 Riyals 2008
Mammals
Jerome Collection
5 Riyals 2020
Mammals
Singapore
The Republic of Singapore is a city-state in Southeast Asia.
Population ≈ 6.2 million inhabitants. Area: 724.2 km².
1 Dollar 1976
Birds
Paul MARTY
1 Dollar 1987
Mammals Fish
2 Dollars 1990
Reptiles Mammals
5 Dollars 1988
Birds
5 Dollars 1989
Unclassifiable Mammals Fish
Jerome Collection
10 Dollars 1976
Birds Mammals
Jerome Collection
10 Dollars 1988
Fish
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
50 Dollars 2005
Mammals
South Korea
The Republic of Korea is an East Asian country that covers the southern half of the Korean Peninsula.
Population ≈ 52 million inhabitants. Area: 100,210 km².
Sri Lanka (Ceylan before 1972)
The Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka is an island State in South Asia.
Population ≈ 22.9 million. Area: 65,610 km².
Jérome Collection
1 Rupee 1949
Mammals
2 Rupees 1979
Fish Arthropods Reptiles
5 Rupees 1974
Mammals
A.F.E.P.
5 Rupees 1979
Arthropods Reptiles Mammals Birds
A.F.E.P.
10 Rupees 1979
Birds
10 Rupees 1995
Mammals Birds
A.F.E.P.
20 Rupees 1979
Mammals Birds Reptiles
20 Rupees 1995
Birds Unclassifiable
20 Rupees 2015
Birds
50 Rupees 1995
Mammals
William Collection
50 Rupees 2016
Birds Arthropods Mammals
A.F.E.P.
100 Rupees 1979
Mammals Birds Reptiles Arthropods
100 Rupees 1988
Mammals Unclassifiable
William Collection
100 Rupees 1992
Birds
100 Rupees 2010
Birds Arthropods
PASCALYDIE.FR
200 Rupees 1998
Unclassifiable
500 Rupees 2016
Arthropods Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
1,000 Rupees 2001
Mammals Birds
1,000 Rupees 2020
Arthropods Birds
Syria
The Syrian Arab Republic is a country in West Asia.
Population ≈ 19.4 million inhabitants. Area: 185,180 km2.
200 Pounds 1997
Mammals
1,000 Pounds 2013
Unclassifiable
5,000 Pounds 2019
Birds
Taiwan
Independent territory (Republic of China), located in East Asia.
Population ≈ 23.6 million inhabitants. Area: 35,980 km².
Jerome Collection
500 New Dollars 2004
Mammals
A.F.E.P.
1,000 New Dollars 2004
Birds
Jerome Collection
2,000 New Dollars 2002
Fish
Tajikistan
the republic of Tajikistan is a country in central Asia.
Population ≈ 8.9 million inhabitants. Area: 143,100 km².
50 Diram 1999
Mammals
Thailand
The kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia.
Population ≈ 69 million inhabitants. Area: 514,000 km².
10 Baht 1980
Mammals
20 Baht 1981
Mammals
50 Baht 2010
Mammals
100 Baht 1978
Birds Mammals
Tibet
The Tibet Autonomous Region, officially the Xizang Autonomous Region, is one of the five autonomous regions of the People's Republic of China.
Population: ≈ 3.3 million inhabitants. Area: 1,228,400 km².
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
100 Srang 1942-1949
Mammals Unclassifiable
Turkey
The Republic of Turkey is a transcontinental country (3% of its territory is in Europe, the rest in Asia).
Population ≈ 83,6 million inhabitants. Area: 783,562 km².
100,000 Lira 2001
Mammals
Turkmenistan
The Republic of Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia.
Population ≈ 5.5 million inhabitants. Area: 488,100 km².
1 Manat 1993
Unclassifiable
50 Manat 2005
Mammals
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is made up of seven Emirates that form a Federal State.
Population ≈ 10 million inhabitants. Area: 82,880 km².
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
5 Dirhams 2015
Birds
IVAN BOGDANOV
50 Dirhams 2011
Mammals Birds
IVAN BOGDANOV
500 Dirhams 2017
Birds
Uzbekistan
The Republic of Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia.
Population ≈ 30.6 million inhabitants. Area: 447,400 km².
5 Som 1994
Birds
100 Som 1994
Birds
200 Som 1997
Birds Mammals
500 Som 1999
Mammals
2,000 Som 2021
Mammals
5,000 Som 2021
Mammals
50,000 Som 2017
Birds
IVAN BOGDANOV
50,000 Som 2021
Birds
Vietnam
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia.
Population ≈ 98.7 million inhabitants. Area: 330,967 km².
1 Dong 1975
Mammals
Jerome Collection
5 Dong 1955
Mammals
5 Dong 1956
Birds Mammals
5 Dong 1976
Unclassifiable
10 Dong 1955
Fish Reptiles
20 Dong 1964
Fish
10 Dong 1976
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
20 Dong 1962
Mammals
Jerome Collection
20 Xu 1966
Mammals
50 Dong 1972
Unclassifiable
Jerome Collection
100 Dong 1972
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
200 Dong 1966
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
200 Dong 1972
Mammals
500 Dong 1972
Mammals
1,000 Dong 1972
Mammals
1,000 Dong 1988
Mammals
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Middle East located at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
Population ≈ 34.5 million inhabitants. Area: 527,970 km².
5 Rials 1967
Unclassifiable Mammals
