5 Banknote Set | Ancient Cultures | Canaan | Ottoman | Mesopotamia | Maya | Inca

Description

Country/Countries: Israel, Turkey, Iraq, Honduras, Peru
Number of banknotes: 5
Year: 1969 - 2010
Collection: Ancient Cultures
Catalog numbers: 43, 196, 92, 68, 99
Package type: Envelope
Package width: 13.5
Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Metal compositions: Paper
Denomination: 1 sheqel, 1000 lira, 1 lempira, 5 soles
Weight: 19 g.
👑 Kings: Pachacuti, Lempira
👳 Sultans: Mehmed II
👔 Presidents: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
🏯 Fortresses/Strongholds: Sacsayhuamán, Tower of David
⛩ Structures: Dukan Dam
🧱 Ruins: Mayan Ball Court (Copan Ruinas)
🗿 Sculptures: Human winged-bull, known as a lamassu
🔍 Interesting information: Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco which he transformed into the Inca Empire. Most archaeologists now believe that the famous Inca site of Machu Picchu was built as an estate for Pachacuti. In Quechua Pachakutiq means "reformer of the world", and Yupanki means "with honor".
🔎 Interesting information: Lempira was a war chieftain of the Lencas of western Honduras in Central America during the 1530s. Lempira, means "lord of the mountain" or "lord of the hill"
🔦 Interesting information: The Dukan Dam is a multi-purpose concrete arch dam in As Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It impounds the Little Zab, thereby creating Lake Dukan. The Dukan Dam was built between 1954 and 1959 whereas its power station became fully operational in 1979.
Interesting information: The lamassu is a mythological hybrid, a protective deity known to “turn back an evil person,” that is composed of the head of a human, the body of a bull, and the wings of a bird.
Interesting information: Mehmed II, commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was an Ottoman sultan who ruled from 1444 to 1446
Interesting information: Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, Italian-born businessman who was noted for his philanthropy and support of Jewish rights.