On Banknotes
WHS that are depicted on banknotes. Connections should state:
a. Exact site where only a part is shown
b. Denomination
c. Year/Current or not
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Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Al Ain | Al Jahli Fort, on 50 dirham note | |
| Ambohimanga | On the 500 Ariary note | |
| Ancient Kyoto | Byodoin; 10000 Yen; issue Dec 1, 1958-Jan 4, 1986 and Nov 1, 2004 - present | |
| Ancient Merv | Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum; 100 manat; 1995 | |
| Andrefana Dry Forests | On the 500 Ariary note | |
| Angkor | Angkor Wat; Several; 1996, 2001 | |
| Antigua Guatemala | First University (San Carlos); 100 Quetzales; 1983 | |
| Anuradhapura | Thuparama Dagoba; 500 Rupee issued 2001 | |
| Bagerhat | Khan Jahan's shrine, 50 Taka issued 2003 | |
| Bahla Fort | 1/2 Rial issued 1995 | |
| Belfries | Belfries (of Veurne) 1000 Francs 3.2.1945 | |
| Blenheim Palace | the maze at Blenheim Palace as a green foil hologram on 5 Pound note issued 2017 | |
| Borobudur | 10000 INR issued 1992 | |
| Budapest | Parliament; 500 florint (Limited commemorative edition); 2006 | |
| Calakmul | 1000 peso note of G-series (issued 2020) shows Tropical humid-forest ecosystems represented by the jaguar and Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | |
| Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks | Moraine lake; $20; 1979 | |
| Canaima National Park | Angel Falls; 20000 Bolivars; 1998 | |
| Carthage | Hannibal and Carthage on the 5 Tunisian dollar note | |
| Central University City Campus of the UNAM | UNAM; 2000 peso; 1987 | |
| Chichen-Itza | Chitzen Itza; 1000 Peso; 1977 | |
| Chola Temples | Brihadisvara Temple Complex on the reverse of the 1,000 rupees note from 1954-1978. | |
| City of Luxembourg | Luxembourg; 100 Francs; 1970 and others | |
| Copán | 1 Lempira; 1980 | |
| Corfu | The citadel was depicted on the reverse of the Greek 500 drachmas banknote of 1983-2001 | |
| Dougga/Thugga | Dougga; 10 dinar; 2005 | |
| Dubrovnik | The Old Town of Dubrovnik is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 50 kuna banknote, issued in 1993 and 2002 | |
| Echmiatsin and Zvartnots | Echmiadzin; 50000 Dram; 2001 | |
| Edinburgh | Robert Burns and The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh 10 pound - 2009; previous on numerous 1 pound | |
| El Pinacate | 200 peso note in G-series (issued 2019) shows Desert and matorral ecosystems represented by the golden eagle and El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve | |
| Ellora Caves | On the Rs 20 banknote | |
| Ephesus | On backside of the 20 new lira banknote (2005–2008) | |
| Fasil Ghebbi | 50 birr note | |
| Fort and Shalamar Gardens | Shalimar Garden, 10 Rupee issued 1972-1975 & 50 Rupees 1976 | |
| Forth Bridge | On 20 Scottish pound note | |
| Frontiers of the Roman Empire | Elsie Inglis and The Antonine Wall - 50 Scottish pouns - 2009 | |
| Fujisan | on 5000 Yen Banknote | |
| Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz | 1993 - Current 1,000 Kč Czech note | |
| Gelati Monastery | 500 lari, 1995 | |
| Gobustan Rock Art | Petroglyphs from Gobustan are depicted on the reverse of the Azerbaijani 5 manat banknote issued since 2006. | |
| Great Wall | May 10, 1988-July 30, 2004; ¥1 RMB Note Fourth Edition | |
| Great Zimbabwe | Rhodesian 5 pound note; 1966 + Zimbabwe $100 dollar note, 2019 | |
| Guanajuato | Guanajuato; 10 peso; 1963 & 1000 pesos F-series shows Guanajuato University (2008) | |
| Gusuku of Ryukyu | Shureimon; 2000 Yen; issue July 19,2000 - present | |
| Gyeongju | Cheomseongdae - astronomical observatory in Gyeongju; 10 Korean Won; Issued 1962-1969 South Korea 10 Won 1965 | |
| Göreme NP and Cappadocia | 50 new Lira (2005-2008) | |
| Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago | Ha Long Bay; 200000 dong ; Date of issue: 30 August 2006; & 10000 dong ; Date of issue: 1993 | |
| Hampi | 50 rupee 2016 | |
| Historic Cairo | Islamic Cairo; 5 pound; 1967 and others | |
| Hoi An | Japanese bridge in Hoi An; 20000 dong ; Date of issue: 17 May 2006 | |
| Horyu-ji Area | Yumedono; 100 Yen; issue Feb 25, 1946-July 5,1956 and 1000 Yen from 1950 | |
| Hué | 50000 dong ; Date of issue: 17 December 2003 | |
| Independence Hall | On the back of the U.S. $100 bill. The Assembly Room of Independence Hall also appears on the obverse of the US$2 bill in the form of the signing of the Declaration itself | |
| Kandy | Temple of Tooth: 1000 Rupee issued 2001; 10 Rupees; 1982 | |
| Kathmandu Valley | Changu Narayan on 10 rupee note, Swayambhunath stupa at 1000 rupee note | |
| Komodo National Park | Indonesia Rp50,000 2016 & 2022 series | |
| Kraków | depicts the white eagle wrapped in the letter S, inscribed in a hexagon, from the Sigismund's Chapel at the Wawel Castle; 200 Zloty | |
| Kremlin and Red Square | Red Square Moscow; 1000 roubles; 1992 (and various values during USSR) | |
| Kunya-Urgench | Monument of Torebeg Hanum; 500 manat; 1995 | |
| Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra | 2 Hryvni (also Pechersk Lavra on 10 Hryven); 1992 | |
| L'viv | Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet on 20 hryvnia 2016 series | |
| León Cathedral | Back of 100 cordobas note (introduced 2009) | |
| Lima | Palais Concert on 50 Nueva Soles note; Palace "Torre Tagle" on 20 Nueva Soles note; Convent of Santo Domingo on the back of 200 Nueva Soles note | |
| Lübeck | Holsten Tor; 50 DM; 1960 | |
| Macao | 2008 Bank of China Series: 10 patacas = A-Ma Temple 20 patacas = Façade of the ruins of Saint Paul's Cathedral 50 patacas = Dom Pedro V Theatre 100 patacas = Guia Lighthouse 500 patacas = Casa do Mandarim 1000 patacas = Legislative Senate | |
| Major Town Houses | Belgium 1994, 2000 francs | |
| Malbork Castle | 1 June 1995 - Current 100 zł Polish note, Malbork Castle is on the left of the reverse side | |
| Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi | Kazakhstan; 500 Tenge; 1999 | |
| Medieval Monuments in Kosovo | Silhouette of the Gračanica Monastery features on the back side of the 200 Serbian dinar note | |
| Meidan Emam, Esfahan | Naqsh-e Jahan Square on 50,000 rials note 1992 | |
| Meroe | Pyramids at one side of the 100 Sudanese Pounds note (2019, 2021) | |
| Mexico City and Xochimilco | US $1000 bill from 1862-1882. The bill depicts US General Winfield Scott entering Mexico City during the Mexican American War, and the Metropolitan Cathedral is in the background. Plus: 50 peso note in the Mexican G-series will show Xochimilco (issued in 2022) | |
| Mir Castle | Mir Castle: 50 roubles (2016) (as well as the 2000 50,000 roubles note it replaced) | |
| Moenjodaro | 20 Rupee issued 2005 | |
| Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve | 100 peso note in the G-series (issued 2021) shows Temperate forest ecosystems represented by the monarch butterfly and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve | |
| Monticello | 2 US dollar (reverse side), 1928-1966 | |
| Morelia | Morelia aqueduct on 50 peso note of the F-series (2006) | |
| Mount Taishan | Taishan; 5 Yuan; 1999 & 2005 | |
| Neolithic Orkney | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Heart of Neolithic Orkney - ?100 - 2009 | |
| Nesvizh | Nesvizh; 100000; 2000 | |
| New Lanark | Robert the Bruce and New Lanark - 20 pound - 2009 | |
| Novgorod | Millenium of Russia Monument and Novgorod Kremlin; 5 Ruble issued 1997 | |
| Nubian Monuments | Nubian Temples; 1 Egyptian pound; 1951 and many others | |
| Oaxaca and Monte Alban | Monte Alban; 20 peso; 2006 | |
| Ohrid Region | A golden mask from Trebenista is depicted on the obverse of the Macedonian 500 denars banknote, issued in 1996 and 2003; On the 10 denars banknote is printed "the torso of the goddess Isis" placed in the Robevi house, Ohrid | |
| Okavango Delta | 23 August 2009-Current 50 Botswana pula note | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | Dome of the Rock: 20 Dinar (Jordan), 1995 and others & Saudi Arabian 50 Riyals (1984) & 1000 Iranian Riyals & Jerusalem and the Temple Mount on 50 New Israeli Shekel | |
| Old Town Lunenburg | $100; 1975; | |
| Panamá | The Cathedral of Panama Viejo, shown on the former 10 Balboas banknote (Panama uses the US dollar now) | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Eiffel tower; 200 Francs; 1997 | |
| Pasargadae | 50 rials note 1960 | |
| Peninsula Valdes | On the 200 Argentinian peso banknote (2016) | |
| Petra | Petra; 5 Dinar; 1995 | |
| Plečnik's Ljubljana | The National and University Library featured on the reverse of the 500 tolar banknote (1992-2005). | |
| Polonnaruva | 50 Rupees; 1982 | |
| Potala Palace | Potala; 50 Yuan; 1999 & 2005 | |
| Prague | 1961 - 31 August 1993 100 Kč Czechoslovak note 1993 - Current 5,000 Kč Czech note | |
| Puebla | Cathedral; 500 peso; 2000 | |
| Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River | 500 PHP; 2010 current | |
| Pyramids (Memphis) | Sphynx; 100 Egyptian pound; 2005 | |
| Querétaro | Queretaro; 5 Peso; 1969 | |
| Quseir Amra | Quseir Amra; 1/2 Dinar; 1995 | |
| Rainforests of the Atsinanana | The waterfall at the entrance of Ranomafana NP is on the 5000 Ariary note | |
| Rani-ki-Vav | On new Rs 100 note (2018) | |
| Red Fort | 500 rupees 2016 | |
| Rila Monastery | Rila Monastery; 1 Lev; 1999 | |
| Roskilde Cathedral | 500 danish krone 1952 series | |
| Sagarmatha National Park | Mt Everest is shown on ALL current Nepali banknotes + Mt Everest was on the Chinese Renminbi Fourth Edition ¥10 note from 1988-1999 which is thus also in the Sagarmatha National Park. | |
| Samarkand | Registan; 50 Sum; 1994 | |
| Samarra | Samarra; 250 Dinars; 2003 | |
| Sana'a | 100 Rials issued 1993 | |
| Sanchi | 200 rupees 2016 | |
| Santo Domingo | Puerta del Conde (Colonial Zone); 20 Pesos; 1987 | |
| Schönbrunn | 100 schilling 1960 | |
| Selimiye Mosque | The mosque was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 10,000 lira banknotes of 1982-1995 | |
| Semmering Railway | Austria 20 Schilling 1967 | |
| Shibam | 50 Rials issued 1993 | |
| Sian Ka'an | 20 pesos in G-series (2021) | |
| Singapore Botanic Gardens | Tembusu Tree in SBG is on the back of 5$ SGD banknote | |
| Solovetsky Islands | Solovetsky; 500 Ruble issued 1997 | |
| Spissky Hrad and Levoca | Levo?a church (on both sides) ; 100 Slovak crown | |
| Split | Palace of Diocletian; 500 Kuna; 1993 | |
| St. George, Bermuda | The 50 Bermuda dollar bill shows St. Peters church in St. George | |
| St. Kilda | Sir Alexander Fleming and St Kilda - 5 Scottish pounds - 2009 | |
| St. Petersburg | Peter&Paul Fortress; 50 Ruble issued 1997 | |
| Stone Circles of Senegambia | 50 Gambian Dalasis; 1991 and others | |
| Sub-Antarctic Islands | Campbell Island on 5 New Zealand dollar reverse | |
| Sulaiman-Too | At the 1,000 Som note | |
| Sun Temple, Konarak | On the Rs 10 banknote (2018) | |
| Tassili n'Ajjer | 1000 dinar; 1998, 2005 | |
| Tauric Chersonese | the new 200 rubles note (2017 series) has Tauric Chersonese pictured on reverse side | |
| Te Wahipounamu | Aoraki/Mount Cook; 5 NZD | |
| Teide National Park | Roque Cinchado was on the 1000 pesetas banknote | |
| Tequila | 2000 peso note of G-series shows Dry forest ecosystems represented by the Mexican long-nosed bat and Tequila agave landscape | |
| The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier | Chandigarh on the 10 Swiss Franc note (2000) | |
| Tikal National Park | 1/2 Quetzal; 1973 | |
| Tiwanaku | 200 Bolivianos; 2005 | |
| Tubbataha Reefs | 1000 PHP; 2010 current | |
| Ujung Kulon National Park | Krakatau Volcano, 100 INR issued 1992 | |
| Victoria Falls | 10 Zambian kwacha; Numerous Zimbabwe dollars, f.e. 1997 $20 | |
| Vienna | Josephinum and others; 50 Sch (and others); 1984 (and others) | |
| Vilnius | Various parts of Vilnius old town; 50 and 100 litai; Numerous releases | |
| Wachau Cultural Landscape | 100 schilling 1955 | |
| Walled City of Baku | Maiden Tower; 1 Manat (and others); 2006 (and others) | |
| West Lake | The picture of "Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon" was printed on the backs of both the foreign exchange certificate one yuan bill issued by the government in 1979 and the fifth version of RMB one yuan bill issued in 2004. (wiki) | |
| Westminster | on 5 Pound note issued 2017 | |
| Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino | 500 peso note of G-series (issued 2018) shows Coastal, marine and insular ecosystems represented by the gray whale and El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | |
| Würzburg Residence | partial view of Staircase; 50 DM; 1989 | |
| Yaroslavl | Church of Precursor; 1000 Ruble issued 1997 | |
| Yazd | The Jame mosque of Yazd is depicted on the obverse of the Iranian 200 rials banknote (wiki) |
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- Link at least 3 different sites
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