While American currency features former U.S. Presidents , Founding Fathers , and iconic turning point , many other countries put famous author , poets , artists , and novelists on their banknotes .
1. Hans Christian Andersen // Denmark
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Danish author Hans Christian Andersen is mostly recognise for his classic fairy tale like " Thumbelina , " " The Little Mermaid , " and " The Emperor ’s New Clothes , " which were published in the late 1830s . The Danish government issued Andersen’slikenesson the 10 Kroner note in 1952 until Danish Councillor of State Cathrine Sophie Kirchhoffreplaced the writeron the banknote in 1975 .
In 2005 , Danmarks Nationalbank issue five special 10 - Kroner coins , as part of a year - tenacious " Andersen Year " to celebrate the bicentennial of the writer ’s birth [ PDF ] .
2. Robert Louis Stevenson // Scotland
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In 1994 , the Royal Bank of Scotlandissued particular commemorative £ 1 banknotesfeaturing Robert Louis Stevenson — author ofTreasure Island , Kidnapped , andThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — to lionise the 100 - yr day of remembrance of the novelist ’s death . The banknotes featured Stevenson ’s childhood home in Edinburgh and his terminal resting place on the Samoan Islands .
3. James Joyce // Ireland
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The Central Bank of Ireland issued £ 10 greenback featuringUlysseswriter James Joyce in 1993 . The back of the bill feature Joyce’ssignatureand a bank line from his final novel , Finnegans Wake , which read , " Riverrun , past Eve and Adam ’s , from swerving of shore to bend of bay , brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs . "
The Central Bank of Ireland discontinued the banknote and replaced it with the Euro in 2002 . However , aspecial commemorative€10 coin was minted to observe James Joyce in 2013 . The coin have his portrait and an excerpt fromUlysses : " Ineluctable modality of the visible : at least that if no more , think through my center . Signatures of all thing I am here to read … "
4. Fatma Aliye Topuz // Turkey
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In 2009 , Turkeydebuted a ₺ 50(Turkish Lira ) with Turkish novelist and women ’s rights militant Fatma Aliye Topuz on the rearward side ( the country ’s first president , Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , appears on the front of all Turkey ’s Lira ) . brook in 1862 , she is one of the first distaff novelists from Turkey and has six novels to her name , includingUseful Information , Dream And Truth , andScenes from Life .
5. Henry Lawson // Australia
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In 1966 , Award - winning writer Henry Lawson wasshowcasedon the $ 10 Australian bill . Lawson ’s poem , brusk stories , and novel reverberate the rigor and victory of the " underdog " class in Australia ’s outback without romanticizing them .
6. Sir Walter Scott // Scotland
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Novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott isattributedwith redeem the Scottish banknote . In 1826 , Parliament attempted to terminate output of all banknotes under £ 5 . Using the pseudonym " Malachi Malagrowther " ( one of the character in his novelThe Fortunes of Nigel ) , Scott wrote a series of alphabetic character to theEdinburgh Weekly Journalurging Parliament to give the right to go on to print money to the Bank of Scotland .
These letters elicited such a strong response from the population that Parliament go forth the Bank Notes Act 1826 , which appropriate Scottish banks to impress one pound banknotes . As a resultant , The Bank of Scotlandprinted every banknotewith Scott ’s likeness on the obverse side to honour the writer .
7. Ichiyō Higuchi // Japan
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In 2004 , the Bank of Japan put novelist Ichiyō Higuchi on the ¥ 5,000 peak . She became the third charwoman to appear on Japanese hankering , after Empress Consort Jingū ( 1881 ) and poet Murasaki Shikibu ( 2000 ) [ PDF ] . Higuchi gained popularity throughout Japan and its literary brass for her tarradiddle about the plight of the woman working in Tokyo ’s red - light territory . In 1896 , she died of tuberculosis ; she was just 24 .
8. Charles Dickens // United Kingdom
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in 1992 , the Bank of England issued £ 10 banknotesfeaturingcelebrated writer Charles Dickens on the reverse side of the bill ( Queen Elizabeth II was featured on the obverse side ) . In 2003 , Charles DarwinreplacedDickens on the reverse side of the £ 10 preeminence , and Jane Austen will substitute Darwin on the banknote in 2017 .
