Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2021

The world of Mujand (fantasy notes) - 03 g Prat(a)ny (Lothandizia)

The next set of fantasy notes from the world of Blissdane Naïve, is from the territory of Pratany (or Pratny) as mentioned on the notes.

Prat(a)ny in Lothandizia
Pratany is located in the north of Lothandizia.

It took me a while to decipher what is written on the notes.
My knowledge of cyrillic is rather limited, but soon enough I found some hints.

There are 4 notes in this set : 1000, 5000, 10000 and 2000 bofl.

1000 and 5000 bofl

10000 and 20000 bofl

I can be wrong, but my guess is Kroatian (altough Bosnian is close to it too).
Bofl is 'trash', at least that is the translation of Bofl. And apparently bofl is Kroatian only.
On the front we see (in cyrilic) : HILJADU on the thousand - note.
Hiljadu also means 'thousand' - the 5000 note has PET HILJADA (5000) - then DECET HILJADA (10000) and DVADECET HILJADA (20000).

On the top of the notes we see : Narodna banka (which means  people's bank in many eastern European languages).
VALUTA OKUPATSIJE, means as much as 'occupation money'.

On the reverse side of the notes, we the value in English.


Under the country name there are 3 words : Zhivot, Slovode and Pravda. (Life, Freedom, Justice (or truth)).

Above and below the value, there is something weird, as the words 'TXOYCAND bOFL', seem like a litteral transcription of THOUSAND ROFL.
'MONETARNA VLAST' can be translated as Monetary Power.

These 4 notes are nrs 138-141 in the Mujad series, and are known as the P-series.

more to follow...

Thursday, April 15, 2021

The world of Mujand (fantasy notes) - 03 f Romedia (Lothandizia)

It has been a while again since I posted some of the amazin notes of Blissdane Naïve.
In the territory of Lothandizia, I already presented 5 countries, and today I will add Romadia to the list.

Romedia in Lothandizia

The country issued 4 notes, from 100, 200, 500 and 1000 Dureros.

fantasy notes of Romedia

At first I thought 'durero' is Spanish, but I could not find any other reference to spanish words on the note. But the name 'Romedia' brought me quite quickly to 'Romania'.
Another part of the text confirmed it : "guvernul apreciază această monedă și așa va fi", which means as much as : "the government values this currency and so it will be".
'Dureros' means 'painful' in Romanian language.

At the reverse side, all 4 notes, show a picture of a primate.

reverse side of Romedian notes

The100 Dureros-note has a picture of a squirrel monkey

 

The 200 Dureros-note shows a Sri Lankan slender loris


On the 500 Dureros-note, we see a tarsiern (from the Philippines)


And the 1000 Dureros-note has a picture of a lion-tailed macaque (South India)

 

These 4 notes are notes 124 to 127 issued by Mujand, and are the so-called Serie X

to be continued...

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

The world of Mujand (fantasy notes) - 03 e Amotekunia (Lothandizia)

In the heart of the Lothandizia continent, we find Amotekunia.
Amotekunia in Lothandizia
Although this is a large territory, only 2 notes were issued: 50 and 100 Nemaz.
The currency is the 'Nemaz', which happens to mean 'nothing at all' in Latvian.
The notes are dedicated to the birds (one side) and the bees (other side).
front side of 50 Nemaz
reverse side of 50 Nemaz
front side of 100 Nemaz
reverse side of 100 Nemaz
The notes have numbers 81 and 83 - which means they were issued in 2 separate moments.
Under the text 'Amotekunia Banka' we see : 'Naudas Zíme' (money note) and in the upper left corner on the front : 'Retáká valúta' (strange currency).
On the right side of the front, we find the text : "Latvijas valdiba augstu vérté so valútu, un tá tas ir".
This means that the Latvian Govermnent values this currency highly, and so it is.
Above the signatures, we read (in Latvian) : Galvenais kasieris (Chief Cashier) and Banka Prezidents (Bank's president).
more to follow...

Sunday, March 1, 2020

The world of Mujand (fantasy notes) - 03 d Sima Senco (Lothandizia)

A new country on Lothandizia, which I present today is Sima Senco.
Although it doesn't mean anything, Sima Senco sounds Italian.
The currency on Sima Senco is 'Senza', which is Italian for 'without'
Sima Senco map
The 'country' of Sima Senco has dedicated its notes to Art and Science of Sima Senco.
Dedicated to the Art and Science of Sima Senco (it)
There are many Italian references on the notes :
detail 100 Senza
Pagabili a vista al portetore (it) : payable on demand to the bearer

Tessoreria dello stato autorita rilasciante (it) : state treasury issuing authority

There are - only - 4 notes in this set (nrs : 068 - 071) Serie K (2016).

20 and 50 Senza
20 and 50 Senza (front)
20 and 50 Senza (back)
100 and 500 Senza
100 and 500 Senza (front)
100 and 500 Senza (back)
Some details on the notes, dedicated to Art and Science :
microphone
the 'nerve weakner'
the Circandian stabilizer
the matter destabilisator
to be continued ...

Monday, February 17, 2020

The world of Mujand (fantasy notes) - 03 c Andaqesh (Lothandizia)

We continue our journey through the world of Blissdane Naïve, and stay on the Lothandizia continent, for the next country: Andaqesh.
Andaqesh (Lothandizia)
The notes in this set (7) are notes 024 - 030. (Serie D - 2014).

Each note has a reference to a time related word : "Tempo, passato, presente, futuro, eternita, realta, fantasia"... or Time, past, present, future, eternity, reality, fantasy...

Andaqesh city is 'the birth place of time travel', and so it is written on their notes : "Luogo di Nascita del Viaggio nel Tempo". No need to say that inspiration was found in Italy.
Despite this, they could not prevent some inflation of their currency, as the denominations start at 1000 finto and ends in 500,000 finto. ('Finto' is italian for 'fake, false').
7 notes with high denomitations
 1,000 - 5,000 and 10,000 Finto
25,000 and 50,000 Finto
100,000 and 500,000 Finto

Andaqesh nation was named after their ruler : Queen Anya Qesh, therefore the bank's name is Qeshing Bank (or is it Cashing bank?).

Not much hidden texts on these notes, but a wise lesson for life on the back of each note :
To save time is to lengthen life ....

back side of Andaqesh notes
to be continued...

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

The world of Mujand (fantasy notes) - 03 b Kuninganna (Lothandizia)

We continue our story on Lothandizia, where we find the Kuningana Territory.
Kuninganna happens to mean Queen in Estonian.
Kuninganna Territory
This territory issued 8 notes,from 5 till 1000 Fusto. An 'uncommon currency' according the notes.
5 -10 and 25 Fusto. They represent notes 039 to 046 in the set.
 50 - 100 and 200 Fusto
and 500 - 1000 Fusto

On the front side of each note, we see a girl harvesting.

The left border shows a word, that is repeated on some notes: Talv, Pööripäev, Kevad, Pööripäev, Suvi, Pööripäev, Sügis and once more Pööripäev.
The same words can be found under the denomintation, together with the text : "Vilja Koristama".
"Vilja Koristama" = to harvest the fruit.
5 Fusto with 'Vilja Koristama Talv'
The harvesting images reveal that these notes are related to the seasons. And with some knowledge of the Estonian language, we can find out that it represents:  Winter - equinox - Spring - solstice - Summer - equinox - Autumn - solstice
border text on the Kuninganna notes 5 - 1000
Even without knowledge of the Estonian language, the translation in English, of the above terms, are hidden on the notes.
The script lettertype makes it hard to read, but with some effort, you can read it:
8 Kuninganna notes referring to the seasons
solstice is a bi-annual astronomical event, around June 21 and December 21, when the Sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes.
An equinox is a bi-annual astronomical event, around 20 March and 23 September. It is the moment at which the center of the visible Sun is directly above the equator.
table of equinoxes / solstices on Earth - picture Wikipedia
In the table above, we see the equinoxes and solstices on Earth... Info on the same events on Blissdane Naïve, were not availble on wikipedia.org.

to be continued...