Money

(makes the world go round)

 

In this page we display past and present currencies that have a literary figure on them. If you know of an author that has graced the face of a banknote or a coin, please write to us.

 

Argentina ~ Jorge Luis Borges

Denmark ~ Karen Blixen / Isak Dinesen

France ~ Victor Hugo, Voltaire, Jean-Baptiste Racine, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Germany ~ Brothers Grimm

Ireland ~ James Joyce

Lithuania ~ Julija Zemaite

Spain ~ Miguel de Cervantes

Sweden ~ Selma Lagerlöf

 

Money

 

Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and you're O.K.
Money it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team

     

Money get back
I'm all right Jack keep your hands of my stack.
Money it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set
And I think I need a Lear jet

 

Money it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're
giving none away

     


Roger Waters - Pink Floyd
(From The Dark Side of the Moon 1972-1973)

 

 

 

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