This picture book showcases images on banknotes. These images depict political themes, significant events, important personalities, status symbols, and landscapes. Banknotes are mini posters that proclaim an ideal world. Money is a mystery. The monetary value seeks a visual counterpart. The Euro banknotes, for instance, strive to convey the European idea through a bridge metaphor. In 2002, when the Euro was introduced as cash, approximately 12.7 trillion Euro banknotes were in circulation - 12.7 trillion bridges to the ideal world. The images on banknotes tell stories and serve to glorify power. Strong and happy people engage in physical labor. They have access to education and live in a fantastic landscape with abundant wildlife. Similar motifs often appear in the iconography, and basic patterns are repeated. The representation of people is subject to this.