My collection of banknotes with tractors
I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I was so fascinated by farm tractors and dreamed of having a farm and a tractor and driving it doing all those fancy things that tractors do. Well, none of that happened but what did happen is a fair few of my banknotes (and a few coins) have tractors on them so I thought why not bring them into the spotlight just this once.
This is what I have so far, I only included proper farm tractors, not bulldozers, harvesters, skidders, shredders and other related machinery.
Some of these tractors are so small (like Laos and North Korea) that I’m sure I must have missed quite a few such banknotes with tiny tractors on them, I’m open to suggestions if you noticed one that I don’t have.
Probably the most famous tractor banknote that I have is China 1 yuan 1960. What makes it special is not only that it pictures a female tractor driver, but this woman isn’t just a generic tractor driver, she’s someone with a story. Liang Jun was the first woman who enrolled in a training class for tractor drivers in China, and she was promoted by the powers that be to inspire other women to take on jobs traditionally held by men. She has a Wikipedia page in case anyone is interested.