Aaron Rabushka wrote:
>Although I can't recall the denominations involved, I do remember seeing
>Polish banknotes featuring Chopin (as well as Copernicus and Maria
>Sklodowska-Curie). Are there any other composers who appear on money
>anywhere? If one counts Benjamin Franklin's string quartet he is the only
>composer to appear on any US money, and I'm positive that that wasn't why
>he was picked.
During their occupation of Poland, the Germans issued a postage stamp for
use there bearing the likeness of Jozef Elsner, teacher of Chopin, acted
by Paul Muni in *Song to Remember*.
Walter Meyer