May-22-2019
Bangladesh – Improved note.
Bangladesh Bank will issue tomorrow May 23 a new banknote of 1,000 taka (BDT1,000.2) with improved security devices It will...
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May-19-2019
Myanmar – New banknotes in 2020.
Myanmar’s Parliament approved on May 17 the issue of a new family of notes with the portrait of General Aung...
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Apr-30-2019
Maldive Islands – Redemption restrictions.
We have been informed that the Maldives Monetary Authority has a limit of MVR15,000 per month and per person for...
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Apr-27-2019
India – New banknote of 20 rupees.
The Reserve Bank of India announced yesterday that it will issue soon a new banknote of 20 Rupees (INR20.6). It...
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Apr-26-2019
Azerbaijan – Polymer banknotes.
Elman Rustamov, Chairman of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, announced that the bank plans to migrate in the future to...
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Apr-18-2019
China People’s Republic – Gradual withdrawal of 1 yuan banknotes.
According to CCTV finance, the People’s Bank of China will stop the circulation of the 1 yuan notes (CNY1.2) in...
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Apr-16-2019
China – Redemption of 4th Series of RMB Notes.
Notes of the 4th Series of the RMB issued by the People’s Bank of China dated between 1980 and 1996...
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Apr-15-2019
Macau – New banknotes commemorative of the 20 Years of Macau’s return to China.
Banco da China and Banco Nacional Ultramarino will issue later this year banknotes of 20 patacas (MOP-BdC20.5 and MOP-BNU20.4) commemorative of...
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Apr-9-2019
Korea, Rep. of – New Japanese 10,000 yen banknote controversial.
The announced future issue of the 10,000 yen (JPY10,000.4) new banknote with the portrait of Eiichi Shibusawa has reopened old...
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Apr-9-2019
Japan – New banknotes in 2024.
Taro Aso, Finance Minister, announced today that Bank of Japan will introduce in 2024 new banknotes of 1,000 (JPY1,000.5), 5,000...
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Apr-8-2019
Yemen – New 100 rials.
The new 100 rials banknote (YER100.5) is due to be issued in the next couple of weeks. Courtesy: Gabriel Numismatic...
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Mar-19-2019
Azerbaijan – Updated new banknote.
The Azerbaican Merkezi Bankı has issued yesterday March 18 an updated new banknote of 10 manat (AZN10.2) to reflect its change...
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Mar-6-2019
Bangladesh – Improved 100 taka banknotes.
Bangladesh Bank announced that it will issue tomorrow March 7, improved new banknotes of 100 taka (BDT100.5C). These notes will...
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Mar-3-2019
Iran – New “Iran cheque”.
The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran has recently issued a new “Iran cheque” of 500,000 rials (IRR500,000.3)....
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Feb-25-2019
Yemen – New banknote issued.
The new banknote of 100 rials (YER100.5) printed in Russia has been issued today. Courtesy: Fawzi Alali. Click here to...
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Feb-24-2019
Mongolia – Improved new banknote of 5,000 tugruk released to circulation.
The new banknote of 5,000 togrog (MNT5,000.3) with improved security devices. is in circulation. Source: Altangerel Sanjaajamts. Click here to...
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Feb-22-2019
Kazakhstan – Kazakh language only on currency.
Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan, banned by decree the use of other languages in current coins and banknotes. The decree...
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Feb-17-2019
Uzbekistan – New banknote of 100,000 sum.
The Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan announced that it will issue on 25 February 2019 its new bank...
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Jan-28-2019
Uzbekistan – Broken equipment delays release of 100,000 sum new banknotes.
According to news published in Tashkent the two printing machines broke down in the facility involved in the production of...
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Jan-23-2019
Hong Kong – New 500 dollar notes.
Bank of China, HSBC Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, the three Hong Kong issuing banks, released yesterday on the occasion...
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Jan-22-2019
Israel – Law for Reduction of Cash Use.
As of January 1st the Law for the Reduction of Cash Use enacted in March 2018 is in force. These...
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Jan-21-2019
Nepal – Large Indian banknotes banned.
Nepal Rastra Bank announced a ban on all Indian banknotes of denominations higher than 100 rupees. Nepalese individuals, businesses and...
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Jan-18-2019
Syria – Coins to replace 50 pounds notes.
The Central Bank of Syria released to circulation coins of 50 Syrian pounds, which will eventually replace the banknotes...
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Jan-16-2019
Uzbekistan – New banknote of 100,000 sum.
The Central Bank informed that the Senate approved yesterday the design of the new banknote of 100,000 sum (UZS100,000.1). Details...
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Jan-14-2019
Uzbekistan – Central Bank denies reports about redenomination.
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan denied reports about currency redenomination, and declared that while a new banknote will be issued,...
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Jan-14-2019
Singapore – New variety on 50 dollars banknote.
Banknotes of 50 dollars with three solid stars on the back (SGD50.2I) have appeared in the market. Courtesy noteshobby Click...
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Jan-13-2019
Uzbekistan – New banknote of 100,000 sum; redenomination and withdrawal.
According to several publications Shavkat Mirziyayev, president of Uzbekistan, ordered the issue of new banknotes of 100,000 sum (UZS100,000.1) to...
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Jan-11-2019
Mongolia – Improved new banknotes.
Bank of Mongolia announced that it will issue in 2019 improved notes of 5,000 (MNT5,000.3), 10,000 (MNT10,000.3) and 20,000 tugruk...
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Jan-11-2019
Uzbekistan – New banknote of 100,000 sum.
Yesterday, January 10, several foreign sources published the news that the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan will soon...
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Jan-10-2019
Myanmar – Forgeries of 10,000 kyat notes.
News about forged notes of 10,000 kyats (MMK10,000.1 and MMK10,000.2) have led many merchants in Myanmar to refuse them. Several people caught...
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Jan-8-2019
Hong Kong – New HKD500 banknotes.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced today that the three issuing banks will release to circulation the banknotes of 500...
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Jan-7-2019
Iran – Re-denomination.
Abdolnaser Hemmati, governor of the Central Bank of Iran, announced last week that a bill to cut four zeros...
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Jan-4-2019
India – Government stops printing INR2,000 notes.
The Government has stopped printing notes of 2,000 rupees (INR2,000.1) because there are enough of them to respond to market...
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Jan-2-2019
Iran – Is redenomination imminent?
In a ceremony attended by Central Bank of Iran Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati and Economy Minister Farhad Dejpasand a new Iran...
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Dec-31-2018
Indonesia – Demonetized banknotes.
All banknotes of 10,000 (IDR10,000.6), 20,000 (IDR20,000.2), 50,000 (IDR50,000.2) and 100,000 rupiah (IDR100,000.1) dated 1993 through 1999 ceased to...
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Dec-25-2018
Armenia – New banknotes.
The Central Bank of Armenia has issued today the last three denominations of its new family of banknotes: They are the...
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Dec-25-2018
India – New banknote.
The Reserve Bank of India announced that it will soon issue a new banknote of 20 rupees (INR20.6) of the...
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Dec-24-2018
Yemen – New banknotes.
According to an article published by Al-Ayyam, a number of containers with new banknotes of 100 riyals (YER100.5) arrived to...
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Dec-23-2018
Tajikistan – New banknotes.
The new banknotes announced in November are already in circulation, as shown by these being on offer at eBay. The...
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Dec-22-2018
India – Redemption of mutilated or soiled banknotes.
The Reserve Bank of India has issued updated rules for the redemption of mutilated or soiled banknotes of 200...
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Dec-22-2018
Yemen
According to articles published in the last days in several Yemeni newspapers a shipment of new banknotes of 2,000 riyals...
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Dec-20-2018
Kyrgyzstan – Improved banknotes.
The national Bank of Kyrgizstan has issued today improved banknotes of 20 (KGS20.4B) and 5,000 som (KGS5,000.2). They are...
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Dec-19-2018
Indonesia – New rules for currency import-export.
The import or export of local or foreign currency in amounts of a value of or exceeding the equivalent of...
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Dec-14-2018
Nepal – Large Indian banknotes banned.
Nepal has banned effective today the use of Indian banknotes of 200 (INR200.1), 500 (INR500.5) and 2,000 rupees (INR2,000.1). Source:...
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Dec-11-2018
Hong Kong – New banknotes of HKD1,000 to be issued tomorrow.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced today that tomorrow the three issuing banks, Bank of China, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking...
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Dec-8-2018
China People’s Republic – New polymer banknotes
According to unconfirmed reports the People’s Bank of China will migrate to polymer substrate for the banknotes of 5 (CNY5.4),...
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Dec-5-2018
Yemen – New banknote
The Central Bank of Yemen in Aden has announced that new banknotes of 100 riyals (YER100.5) printed in Russia will...
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Dec-3-2018
United Arab Emirates – New commemorative banknote.
In commemoration of the Year of Zayed, which coincides with the 47th National Day, the United Arab Emirates Central Bank...
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Nov-23-2018
Armenia – New banknotes.
Here are the pictures of the Armenian new banknotes of 10,000 (AMD10,000.3), 20,000 (AMD20,000.4) and 50,000 drams (AMD50,000.2) issued on...
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Nov-23-2018
China People’s Republic – New commemorative banknote.
The People’s Bank of China has issued today a set of coins and a 50 yuan (CNY50.4) banknote commemorative...
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Nov-20-2018
Armenia – New banknotes
The new Armenian banknotes of 10,000 (AMD10,000.3), 20,000 (AMD20,000.4) and 50,000 drams (AMD50,000.3) will be issued on November 22. Those...