Mar-26-2026
Madagascar is Planning a Monetary Reform and New Banknotes.
25 March 2026. Bank Foiben’i Madagasikara, the Central Bank, is conducting studies and consultations with experts, academics and the general...
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Mar-26-2026
Rwanda withdraws several old banknotes from circulation.
26 March 2026. The Central Bank of Rwanda has withdrawn from circulation effective 2 March 2026 several older banknotes issued...
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Mar-23-2026
South Sudan may issue larger banknotes.
23 March 2026. Several sources commented that the Bank of South Sudan plans to issue larger banknotes. Currently their highest...
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Mar-22-2026
Guinea Conakry – Purported new 50.000 francs note is an A.I. job.
22 March 2026. This image of a new 50,000 francs banknote of Guinea Conakry appears today in a Facebook post...
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Mar-20-2026
Botswana – Will a 10 pula note with Pres. Masisi’s image will be issued?
20 March 2026. A few years ago Bank of Botswana started to issue 10 pula banknotes with the portrait of...
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Mar-20-2026
President of Guinea-Conakry orders printing of “new banknote.”
18 March 2026. Mamady Doumbouya, President of Guinea-Conakry ordered on 17 March the printing of a “new banknote.” The country...
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Mar-17-2026
Malawi – Coins will replace the 20 and 50 kwacha banknotes .
17 March 2026. Reserve Bank of Malawi announced that the banknotes of 20 and 50 kwacha (approximately 1...
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Mar-10-2026
Zambia – Older banknotes become worthless on 31 March 2026.
10 March 2026. Contrary to what was previously announced all older Zambian banknotes will become worthless on 31 March 2026....
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Mar-8-2026
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe unveils new ZIG banknotes.
8 March 2026. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has introduced of 2 March its new family of improved ZiG banknotes....
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Feb-27-2026
Zimbabwe to issue new ZiG banknotes in April. (Corrected.)
27 February 2026. John Mushayavanhu, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, has informed that an improved version of the...
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Feb-16-2026
Improved new 20 dinars banknote for Tunisia.
16 February 2026. Banque Centrale de Tunisie has announced the release to circulation of an improved banknote of 20 dinars....
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Feb-14-2026
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger plans for the sira, a new currency.
The West African Sahel countries Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger continue their plans to leave the CFA franc and install...
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Feb-4-2026
Botswana issues banknote honoring Parisian Olympians.
4 February 2026 Bank of Botswana announced today that the new banknote of 50 pula (BWP50.5) announced on 15 August...
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Jan-19-2026
Ethiopia to start printing its own currency.
19 January 2026. Dr.Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister has announced on 15 January that the country will begin domestic currency...
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Jan-13-2026
Bank of Morocco withdraws from circulation certain notes.
12 January 2026 The Central Bank of Morocco has withdrawn from circulation all its banknotes issued between 1987 and 1996....
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Jan-6-2026
The Comoros issues new banknotes of 5,000 and 10,000 francs.
6 January 2026 The Central Bank of The Comoros has announced that it has issued yesterday new banknotes of...
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Dec-28-2025
Zimbabwe to introduce improved banknotes in 2026.
According to a posting in Social Media the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is issuing in the first quarter of 2026...
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Dec-23-2025
Central Bank of Seychelles issues modified note of 500 rupees.
The Central Bank of Seychelles introduced last week a modified banknote of 500 rupees dated 2025 (SCR500.4.) Its...
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Dec-22-2025
Morocco issues Africa Football Coup commemorative banknote.
Bank Al Maghrib presented a new banknote of 100 dirhams (MAD100.7) and a silver coin of 250 dirhams to commemorate...
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Dec-9-2025
Lesotho – Completely renovated family of banknotes presented today.
The Central Bank of Lesotho announced today 9 December 2025 a completely renovated family of banknotes in the denominations of...
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Dec-8-2025
Guinea (Conakry) is considering the issue of banknotes of 50,000 and 100,000 francs.
According to multiple sources the Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea (Conakry) is considering the issue of banknotes of...
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Dec-1-2025
Zimbabwe – Better quality ZiG banknotes next year.
According to several media sources the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe plans to issue in 2026 improved quality ZiG...
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Nov-20-2025
South Sudan – New banknotes will arrive next week.
According to Juba Post a shipment of new banknotes will arrive next week. These were ordered by the Bank of...
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Sep-30-2025
Bank of Namibia has released yesterday its Third Generation of improved new banknotes.
The Third Generation banknotes presented in July were released to circulation yesterday 29 September. ...
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Sep-24-2025
GHANA – The issue of a 500 cedis banknote is being proposed.
The government has been urged to introduce banknotes of 500 cedis (GHS500.1) with the portrait of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s...
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Sep-16-2025
South Sudan – Larger denominations banknotes are being printed.
According to an article published today 16 September 2025 by The Tanzania Times, the Central Bank of South Sudan is...
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Sep-15-2025
Madagascar – Improved new banknotes of 10.000 and 20.000 ariary.
The Central Bank of Madagascar has issued new banknotes of 10.000 (MGA10,000.1B) and 20,000 ariary (MGA20,000.1B) with a new green...
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Sep-12-2025
Botswana – New banknote celebrates 50th Anniversary of Bank of Botswana and 2024 Olympic medalists.
Bank of Botswana unveiled today a new banknote 0f 50 pula (BWP50.5) commemorative of the 50th Anniversary of...
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Sep-5-2025
Zambia – Demonetization dates set for previous banknotes.
The Bank of Zambia has set dates for the demonetization of its older banknotes dated 2012 to 2018. Those of...
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Sep-3-2025
Libya – Several banknotes to become worthless.
The Central Bank of Libya has reminded the public that the following banknotes must be deposited to a bank account...
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Aug-26-2025
Zimbabwe – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has begun the production of redesigned ZiG banknotes.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is designing a second family of ZiG banknotes. Only the notes of 10 (ZWG10.1) and...
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Aug-20-2025
Guinea Conakry – New banknotes ordered to solve banking liquidity crisis.
After the demonetization of the banknotes of 10.000 (GNF10,000.3) and 20.000 francs (GNF20,000.1) dated 2015, and the introduction of the...
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Aug-15-2025
Zambia – Enhancement of security features of new notes urged.
K10 Front K10 Reverse K20 Front K20 Reverse K50 Front K50 Reverse K100 Front K100 Reverse K 200 Front K 200...
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Aug-14-2025
Mauritania – Possible new variety of the 50 ougiya note of the 2023 type.
The translation of a recently published posting on Instagram signed by ousmane_mareg_the_ki reads: ” #Important clarification / Rumors are...
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Aug-9-2025
Namibia – More details about the new family of notes.
The Third Generation banknotes presented yesterday 23 July 2025 are set to enter circulation...
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Aug-3-2025
Uganda – Transition of 1000 shillings notes to coins faces difficulties.
Bank of Uganda faces the problem that the public prefer to use 1000 shilling banknotes (=USD0.28) instead of...
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Jul-23-2025
Sudan – Dire banknote situation.
OLD NEW There is now a difficult cash situation in Sudan. In January, to prevent the “Rapid support forces” to...
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Jul-23-2025
Namibia – New family of banknotes revealed today.
Bank of Namibia has presented today 23 July 2025 its new families of banknotes and coins. While the portraits and...
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Jul-21-2025
Mauritius – New banknotes of 200 rupees issued on 18 July.
Bank of Mauritius announced 0n 18 July 2025 the issue of a new denomination of its polymer family...
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Jul-19-2025
Sudan – Dire banknote situation.
OLD NEW There is now a difficult cash situation in Sudan. In January, to prevent the “Rapid support forces” to...
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Apr-16-2025
Cape Verde – New improved notes.
The Banco de Cabo Verde announced this week that will it soon issue new banknotes...
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Apr-2-2025
Zambia – Notes of 50 and 100 kwacha of new family to be released on 1st September.
The new notes of 50 (ZMW50.5) and 100 kwacha (ZMW100.4) will be released by 1st September. Their release was...
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Mar-23-2025
Libya – New polymer banknote of 20 dinars issued in March.
The Central Bank of Libya has informed that it has released to circulation on 20 March 2025 new banknotes of...
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Oct-24-2024
Nigeria – Old notes may become worthless at the end of the year.
During the 2023 currency crisis the Nigerian Supreme Court ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to continue accepting the first...
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Oct-5-2024
Oman – Redeemable notes omitted in the 101st Edition of the MRI Bankers’ Guide to Foreign Currency™.
Due to a production error some banknotes which are redeemable until the end of the year were omitted in the...
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Sep-28-2024
Libya – Validity of 50 dinars banknotes extended until end 2024
The Central Bank of Libya announced yesterday 27 September 2024 that it has extended the validity of the 50 dinars...
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Sep-27-2024
BELIZE – Advance information on new family of banknotes.
The Central Bank of Belize informed yesterday 26 September 2024 that it has chosen the persons to be honored in...
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Sep-26-2024
Israel – Bank Israel doesn’t see reasons to withdraw the notes of 200 new shekalim.
Bank Israel has issued a statement in which it declares that “The Governor of Bank of Israel does not intend...
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Sep-23-2024
Singapore – Online currency declaration now available to travelers.
Travelers to Singapore can now declare their cash online starting 72 hours before arrival. Declaration on arrival is still accepted....
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Sep-23-2024
Israel – The government wants to withdraw the notes of 200 new shekalim.
Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced that the government wishes to withdraw from circulation the banknotes of 200 shekels (ILS200.3.) The...
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Sep-23-2024
Rwanda – New banknotes.
The National Bank of Rwanda issued on 3 September 2024 new banknotes of 2,000 francs (RWF2,000.3) and 5,000 francs (RWF5,000.8)....