Apr-30-2025
Bangladesh – Critical currency scarcity.
Bangladesh Bank has 15,000 crore (= BDT150,000 million = USD1,232 million) face value in banknotes of the previous series in...
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Apr-6-2025
Syria – Syrian banknotes to be printed again in Western Europe.
Previous sanctions on Syria, forced the Central Bank to have their banknotes printed by Goznak in Russia. The lifting of...
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Mar-27-2025
Kazakhstan – Banknote of 1,000 tenge of new family to be issued.
The National Bank of Kazakhstan announced that it will issue its new banknote of 1,000 tenge (KZT1,000.9) of the...
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Mar-25-2025
Kyrgyzstan – National currency to be printed locally.
An article in Times of Central Asia with a byline by Sergey Kwan published today informs that the Bishkek based...
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Sep-5-2024
Pakistan – State Bank presents results of new banknote series design contest.
The State Bank of Pakistan announced today, 5 September 2024, the winners of its contest for artistic designs of a...
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Sep-4-2024
Nepal – Changed map in banknotes.
Nepal Rastra Bank is going ahead with its announced plans to modify the map shown in the front of its...
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Aug-22-2024
Pakistan – State Bank of Pakistan is considering polymer for its new banknotes.
Jameel Ahmed, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, declared yesterday after a meeting with the Senate Standing Committee on...
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Aug-15-2024
Armenia – Improved banknotes of 5,000 and 10,000 drams. CORRECTED.
New notes of 5,000 drams (AMD5,000.5B) and 10,000 drams (AMD10,000.5B) dated 2024 have been issued by the Central Bank of...
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Aug-1-2024
AZERBAIJAN – The Central Bank is asking the public to express their preferences for a new family of banknotes.
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan is asking its citizens to make suggestions about a new family of banknotes. Following the...
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Jul-19-2024
Mongolia – New commemorative banknote.
Mongol Bank has announced on 17 July 2024 the release of a banknote of 5,000 tugruk (MNT5,000.4) commemorative of the...
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Jul-3-2024
Japan – New banknotes issued today.
Bank of Japan issued today 3 July 2024 its new banknotes. Current notes will continue to circulate. Source: Mainichi. Order...
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Jun-20-2024
Thailand – New banknote commemorates the 72nd birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, Governor of Bank of Thailand, announced today that on July 23 a new banknote of 100 baht...
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Jun-6-2024
Singapore – New variety for the 50 dollars banknote.
Recent 50 dollars banknotes show two solid houses under the word ARTS in the back (SGD50.2Ib.) A similar banknote showing...
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May-30-2024
Kazakhstan – New 10,000 tenge notes issued.
The Press Service of the National Bank of Kazakhstan announced today that a new banknote of 10,000 tenge (KZT10,000.6) of...
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May-23-2024
Georgia – Design selected for banknote commemorative of 30 years of the lari.
The National Bank of Georgia has announced today the design of the banknote commemorative of the 30th anniversary of...
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May-22-2024
Japan – Bank of Japan will not exchange old notes for the new ones to be issued in July.
Bank of Japan informed on its webpage that it will not exchange current notes for the new ones to be...
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May-10-2024
Kyrgyzstan – New Banknote of 5,000 som.
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic released to circulation today, 10 May 2024, a new banknote of 5,000 som...
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May-9-2024
Pakistan – State Bank promises to rectify Urdu text errors in currency.
After the Federal Ombudsman intervention the State Bank of Pakistan admitted several errors in the Urdu spelling in its banknotes,...
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May-5-2024
Nepal – Modified map in the front of 100 rupees note.
The Government of Nepal has decided that in new banknotes of 100 rupees (MRI100.8B) the map in the background on...
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Apr-26-2024
Yemen – Stolen notes of 5,000 rials have appeared in the numismatic market.
Notes of 5,000 rials have appeared in the numismatic market. These were printed around 2017 by order of the Central...
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Apr-16-2024
Japan – Long voyage for the commodity used to make the substrate for the new banknotes.
Todays edition of the New York Times has an interesting article about argeli, a wild shrub found in the Himalayas,...
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Apr-16-2024
Saudi Arabia – New banknotes with new bank name.
Saudi Central Bank has released recently the banknotes of 5 riyals (SAR5.8) and 10 riyals (SAR10.7)...
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Apr-1-2024
Nepal – New banknotes will show the Yeti.
Nepal has adopted the legendary Yeti as the guardian of the Himalayas and the country’s national symbol. Yeti will assume...
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Mar-16-2024
Pakistan – No polymer for the planned new banknotes.
State Bank of Pakistan denied rumors about the planned new banknotes to be printed on polymer substrate. These will be...
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Feb-15-2024
Kyrgyzstan – Commemorative banknote(s) being planned.
According to an unconfirmed report the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic plans to issue one or more banknotes to...
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Feb-15-2024
Kyrgyzstan – New banknotes of the 2023 Series.
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has presented today 15 February 2024 three new banknotes of the 2023 V...
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Jan-29-2024
Pakistan – Improved banknotes being planned.
The State Bank of Pakistan has decided to introduce new banknotes of all denomination with new design and features, a...
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Jan-10-2024
Saudi Arabia – Older banknotes no longer redeemable over the counter at the Central Bank.
The Saudi Arabian Central Bank is no longer providing the over the counter exchange of older notes. These can only...
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Jan-7-2024
Oman – All older banknotes will de demonetized by the end of the year.
The Central Bank of Oman announced today that all previous banknotes issued before 2020 will cease to be legal tender...
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Dec-25-2023
Kazakhstan – First note of the “Saka” family issued today.
The National Bank of Kazakhstan announced today 25 December 2023 the release of its new banknote of 5,000 tengé...
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Dec-14-2023
CHINA – Year of the dragon commemorative banknote.
The Peoples’ Bank of China has issued a 20 yuan banknote (CNY20.6) commemorative of the Year of the Dragon. It...
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Dec-12-2023
Japan – New family of notes to be issued on 3 July 2024.
Bank of Japan informed that the banknotes of the new family will be released to circulation on 3 July 2024....
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Dec-1-2023
Lebanon – High denomination 500,000 and 1,000,000 lira notes are in the works.
According to several sources Banque du Liban has decided to issue banknotes of 500,000 lira (LBP500,000.1) and 1,000,000 lira (LBL1,000,000.1)...
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Nov-29-2023
United Arab Emirates – New banknote of 500 dirhams.
The United Arab Emirates Central Bank will issue tomorrow, 30 November 2023, a new banknote of 500 dirhams (AED500.6) which...
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Nov-24-2023
Lebanon – New banknote of 100,000 livres.
Banque du Liban announced yesterday that it will issue on 1 December 2023 a reduced size banknote of 100.000 livres...
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Nov-19-2023
Kazakhstan – “Saka”, the new family of banknotes presented yesterday.
The National Bank of Kazakhstan will introduce between 2023 and 2025 a new “SAKA” family of banknotes. These will be...
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Nov-14-2023
Kazakhstan – New commemorative banknote of 10,000 tenge.
The National Bank of Kazakhstan will issue tomorrow 15 November 2023 a new banknote of 10,000 tenge (KZ10,000.5) commemorative of...
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Nov-5-2023
NORTH KOREA: Use of foreign currency forbidden to North Koreans.
Since April the holding by locals of U.S. dollars, Chinese yuan and other foreign currencies is banned. Police does random searches...
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Nov-4-2023
India – Banknotes of 2,000 rupees can still be redeemed.
On a Press Release dated 1 November 2023 the Reserve Bank of India has clarified that the redemption of banknotes...
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Oct-30-2023
Macau – Additional details of new banknotes.
The new banknotes announced last week are to be issued in a staggered fashion, with the ones of 10 and...
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Oct-27-2023
Macau – New banknotes in first quarter 2024.
The Monetary Authority of Macau announced today that the previously announced new series of banknotes for the two issuing...
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Oct-25-2023
Bangladesh – New commemorative banknote.
It was reported in Facebook that on 28 October 2023 Bangladesh Bank will issue a banknote of 50 taka (BDT50.8)...
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Oct-18-2023
RUSSIAN FEDERATION – Central Bank suspends release of new 1,000 rubles note because of religious controversy..
After the Russian Orthodox Church objected that the building that now is the Museum of the History of Statehood of...
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Oct-17-2023
RUSSIAN FEDERATION – Goznak describes new Russian banknotes as almost impossible to counterfeit.
“Compared with the previous generation of banknotes, the updated versions have significantly redesigned the security complex, which now...
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Oct-17-2023
RUSSIAN FEDERATION – Religious controversy on new banknote.
The Russian Orthodox Church has objected to the fact that the building that now is the Museum of the History...
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Oct-16-2023
RUSSIAN FEDERATION – New banknotes.
Bank Rossiya presented today 16 October 2023 its new banknotes of 1,000 rubles (RUB1,000.4) and 5,000 rubles (RUB5,000.3)....
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Oct-7-2023
Iraq: Cash withdrawals and transactions in U.S. dollars to be banned in 2024.
The Central Bank of Iraq has banned, effective 1 January 2024, the withdrawal of cash U.S. dollars from dollar denominated...
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Oct-6-2023
Pakistan: Varieties in the serial numbers in banknotes of 75 rupees dated 2022.
There are two varieties in the serial numbers of the banknotes of 75 rupees dated 2022. In the series AAA...
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Oct-6-2023
Pakistan: Variants in the UV imprint on new 75 rupees banknotes.
There are at least three different varieties in the color of the UV imprint on the back of the new...
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Oct-4-2023
Russian Federation: New banknotes of 1,000 and 5,000 rubles to be presented in October
Sergei Belov, Deputy Chairman of Bank Rossiya, announced plans to present the banknotes of the new family of 1,000 rubles...
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Oct-1-2023
India – The redemption of banknotes of 2,000 rupees extended until 7 October.
The Reserve Bank of India has extended the deadline for the redemption of banknotes of 2,000 rupees (INR2,000.1) until 7...