Sep-18-2023
Afghanistan: French printed banknotes start circulating. CORRECTED
Banknotes of 500 afghanis (AFN500.2c) and 1,000 afghanis (AFN1,000.2c) dated SH1401 printed by Oberthur Fiduciairie are now in circulation. Courtesy:...
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Sep-6-2023
Afghanistan – Scarcity of new banknotes.
According to a recent article signed by Muhammad Jawan, published by BNN Network, the recently imported mint banknotes are rarely...
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Jul-28-2023
Afghanistan – Exchange of mutilated currency starts tomorrow.
Having received a new order of banknotes printed by PWPW, Da Afghanistan Bank will start tomorrow 29 July the process...
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Jul-27-2023
Jordan – Ten dinars banknote of the new family issued yesterday.
The Central Bank of Jordan has issued yesterday its new banknote of 10 dinars (JOD10.5). Source: Jordan News Agency. Courtesy:...
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Jul-25-2023
Myanmar – Distribution of the new commemorative banknote of 20,000 kyat.
The Central Bank of Myanmar clarified today that the new commemorative banknote of 20,000 kyat (MMK20,000.1) to be issued at...
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Jul-23-2023
Myanmar – New commemorative banknote of 20,000 kyat.
Central Bank of Myanmar will issue on 31 July 2023 a new banknote of 20,000 kyat commemorative of the first...
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Jul-3-2023
TURKEY – Issue of larger bills rumored.
There are insistent rumors about the imminent release of new banknotes of 500 liras (TRY500.1), and maybe those 1,000 and...
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Jul-3-2023
SYRIA – New modified banknote of 5,000 Syrian pounds.
According to an article published by ennabaladi.net, the Central Bank of Syria has issued in June a modified banknote of...
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Jun-28-2023
Pakistan – Banknote commemorative of the 75th Anniversary of State Bank of Pakistan to be issued soon.
The previously announced banknote of 75 rupees commemorative of the 75th Anniversary of the State Bank of Pakistan (PKR75.2) will...
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Jun-25-2023
Azerbaijan – New banknote of 1 manat.
Taleh Kazimov, Governor of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, announced that a new banknote of 1 manat (AZN1.4) will be...
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Jun-14-2023
Afghanistan – New family of banknotes.
Hidaytollah Badri, Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank, has announced the signing of agreements for the printing of a completely new...
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May-25-2023
India – Informal market develops for soon to be demonetized Rp.2,000 banknotes.
It has been reported that an informal market is developing for large amounts of “pink” 2,000 rupees banknotes (INR2,000.1) owned...
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May-25-2023
Qatar – Latest information on older banknotes redemption confirmation.
There is no conversion of banknotes of the previous series for new banknotes at the Qatar Central Bank. Commercial banks...
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May-24-2023
Macau – Zodiac Notes introduced.
The Macau Monetary Authority announced the release of the 2022/23 notes of its Zodiac Series of 10...
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May-24-2023
Qatar – Latest information on older banknotes redemption.
It is reported that the National Bank of Qatar will accept for deposit into accounts up to QAR20,000 in notes...
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May-23-2023
Qatar – Problems with the redemption of older banknotes.
According to an unconfirmed report the Central Bank of Qatar has decided to stop the redemption in person of their...
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May-21-2023
India – No formalities required for banks to exchange up to 10 pieces of 2,000 rupees banknotes.
The Reserve Bank of India instructed all financial institution to exchange without any formality up to 10 withdrawn 2,000 rupees...
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May-19-2023
India – Banknotes of 2,000 rupees to be demonetized soon.
The Reserve Bank of India announced today the withdrawal from circulation of their 2,000 rupees notes (INR2,000.1). These notes remain...
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May-8-2023
Philippines – Additional details on the polymer notes of 100 and 500 piso.
Benjamin Diokno, Philippines’ Finance Secretary, provided additional details on the planned polymer banknotes of 100 piso (PHP500.4) and 500 piso...
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Apr-28-2023
Kyrgyzstan – New banknotes of the Fifth Series to be issued in May.
As reported by multiple sources the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic issued today 10 May 2023...
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Apr-19-2023
Cuba – Downgraded note of 100 pesos issued.
Banco Central de Cuba informed yesterday that the notes of 100 pesos dated 2023 (CUP100.2D) are being printed without...
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Apr-6-2023
United Arab Emirates – New polymer banknote of 1,000 dirhams to be issued on Monday.
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates announced today that its new polymer banknote of 1,000 dirhams (AED1,000.5) will...
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Mar-22-2023
Lebanon – Higher banknote denominations being considered.
The Lebanese authorities are considering the printing of banknotes of 500,000 (LBP500,000.1), and one million livres (LBP1,000,000.1). The measure will...
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Mar-21-2023
Jordan – New banknote of 20 dinars issued today.
The Central Bank of Jordan has issued today 21 March 2023 its new banknote of 20 dinars (JOD20.5). The front...
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Mar-19-2023
Tajikistan – Banknotes of 5 somoni are being replaced by coins.
The National Bank of Tajikistan has announced on Friday 17 March 2023 that it has released to circulation banknotes of...
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Mar-17-2023
Iran – New “Iran Cheque” of 2,000,000 rials/200 toman.
The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran has recently issued a new “Iran Cheque” of 2 million...
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Feb-15-2023
Mongolia: Bank of Mongolia releases application to check its banknotes.
The Bank of Mongolia launched a new smartphone application to prevent the forgery of national currency banknotes and to provide...
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Feb-5-2023
Jordan – New banknote of 50 dinars issued today.
The Central Bank of Jordan has issued today its new banknote of 50 dinars (JOD50.3). The front shows the portrait...
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Jan-26-2023
Afghanistan: New banknotes distributed to Commercial Banks.
The Central Bank said in a statement that the first tranche of 100 million new banknotes in denominations of 10;...
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Jan-10-2023
Iraq – Will current notes of 25,000 dinars be replaced by new ones of 20,000 dinars?
Mustafa Ghaleb Makhaif, Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, confirmed on Sunday that there are 4 benefits for issuing...
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Jan-7-2023
Jordan – Central Bank reveals designs of the banknotes of the new family.
The Central Bank of Jordan has revealed the images of the banknotes of Fifth Family, of which the first...
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Jan-7-2023
Lebanon – Improved 100,000 lives banknotes released.
The previously announced banknote of 100,000 livres (LBP100,000.5B) with a blue security segmented strip is already in circulation, as...
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Jan-6-2023
Philippines – Banknote with new Central Bank’s logo issued.
The banknote of 1,000 piso (PHP1,000.4) with new Central Bank’s logo is already in circulation. Courtesy: Alex Zlotin. Click...
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Jan-2-2023
India – Supreme Court ruled that 2016 demonetization of large banknotes is legal.
By a 4-1 decision the Indian Supreme Court declared today 2 January that the demonetize of older notes of 500...
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Jan-1-2023
Armenia – New banknote of 1,000 drams.
The Central Bank of Armenia announced that it will issue on 23 January 2023 a new banknote of 1,000 drams...
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Dec-28-2022
Philippines – Details of improved banknotes.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas presented on 7 December 2022 the new family of banknotes with the new logo...
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Dec-27-2022
Bangladesh – New commemorative banknote.
Bangladesh Bank will issue tomorrow 28 December 2022 a new banknote of 50 taka (BDT50.7) commemorative of the opening of...
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Dec-26-2022
Jordan – New banknote of 1 dinar issued today.
The Central Bank of Jordan has issued today a new banknote of 1 dinar (JOD1.5), the first of the...
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Dec-21-2022
Afghanistan – New banknotes arrived in November are still not in circulation.
Da Afghanistan Bank said yesterday that the banknotes arrived from Poland in November have not yet being released to circulation....
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Dec-21-2022
Syria – Currency’s drop in value makes cash transactions bulky.
With the drop of value of the Syrian pound in the parallel market to over 6,000 per U.S.dollar the value...
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Dec-16-2022
Saudi Arabia – New banknote issued by Saudi Central Bank.
The banknote of 50 riyals with the name of the Saudi Central Bank (SAR50.7) is now in active circulation....
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Dec-15-2022
Afghanistan – Newly printed banknotes to be delivered in 2023.
Shah Merhabi, member of Da Afghanistan Bank Supreme Council, said that the last batch of notes printed by PWPW S.A....
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Dec-14-2022
Bangladesh – New commemorative banknote.
Bangladesh Bank will issue on 19 December a new banknote of 50 taka commemorative of the Golden Jubilees...
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Dec-10-2022
Laos – New Banknotes of 50,000 and 100,000 kip.
The Bank of the Lao P.D.R. announced today that it will start issuing soon new banknotes of 50,000 kip (LAK50,000.2)...
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Dec-9-2022
Philippines – Improved banknotes presented.
Ferdinand R.Marcos, President of the Philippines, presented this Wednesday 7 December the new family of improved banknotes, whose introduction was...
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Dec-2-2022
United Arab Emirates – New polymer banknote.
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates presented yesterday, as part of the celebration of the National Day, a...
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Nov-25-2022
Lebanon – Improved new banknote of 100,000 livres.
Banque du Liban announced on 15 November that it will issue on 1 December an improved banknote of 100,000 lives...
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Nov-22-2022
New Cambodian banknote raises controversy in Laos.
Laotians have expressed their confusion because the newly Cambodian banknote of 200 riels (KHR200.4) uses the three elephant heads motif,...
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Nov-21-2022
Qatar – “Private” fantasy commemorative banknote.
Current banknotes of 5 riyals (QAR5.4) with a “private” fantasy overprint of what looks somewhat like the mascot of the...
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Nov-21-2022
Japan – Bank of Japan runs test on new banknotes.
The backs of the bills will be changing too. Currently, they feature the phoenix from the roof of Kyoto’s Bank...
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Nov-16-2022
Afghanistan – Oberthur Fiduciaire to print more banknotes for Afghanistan.
The French firm Oberthur Fiduciairie has concluded a contract with Da Afghanistan Bank for the supply of 390 million banknotes...