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....
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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 of...
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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...
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Nov-19-2018
Armenia – New banknotes to be issued Nov. 22.
The Central Bank of Armenia has announced that its new family of banknotes will be issued on 22 November, on...
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Nov-5-2018
Tajikistan
The National Bank of Tajikistan will issue improved new banknotes of 10; 20; 50; 100 and 500 somoni. It is...
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Nov-1-2018
Armenia – New banknotes.
The new family of hybrid banknotes will be put in circulation this month. The exact date will be decided in...
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Oct-28-2018
United Arab Emirates – New banknote.
The United Arab Emirates Central Bank presented today its new banknote of 100 dirhams (UAE100.8), which will start circulating next...
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Oct-27-2018
Japan – New serial numbers color.
Combinations of characters and numbers currently printed in brown (dark orange) on 1,000-yen (JPY1,000.4B) Bank of Japan notes have been...
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Oct-26-2018
Iran – Currency re-denomination not imminent.
Valiollah Seif, governor of the Central Bank of Iran, declared today that conditions for the re-denomination of the Iranian rial...
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Oct-22-2018
Kazakstan – Demonetization of 1998-2003 banknotes
The following banknotes issued between 1998 and 2003 will lose all value as of 14 November 2018. They are: 200...
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Oct-12-2018
Iraq – New 1,000 dinars banknote
We have more details about the new banknotes to be issued next week. The new banknotes will be dated 2018,...
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Oct-11-2018
Iraq
The Central Bank of Iraq will soon issue a new banknote of 1,000 dinars (IQD1,000.2), of a completely new design....
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Oct-1-2018
Armenia – New banknotes video
In a video published today images of what seem to be the definitive designs of the new banknotes to be...
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Sep-30-2018
Kyrgyzstsan – Spurious 300 som banknotes.
A 300 som note with the picture of Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov is making the rounds in the social media....
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Sep-30-2018
Armenia – New banknotes in November.
Arthur Javadiyan, governor of the Central Bank of Armenia, announced today that the new polymer banknotes will be released to...
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Sep-26-2018
Uzbekistan – Issue of UZS 100,000 notes denied.
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan announced yesterday that rumors about the imminent release of a 100,000 sum banknotes are false. ...
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Sep-8-2018
Macau – Year of the Pig new banknotes.
Banco Nacional Ultramarino and Banco da China have recently issued the Chinese Year of the Pig new banknotes of...
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Sep-6-2018
Russia – New banknotes planned.
Further to the news published on September 4, new reports indicate that the first denomination of the new family of...
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Aug-31-2018
India – New 100 rupees banknote.
The new banknote of 100 rupees (INR100.4) is already in circulation. Source: rmrcoins Courtesy: Claudio Marana. Subscribe now to the...
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Aug-29-2018
India – Varnish on banknotes
In order to extend the life of banknotes the Reserve bank of India will circulate soon in several markets banknotes...
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Aug-29-2018
Pakistan – No new banknotes.
The State Bank of Pakistan declared yesterday that the news in the social media about the release of new banknotes...
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Aug-28-2018
Macau – Year of the Dog banknotes.
Banco Nacional Ultramarino and Banco da China have issued new 10 patacas banknotes (MOP-BdC10.11) and (MOP-BNU10.11) to commemorate the Year...
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Aug-21-2018
Thailand – Changed penal code legend.
As reported previously, the penal code punishment clause for currency forgeries has been changed. Here are pictures of the two varieties, the...
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Aug-20-2018
Yemen (Aden) – New banknote of 100 rials.
These are the photos of new banknotes of 100 riyals (YER100.5) which arrived to the Central Bank of Yemen in...
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Aug-16-2018
Yemen (Aden) – New banknote
The Central Bank of Yemen, based in Aden, the interim capital of the Southern part under control of the...
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Aug-15-2018
Yemen – Currency movement restrictions.
Iran backed Houthi militias in Sana’a banned the transfer of currency from its area of control in the North to...
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Aug-14-2018
United Arab Emirates – New banknotes for Aid Al-Adha
The United Arab Emirates Central Bank has supplied fresh banknotes to commercial banks for the Eid Al-Adha holiday season. Most...
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Aug-13-2018
United Arab Emirates – New 100 dirhams note.
A 100 dirhams new banknote dated 2018 (AED100.8) may be in circulation. The most notable feature is that the value...
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Aug-2-2018
Singapore – New variety
Banknotes of 1,000 dollars with two solid houses in the back (SGD1,000.2H) have appeared in the market. Source: eBay Subscribe...
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Jul-31-2018
Egypt
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Gamal Negm declared on July 28th that “there is no intention...
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Jul-28-2018
Brunei – Change in Currency Import-Export rules
The amount for which the import or export of currency or bearer instruments must be declared on arrival to or...
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Jul-27-2018
Thailand
Commercial banks will start this Sunday distribution to the public of new 500 baht (THB500.10) and 1,000 baht banknotes (THB1000.10)...
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Jul-24-2018
Hong Kong – New banknotes unveiled
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), and the three note-issuing banks (NIBs) (Standard Chartered Bank...
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Jul-19-2018
India – New banknote of 100 rupees
The Reserve Bank of India has announced today that it will soon release a new banknote of 100 rupees...
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Jul-17-2018
India – New banknote of 100 Rupees soon to be issued.
According to reports in the Indian press the release of new banknotes of 100 rupees (INR100.3) is due next month....