Sep-13-2023
Cuba: Central Bank denies planning to issue larger notes.
Alberto Quiñones Betancourt, Vicepresidente of the Banco Central de Cuba, denied yesterday the there are printing banknotes of higher denominations....
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Sep-12-2023
Cuba: Large denomination banknotes to be issued to relieve cash shortage.
According to several sources the Banco Central de Cuba will issue more large denomination banknotes. Presently there are long lines...
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Jul-27-2023
Eastern Caribbean States – No immediate plans to make changes to banknotes and coins.
On their meeting of 21 July 2023 the members of the Eastern Caribbean Central Union voted to remove the Queen’s...
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Jun-14-2023
Dominican Republic: improved banknote of 500 pesos issued yesterday.
The Banco Central de la República Dominicana has issued yesterday an improved banknote of 500 pesos dated 2022 (MRIDOP500,00,500.8c.) with...
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Jun-14-2023
JAMAICA – New family of polymer notes to be issued tomorrow.
Bank of Jamaica announced yesterday that the banknotes of the new family will be issued tomorrow 15 June 2023. The...
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May-25-2023
Jamaica – Bank of Jamaica ready to release new banknotes in June.
The Bank of Jamaica is on track to ship to commercial banks its new banknotes in mid-June. Banks are working...
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May-4-2023
Dominican Republic – Security strip changed on 2022 dated banknotes of 100 pesos.
The Banco Central de la República Dominicana announced on 31 March that it will release to circulation on 3 May...
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Apr-28-2023
Dominican Republic – Possible variety on 2022 dated banknotes of 200 pesos.
Banco Central de la República Dominicana announced yesterday that it will release to circulation on 2 May 2023 banknotes of...
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Apr-27-2023
Curaçao and Saint Martin – Crane Currency selected to print their new banknotes.
The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten has announced yesterday that it has chosen Crane Currency to print the...
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Apr-20-2023
Cayman Islands – Commemorative banknote approved.
On 28 March Cabinet of the Cayman Islands Meeting it was approved the issue of a banknote commemorative of the...
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Apr-7-2023
Curaçao and St Martin – Antillean banknotes expected in second half of 2024.
The release of the planned new Antillean notes by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St Martin has been moved...
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Mar-29-2023
Cayman Islands – Release of commemorative note of 25 dollars delayed.
The release of the banknote of KYD25 of the D/4 Series commemorative of the 25th Anniversary of the creation of...
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Mar-9-2023
Curaçao and St Martin – New estimated date of issue for Dutch Antillean dollar banknotes
The release of the planned new Dutch Antillean dollar notes by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St Martin is...
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Feb-20-2023
Cayman Islands – New banknotes commemorative of the 25th Anniversary of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. – CORRECTED.
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) announced the issuance of new D/4 series commemorative $25 (KYD25.6) and $50 banknotes (KYD50.6)...
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Feb-17-2023
CAYMAN ISLANDS – New family of banknotes.
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority is preparing a new family of banknotes in which the portrait of King Charles III...
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Dec-19-2022
Trinidad and Tobago – Counterfeit polymer banknotes of 100 dollars.
Trinidadian counterfeit polymer notes of 100 dollars (TTD100.5) are being found in alarming quantities. The forgeries are of excellent quality,...
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Dec-19-2022
Jamaica – Additional details on new family of banknotes.
Natalie Haynes, Deputy Governor of Bank of Jamaica, clarified details of the process of release to...
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Dec-15-2022
Jamaica – New family of polymer commemorative banknotes presented today.
Bank of Jamaica presented today in its YouTube channel the new polymer banknotes to be issued in a few months....
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Dec-11-2022
Jamaica – Changes in new family of banknotes design.
The published images of the banknotes of the new family are “concept designs”. The printed notes will have some changes....
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Dec-8-2022
Jamaica – New polymer banknotes to be issued once ATMs are retrofitted.
Dr. Nigel Clarke, Jamaica’s Finance Minister, has disclosed that the banknotes of the new family, which are arriving this week,...
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Dec-7-2022
Bahamas – New CRISP Evolution banknote of 10 dollars.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas announced today that it will issue on 15 December 2022 the improved “CRISP” Evolution...
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Dec-6-2022
Syria – Modified banknote of 50 pounds issued.
The Central Bank of Syria has issued a modified banknote of 50 Syrian pound (SYP50.5B) similar to the one dated...
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Dec-5-2022
Barbados – Family of new banknotes presented today.
The new family of polymer banknotes...
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Nov-23-2022
Jamaica – Good pictures of the upcoming family of polymer commemorative notes.
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has disclosed that Jamaica’s new banknotes will be in the island by the week of...
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Oct-11-2022
Bahamas – Color modified on 10 dollars banknotes.
According to unconfirmed reports the Central Bank of the Bahamas has reprinted the 2016 version (BSD10.6) of the 10...
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Oct-1-2022
Eastern Caribbean States – No immediate plans to make changes to banknotes and coins.
Timothy N.J. Antoine, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, declared that there are no immediate plans to change currency...
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Sep-17-2022
Cuba – Limit for the import and export of Cuban pesos increased.
The Central Bank of Cuba has increased the amount of Cuban pesos that travelers may take in or out from...
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Aug-3-2022
Cuba – Central Bank sets new exchange rate at CUP 120 per USD.
As of tomorrow 4 August 2022 Banco Central de Cuba will set the buying rate for U.S. dollars at 120...
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Jul-21-2022
Curaçao and St. Martin – New banknotes in 2024.
As economic conditions have improved and current stocks of banknotes and coins denominated in Netherlands Antilles gulden are dwindling, the...
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Jun-4-2022
Cuba – Redemption extended for pesos convertibles.
Banknotes denominated in pesos convertibles (CUC) will be redeemable for additional 90 days starting 17 June until 14 September 2022...
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May-28-2022
Jamaica – Good pictures of the upcoming family of polymer commemorative notes.
Here are good photographs of the samples of the new banknotes commemorative of the 60th Anniversary of Independence. These are...
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May-4-2022
Barbados – Family of new banknotes presented today.
The Central Bank of Barbados has presented today its new banknotes printed on polymer substrate. These will be released to...
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Apr-28-2022
Barbados – Commemorative new banknotes family to be presented on 4 May.
You saw it first here… The Central Bank of Barbados will launch and unveil on 4 May its 2022...
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Apr-26-2022
Bahamas – Counterfeits notes of the “CRISP” Evolution family.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has issued advisories about counterfeit banknotes of 5o dollars (BSD50.5) and 100 dollars (BSD100.5) of...
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Apr-22-2022
Jamaica – New polymer family of banknotes.
Natalie Haynes, Deputy Governor of the Currency Operations at Bank of Jamaica, informed recently that the polymer notes of the...
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Mar-21-2022
Barbados – New polymer banknotes by December.
Cleviston Haynes, Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, announced today that by year’s end Barbadians will be using polymer...
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Mar-8-2022
Jamaica – New polymer family of banknotes.
Dr. Nigel Clarke, Finance and Public Service Minister, announced this afternoon that Bank of Jamaica will issue a completely...
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Jan-29-2022
Guyana – New polymer commemorative banknote.
You saw it first here… As reported today by several local sources Bank of Guyana will issue in...
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Dec-30-2021
Cuba – Redemption of pesos convertibles ends tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the last day for Cubans to redeem banknotes denominated in “Pesos Convertibles”. First issued in 1994 by Banco...
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Dec-2-2021
Dominican Republic – Banknote of 2,000 pesos dated 2021 issued.
You saw it here first… The Banco Central de la República Dominicana announced today the release to circulation of...
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Oct-29-2021
Trinidad and Tobago – Status of paper 50 dollar notes.
As there were doubts about the validity of cotton paper banknotes of 50 dollars (TTD50.2 and TTD50.3) the Bankers Association...
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Oct-5-2021
Trinidad and Tobago – Paper notes to be withdrawn from circulation.
The cotton paper notes of 1 through 20 dollars will cease to be legal tender as of 31 December 2021....
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Sep-30-2021
Eastern Caribbean – Paper notes are legal tender and in circulation.
All paper notes issued by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank are legal tender and in full circulation. When deposited to...
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Sep-30-2021
Bahamas – New 100 dollars banknote to be issued in October.
You saw it here first… The Central Bank of The Bahamas announced yesterday that it will issue its new...
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Sep-29-2021
Dominican Republic – New segmented security thread on 200 pesos banknotes.
You saw it first here… Banco Central de la República Dominicana informed yesterday that it will release to circulation...
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Sep-10-2021
Dominican Republic – New segmented security thread on 1000 pesos banknotes.
You saw it first here… Banco Central de la República Dominicana informed today that on Monday 13 September 2021...
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Sep-8-2021
Cuba: Modified watermarks in large denominations.
According to a posting in the webpage of the Banco Central de Cuba the image in the watermark of the...
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Aug-13-2021
Bahamas – Arthur D. Hanna replaces the Queen on new 100 dollars banknote.
You saw it here first… The new banknote of 100 dollars (BSD100.5) to be issued in September will honor...
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Jul-30-2021
Cuba – Forgeries of 1,000 pesos banknotes.
You saw it first here… It has been reported in social media that there are forged banknotes of 1,000...
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Jul-29-2021
The Bahamas – CRISP Evolution 100 dollars note to be issued in September.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas will issue the 100 dollars banknote of the CRISP Evolution series (BSD100.5) in September....
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Jun-16-2021
Cuba – Redemption of pesos convertibles extended.
You saw it first here… According to news published today 16 June 2021 by Granma an Executive Order of...