Caribbean

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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....

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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....

• 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...

• May-26-2021

  The Bahamas – CRISP Evolution 100 dollars note to be issued soon.

  The Central Bank of the Bahamas plans to issue the 100 dollars banknote of the CRISP Evolution series (BSD100.5) in...

• Apr-17-2021

  Haiti – New high denomination banknotes.

     You saw it here first… Jean Baden Dubois, President of the Banque de la République d’Haïti, has announced on...

• Mar-22-2021

  Eastern Caribbean – Polymer note of 5 dollars is in circulation.

     You saw it here first… The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has today released to circulation in St.Kitts and Nevis...

• Feb-9-2021

  Eastern Caribbean – Five dollar polymer note to circulate in late March.

  Rosbert Humphrey, Acting Director of the Currency Management Department of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, announced that the new polymer...

• Jan-28-2021

  Trinidad and Tobago – New banknotes of 1 and 50 dollars.

     You saw it here first… The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has announced on its webpage on 25...

• Dec-11-2020

  Cuba – End of pesos convertibles.

    Miguel Díaz Canel, Cuba’s president, and Raul Castro, heard of the Cuban Communist Party, announced late yesterday that the...

• Oct-29-2020

  Trinidad & Tobago – New polymer banknotes to be issued next week.

  The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has announced that on November 2 it will release to circulation its new...

• Oct-16-2020

  Trinidad and Tobago – New polymer banknotes to be issued in November..

     You saw it first here… Nicole Crooks, Industrial and External Relations manager of the Central Bank of Trinidad and...

• Sep-21-2020

  Bahamas – New 5 dollars banknote.

  As we reported on 19 August the Central Bank of the Bahamas will issue on 23 September a new banknote...

• Sep-3-2020

  Dominican Republic – New security thread on 2,000 pesos banknote.

     You saw it first here! Banco Central de la República Dominicana will issue tomorrow, 4 September 2020, a new...

• Aug-19-2020

  Eastern Caribbean States – Probable date of issue of new 5 dollar notes.

       You saw it here first! The new polymer banknotes of 5 dollars (XCD5.6) are expected to be released...

• Aug-19-2020

  Bahamas – New CRISP Evolution 5 dollars banknote.

     You saw it here first! The Central Bank of the Bahamas has informed us that the new banknote of...

• Aug-7-2020

  Cuba – MLC stores opened in July.

  On 20 July the Cuban government has opened a network of “MLC” stores. MLC stands for “Moneda libre convertible” (Freely...

• Aug-6-2020

  Trinidad and Tobago – Concept design of new polymer banknote family unveiled.

     You saw it here first! The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has unveiled the “concept” design of the...

• Jun-2-2020

  Dominican Republic – New banknote of 500 pesos dominicanos is in circulation.

    The new banknote of 500 pesos dominicanos (DOP500.9) announced recently is in circulation since yesterday, 1 June 2020.  It...

• May-30-2020

  Dominican Republic – New banknote of 500 pesos dominicanos.

  Banco Central de la República Dominicana has announced yesterday that it will issue on 20 June 2020 a new banknote of...

• Apr-16-2020

  Bahamas – New banknote of 5 dollars.

  We have received reports indicating that the new banknotes of 5 dollars of the “CRISP Evolution” family (BSD5.4) are already...

• Apr-12-2020

  Jamaica – Correction.

  In our posting of 10 April about Crane Currency printed notes we erred. The note of 50 dollars is still...

• Apr-10-2020

  Jamaica: New printer for $500 2019 banknote.

    Bank of Jamaica has recently released banknotes of 500 dollars (JMD500.1E) printed by Crane Currency. These banknotes are similar...

• Mar-28-2020

  Dominican Republic – Central Bank reacts to Covid-19 threat.

  Banco Central de la República Dominicana has informed that soon all the banknotes to be issued will disinfected using UV...

• Mar-12-2020

  Eastern Caribbean – Polymer five dollars note to be released in September.

     Timothy Antoine, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, has announced yesterday that the new banknote of 5 dollars...

• Feb-25-2020

  Trinidad and Tobago – Details of the new banknotes.

  Here are details of the back side of the new polymer banknotes to be issued later this year. Source: hobbyworld...

• Feb-24-2020

  Dominican Republic – Correction.

  The new family of notes is not yet complete. The banknote of 500 pesos dated 2017 (DOP500.8) has a mention...

• Feb-22-2020

  Trinidad and Tobago – Concept designs for new series revealed.

    The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has made public the “concept” design of its new polymer banknotes.  ...

• Feb-20-2020

  Dominican Republic: New banknote of 1,000 pesos.

  The Banco Central de la República Dominicana has issued today a new banknote of 1,000 pesos (DOP1,000.7) with the logo...

• Jan-29-2020

  Cayman Islands – New commemorative banknote.

  The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority issued on 28 January 2020 a new one dollar banknote (KYD1.6) commemorative of the 60th...