Apr-6-2025
Jamaica – All paper banknotes withdrawn from circulation as of 1 July 2025.
The Bank of Jamaica has decided that all paper banknotes will cease to be legal tender by 1 July 2025....
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Mar-31-2025
Curaçao and Saint Martin – New family of banknotes issued today.
The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Martin has placed in circulation its new family of banknotes....
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Aug-23-2024
Curaçao and Saint Martin – Caribbean Guilders to be released in March 2025.
The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten has presented today 23 August 2024 its new banknotes...
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Aug-21-2024
Trinidad And Tobago – Trinidad is redrawing its coat of arms. Will their banknotes change?
Keith Rowley, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, announced on Sunday 18 August 2024 that it plans to eliminate the Colonial...
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Jul-5-2024
Curaçao and St. Martin – New banknotes will be revealed on 22 August.
The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Martin has informed that the design of the new notes of 10 and...
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Jun-12-2024
Curaçao and St. Martin – New banknotes being printed in Malta.
Recently Mrs Leila Matroos-Lasten and Mr José Jardim, executive members of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Martin, along...
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Apr-5-2024
Trinidad and Tobago – Improved 100 dollars notes by December.
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has announced that it will issue an improved banknote of 100 dollars (TTD100.6)....
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Apr-3-2024
Cuba: Banknote scarcity.
According to several sources there is a shortage of banknotes in Cuba, with long lines forming at ATM’s which only...
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Mar-8-2024
Curaçao and St Martin – Design of some new banknotes approved.
The Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Martin approved on 4 March 2024 the proofs...
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Feb-28-2024
Jamaica – Bank of Jamaica ceases issuance of paper banknotes.
Bank of Jamaica has ceased to issue paper notes in November, and intends to withdraw them from circulation in two...
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Feb-6-2024
CURAÇAO AND ST. MARTIN – Introduction of banknotes postponed.
The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Martin announced that the new Caribbean guilder banknotes will be introduced on 31...
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Feb-6-2024
Eastern Caribbean – New commemorative banknote.
Timothy N.J. Antoine, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, presented yesterday a new polymer 50 dollars banknote (XCD50.8) commemorative...
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Dec-2-2023
Eastern Caribbean – New commemorative banknote.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has presented yesterday its banknote commemorative of the 40th Anniversary of the bank’s...
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Nov-29-2023
Eastern Caribbean – New commemorative banknote.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank will present this Friday 1 December 2023 a new banknote of 2 dollars commemorative of...
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Nov-21-2023
Bahamas – Armored car robbery.
On 2 November 2023 an armored car was robbed in the Bahamas. In the robbery there were current 20 dollars...
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Nov-19-2023
Curaçao and Saint Martin – What will happen to the old Antillean gulden when the new dollars bills are issued.
When the current gulden notes issued under the name of the Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen will be replaced in...
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Oct-14-2023
Cayman Islands – Queen Elizabeth II commemorative banknote released. (CORRECTED.)
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority unveiled on 12 October 2023 the previously announced banknote of 70 dollars (KYD70.1) which honors...
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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...