Aug-6-2025
Belize – One way traffic mode for pre-2025 banknotes.
The Central Bank of Belize has instructed local banks to refrain to pay out banknotes with the portraits of Queen...
Central America
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Aug-5-2025
Belize – New banknotes issued yesterday.
The new $2 banknote features waterfalls and rivers of Belize imagery, along with portrait of the Hon. Philip Goldson, national...
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Jul-22-2025
Guatemala – New improved 100 quetzales banknote issued.
Banco de Guatemala has issued this week an improved banknote of 100 quetzales (GTQ100.4) dated 15 March 2023. It is...
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Jul-9-2025
Belize – New banknotes unveiled. Corrected.
The new $2 banknote features waterfalls and rivers of Belize imagery, along with portrait of the Hon. Philip Goldson, national...
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Jun-10-2025
Costa Rica – Notes of 1,000 colones of the series A and B recalled.
The Central Bank of Costa Rica has announced on 30 May 2025 that the banknotes of 1,000 colones dated 2009...
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Jan-24-2025
Belize – New banknotes unveiled
The new $2 banknote features waterfalls and rivers of Belize imagery, along with portrait of the Hon. Philip Goldson, national...
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Sep-9-2024
Guatemala – Commemorative 1 quetzal note to be issued tomorrow.
Banco de Guatemala announced that its new banknote of 1 quetzal commemorative of the Centennial of the quetzal (GTQ1.6) will...
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Aug-26-2024
Guatemala – Commemorative 1 quetzal note presented today.
Banco de Guatemala presented today its new banknote of 1 quetzal commemorative of the Centennial of the quetzal (GTQ1.6.) The...
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Aug-14-2024
Guatemala – New commemorative banknote.
Alvaro González Ricci, Governor of Banco de Guatemala, confirmed yesterday 13 August 2024 that the Centennial of the creation of...
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Apr-1-2024
Honduras – New 200 lempiras notes are being printed in Malta.
Banco Central de Honduras contracted with Crane Currency in Malta the printing of 20 million banknotes of 200 lempiras (HNL200.2)...
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Feb-27-2024
Honduras – New banknotes of 100 and 500 lempiras are in circulation..
Banco Central de Honduras issued on 15 March 2024 its new banknotes of 100 lempiras (HNL100.4) and 500 lempiras (HNL500.4)....
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Feb-14-2024
Honduras – Improved banknotes.
Banco Central de Honduras announced yesterday that it will issue in March improved banknotes of 100 lempiras (HNL100.4) and 500...
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Dec-1-2023
Honduras – Bids called for the printing of new 200 lempiras banknotes.
Banco Central de Honduras called for bids for the printing of 20 million pieces of the recently announced new banknotes...
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Nov-17-2023
Nicaragua – Improved banknotes issued.
Banco Central de Nicaragua informed yesterday 16 September 2023 the release of improved banknotes of 50 córdobas (NIO50.6B) and 200...
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Oct-4-2023
Guatemala – New printer for the 20 quetzales banknotes.
Banco de Guatemala has released to circulation banknotes of 20 quetzales dated 27 May 2020 (GTQ20.3D) printed by Orel Füssli...
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Aug-24-2023
Honduras – New banknote of 200 lempiras to be issued.
The Banco Central de Honduras informed yesterday 23 August 2023 that it is in the process of issuing a new...
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Jul-24-2023
Honduras – Issue of 1,000 lempiras banknotes is being considered.
The Banco Central de Honduras is considering the issue of banknotes of 1,000 lempiras (HNL1,000.1). Currently the largest denomination is...
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Jul-18-2023
Belize – New banknotes without the monarch to be issued.
The Government of Belize instructed the Central Bank of Belize to start planning the issue of new banknotes with the...
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Mar-22-2023
Costa Rica – Redemption of paper banknotes.
Costa Rican banknotes printed on paper, which were withdrawn from circulation last year, may be redeemed by depositing them...
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Feb-14-2023
GUATEMALA – Five quetzales note with new imprint.
Banco de Guatemala has recently issued a 5 quetzales banknote (GTQ5.4D) dated 14 April 2021 with the new imprint of...
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Dec-21-2022
Guatemala – One quetzal banknotes withdrawn form circulation.
Alvaro Gonzales Ricci, President of Banco de Guatemala, announced yesterday that the banknotes of 1 quetzal will be retired from...
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Sep-29-2022
Costa Rica – Paper banknotes of 10,000 colones cease to be legal tender.
The Central Bank of Costa Rica has withdrawn from circulation on short notice the paper banknotes of 10,000 colones...
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May-19-2022
Panama – Changes in the Customs currency declaration.
Up to now a Customs declaration is required for persons arriving or leaving Panama’s airports, or crossing through Customs control...
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Apr-10-2022
Guatemala – New printer for 5 quetzales banknotes.
Banco de Guatemala has released to circulation banknotes of 5 quetzales dated 27 May 2020 (GTQ5.4C) printed by Oberthur...
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Jan-5-2022
Costa Rica – Legal tender status of cotton paper notes of 20,000 and 50,000 colones extended.
The Banco Central de Costa Rica extended the legal tender status of the cotton paper banknotes of 20,000 (CRC20,000.1) and...
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Dec-15-2021
Guatemala – New banknote of 200 quetzales issued.
The new banknote of 200 quetzales (GTQ200.2) is in circulation since 13 December 2021. Source: Banco de Guatemala. Click...
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Dec-6-2021
Guatemala – New banknote of 200 quetzales.
You saw it first here…. Banco de Guatemala published today a video with more details about its...
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Dec-4-2021
Guatemala – New banknote of 200 quetzales.
You saw it first here…. Banco de Guatemala will issue a new banknote of 200 quetzales. While...
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Nov-18-2021
Nicaragua: Improved banknotes of 10 and 20 córdobas.
You saw it first here… The Banco Central de Nicaragua has announced in its webpage that it will issue...
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Oct-8-2021
Costa Rica: Improved polymer banknotes to be issued; cotton paper ones withdrawn from circulation.
You saw it first here… Banco Central de Costa Rica will issue on 15...
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Sep-8-2021
Guatemala – Commemorative banknote is in circulation.
The new 20 quetzales banknote (GTQ20.4) commemorative of the Declaration of Independence is in circulation since Monday 6 September 2021. Source:...
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Sep-2-2021
Honduras – Commemorative 200 lempiras note is in circulation.
You saw it first here… According to several report in the local press Banco Central de Honduras put in...
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Aug-23-2021
Honduras – Central Bank publishes good pictures of 200 lempiras note.
You saw it first here… Banco Central de Honduras presented a few days ago the new banknote of 200...
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Aug-17-2021
Guatemala – New commemorative banknote.
Banco de Guatemala announced that its new 20 quetzales banknote (GTQ20.4) commemorative of the Declaration of Independence will be available to the...
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Aug-3-2021
Guatemala – New commemorative banknote.
You saw it first here… Banco de Guatemala published today the designs of its new banknote and coin commemorative...
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Jul-7-2021
Honduras – New commemorative banknote presented today.
You saw it first here… Banco Central de Honduras presented today its new banknote of 200 lempiras commemorative of...
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Jun-20-2021
Guatemala – Commemorative Banknote to be issued in September.
You saw it here first… The 20 quetzales banknote commemorative of the Bicentennial of the Central American Declaration of Independence...
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Jun-14-2021
Honduras – New Commemorative Banknote.
You saw it here first… Wilfredo Cerrato, President of the Banco Central de Honduras, announced today the previously announced...
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Mar-23-2021
Honduras – New 200 lempiras banknote to be issued in September.
You saw it here first… Wilfredo Cerrato, President of the Banco Central de Honduras, announced yesterday that details of...
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Jan-2-2021
Guatemala – New banknote will commemorate Bicentennial of Independence.
You saw it here first… Sergio Recinos, President of Banco de Guatemala, informed yesterday in a press conference that...
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Nov-26-2020
Costa Rica – Note of 20,000 colones issued today.
The Banco Central de Costa Rica issued today its new polymer banknote of 20,000 colones (CRC20,000.2). Courtesy: Cleophas Schockem. Click...
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Nov-13-2020
Costa Rica – More details about the new banknotes.
You saw it first here… The printing of the new family of polymer banknotes was executed by two firms, Orell...
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Nov-12-2020
Costa Rica – New family of polymer banknotes introduced.
To be issued in November. To be issued in 2021 or sooner. ...
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Nov-10-2020
Costa Rica – Improved polymer banknote of 1,000 colones.
You saw it first here… The Banco Central de Costa Rica has received last week a shipment of new...
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Sep-30-2020
Nicaragua – New Commemorative polymer banknote.
Banco Central de Nicaragua has announced in a press release that it will issue tomorrow a new banknote of 5...
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Jul-23-2020
Costa Rica – New banknotes printed on polymer.
You saw it here first! The Central Bank of Costa Rica will issue in a few weeks new...
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Jun-30-2020
Honduras – Details of new banknote of 200 lempiras.
The Banco Central de Honduras approved in late 2019 the issue of a 200 lempiras banknote (HNL200.1) to commemorate the...
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Jun-5-2020
Costa Rica – One way traffic for 50,000 colones banknotes.
On 4 June 2020 the Banco Central de Costa Rica announced on its webpage that it has the intention of...
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Apr-10-2020
Guatemala – New printer for the 5 quetzales dated 2018.
The 5 quetzal banknotes dated 2018 printed by PWPW SA (GTQ5.4B) announced by us in July 2019 is already found...
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Feb-21-2020
Guatemala – New commemorative banknote.
Sergio Recinos, President of the Banco Central de Guatemala, announced that a new 20 quetzales banknote commemorative of the Bicentennial...
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Jan-16-2020
Guatemala – Recent issues.
Banco de Guatemala has issued recently several banknotes, all similar to the previous ones, without newer security devices, with new...