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...
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Mar-14-2021
South Sudan – Currency replacement.
You saw it first here… According to an article published yesterday by Kenya Wall Street the Bank of South...
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Feb-8-2021
Myanmar – Government denies rumors of demonetization of large bills.
You saw it first here… Rumours and fake news were spread in social media about the demonetization of large...
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Dec-23-2020
Kazakstan – Redemption of some 2006 banknotes extended.
You saw it here first… The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakstan extended the period for redeeming banknotes...
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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...
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Nov-17-2020
Spain – Exchange of peseta banknotes and coins extended for six months.ourt
You saw it here first,,, The Minister Council has decided today to extend the time for the redemption of...
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Oct-15-2020
Ethiopia – Foreign Ethiopian missions will exchange old notes for expats.
The National Bank of Ethiopia said that Ethiopian foreign missions will start changing new banknotes for the old ones to...
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Sep-25-2020
Argentina – More time for the redemption of 5 pesos banknotes.
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Banco Central de la República Argentina has once again extended the term for the redemption...
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Sep-15-2020
Ethiopia – Shorter period for exchange of large amounts of older notes.
You saw it first here Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared yesterday that although the term for the exchange...
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Sep-14-2020
Ethiopia – Older banknotes demonetized.
You saw it here first Ethiopia has given three months for the co-circulation of the previous notes of...
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Sep-3-2020
Ukraine – Small banknotes retired from circulation.
All banknotes of 1 hryvnia (UAH1.1/2/3) and 2 hryvni (UAH2.1/2/3) will cease to be legal tender at the end of...
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Jul-12-2020
Algeria – New banknotes and the black market.
Several articles in the Algerian press mention that the recent issue of new banknotes is part of an operation geared...
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Jul-7-2020
Angola – New family of notes presented.
You saw it first here! In a ceremony that took place today 7 July 2020, José de Lima Massano,...
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May-23-2020
Argentina – More time to redeem 5 pesos banknotes.
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Banco Central de la República Argentina has again extended the term for the redemption of...
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Apr-27-2020
Kazakhstan. Banknotes to be demonetized.
The following banknotes issued in 2006 will lose all value at the dates indicated: 1,000 tenge (KZT1,000.3)...
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Jan-29-2020
Argentina – Five pesos banknotes redemption extended.
The Banco Central de la República Argentina extended the legal tender status of the three types of 5 pesos banknotes...
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Jan-7-2020
Argentina – All 5 pesos banknotes become obsolete at February’s end.
All Argentinian 5 pesos banknotes will lose all value at the end of February 2020. Click here to order the...
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Dec-20-2019
Tunisia – Demonetized banknotes.
The following Tunisian banknotes will lose all value by the end on the year: 5 dinars 1993-2008 (TND5.6) 10 dinars...
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Dec-20-2019
Turkey – Banknotes in “yeni” lira demonetized on 31 December.
The time to redeem Turkish banknotes denominated in “yeni” (new) lira expires on 31 December. The banknotes to be demonetized...
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Dec-14-2019
Trinidad and Tobago – Guidelines for paper $100 banknotes coming soon.
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has advised yesterday that formal guidelines for the redemption of paper banknotes of...
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Dec-10-2019
Trinidad and Tobago – Paper 100’s demonetized after end of year.
Act No. 22 of 2019 establishes that paper 100 dollar banknotes (TTD100.1; TTD100.2; TTD100.3 and TTD100.4) will cease to be legal...
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Dec-9-2019
Trinidad and Tobago – Paper $100 notes to be retired by year’s end.
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago announced today that all current paper 100 dollar banknotes (TTD100.1; TTD100.2; TTD100.3 and...
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Nov-23-2019
Switzerland – Unlimited redemption of old banknotes.
In its session of 19 November the Swiss Federal Council approved the decision to eliminate the time limit for the...
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Oct-1-2019
Switzerland – Unlimited redemption for older notes NOT yet approved.
CORRECTION!!! Our posting of 21 June 2019 stating that the Swiss banknotes of the prior issue will be redeemable without...
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Sep-29-2019
Kenya – Comments on demonetization of old 1,000 shilling banknotes.
Paul Mafula writes today in The Nation that while the demonetization of the old 1,000 shilling banknotes (KES1,000.1 and KES1,000.2)...
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Sep-20-2019
Kenya – Ten days to use or redeem old 1,000 shilling notes.
If the Central Bank of Kenya does not extend it, September 30 is the last day to redeem the old...
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Sep-15-2019
Kenya – No extension for old 1,000 shillings banknotes.
Patrick Njoroge, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, has said yesterday the there will be no extension for the...
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Jul-1-2019
Oman – Older notes withdrawn from circulation.
The Central Bank of Oman has “set a period of one month only as of July 1st, 2019, to replace...
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Jun-21-2019
Switzerland – Older banknotes redeemable without time limit.
The Federal Government decided that the Swiss National Bank will continue to redeem without time limit the banknotes of the...
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Jun-12-2019
Kenya – Banks are required to provided CBK with weekly banknote redemption reports.
The Central Bank of Kenya has issued a circular addressed to all banks, in which it requires them to report...
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Jun-11-2019
Kenya – Rules for the exchange of old 1,000 shilling notes.
THESE BANKNOTES REMAIN IN CIRCULATION UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 2019. The Central Bank of Kenya established rules for the exchange...
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Jun-4-2019
Kenya – Status of old KES 1,000 banknote
According to unconfirmed reports it is most likely that the old 1,000 shilling banknotes (KES1,000.1A/B/C and KES1,000.2A/B/C) will become...