Eurasia

• Jan-24-2023

  Russia – Production of 5 rubles notes has been resumed. (Corrected).

  For the first time since 2001 banknotes of 5 rubles are being produced again. These notes (RUB5.2b) dated 1997 are...

• Dec-12-2022

  Russian Federation – Printing of banknotes of 5 and 10 rubles may resume.

  Arkady Trachuk, General Manager of Goznak, mentioned in an interview with Izvestia that it is possible that production of banknotes...

• Oct-4-2022

  Russia – Possible motifs revealed for new 500 rubles banknote

  Bank Rossiya published a list of possible motifs for the new banknote of 500 rubles (RB500.4), which will be devoted...

• Sep-10-2022

  Russia – Bank Rossiya is preparing designs for 500 rubles banknote to be issued in 2024.

  Bank Rossiya announced that the designs of the new 500 rubles banknote (RUB500.4) to be issued in 2024 is being...

• Aug-7-2022

  Turkey – Larger banknote denominations proposed.

  According to postings in Turkish social media the release of banknotes of 500 and 1,000 Turkish lira is being proposed....

• Jul-25-2022

  Russia – Five and ten ruble banknotes may continue to be issued.

  Sergei Belov, Deputy Governor of Bank Rossiya, declared in an interview with Izvestia that the banknotes of 5 rubles (RUB5.2)...

• Jul-8-2022

  Russia: New 100 rubles banknote appears in the Numismatic Market.

  A few new banknotes of 100 rubles (RUB100.6) have appeared in the Numismatic market. The come from those provided by...

• Jul-5-2022

  Russia – Antimicrobial properties in new banknote of 100 rubles.

  Arkady Trachuk, General Director of Goznak, said today in an interview with RIA Novosti, that the new banknotes of 100...

• Jul-5-2022

  Russia – Designs for new banknotes of 1,000 and 5,000 rubles selected.

  Arkady Trachuk, General Director of Goznak, declared today that the motifs for the new banknotes of 1,000 rubles (RUB1,000.4) and...

• Jun-28-2022

  Russia – Bank Rossiya will present a new 100 rubles note.

  Bank Rossiya will present its new modernized 100 rubles banknote (RUB100.6) at a press conference to take place on 30...

• Jun-27-2022

  Azerbaijan – New banknote of 10 manat is in circulation.

  The new banknote of 10 manat (AZN10.3) dated 2021 with modified map on the back announced in April is in...

• May-1-2022

  Russia – Russian Bank Association asks for delay in the release of new proposed banknotes.

  The Russian Bank Association has requested Bank Rossiya to delay the release of its new family of banknotes. Their concern...

• Apr-22-2022

  Azerbaijan – New banknote of 10 manat.

  You saw it first here… The Central Bank of Azerbaijan announced today that as of 22 June 2022 it will...

• Apr-12-2022

  Russia – The release of the new 100 rubles banknote may be delayed.

  According to several publications Arkady Trachuk, head of Goznak, informed that due to the present circumstances the release of the...

• Apr-2-2022

  Russia – Error found on 2,000 rubles note.

     You saw it first here… A geographical error has been found on some recent 2,000 rubles banknotes (RUB2,000.1). The...

• Mar-16-2022

  Russia – Currency import/export and exchange restrictions.

  The export of amounts of or over USD10,000 or its equivalent is forbidden, even if it can be shown that...

• Mar-10-2022

  Russia – New 100 rubles banknote to be issued soon. (CORRECTED).

  According to an article in ABNews published in January the release to circulation of the new polymer 100 rubles (RUB100.6)...

• Mar-9-2022

  Russia – Sales of foreign currency to citizens suspended for six months.

  Russia’s Central Bank has banned today sales of foreign currency to citizens for six months, until 9 September 2022. according...

• Mar-2-2022

  Russia – Leaving country with money limited to USD10,000.

  Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, signed today a decree which does not allow people to leave the country with more than...

• Oct-11-2021

  Russia – Argentina’s Navy Training Frigate “Libertad” on Russian banknotes.

  Igor Krylkov revealed in an interview with MKRU that when he was commissioned to design the 1995 banknote of 500,000...

• Oct-11-2021

  Russian Federation – New 100 rubles notes by end 2022.

     You saw it first here… According to many local publications Mikhail Alekseev, Deputy Chairman of Bank Rossiya, announced today...

• Jul-8-2021

  Georgia: Modified 5 lari banknote issued.

  The Georgian National Bank issued on 1 July 2021 a new banknote of 5 lari (GEL5.4). While the design is...

• Jul-5-2021

  Russian Federation – Some details of the new family of notes.

     You saw it first here… According to a brief article published by oopstop.com the banknotes of the new family being...

• Jun-2-2021

  Georgia – Updated 2021 banknotes.

     You saw it here first… The National Bank of Georgia will issue on 1 July 2021 new banknotes of...

• Apr-13-2021

  Russia – Izvestia’s New Banknote project.

     You saw it first here… Izvestia has launched the “New Banknotes Project”. Russians are asked to participate in the...

• Mar-26-2021

  Russia – More details about planned new banknotes.

  Mikhail Alekseiev, Deputy Chairman of Bank Rossiya, announced that the Board of Directors of the Bank Rossiya approved a conceptual...

• Nov-12-2020

  Russia – Protective coat considered for small denomination banknotes.

    Goznak is preparing to varnish all 100 ruble banknotes and is technically ready to cover with varnishing the entire...

• Oct-21-2020

  Georgia – Updated banknotes of 50 lari.

     You saw it first here… According to the webpage oncoins.net the National Bank of Georgia is going to issue...

• Sep-29-2019

  Georgia: New 10 lari banknote.

     The redesigned 10 lari banknotes (GEL10.3) presented in July will be released to circulation on 2 October 2019. Source:...

• Jul-2-2019

  Georgia: Some older banknotes withdrawn from circulation.

  The following banknotes have been withdrawn from circulation. These remain redeemable. 20 Lari (GEL20.2), 50 lari (GEL50.2) and 100 lari...

• Jul-2-2019

  Georgia – New banknote of 10 lari to be issued in October.

    The National Bank of Georgia announced that it will issue on October 1 a new banknote of 10 lari...

• Sep-30-2018

  Russia – Polymer banknotes

  Georgy Luntovsky, first deputy chairman of Bank Rossiya, declared that the issue of polymer banknotes is being considered. He declared...

• Sep-6-2018

  Russia – New banknotes planned.

  Further to the news published on September 4, new reports indicate that the first denomination of the new family of...

• Sep-4-2018

  Russian Federation – New banknotes

  Arkady Trachuk, General Director of Goznak, made declarations from which we can infer that Bank Rossiya is in the process...

• May-22-2018

  Russia

  Bank of Russia has issued today the new banknote commemorative of the 2018 FIFA World Cup (RUB100.5). It is the...

• Nov-16-2017

  Russia

  The new banknotes of 200 (RUB200.1) and 2,000 (RUB2,000.1) are in relative short supply because they were issued in October...

• Sep-25-2017

  Azerbaijan

  The First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, Alim Guliyev, declared that there are plans to issue a...

• Sep-1-2017

  Georgia

  The new 5 lari notes were issued today. Source agenda.ge Courtesy Cleophas Schockem. ©2017 Monetary Research Institute