Jan-10-2021
Albania: Details on new banknotes to be issued this year.
You saw it here first… In an article published yesterday by TopNewsMedia in Albania there is a picture of...
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Dec-27-2020
European Monetary Union – Coat on 20 euro banknotes.
You saw it first here… According to information provided by the Deutsche Bundesbank the banknotes of 20 euros will...
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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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Nov-17-2020
Denmark – New improved family of notes.
You saw it first here… Danmarks Nationalbank announced today the issue of an improved banknote of 500 kroner (DKK500.7)....
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Oct-14-2020
Northern Ireland – Ulster Bank issues new £20 polymer banknote.
You saw it first here… Ulster Bank has issued today to circulation its new polymer banknote of 20 pounds...
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Oct-1-2020
Bulgaria – Withdrawal of 2 leva banknotes.
You saw here first… The Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank decided to withdraw...
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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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Aug-24-2020
Albania – Issue of 10,000 lekë banknotes delayed.
You saw it here first! Banka e Shqiperisë has informed us that the issue of the new banknote of...
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Aug-17-2020
Denmark – Improved 500 kroner banknote delayed.
You saw it first here! Danmarks Nationalbank is in the process of issuing improved versions of their current banknotes,...
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Aug-14-2020
Bulgaria – New improved banknote of 5 leva.
You saw it first here! Bulgarian National Bank will issue on 4 September 2020 an improved banknote of 5...
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Aug-6-2020
Northern Ireland – Ulster Bank £20 polymer change.
To add to yesterday’s posting, here are the photos of both varieties of the Ulster Bank 20 pounds banknote (NIR-UB20.3),...
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Aug-4-2020
Northern Ireland – Ulster Bank issue of new £20 banknotes delayed.
You saw it first here! Polymer notes of 5 (NIR-UB5.5) and 10 pounds (NIR-UB10.3) issued by Ulster Bank Limited...
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Jul-10-2020
Northern Ireland – New £20 polymer banknote from Ulster Bank.
You saw it first here! Ulster Bank will issue on July 20 its new 20 pounds banknote...
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Jul-10-2020
Northern Ireland – Danske Bank to issue £20 polymer note.
You saw it first here! Danske Bank announced today that it will issue on 20 July 2020 a new...
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Jul-6-2020
European Monetary Union – New signature of euro banknotes.
You saw it here first! The European Central Bank announced last week that it will start issuing this week...
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Jul-6-2020
Northern Ireland – Bank of Ireland issues polymer £20 banknote.
You saw it here first! Bank of Ireland, the largest banknote issuer in Northern Ireland, has announced that it...
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Jul-3-2020
Isle of Man – Varieties in the current 10 pound banknotes.
In the recently released notes of 10 pounds (IOM10.1D) with the signature the new Chief Financial Office, Sheila Lowe, the...
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Jun-30-2020
Romania – “World’s best forger” of polymer notes apprehended.
Romanian authorities arrested members of a criminal network responsible for the counterfeiting of thousands of 100 lei polymer banknotes (RON100.1A). ...
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Jun-11-2020
Albania – New 10,000 lëke banknote expected late this year.
Bank of Albania announced that the new banknote of 10,000 lëke (ALL10,000.1) will be released in the last quarter of...
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May-30-2020
Libya – Banknotes seized in Malta.
The United States Department of State issued yesterday 29 May 2020 a press statement commending the Government of Malta for...
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May-22-2020
Bulgaria – Improved new banknote of 10 leva.
The National Bank of Bulgaria announced today that it will issue on 12 June 2020 a new banknote of...
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Mar-18-2020
Belarus – Improved banknotes.
On 23 March 2020 the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus will issue improved banknotes of 20 (BYN20.2) and...
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Mar-5-2020
Scotland – Royal Bank of Scotland new £20 banknote.
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s £20 polymer banknote is released into circulation today. Designed and manufactured by De La Rue...
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Feb-28-2020
Scotland – Bank of Scotland issues commemorative banknote.
In addition to the regular new 20 pounds banknote issued by Bank of Scotland (SCO-BS20.4), another one (SCO-BS20.5) is being...
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Feb-28-2020
Bulgaria – New banknote of 20 leva.
The National Bank of Bulgaria will release to circulation on 20 March 2020 a new banknote of 20 leva dated...
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Feb-24-2020
Ukraine – New 200
The National Bank of Ukraine will issue tomorrow its new banknote of 200 griven. Notes of the current series continue...
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Feb-20-2020
England – Polymer £20 banknote issued today.
The Bank of England has today released to circulation the new polymer banknote of 20 pounds (GBP-BoE20.5). Current paper notes...
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Jan-16-2020
Northern Ireland – Polymer banknote of £20 from Ulster Bank.
Ulster Bank presented its new polymer banknote of 20 pounds (NIR-UB20.3) to be issued soon. The front of the note...
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Dec-27-2019
Belarus – Redemption of banknotes of the 2000 issue.
After 1 January 2020 the banknotes of the 2000 issue may only be exchanged at the National Bank of the...
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Dec-20-2019
Ukraine – New banknote of 50 hryven.
The National Bank of Ukraine issued today its improved banknote of 50 hryven (UKR50.4), which will co-circulate with the current...
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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-4-2019
Romania – Commemorative banknote.
This is the photo of the new banknote of 100 lei commemorative of the Centennial of the Completion of...
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Nov-28-2019
Romania – New commemorative banknote.
Banca Nationala a Romaniei will issue on 1 December 2019 a polymer banknote of 100 le1 (RON100.3) commemorative of the...
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Nov-27-2019
European Monetary Union – Christine Lagarde signature ceremony.
Christine Lagarde signs euro banknote in ceremony in Frankfurt. Her signature will appear in all euro notes. Source: Frankfurt Allgemeine...
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Nov-27-2019
Ukraine – New banknotes.
The National Bank of Ukraine is completing its new family of banknotes by the issuance of new ones...
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Nov-25-2019
Czechia – Correction.
The new commemorative banknote of the Czech Republic will be released in 2022, and not in 2020, as we originally...
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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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Nov-22-2019
Czechia – New commemorative banknote.
The Czech National Bank has announced that it will issue in 2022 a new commemorative banknote honoring Karl English, the...
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Nov-14-2019
Norway – New banknote of 1,000 kroner.
Norges Bank issued today, 14 November 2019, its new banknote of 1,000 kroner (NOK1,000-3) “Edition VIII”, which completes its new...
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Nov-7-2019
Scotland – New commemorative banknote.
Bank of Scotland unveiled a new 20 pounds banknote to celebrate the Queensferry crossing over the Firth of Forth (SCO-BS20.5)....
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Nov-2-2019
Libya – Shipment of Libyan notes seized in Malta.
Malta has seized in September a massive shipment of an unofficial Libyan currency believed to have been destined for military...
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Oct-26-2019
Poland – Noted banknote designer passes away.
Andrzej Heidrich, designer of many Polish banknotes and stamps, and book illustrator, died on October 20. Born in Warsaw in...
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Oct-25-2019
Ukraine – New 1,000 hryven banknote issued today.
The National Bank of Ukraine has issued today the new banknotes of 1,000 hryven (UAH1,000.1), its largest denomination, worth approximately...
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Oct-18-2019
Bulgaria – Improved new banknote fo 50 leva.
The National Bank of Bulgaria announced today that it will issue on 1 November 2019 an improved banknote...
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Oct-15-2019
Belarus – Improved banknotes in 2020.
Dmitry Lapko, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the national Bank of Belarus, announced yesterday that in addition to the...
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Oct-13-2019
Norway – New 1,000 kroner banknote to be issued Nov. 14.
Norges Bank will complete its new family of banknotes with the release of the 1,000 kroner denomination (NOK1,000.3) in Bergen...
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Oct-10-2019
England – “Turner” 20 pounds note unveiled.
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, unveiled today the new polymer banknote of 20 pounds (GBP-BoE20.5), to be...
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Oct-2-2019
Albania – New banknotes issued.
Bank of Albania has issued on 30 September 2019 its new banknotes of 200 lekë printed on polymer substrate...
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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-24-2019
Northern Ireland – Paper £5 and £10 banknotes withdrawn from circulation.
According to multiple notices published yesterday the paper banknotes of 5 and 10 pounds issued by Bank of Ireland, Danske...
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Sep-13-2019
Albania – Size of new notes.
The Bank of Albania has informed the sizes of the new banknotes to be issued on September 30. They are:...