Apr-12-2019
Scotland – Law proposed to make Scottish banknotes legal tender in the United Kingdom.
Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democratic MP, has proposed that Scottish notes should be made “legal tender” in all parts of the...
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Mar-5-2019
Switzerland – New banknote of 1,000 francs presented today.
The Swiss National Bank presented today its new banknote of 1,000 francs (CHF1,000.3), which will be available on March 13...
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Mar-1-2019
Belarus seeks Monetary Union with the Russian Federation.
Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, proposed the creation of a common ruble with the Russian Federation, but a separate one,...
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Feb-28-2019
Northern Ireland – Ulster Bank notes pictures.
The back of the new polymer banknotes of 5 (NIR-UB5.5) and 10 pounds (NIR-UB10.3) issued yesterday by Ulster Bank were...
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Feb-27-2019
Northern Ireland – New banknotes issued today.
Ulster Bank, Danske Bank and Bank of Ireland have issued today new polymer banknotes of 5 and 10 pounds....
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Feb-22-2019
Banka e Shqiperise approves issue of 10,000 lëkë banknote.
The Bank e Shqiperise approved in its last meeting the issue of a new banknote of 10,000 lëkë (ALL10,000.1) to...
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Feb-18-2019
Hungary – Banknote withdrawal.
The older banknotes of 10,000 forint (HUF10,000.1), first issued in 1997, will cease to be legal tender at the end...
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Feb-14-2019
North Macedonia – New country name in future banknotes.
As the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia changed its name to Republic of North Macedonia, the National Bank of the...
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Feb-13-2019
Northern Ireland – First Trust Bank to stop issuing banknotes.
First Trust Bank has taken the “commercial decision” to stop issuing its own notes, as other Northern Irish banks do....
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Feb-10-2019
Northern Ireland – New polymer banknote of 5 and 10 pounds.
Danske Bank’s new polymer banknote of 10 pounds (NIR-DB10.2), and Bank of Ireland’s 5 (NIR-BI5.4) and 10 pounds (NIR-BI10.4) ones...
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Feb-4-2019
Czech Republic – Non-circulating banknote.
A non-circulating banknote of 100 koruna (CZK100.2) has been issued on January 31st. It commemorates the Centennial of the Czechoslovak...
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Jan-30-2019
Czech Republic – Commemorative banknote issued today.
The new banknote of 100 korun note (CZK100.3) commemorative of the 100 Years of the Czechoslovakian korun, has been issued...
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Dec-20-2018
European Monetary Union – Status of EUR500 notes.
Some visitors to Italy have reported problems when they tried to exchange or make payments using banknotes of 500 euros...
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Dec-18-2018
Ukraine – New commemorative banknote.
This is the photo of the non-circulating commemorative banknote of 100 hryven (UAH100.6) issued recently by the NationaL Bank of...
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Dec-14-2018
Bulgaria
Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on December 14 that it would issue new banknotes, starting with the 100 leva bill...
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Dec-10-2018
European Monetary Union – One way traffic for 500 euro notes.
After 26 January 2019 most central banks from the Euro System will stop issuing 500 euro (EUR500.1) banknotes. Deutsche Bundesbank...
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Dec-3-2018
Romania – New commemorative banknote.
Here is the photo of the new banknote commemorative of the 100 years of the Great Union of 1...
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Nov-30-2018
Czech – New commemorative banknote.
The overprint on the new 100 korun note (CZK100.3) to be issued next year to commemorate the 100 Years of...
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Nov-29-2018
Romania – New commemorative banknote.
The National Bank of Romania will issue on December 1st. a new banknote of 100 lei (RON100.2) commemorative of the...
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Nov-29-2018
Czech – Improved and commemorative banknotes
The new banknotes of 100 koruna (CZK100.1D) while officially issued, are not found in circulation, because of problems with dispensing them...
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Nov-9-2018
Guernsey – New commemorative banknote.
The States of Guernsey Treasury has issued yesterday a new banknote of 20 pounds (GSP20.6) to commemorate the Centenary of...
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Nov-6-2018
Northern Ireland – New polymer banknotes.
Two Northern Irish banks have made public the designs of their new polymer banknotes to be issued in February 2019....
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Nov-2-2018
England – A scientist on the new £50 banknote.
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, asked the public to “Think Science” when they nominate who they wish...
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Oct-26-2018
Albania – New banknote.
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Oct-25-2018
Bank of Scotland – New polymer banknotes
Here are pictures of the new polymer banknotes of Bank of Scotland. The 5 (SCO-BS5.4) and 10 pounds (SCO-BS10.6) notes...
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Oct-25-2018
Royal Bank of Scotland – New banknote of £20.
Further to our posting of 23 Oct 2018, here are additional details of the back of Royal Bank of Scotland’s...
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Oct-23-2018
Scotland – RBS unveils new banknote of £20
The Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled today its new polymer banknote of 20 pounds (SCO-RB20.3) to be issued in...
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Oct-16-2018
Norway – New banknotes
Norges Bank will issue on October 18 new banknotes of 50 (NOK50.3) and 500 kroner (NOK500.3). The current notes of...
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Oct-13-2018
England – New £50 banknote
The Bank of England has initiated the process of preparing a new £50 banknote (GBP-BoE50.4) to be issued after 2020....
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Sep-20-2018
De La Rue will print Swedish banknotes.
The Sveriges Riksbank has signed an agreement with De La Rue on printing Swedish banknotes. Previously these notes were printed...
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Sep-18-2018
European Monetary Union – Security devices on new banknotes.
The European Central Bank has made public a video where the security devices of the new banknotes of 100...
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Sep-17-2018
European Monetary Union – New banknotes of 100 and 200 euros.
European Central Bank Executive Board member Yves Mersch unveiled today the new €100 (EUR100.2) and €200 (EUR200.2) banknotes. The new...
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Sep-11-2018
Belgium – Brussels local currency.
A collective of citizens’ groups plans to issue in Brussels an alternative local currency to be called the zinne. It...
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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...
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Sep-6-2018
Czech Republic – Improved banknotes
The Czech National Bank has issued yesterday September 5 two improved new banknotes of 100 (CZK100.1D) and 200 korun (CZK200.1D)....
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Sep-5-2018
Ulster Bank – new banknotes.
A video in an article published today in the Belfast Telegraph shows a glimpse of the back of the new...
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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...
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Sep-4-2018
Norway – New banknotes to be issued in October.
Norges Bank has announced that the new banknotes of 50 kroner (NOK50.3) and 500 kroner (NOK500.3) will be issued on...
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Sep-3-2018
Ukraine – New banknote.
The National Bank of Ukraine has presented its new banknote of 20 hryven (UAH20.5) which will be issued on September...
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Sep-1-2018
Poland – New commemorative banknote.
The Narodowy Bank Polski issued yesterday August 31st a new 20 zlothych commemorative banknote (PLN20.9) honoring the Centennial of Polish...