Apr-6-2025
Syria – Syrian banknotes to be printed again in Western Europe.
Previous sanctions on Syria, forced the Central Bank to have their banknotes printed by Goznak in Russia. The lifting of...
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Mar-25-2025
Kyrgyzstan – National currency to be printed locally.
An article in Times of Central Asia with a byline by Sergey Kwan published today informs that the Bishkek based...
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Jul-5-2024
Curaçao and St. Martin – New banknotes will be revealed on 22 August.
The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Martin has informed that the design of the new notes of 10 and...
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Jun-12-2024
Curaçao and St. Martin – New banknotes being printed in Malta.
Recently Mrs Leila Matroos-Lasten and Mr José Jardim, executive members of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Martin, along...
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Dec-25-2023
Argentina – Problems with the printing of new banknotes.
Banco Central de la República Argentina faces problems to supply cash in the coming months. The former Administration has left...
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Nov-19-2023
Curaçao and Saint Martin – What will happen to the old Antillean gulden when the new dollars bills are issued.
When the current gulden notes issued under the name of the Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen will be replaced in...
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Oct-20-2023
Argentina – Security thread added to 2,000 pesos banknote.
While the first printings of the recently issued 2,000 pesos banknote (ARS2,000.1A) lack a security thread, the new ones (ARS2,000.1B)...
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Oct-17-2023
RUSSIAN FEDERATION – Goznak describes new Russian banknotes as almost impossible to counterfeit.
“Compared with the previous generation of banknotes, the updated versions have significantly redesigned the security complex, which now...
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May-27-2023
Czechia – Version 2023 of the 5,000 korun banknote.
The Czech National Bank will soon issue a banknote of 5,000 korun dated 2023 (CZK5,000.1D). While it will look identical...
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May-8-2023
Philippines – Additional details on the polymer notes of 100 and 500 piso.
Benjamin Diokno, Philippines’ Finance Secretary, provided additional details on the planned polymer banknotes of 100 piso (PHP500.4) and 500 piso...
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Apr-27-2023
Curaçao and Saint Martin – Crane Currency selected to print their new banknotes.
The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten has announced yesterday that it has chosen Crane Currency to print the...
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Apr-18-2023
Argentina – Banknotes printed by more foreign suppliers; Banks running out of space to store banknotes.
S.E. Casa de Moneda Argentina called for bids for the transportation of banknotes from Malta and Paris. It is obvious...
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Apr-7-2023
Curaçao and St Martin – Antillean banknotes expected in second half of 2024.
The release of the planned new Antillean notes by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St Martin has been moved...
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Mar-9-2023
Curaçao and St Martin – New estimated date of issue for Dutch Antillean dollar banknotes
The release of the planned new Dutch Antillean dollar notes by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St Martin is...
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Feb-15-2023
Paraguay – Oberthur Fiduciaire will design new family of banknotes.
The French company Oberthur Fiduciaire won the bid to design the new family of Paraguayan banknotes. A total of seven...
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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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Jan-26-2023
Afghanistan: New banknotes distributed to Commercial Banks.
The Central Bank said in a statement that the first tranche of 100 million new banknotes in denominations of 10;...
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Jan-20-2023
Guernsey – Improved banknotes introduced.
The States of Guernsey has introduced improved banknotes of 5 pounds (GGP5.9), 10 pounds (GGP10.5) and 20 pounds (GGP20.7)...
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Dec-16-2022
Paraguay – Seven firms placed bids for “Design and materials for the new family of banknotes.”
De La Rue, PWPW S.A., Crane AB, Oberthur Fiduciairie, G+D Technology, Koenig and Bauer and Orell Füssli were the...
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Dec-15-2022
Afghanistan – Newly printed banknotes to be delivered in 2023.
Shah Merhabi, member of Da Afghanistan Bank Supreme Council, said that the last batch of notes printed by PWPW S.A....
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Nov-16-2022
Afghanistan – Oberthur Fiduciaire to print more banknotes for Afghanistan.
The French firm Oberthur Fiduciairie has concluded a contract with Da Afghanistan Bank for the supply of 390 million banknotes...
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Nov-9-2022
Afghanistan – Polish printed banknotes arrived.
Sources say that the plane carrying the shipment of Afghani banknotes arrived at Kabul airport on Tuesday 8 November 2022....
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Sep-10-2022
Afghanistan – Unfit banknotes are being recirculated.
Teachers are complaining that they are being paid salaries in unfit notes, which are not accepted by merchants. Although the...
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Aug-12-2022
Afghanistan – Agreements reached to print new banknotes.
Da Afghanistan Bank announced yesterday that agreements were reached with foreign fiscal printers for the production of new banknotes. The...
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Jun-21-2022
Afghanistan – Money changers call for new banknotes to be printed.
In an article published today by tolonews.com with the byline of Amina Hakimi, a spokesman for the Union of Money Exchangers of...
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Jun-7-2022
India – Reserve Bank of India denies changes in portraits in currency.
The Reserve Bank of India denied in a Press Release dated yesterday 6 June 2022 that it is considering changes...
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Jun-6-2022
India – Portraits of Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Abdul Kalam may be used in banknotes.
According to several sources India’s Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank are considering using the portrait of writer Rabindranath Tagore and...
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Jun-4-2022
Pakistan – Printing commemorative polymer banknotes abroad rejected.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected the proposal of State Bank of Pakistan to print abroad the planned polymer banknotes...
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May-6-2022
Giesecke+Devrient present their “Green banknote” substrate.
Giesecke&Devrient presented at the Global Currency Forum in Tarragona, which took place this week, its “Green banknote” substrate, which is...
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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...
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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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Mar-29-2022
Afghanistan – Polish company to print Afghani notes.
You saw it first here… The National Procurement Authority of Afghanistan awarded the contract to print notes of 10;...
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Mar-23-2022
Chile – Casa de Moneda presents polymer “Housenote” to celebrate 279 Anniversary.
Casa de Moneda de Chile presented at the High Security Printing Latin America Conference in Mexico City its “Housenote”, a sample...
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Mar-18-2022
Myanmar – Is Russia involved in the printing of Burmese banknotes?
Giesecke+Devrient has suspended in early 2021 the printing of Burmese banknotes in response of growing violence following the military coup...
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Dec-2-2021
Argentina – Banknotes printed in Brazil and Spain.
The banknotes of 1,000 pesos (ARS1,000.1) printed in Brazil and Spain can be recognized by the serial number suffix: ARS1,000.1B...
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May-31-2021
Afghanistan – French printer for new notes.
While the official news release mentions “Abirtour Fischer” as the printer who will print the new notes which we reported...
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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...
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Jul-21-2020
Argentina – Bids requested to print 500 pesos notes.
You saw it first here! According to numerous reports S.E. Casa de...
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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-27-2019
Morocco – Commemorative non-monetary note.
The Moroccan fiscal printer Dar As-Sikkah has produced a non-monetary note to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Bank al-Maghrib, the...
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May-2-2019
European Monetary Union – New Prefix Letter
The former printing works of the Bulgarian National Bank have been bought by Oberthur Fiduciaire AD. The euro banknotes to...
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Apr-15-2019
DeLaRue introduces PureImage™, a novel holographic security thread.
DeLaRue has presented its latest customizable holographic security thread, PureImage™. With an increased demand from the market for higher brightness and...
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Feb-26-2019
Zimbabwe – Forged 100 trillion notes.
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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...