Jun-3-2025
Bolivia – First denomination of the improved Series B banknotes issued.
The Central Bank of Bolivia announced yesterday 2 June 2025 that it has issued the first denomination of its Series...
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May-17-2025
SYRIA – New notes minus al-Assad to be printed.
According to many sources the new government of Syria is considering moving the printing of new banknotes from Russia to...
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May-3-2025
Thailand – New commemorative banknote.
Bank of Thailand has issued on 14 April 2025 a 100 baht banknote (THB100.17) commemorative of the 150th Anniversary of...
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Apr-28-2025
Papua New Guinea – New commemorative 100 kina banknote.
James Marape, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, announced today that the Cabinet has approved the issue of a polymer 100...
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Apr-24-2025
Lebanon – Parliament allows the printing of 500,000 and 1 million livres banknotes.
Today 24 April 2025 the Lebanese Parliament modified the Banking Law to allow the printing of banknotes of 500,ooo (LBP500,000.1)...
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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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Apr-2-2025
UKRAINE – Ukrainian banknotes may “change their face.”
Andriy Pyshny, Governor of the National Bank Ukraine, announced today a possible change in the design of Ukrainian banknotes. He...
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Mar-26-2025
Belarus – New commemorative banknote.
The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus will issue on 31 March 2025 a banknote of 80 rubliei (BYN80.1)...
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Mar-24-2025
United Arab Emirates – New banknote of 100 dirhams completes new family.
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has issued today a new banknote of 100 dirhams (AED100.10) which completes...
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Mar-23-2025
Libya – New polymer banknote of 20 dinars issued.
The Central Bank of Libya has informed that it has released to circulation on 20 March 2025 new banknotes of...
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Mar-17-2025
Bulgaria hopes to adopt the euro next year.
The Bulgarian government claims that it is fully ready to adopt the euro in 2026. Originally it was slated to...
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Mar-17-2025
Australia – Royals replaced in new AUD5 banknote.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed that the theme of the new banknote of 5 dollars (AUD5.7), called “Connection...
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Mar-14-2025
Iran – New Iran cheque
Iran’s Central Banks announced yesterday 13 March 2025 the release of a new “Iran cheque” of 2 million rials (IRR2,000,000.2.) ...
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Mar-13-2025
Malawi – Reserve Bank denies issue of new banknote of 10,000 kwacha.
The Reserve Bank of Malawi has denied social media reports that it will issue this week a new banknote of...
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Mar-12-2025
The new 102nd Edition I-2025 is now available for mailing in early April.
The completely updated 102nd Edition I-2025 of the MRI BANKERS’ GUIDE TO FOREIGN CURRENCY™ will be ready for shipping in...
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Mar-12-2025
Libya – New holographic band on 10 dinars note.
The banknotes of 10 dinars with the prefix 1A (LYD10.9B) recently issued have a wide holographic band in the front....
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Mar-7-2025
Curaçao and Saint Martin – Rules for the redemption of Antillean guilders.
As the new notes denominated in Caribbean dollars are issued at the end of March, the old ones in Antillean...
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Mar-6-2025
Thailand – New commemorative banknote.
Bank of Thailand will issue on 14 April 2025 a 100 baht banknote (THB100.17) commemorative of the 150th Anniversary of...
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Mar-6-2025
Malawi – New banknote of 10,000 kwacha to be issued next week.
The Reserve Bank of Malawi has announced today the it will issue a new banknote of 10,000 kwacha (MWK10,000.1) on...
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Mar-5-2025
Namibia – New commemorative banknote, new family of notes.
Bank of Namibia has today unveiled a new banknote of 60 dollars (NAD60.1) in honor of late President Hage...
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Feb-21-2025
Saudi Arabia adopts currency symbol for the Saudi riyal.
King Salman approved the new Saudi Arabian riyal currency symbol. Source: Saudi Arabian Central Bank. Courtesy: Dr. Wolfgang Schuster. Order...
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Feb-14-2025
Zambia – Older banknotes will cocirculate with new ones for one year.
Situmbeko Musokotwane, Zambian Finance and National Planning Minister, announced that the current banknotes will cocirculate for one year with the...
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Feb-11-2025
Zimbabwe – Upgrade for ZIG notes.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has announced that it is redesigning its ZIG banknotes to improve their quality and durability....
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Feb-11-2025
Zambia – New family of notes in March.
The Bank of Zambia has informed today, 11 February 2025, that it will issue on 31 March 2025 a new...
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Feb-10-2025
Namibia – Commemorative banknote issue to be postponed.
The Bank of Namibia announced today that the issue of the new commemorative banknote honoring the late President Hage G....
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Feb-7-2025
Russian Federation – New banknotes update.
The Central Bank of Russia has informed today 7 February 2025 that its new banknotes of 50 rubles (RUB50.3,) and 500...
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Feb-5-2025
Kuwait – Correction on the expiration date of Kuwaiti Fifth Series banknotes.
The banknotes of the Fifth Series can be exchanged until 19 April 2025, and not until 30 September 2025, as...
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Feb-3-2025
North Korea – U.S. dollars and Chinese yuan are the de-facto currencies.
As rumors of a new won redenomination grow, North Koreans are shunning the local currency and preferring to use American...
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Jan-31-2025
European Monetary Union – ECB to select euro new designs.
After reviewing some 365,000 opinions of European Union residents the European Central Bank has made a preliminary selection of designs...
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Jan-30-2025
The Bahamas – Improved 1 dollar banknote.
The Central Bank of The Bahamas announced yesterday 29 January 2025 that it will issue on 3 February 2025 an...
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Jan-27-2025
Armenia – OVI printing added to back of 20000 drams banknote.
The Central Bank of Armenia has announced the it is issuing today improved banknotes of 20,000 drams dated 2024 (AMD20,000.4B.)...
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Jan-23-2025
Namibia – New commemorative banknote to be issued.
Bank of Namibia has announced today the release of a new commemorative banknote honoring the late President Hage G. Geingob....
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Jan-22-2025
TANZANIA – Family of notes reprinted.
Emanuel Tutuba, Governor of Bank of Tanzania, has announced today that reprinted notes of 1,000 shillings (TZS1,000.5); 2,000 shillings (TZS2,000.2);...
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Jan-21-2025
LIBYA – Improved polymer banknote of 20 dinars to be issued soon.
The Central Bank of Libya announced yesterday that it will issue soon a new polymer banknotes of 20 dinars (LYD20.5.)...
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Jan-21-2025
Macau – Banco Nacional Ultramarino and Banco da China issue their new banknotes of 50 and 100 patacas.
On 20 January 2025 Banco Nacional Ultramarino and Banco da China have issued their new banknotes of 50 and 100...
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Jan-20-2025
Honduras – New printer for 50 lempiras banknotes.
Banco Central de Honduras has released to circulation in late 2024 banknotes of 50 lempiras dated 7 April 2022 (HNL50.5C)...
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Jan-10-2025
Turkey – Notes of 500 lira may be issued soon.
According to news reported today 10 January 2025 by Russian news agency Vestnik Kavkaza, the Turkish Central Bank plans to...
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Jan-10-2025
Jamaica – Controversy about modified banknotes.
In June 2023 Bank of Jamaica issued a family of notes printed on polymer substrate with a logo commemorative of...
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Jan-9-2025
Falkland/Malvinas Islands – New banknotes in August.
The Government of the Falkland Islands will issue a new family of notes on 14 August 2025. These include the...
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Jan-2-2025
Taiwan – Baseball stars may replace student baseball players on TWD500 banknotes.
William Lai, Taiwan’s President, said that he will push to put in the 500 yuan note the National baseball team...
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Dec-30-2024
Belarus – Two Banknote Numismatic Products planned for 2025.
The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus announces in its Numismatic Program for 2025 the issue of two banknotes...
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Dec-19-2024
Philippines – New polymer banknotes presented to President Marcos.
The Central Bank of the Philippines has presented today 19 December 2024 the new polymer banknotes which complete the new...
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Dec-17-2024
Canada – Terry Fox to be shown on new 5 dollars banknote.
The 2024 Fall Economic Statement published yesterday 16 December 2024 states that the Government has chosen famous runner Terry Fox...
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Dec-17-2024
Mongolia – New variety of 5,000 tugruk banknote.
A new banknote of 5,000 tugruk (MNT5,000.5) has been recently issued. It has a golden oval at the lower right...
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Dec-11-2024
Sudan – New banknote of 1,000 pounds being issued in six districts.
The replacement of old Sudanese pounds with new ones will take place over two weeks, initially in six states, as...
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Dec-9-2024
Russia – Discussion of symbols for new banknote of 1,000 rubles.
The Advisory Board on Banknotes of the Bank of Russia called for an open meeting to discuss symbols for the...
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Dec-9-2024
China – Year of the Snake new banknote to be issued on 3 January 2025.
The People’s Bank of China has unveiled its new banknote celebrating the Year of the Snake (CNY20.7) to...
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Dec-8-2024
Việt Nam News reported on Saturday, December 7, 2024 that Q&T Hi-tech Polymer, located in Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park in...
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Dec-5-2024
Philippines – New details about the polymer banknotes.
The new polymer banknotes to be issued early next year will be in denominations of 50 (PHP50.4), 100 (PHP100.5) and...
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Dec-4-2024
Philippines – New polymer banknotes in 2025.
A new family of polymer banknotes will be placed in circulation in the first quarter of 2025. They will co-circulate...
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Dec-4-2024
Bangladesh – New currency with “July Revolution” graffiti coming soon.
The Bangladesh Bank and the government have given their approval to the printing of new banknotes commemorating the “July Revolution”...