Apr-25-2025
Argentina – A banknote honoring Pope Francisco is being proposed.
According to multiple sources there are proposals in Parliament to issue a new banknote honoring Pope Francisco I. The idea...
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Oct-4-2024
Argentina – Small delay for the release of the new notes of 20,000 pesos.
The date for the release of the new banknotes of 20,000 pesos (ARS20,000.1) has been moved from October to early...
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Aug-17-2024
VENEZUELA – New banknotes of 200 and 500 bolívares digitales.
The Banco Central de Venezuela announced yesterday, 16 August 2024, the release of new banknotes of 200 bolívares digitales (VED200.1)...
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Aug-9-2024
Argentina – Small delay for the release of the new notes of 20,000 pesos.
The date for the release of the new banknotes of 20,000 pesos (ARS20,000.1) has been moved from October to early...
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Jul-24-2024
Argentina – Details about the new banknotes of 10,000 and 20,000 pesos.
Banco Central de la República Argentina announced on July 22 that 230 million pieces of the new banknotes of 20,000...
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Jul-9-2024
Argentina – New banknotes of 20,000 pesos will arrive sooner.
The Banco Central de la República Argentina informed that the new banknotes of 20,000 pesos (ARS20,000.1) will arrive in late...
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Jul-1-2024
Argentina – La Rioja: Chachos, the provincial banknotes, are in circulation.
The Government of La Rioja has started circulating its new provincial banknotes denominated in “chachos.” This was the nickname of...
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Jun-17-2024
Alternative currency in La Rioja, Argentina May be issued soon.
La Rioja’s provincial alternative banknotes, the chachos, as BOCADES are popularly knows, may start circulating very soon. The provincial government...
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May-25-2024
Argentina – Change in the currency and gold import-export regulations.
The text of recent publications about currency import and export seem to indicate that now gold must also be included...
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May-7-2024
ARGENTINA – New 10,000 pesos banknotes are being issued today
Starting today the new banknotes of 10,000 pesos (ARS10,000.1) are being gradually distributed to banking institutions. It is...
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May-2-2024
ARGENTINA – New 10,000 pesos notes arrive next week.
The new banknotes of 10,000 pesos (ARS10,000.1) are arriving from China. A shipment of 700 million pieces is expected to...
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Apr-12-2024
ARGENTINA – Higher denomination banknotes coming in May. CORRECTED.
New banknotes of 20,000 pesos (ARS20,000.1) are expected to be issued at the end of the year, in time for...
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Apr-11-2024
ARGENTINA – Higher denomination banknotes coming in May.
Agustín Pesce and Pedro Inchauspe, Argentine Central Bank directors, announced in an interview from Payments Day that the new...
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Apr-5-2024
Falkland Islands – Islas Malvinas: Local flora and fauna in the new family of notes.
The result of the public poll conducted last year by the Treasury is that the public prefers to have flora...
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Mar-23-2024
Suriname – New notes unveiled.
The Central Bank of Suriname has announced yesterday the release of its new banknotes of 200...
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Mar-23-2024
Paraguay – Earlier notes are outmoded.
The banknotes of 5,000 guaraníes (PYG5,000.1 .2. and .3), 10,000 guaraníes (PGY10,000.1), 20,000 guaraníes (PYG20,000.1) and 100,000...
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Mar-18-2024
ARGENTINA – Higher denomination banknotes coming in June.
Banco Central de la República Argentina announced that new banknotes of 10,000 pesos (ARS10,000.1) and 20,000 pesos (ARS20,000.1) will be...
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Mar-11-2024
Suriname – Higher denomination notes at the end of March.
The Central Bank of Suriname has confirmed that it will issue its new banknotes of 200 dollars (SRD200.1) and 500...
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Feb-22-2024
Alternative currency in La Rioja, Argentina
The Argentine province of La Rioja will issue in 45 days “BOCADES” (Bonos de cancelación de deudas = Debt cancellation...
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Jan-18-2024
Argentina – La Rioja province to issue its own currency.
La Rioja Provincial Parliament approved the issue of a local currency called “bocade” (Bono de cancelación de deudas) in the...
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Jan-12-2024
Argentina – Release of higher denomination banknotes approved.
Banco Central de la República Argentina confirmed yesterday that it will issue soon new banknotes of 10,000 pesos (ARS10,000.1) and...
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Dec-28-2023
Argentina – President Milei confirms issue of larger denomination banknotes.
According several reports President Milei confirmed yesterday that the Banco Central de la República Argentina will issue banknotes of 20,000...
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Dec-25-2023
Argentina – Proposed new family of notes will not be issued.
The not yet issued banknotes with portraits of famous Argentines presented in 2022 will not be issued. It is being...
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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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Dec-22-2023
Argentina – New government, new banknotes.
The former Argentine government was unwilling to issue large denomination banknotes. It thought that the public will notice that the...
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Dec-15-2023
Argentina – The province of Buenos Aires may issue its own banknotes.
Axel Kicillof, Governor of the province of Buenos Aires, and Carlos Bianco, its Minister of Government, have declared that if...
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Dec-15-2023
Peru – New banknote of 200 soles.
Banco Central de Reservas del Perú has issued today its new banknote of 200 soles (PEN200.4), which completes its new...
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Nov-8-2023
ARGENTINA – New version of the 2,000 pesos banknote.
The Banco Central de la República Argentina presented today 8 November 2023 a new version of the 2,000 pesos banknote...
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Nov-7-2023
Falkland / Malvinas Islands: New banknotes to be issued.
The Falkland Islands Treasury Department is starting a public consultation for the issue of a new family of banknotes. As...
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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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Jul-28-2023
Argentina – Banknote of 200 pesos of the new family to be issued soon.
The Banco Central de la República Argentina announced yesterday that it will issue in about two months the new banknotes...
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Jul-14-2023
Argentina – New 1,000 pesos banknote issued today.
According to several sources the new banknote of 1,000 pesos (ARS1,000.2) has been issued to circulation today. It is worth...
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Jul-6-2023
Argentina – New 1,000 pesos banknote to be issued soon.
Miguel Angel Pesce, President of the Banco Central de la República Argentina announced that the banknote of 1,000 pesos of...
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May-22-2023
Argentina – New banknotes of 2,000 pesos released today.
According to many sources commercial banks began today to release the new banknotes of 2,000 pesos (ARS2,000.1) as distribution is...
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May-16-2023
ARGENTINA – The new banknotes of 2,000 pesos arrived to commercial banks.
The Central Bank has started yesterday to ship to commercial banks the new banknotes of 2,000 pesos (ARS2,000.1), printed...
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May-4-2023
Argentina – New banknotes of 2,000 pesos release is imminent.
It has been revealed that cash handling machines are being refitted to handle the new banknotes of 2,000 pesos (ARS2,000.1)....
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Apr-24-2023
Argentina – New banknotes of 2,000 pesos to be ready in June
According to several sources S.E. Casa de Moneda will deliver the new banknotes of 2,000 pesos (ARS2,000.1) in June. Banco...
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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-13-2023
Bolivia – Scarcity of U.S. dollars creates “informal” market.
In recent weeks it has became very difficult to buy U.S. dollars at the official rate in “casas de cambio”...
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Mar-20-2023
Chile – Numismatic product planned to commemorate the 280º Anniversary of the Casa de Moneda de Chile.
Casa de Moneda de Chile plans to produce a note without face value to commemorate the 280º Anniversary of its...
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Mar-7-2023
Argentina – Banks affected by the abundance of small denomination banknotes.
The refusal of the government to issue large denomination notes has created a glut of small ones, to the point...
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Feb-17-2023
Argentina – Additional details about the planned 2,000 pesos banknote.
An article published today by bloombergonlinea.com reveals several details about the new banknote of 2,000 pesos (ARS2,000.1). In it we...
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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-2-2023
Argentina – New banknote of 2,000 pesos. (Corrected).
The Banco Central de la República Argentina approved today the issue of a new banknote of 2,000 pesos (ARS2,000.1). The...
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Jan-22-2023
Argentina and Brazil studying creation of a common currency.
Argentina and Brazil are studying a project toward establishing a common currency. Eventually other South American nations may be invited...
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Jan-15-2023
Argentina – Argentina’s Government plans to issue larger banknotes.
It has been confirmed that the issue of new banknotes of 5,000 pesos (ARS5,000.1) or 10,000 pesos (ARS10,000.1) is being...
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Jan-13-2023
Argentina – A banknote of 5,000 pesos is being discussed.
The issue of a 5,000 pesos banknote (=USD15 at the free market rate) is being discussed by officers of the...
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Dec-24-2022
Guyana – Improved banknote of 5,000 dollars.
Bank of Guyana has issued on Tuesday 20 December 2022 an improved banknote of 5,000 dollars (GYD5,000.2). While their design...
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Dec-24-2022
Argentina – Messi and Argentine football team proposed for new banknote.
According to several local publications Banco Central de la República Argentina is considering the idea of printing a banknote commemorative...
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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-16-2022
Paraguay – New banknotes of 10,000 guaraníes will be printed on polymer substrate.
The call to bids for the printing of the new family of banknotes reveals that the denomination of 10,000 guaraníes...