Aug-14-2024
Guatemala – New commemorative banknote.
Alvaro González Ricci, Governor of Banco de Guatemala, confirmed yesterday 13 August 2024 that the Centennial of the creation of...
Substrate
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Apr-16-2024
Japan – Long voyage for the commodity used to make the substrate for the new banknotes.
Todays edition of the New York Times has an interesting article about argeli, a wild shrub found in the Himalayas,...
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Jun-14-2023
Afghanistan – New family of banknotes.
Hidaytollah Badri, Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank, has announced the signing of agreements for the printing of a completely new...
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Mar-22-2023
Costa Rica – Redemption of paper banknotes.
Costa Rican banknotes printed on paper, which were withdrawn from circulation last year, may be redeemed by depositing them...
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Mar-19-2023
Tajikistan – Banknotes of 5 somoni are being replaced by coins.
The National Bank of Tajikistan has announced on Friday 17 March 2023 that it has released to circulation banknotes of...
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Jan-7-2023
Lebanon – Improved 100,000 lives banknotes released.
The previously announced banknote of 100,000 livres (LBP100,000.5B) with a blue security segmented strip is already in circulation, as...
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Oct-19-2022
Philippines – Abaca producers advocate against polymer notes.
Aurora Peralta, Executive Director of the Association of Abaca Pulp Manufacturers, has “implored” the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas not to...
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Sep-29-2022
Costa Rica – Paper banknotes of 10,000 colones cease to be legal tender.
The Central Bank of Costa Rica has withdrawn from circulation on short notice the paper banknotes of 10,000 colones...
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Sep-24-2022
Egypt – Migration from cotton paper to polymer and larger denomination discussed.
According to unconfirmed reports the Central Bank of Egypt is discussing to replace polymer instead of cotton paper for the...
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Jul-5-2022
Russia – Antimicrobial properties in new banknote of 100 rubles.
Arkady Trachuk, General Director of Goznak, said today in an interview with RIA Novosti, that the new banknotes of 100...
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Jun-19-2022
Pakistan – Local printing of 75 rupees commemorative banknote approved.
According to news published this week in the social media the government approved the banknotes of 75 rupees (PKR75.1) commemorative...
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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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Sep-2-2021
United States of America – New banknotes being planned.
The Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Committee, part of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has recommended to change in 2026 the...
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Aug-1-2021
Tajikistan – New substrate for 20 and 50 somoni banknotes.
The recently announced improved banknotes of 20 somoni (TJS20.2B) and 50 somoni (TJS50.2B) dated 2021 are already in circulation. Both...