Oct-29-2021
Trinidad and Tobago – Status of paper 50 dollar notes.
As there were doubts about the validity of cotton paper banknotes of 50 dollars (TTD50.2 and TTD50.3) the Bankers Association...
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Oct-8-2021
Costa Rica: Improved polymer banknotes to be issued; cotton paper ones withdrawn from circulation.
You saw it first here… Banco Central de Costa Rica will issue on 15...
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Oct-5-2021
Trinidad and Tobago – Paper notes to be withdrawn from circulation.
The cotton paper notes of 1 through 20 dollars will cease to be legal tender as of 31 December 2021....
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Sep-29-2021
England – One year left to spend paper 20 and 50 pounds banknotes.
You saw it first here… Bank of England announced today that paper notes of 20 pounds (BBP-BoE20.5) and 50...
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Sep-29-2021
Venezuela – Withdrawal of older small notes.
As of 1 October 2021 all banknotes of 5,000 bolívares soberanos dated 2017 to 2019, as well as all other...
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Sep-14-2021
Croatia – Preparatives for access to the European Monetary Union.
According to several publications Croatia is on track to adopt the euro in 2023, if it complies with the conditions...
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Aug-21-2021
Venezuela – Withdrawal of older small notes.
As of 1 October 2021 all banknotes of 5,000 bolívares soberanos dated 2017 to 2019, as well as all other...
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Jun-24-2021
SPAIN – Banco de España simplified peseta note exchange. It may extend validity.
Banco de España announced that it will stop requiring appointments to exchange peseta notes and coins. Instead it will receive...
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Jun-22-2021
SPAIN – Peseta Banknotes cease to be redeemable at the end of the month.
Banco de España will stop exchanging banknotes and coins denominated in pesetas at the end of the month. The original...
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Jun-16-2021
Cuba – Redemption of pesos convertibles extended.
You saw it first here… According to news published today 16 June 2021 by Granma an Executive Order of...
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Apr-29-2021
Switzerland – Notes of the Eighth Family cease to be legal tender.
Effective tomorrow 30 April 2021 the banknotes of the Eightth Series cease to be legal tender. Only the notes...
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Mar-16-2021
Kazakstan – Certain older banknotes will be redeemable without time limit.
You saw it here first… The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakstan decided to keep redeeming the 2006...
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Feb-24-2021
Qatar – Legal tender status extended for previous banknotes.
You saw if here first… The legal tender status of older notes which were to cease to...
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Dec-26-2020
Ghana – Banks directed to accept older 50 cedis notes.
The Bank of Ghana has directed banks in the country to accept the old GH¢50 banknotes (GHC50.1) for exchange...
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Dec-24-2020
Mexico – Older banknotes on one way traffic.
Banco de México has instructed commercial banks not to reissue banknotes of the types dated between 1992 and 2008. These...
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Dec-13-2020
Qatar – Fifth series of banknotes presented today. Older notes withdrawn.
You saw it here first… The Central Bank of Qatar presented today 13 December 2021 its Fifth Series of banknotes....
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Dec-11-2020
Cuba – End of pesos convertibles.
Miguel Díaz Canel, Cuba’s president, and Raul Castro, heard of the Cuban Communist Party, announced late yesterday that the...
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Nov-21-2020
India/Saudi Arabia – India complains to Saudi Arabia on wrong map on commemorative note.
You saw this first here… According to several publications Saudi Arabia may withdraw the new commemorative banknote of...
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Nov-19-2020
Canada – Some banknotes will cease to be legal tender.
Effective 1 January 2021 the banknotes of denominations no longer produced, i.e. 1; 2; 25; 500 and 1,000 dollars will...
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Oct-2-2020
Brunei – Banknotes of $10,000 on one way traffic.
You saw it first here… Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam has announced that effective 2 November 2020 banknotes of...
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Oct-1-2020
Bulgaria – Withdrawal of 2 leva banknotes.
You saw here first… The Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank decided to withdraw...
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Jun-5-2020
Costa Rica – One way traffic for 50,000 colones banknotes.
On 4 June 2020 the Banco Central de Costa Rica announced on its webpage that it has the intention of...
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Apr-27-2020
Kazakhstan – Banknote retired from circulation.
The notes of 500 tenge issued in 2006 (KZT500.3 and 500.4) will cease to be legal tender on 10...
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Feb-17-2020
Tunisia – Fifty dinar banknotes being gradually withdrawn.
During a plenary session of the Assembly of People’s Representatives Marouanne Abassi, Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia announced...
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Feb-7-2020
Mongolia – New banknotes, withdrawal of some older ones.
Mongolbank, the Central Bank of Mongolia has announced today that it will issue next Monday improved banknotes of 20,000...
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Jan-29-2020
Argentina – Five pesos banknotes redemption extended.
The Banco Central de la República Argentina extended the legal tender status of the three types of 5 pesos banknotes...
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Jan-23-2020
Yemen – One country, two currencies.
Recently the Houthis, who control the Northern part of Yemen, have declared illegal the newer banknotes issued by the Central...
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Dec-27-2019
Belarus – Redemption of banknotes of the 2000 issue.
After 1 January 2020 the banknotes of the 2000 issue may only be exchanged at the National Bank of the...
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Dec-14-2019
Trinidad and Tobago – Guidelines for paper $100 banknotes coming soon.
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has advised yesterday that formal guidelines for the redemption of paper banknotes of...
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Dec-10-2019
Trinidad and Tobago – Paper 100’s demonetized after end of year.
Act No. 22 of 2019 establishes that paper 100 dollar banknotes (TTD100.1; TTD100.2; TTD100.3 and TTD100.4) will cease to be legal...
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Dec-9-2019
Trinidad and Tobago – Paper $100 notes to be retired by year’s end.
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago announced today that all current paper 100 dollar banknotes (TTD100.1; TTD100.2; TTD100.3 and...
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Dec-2-2019
Cuba – Is the “peso convertible” on the way out?
Recent measures taken by the Banco Central de Cuba and other entities are diminishing the role of the CUC, the...
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Nov-30-2019
Madagascar – Banknotes of the 2003-2004 types are retired from circulation
On 26 November 2019 the Government of Madagascar ordered the withdrawal of circulation of all the banknotes of the...
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Nov-27-2019
Peru – Banknotes of the 1996-2001 issues.
. While the banknotes denominated in “nuevos soles” dated between 1991 and 2006 (PEN10.1/20.1/50.1/100.1/200.1) have legal tender status, some merchants...
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Nov-5-2019
Cape Verde – Withdrawal of banknote of 1,000 escudos of 2007
The Banco de Cabo Verde has decided in June to withdraw from circulation its 2007 banknote of 1,000 escudos (CVE1,000.3)...
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Nov-5-2019
Zimbabwe – Two dollar bimetallic coin to replace bond note. Bond notes to be passed out.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe announced yesterday that it will issue on 11 November 2019 a bimetallic a two-dollar bond...
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Oct-26-2019
Angola – New notes to be printed on polymer substrate.
José de Lima Massano, Governor of the Banco Nacional de Angola, announced that the new family of notes to be...
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Oct-1-2019
Switzerland – Unlimited redemption for older notes NOT yet approved.
CORRECTION!!! Our posting of 21 June 2019 stating that the Swiss banknotes of the prior issue will be redeemable without...
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Sep-24-2019
Northern Ireland – Paper £5 and £10 banknotes withdrawn from circulation.
According to multiple notices published yesterday the paper banknotes of 5 and 10 pounds issued by Bank of Ireland, Danske...
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Sep-20-2019
Kenya – Ten days to use or redeem old 1,000 shilling notes.
If the Central Bank of Kenya does not extend it, September 30 is the last day to redeem the old...
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Sep-15-2019
Kenya – No extension for old 1,000 shillings banknotes.
Patrick Njoroge, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, has said yesterday the there will be no extension for the...
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Aug-5-2019
Oman – Expired banknotes.
The Central Bank of Oman has published on 28 July on its webpage a...
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Aug-1-2019
Oman – Will the exchange of older notes be extended?
The Central Bank of Oman “set a period of one month only as of July 1st, 2019 to replace expired...
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Jul-29-2019
Argentina – All 5 pesos banknotes are being withdrawn.
We have obtained clarification from the Banco Central de la República Argentina that states that all banknotes of 5 pesos...
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Jul-26-2019
Argentina – Withdrawal from circulation of 5 pesos banknotes.
The Banco Central de la República Argentina announced today that 5 pesos banknotes issued since 1998...
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Jul-2-2019
Georgia: Some older banknotes withdrawn from circulation.
The following banknotes have been withdrawn from circulation. These remain redeemable. 20 Lari (GEL20.2), 50 lari (GEL50.2) and 100 lari...
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Jun-4-2019
Kenya – Status of old KES 1,000 banknote
According to unconfirmed reports it is most likely that the old 1,000 shilling banknotes (KES1,000.1A/B/C and KES1,000.2A/B/C) will become...
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Jun-2-2019
Canada – Older notes will cease to be legal tender.
The Canadian Federal Government has decided to remove the legal tender status of banknotes in denominations no longer produced, as...
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Jun-1-2019
Kenya – “New generation” notes issued. Older 1,000 shilling notes withdrawn from circulation.
The Central Bank of Kenya has issued yesterday May 31st its long awaited “New generation” banknotes, without portraits,...
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May-24-2019
Hungary – Banknotes withdrawn.
The following banknotes will soon cease to be legal tender. All will be redeemable at the counters of the Magyar...
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Apr-18-2019
China People’s Republic – Gradual withdrawal of 1 yuan banknotes.
According to CCTV finance, the People’s Bank of China will stop the circulation of the 1 yuan notes (CNY1.2) in...