Tag Archive: Asia

• May-26-2025

  Bangladesh – New notes will be issued in June 2nd. Images of some large denominations are available.

  The images of several of the new banknotes to be issued soon have been revealed. According to new information those...

• May-15-2025

  IRAN – Currency redenominated by eliminating 4 zeros.

   The Central Bank of Iran has finally announced this week its plans to issue banknotes denominated in tomans, equal to...

• Apr-30-2025

  Bangladesh – Critical currency scarcity.

  Bangladesh Bank has 15,000 crore (= BDT150,000 million = USD1,232 million) face value in banknotes of the previous series in...

• 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)...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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.) ...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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”...

• 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,...