Aug-8-2024
Kenya – Improved banknotes.
The Central Bank of Kenya has announced this week that it will refresh its current banknotes with advanced security features....
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Aug-2-2024
GUYANA – New security features for $500 and $1,000 banknotes
On Monday 29 July 2024 Bank of Guyana started issuing upgraded notes of 500 dollars (GYD500.3b), and 1,000 dollars (GYD1,000.5b)....
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Aug-1-2024
AZERBAIJAN – The Central Bank is asking the public to express their preferences for a new family of banknotes.
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan is asking its citizens to make suggestions about a new family of banknotes. Following the...
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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-23-2024
México – New banknote to commemorate 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Victoria Rodríguez Ceja, Governor of Banco de México, announced that a new banknote will be issued to commemorate the FIFA...
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Jul-19-2024
Mongolia – New commemorative banknote.
Mongol Bank has announced on 17 July 2024 the release of a banknote of 5,000 tugruk (MNT5,000.4) commemorative of the...
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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-5-2024
Curaçao and St. Martin – New banknotes will be revealed on 22 August.
The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Martin has informed that the design of the new notes of 10 and...
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Jul-3-2024
Japan – New banknotes issued today.
Bank of Japan issued today 3 July 2024 its new banknotes. Current notes will continue to circulate. Source: Mainichi. Order...
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Jul-3-2024
Uganda – Improved substrate for small denominations.
According to unconfirmed reports the banknotes of 1,000 shillings (UGX1,000.4B) and 2,000 shillings (UGX2,000.1B) dated 2024 were printed on coated...
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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-20-2024
Thailand – New banknote commemorates the 72nd birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, Governor of Bank of Thailand, announced today that on July 23 a new banknote of 100 baht...
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Jun-20-2024
Zimbabwe – New ISO 4217 code.
The Secretariat of the Maintenance Agency for ISO 4217 announced today that the new code for the Zimbabwean ZiG will...
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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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Jun-16-2024
South Sudan – Image available for the new banknote of 1,000 South Sudan banknotes.
This is the image of the new banknote of 1,000 South Sudan Pounds (SSP1,000.2) as published by No.1 Citizen newspaper....
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Jun-15-2024
Mozambique – New family of banknotes unveiled.
Rogélio Lucas Zandamela, Governor of Banco de Moçambique, announced today 15 June 2024, that tomorrow it will release...
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Jun-14-2024
South Sudan – Currency name change.
The Central Bank of South Sudan informed yesterday 13 June 2024 that it will issue a new banknote of 1,000...
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Jun-12-2024
Curaçao and St. Martin – New banknotes being printed in Malta.
Recently Mrs Leila Matroos-Lasten and Mr José Jardim, executive members of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Martin, along...
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Jun-6-2024
Singapore – New variety for the 50 dollars banknote.
Recent 50 dollars banknotes show two solid houses under the word ARTS in the back (SGD50.2Ib.) A similar banknote showing...
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Jun-4-2024
England – New banknotes with portrait of King Charles III will be available tomorrow.
Bank of England will make available tomorrow the new banknotes with the portrait of King Charles III. Exchange of the...
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May-31-2024
Czechia – The National Bank reveals its issue program for 2026-2030.
The Czech National Bank presented today its program of new coin and banknote issues for 2026-2030. The new notes to...
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May-30-2024
Kazakhstan – New 10,000 tenge notes issued.
The Press Service of the National Bank of Kazakhstan announced today that a new banknote of 10,000 tenge (KZT10,000.6) of...
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May-30-2024
Mozambique – New family of notes in June.
Rogério Zandamela, Governor of Banco de Moçambique, announced on 17 May 2024 that a new family of notes...
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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-23-2024
Georgia – Design selected for banknote commemorative of 30 years of the lari.
The National Bank of Georgia has announced today the design of the banknote commemorative of the 30th anniversary of...
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May-22-2024
Japan – Bank of Japan will not exchange old notes for the new ones to be issued in July.
Bank of Japan informed on its webpage that it will not exchange current notes for the new ones to be...
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May-21-2024
Mexico – New commemorative banknote
Banco de México has issued yesterday 20 May 2024 a new banknote of 200 pesos (MXN200.7C) commemorative of the...
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May-14-2024
Swaziland – New 50 emalangeni banknote commemorates Central Bank 50 years.
King Mswati III launched on May 10 a new banknote of 50 emalangeni (SZL50.5) to commemorate the 50...
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May-10-2024
Kyrgyzstan – New Banknote of 5,000 som.
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic released to circulation today, 10 May 2024, a new banknote of 5,000 som...
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May-9-2024
Pakistan – State Bank promises to rectify Urdu text errors in currency.
After the Federal Ombudsman intervention the State Bank of Pakistan admitted several errors in the Urdu spelling in its banknotes,...
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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-6-2024
Canada – Bank of Canada updates progress on new 20 dollars banknote.
Bank of Canada announced today details about the new banknote of 20 dollars (CAD20.5) to be released in 2027. “On...
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May-5-2024
Nepal – Modified map in the front of 100 rupees note.
The Government of Nepal has decided that in new banknotes of 100 rupees (MRI100.8B) the map in the background on...
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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-30-2024
Zimbabwe – New banknotes entered circulation today.
Local banks have started dispensing the new “ZiG” banknotes. There is a weekly cash withdrawal limit of 3,000...
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Apr-29-2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Pre-2012 banknotes to be withdrawn from circulation.
All banknotes of 10; 20; 50 and 100 konvertibilnih maraka issued between 1998 and 2009 will cease to be legal...
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Apr-28-2024
Tunisia – New banknotes to fight the “informal” economy?
In an article published last week by Kapitalis, economist Aram Belhadj discusses the possibility of having current Tunisian banknotes withdrawn...
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Apr-26-2024
Yemen – Stolen notes of 5,000 rials have appeared in the numismatic market.
Notes of 5,000 rials have appeared in the numismatic market. These were printed around 2017 by order of the Central...
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Apr-20-2024
Libya – Withdrawal of 50 dinar banknotes.
According to unconfirmed reports the Central Bank of Libya announced today the withdrawal from circulation of both varieties of 50...
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Apr-17-2024
England – Bank of England will make King Charles III banknotes available on 5 June.
Bank of England announced today that the new polymer banknotes with the portrait of King Charles III will be placed...
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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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Apr-16-2024
Saudi Arabia – New banknotes with new bank name.
Saudi Central Bank has released recently the banknotes of 5 riyals (SAR5.8) and 10 riyals (SAR10.7)...
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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-9-2024
Zimbabwe – Old Zimbabwean banknotes became practically worthless.
Zimbabwean banknotes of the current series expressed in dollars have become practically worthless. In the Harare suburb of Kambuzuma, children...
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Apr-7-2024
Zimbabwe – New details on the new monetary unit, the ZiG.
Dr. John Mushayavanhu, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, offered yesterday additional details about the currency change from Zimbabwean...
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Apr-5-2024
Trinidad and Tobago – Improved 100 dollars notes by December.
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has announced that it will issue an improved banknote of 100 dollars (TTD100.6)....
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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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Apr-5-2024
Zimbabwe – New currency, new banknotes.
John Mushayavanhu, Governor of the Reserve...
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Apr-3-2024
Cuba: Banknote scarcity.
According to several sources there is a shortage of banknotes in Cuba, with long lines forming at ATM’s which only...
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Apr-1-2024
Honduras – New 200 lempiras notes are being printed in Malta.
Banco Central de Honduras contracted with Crane Currency in Malta the printing of 20 million banknotes of 200 lempiras (HNL200.2)...