Jul-10-2020
Northern Ireland – New £20 polymer banknote from Ulster Bank.
You saw it first here! Ulster Bank will issue on July 20 its new 20 pounds banknote (NIR-UB20.3) printed...
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Jul-10-2020
Northern Ireland – Danske Bank to issue £20 polymer note.
You saw it first here! Danske Bank announced today that it will issue on 20 July 2020 a new...
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Jul-9-2020
Argentina – Old stock of “Evita” 100 pesos banknotes issued.00.6)_
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Jul-9-2020
Oman – New commemorative banknote, Sixth family of notes announced.
You saw it first here! The Central Bank of Oman announced today that it will issue this month...
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Jul-8-2020
Liberia – Banknotes worth LRD 4 billion arrive.
You saw it first here! The Central Bank of Liberia is in the process of verifying a shipment of...
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Jul-8-2020
China – New banknote of 5 yuan.
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Jul-7-2020
Angola – New family of notes presented.
You saw it first here! In a ceremony that took place today 7 July 2020, José de Lima Massano,...
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Jul-6-2020
European Monetary Union – New signature of euro banknotes.
You saw it here first! The European Central Bank announced last week that it will start issuing this week...
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Jul-6-2020
Northern Ireland – Bank of Ireland issues polymer £20 banknote.
You saw it here first! Bank of Ireland, the largest banknote issuer in Northern Ireland, has announced that it...
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Jul-4-2020
Algeria – New banknote of 2,000 dinars announced today.
You saw it first here! On the occasion of the celebration of the 58th Anniversary of Independence Abdelaziz Djerad,...
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Jul-3-2020
Isle of Man – Varieties in the current 10 pound banknotes.
In the recently released notes of 10 pounds (IOM10.1D) with the signature the new Chief Financial Office, Sheila Lowe, the...
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Jul-3-2020
England – Varieties on the new 20 pound banknotes of Bank of England.
There are two varieties of the substrate of the new 20 Pounds banknote (GBP-BoE20.5). The purple ink surrounding the window...
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Jun-30-2020
Romania – “World’s best forger” of polymer notes apprehended.
Romanian authorities arrested members of a criminal network responsible for the counterfeiting of thousands of 100 lei polymer banknotes (RON100.1A). ...
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Jun-30-2020
Honduras – Details of new banknote of 200 lempiras.
The Banco Central de Honduras approved in late 2019 the issue of a 200 lempiras banknote (HNL200.1) to commemorate the...
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Jun-19-2020
Myanmar – New banknote of 500 kyats.
You saw it here first! The Central Bank of Myanmar announced yesterday, 18 June 2020, that on...
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Jun-19-2020
Zimbabwe – New 20 dollars note is in circulation.
You saw it first here! We have received confirmation that the new banknote of 20 dollars (ZWL20.1)...
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Jun-18-2020
Zimbabwe – Confusion on new 20 dollar banknotes.
You saw it first here! It is not clear whether the new banknotes of 20 dollars...
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Jun-17-2020
Myanmar – More new notes to be issued.
U Soe Min, Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar, declared on Monday that the image of Independence hero General...
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Jun-17-2020
Myanmar (Burma) – Interesting article about the 1964; 1985 and 1987 demonetizations.
The Irrawaddy published on 17 May 2020 this very interesting article about the demonetizations of 1964, 1985 and 1987. The...
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Jun-16-2020
Algeria – New banknotes of 2,000 dinars.
There are unconfirmed reports about new 2,000 dinars banknotes (DZD2,000.2) now being printed, to be issued in July; and that...
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Jun-15-2020
Sudan – New banknote of 200 pounds.
The Central Bank of Sudan has recently issued a new banknote of 200 pounds (SDG200.2). This new banknote is smaller...
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Jun-13-2020
United States of America – No new 20 dollars banknote.
Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury Secretary, said on Thursday June 11 that the United States has no plans to unveil this...
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Jun-11-2020
Albania – New 10,000 lëke banknote expected late this year.
Bank of Albania announced that the new banknote of 10,000 lëke (ALL10,000.1) will be released in the last quarter of...
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Jun-9-2020
Cambodia – National Bank recalls small U.S.dollar banknotes.
The National Bank of Cambodia has instructed on 27 May 2020 all commercial banks and micro-finance institutions to send it...
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Jun-9-2020
Mexico – New commemorative banknote.
Alejandro Alegre, head of the Issue Department of Banco de México, announced that a new 20 pesos banknote (MXN20.7) is...
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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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Jun-3-2020
Argentina – Watermark variations in current banknotes
The watermark in current banknotes of 500 and 1,000 pesos (ARS500.1 and ARS1,000.1) of the recent series have watermarks that...
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Jun-2-2020
Dominican Republic – New banknote of 500 pesos dominicanos is in circulation.
The new banknote of 500 pesos dominicanos (DOP500.9) announced recently is in circulation since yesterday, 1 June 2020. It...
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May-30-2020
Libya – Banknotes seized in Malta.
The United States Department of State issued yesterday 29 May 2020 a press statement commending the Government of Malta for...
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May-30-2020
Dominican Republic – New banknote of 500 pesos dominicanos.
Banco Central de la República Dominicana has announced yesterday that it will issue on 20 June 2020 a new banknote of...
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May-29-2020
Egypt – Central Bank denies, again, issuing of 500 pounds banknotes.
An official from the Central Bank of Egypt denied this week reports appearing in social media about the issue in...
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May-27-2020
Argentina – No 5,000 pesos new banknotes for the time being.
After all the contradictory information, and the controversy on placing Dr Ramón Carrillo on the proposed 5,000 pesos banknote of...
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May-23-2020
Argentina – More time to redeem 5 pesos banknotes.
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Banco Central de la República Argentina has again extended the term for the redemption of...
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May-22-2020
Bulgaria – Improved new banknote of 10 leva.
The National Bank of Bulgaria announced today that it will issue on 12 June 2020 a new banknote of...
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May-21-2020
West African Monetary Union – Big changes.
French Parliament is considering a law by which the Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest will cut some...
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May-20-2020
Argentina – New developments in the saga of the new banknote of 5,000 pesos.
Facundo Carrillo, grandson of Dr. Ramón Carrillo had yesterday a meeting with authorities of DAIA, the Delegation of Jewish Associations...
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May-20-2020
Zimbabwe – New 10 dollars banknote issued yesterday.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has yesterday put in circulation its new banknotes of 10 dollars (ZWL10.1). Those of 20...
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May-18-2020
Argentina – Controversy about figure to be shown on new 5,000 pesos banknote.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has objected to the inclusion of Dr. Ramón Carrillo in the new banknote of 5,000 pesos...
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May-16-2020
Argentina – More details about the banknote of 5,000 pesos.
In spite of President Alberto Fernández’s recent negative comments about the issuance of a 5,000 pesos banknote (ARS5,000.1), La Nación...
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May-15-2020
Namibia – Commemorative banknote issued today.
According to many sources the commemorative new polymer banknote of 30 dollars (NAD30.1) announced in March is available to the...
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May-15-2020
Argentina – Contradictory news about the 5,000 pesos note.
According to several publications, President Alberto Fernández has said that the 5,000 pesos banknote (ARS5,000.1) will not be issued. Perhaps...
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May-15-2020
Zimbabwe – New notes arrive.
A shipment of 60 tons of new banknotes arrived yesterday to Zimbabwe. The flight originated in Leipzig, which seems to...
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May-15-2020
Zimbabwe – New banknotes notice.
Statutory Instrument 103A of 2020. [CAP. 22:15 Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (Issue of Ten Dollar and Twenty Dollar Banknotes) Notice,...
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May-12-2020
Argentina – New banknote of 5,000 pesos.
Faced with the need to issue more currency because of the COVID-19 emergency, the Banco Central de la República Argentina...
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May-10-2020
Congo, Democratic Republic – Notes of 5,000 francs discounted.
Current banknotes of 5,000 francs (CDF5,000.1) are refused by many merchants, and discounted up to 10% by money changers, even...
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May-10-2020
Brazil – Possible increase in banknote production.
Banco Central do Brasil is consulting with Casa da Moeda about increasing the production of banknotes, as there seems to...
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May-10-2020
Japan – New banknotes encourage matsumata growing.
Tokyo, May 9 (Jiji Press)–The planned introduction of Japan’s new 10,000-yen bills in fiscal 2024 has been inspiring domestic growers...
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May-10-2020
Mexico – Old style 200 pesos banknotes dated in “Ciudad de México”
Banco the México has recently issued notes of 200 pesos of the old design, dated in “Ciudad de México” (MXN200.5B)...
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May-10-2020
Zimbabwe – New banknotes soon.
Several local sources have revealed today that in a few weeks the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will issue new banknotes...
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May-6-2020
Liberia – Crane granted contract to print banknotes.
Crane AB won the bid to print 2,000,000 banknotes of 500 Liberian dollars. The Central Bank of Liberia selected it...
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May-4-2020
Macao – Updated banknotes for Banco Nacional Ultramarino and Banco da China.
The Executive Council of the Special Administrative Region of Macao has authorized both issuing banks to issue new families of...