Mar-18-2020
Belarus – Improved banknotes.
On 23 March 2020 the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus will issue improved banknotes of 20 (BYN20.2) and...
Recent Updates
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Mar-13-2020
Morocco – Banknote commemorative of the 60th Anniversary of Bank al Maghrib.
This is the picture of the non-circulating note printed last year to commemorate the 60th...
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Mar-12-2020
Eastern Caribbean – Polymer five dollars note to be released in September.
Timothy Antoine, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, has announced yesterday that the new banknote of 5 dollars...
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Mar-5-2020
Scotland – Royal Bank of Scotland new £20 banknote.
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s £20 polymer banknote is released into circulation today. Designed and manufactured by De La Rue...
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Mar-5-2020
Saudi Arabia – On presenting counterfeit banknotes for exchange.
New rules establish that if someone presents outmoded or unfit banknotes for redemption at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority. and...
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Mar-5-2020
Bangladesh – New banknotes.
These are the photos of a 100 taka “Numismatic product” (BDT100.6) and the 200 taka banknote commemorative of the Centennial...
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Feb-28-2020
Scotland – Bank of Scotland issues commemorative banknote.
In addition to the regular new 20 pounds banknote issued by Bank of Scotland (SCO-BS20.4), another one (SCO-BS20.5) is being...
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Feb-28-2020
Bulgaria – New banknote of 20 leva.
The National Bank of Bulgaria will release to circulation on 20 March 2020 a new banknote of 20 leva dated...
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Feb-27-2020
Scotland – Polymer £20 notes for Scottish banks.
Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank have issued today their new banknotes of £20 printed on polymer (SCO-BS20.4 and SCO-CB20.10)....
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Feb-25-2020
Trinidad and Tobago – Details of the new banknotes.
Here are details of the back side of the new polymer banknotes to be issued later this year. Source: hobbyworld...
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Feb-24-2020
Dominican Republic – Correction.
The new family of notes is not yet complete. The banknote of 500 pesos dated 2017 (DOP500.8) has a mention...
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Feb-24-2020
Ukraine – New 200 given banknote.
The National Bank of Ukraine will issue tomorrow its new banknote of 200 griven. Notes of the current series continue...
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Feb-24-2020
Australia – Design of new 100 dollars banknote revealed.
The Reserve Bank today revealed the design of the new $100 banknote, which is the final denomination to be redesigned as...
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Feb-22-2020
Trinidad and Tobago – Concept designs for new series revealed.
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has made public the “concept” design of its new polymer banknotes. ...
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Feb-21-2020
Guatemala – New commemorative banknote.
Sergio Recinos, President of the Banco Central de Guatemala, announced that a new 20 quetzales banknote commemorative of the Bicentennial...
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Feb-20-2020
Dominican Republic: New banknote of 1,000 pesos.
The Banco Central de la República Dominicana has issued today a new banknote of 1,000 pesos (DOP1,000.7) with the logo...
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Feb-20-2020
Iran – Re-denomination process advancing.
Re-denomination of the Iranian currency by removing four zeros will be discussed in a future Parliament session. If approved, it...
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Feb-20-2020
England – Polymer £20 banknote issued today.
The Bank of England has today released to circulation the new polymer banknote of 20 pounds (GBP-BoE20.5). Current paper notes...
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Feb-19-2020
Venezuela – Banknotes to be printed by Goznak.
Bloomberg News had access to a copy of the contract signed in November between the Central Bank of Venezuela and...
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Feb-17-2020
Namibia – New commemorative banknotes.
Fillemon Nangonya, Communications and Media Liaison Officer of the Bank of Namibia, has informed Namibia Press Agency that the bank plans...
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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-17-2020
China – Banknotes are being destroyed in some areas.
The Guangzhou branch of China’s central bank decided to destroy banknotes collected by hospitals, buses,and markets in the region as...
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Feb-17-2020
China – Banknotes cleaned to stop spread of coronavirus.
Used banknotes are sealed and stored for up to 14 days after being disinfected, Central Bank says. Banks use UV...
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Feb-11-2020
Argentina – Gender parity in the new banknotes.
Miguel Pesce, President of the Banco Central de la Republica Argentina; and Sergio Massa, President of the Chamber of Deputies...
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Feb-11-2020
Uzbekistan – No re-denomination or larger banknotes.
Behzod Khamroyev, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan, declared on 1 February that there are...
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Feb-11-2020
India: New one rupee banknote.
The Government of India announced in a Gazette Notification on 7 February that it will issue a new 1 rupee...
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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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Feb-5-2020
Syria – Variety in 100 pounds banknotes.
The banknotes of 100 pounds dated 2019 (SYP100.5B) are very similar to the 2009 ones, except for small color variations,...
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Feb-5-2020
Lebanon – New 50,000 livres banknote.
The banknote of the 50,000 livres dated 2016 (on top) and the new one dated 2019 recently issued,...
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Jan-29-2020
Cayman Islands – New commemorative banknote.
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority issued on 28 January 2020 a new one dollar banknote (KYD1.6) commemorative of the 60th...
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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
Zimbabwe – New banknotes.
Mthube Ncube, Finance and Economic Development Minister, said that the government will introduce new notes of 10 dollars (ZWL10.1); 20...
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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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Jan-23-2020
Lebanon – New date on current 50,000 lives banknote.
Banque du Liban has announced that on 21 January 2020 has issued notes of 50,000 Lebanese pounds (LBP50,000.4) dated 1.1.2019...
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Jan-16-2020
Northern Ireland – Polymer banknote of £20 from Ulster Bank.
Ulster Bank presented its new polymer banknote of 20 pounds (NIR-UB20.3) to be issued soon. The front of the note...
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Jan-16-2020
Scotland – New £20 Clydesdale Bank polymer note.
Here is the image of the new polymer 20 pounds banknote (SCO.CB20.10) to be issued by Clydesdale Bank. More...
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Jan-16-2020
Guatemala – Recent issues.
Banco de Guatemala has issued recently several banknotes, all similar to the previous ones, without newer security devices, with new...
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Jan-13-2020
Egypt – Polymer banknotes update.
The Central Bank of Egypt will soon begin to print the polymer notes of 10 pounds (EGP10.6) announced in December...
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Jan-13-2020
Canada – Public consultation for new 5 dollars banknote.
Bank of Canada will soon launch a public consultation to choose who will be pictured on the 5 dollars banknote...
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Jan-13-2020
Yemen: Houthis ban Aden issued currency.
Up to very recently the notes issued by the rival Central Banks located in Sana’a in the North, and Aden...
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Jan-8-2020
Sri Lanka – New commemorative banknote, Improved current family.
Marking its 70th anniversary, the Central Bank is planning to issue a commemorative coin of Rs. 20 and a new...
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Jan-8-2020
Argentina – Update on proposed new family of banknotes.
Miguel Pesce, President of the Banco Central de la República Argentina, declared yesterday that the personalities to be included in...
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Jan-7-2020
Argentina – All 5 pesos banknotes become obsolete at February’s end.
All Argentinian 5 pesos banknotes will lose all value at the end of February 2020. Click here to order the...
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Jan-7-2020
Myanmar – New banknote of 1,000 kyats issued.
On January 4, to mark the 72nd Anniversary of Independence, the Central Bank of Myanmar started distributing the new banknote...
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Jan-7-2020
Afghanistan – New banknotes not printed on polymer.
The Afghani government has decided to have the banknotes to be contracted with PWPW SA in Poland to be printed...
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Jan-6-2020
Afghanistan – Banknotes to be printed in Poland.
The Polish National Procurement Authority has contracted with PW PW, S.A in Poland the printing of new banknotes with a...
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Jan-2-2020
Bahamas – Project Sand dollar.
The Central Bank of The Bahamas will introduce a digital version of the Bahamian dollar. The initiative is named “Sand...
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Jan-2-2020
Hong Kong – Date of issue of new banknotes of 20 and 50 dollars confirmed.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority confirmed that the new banknotes of 20 and 50 dollars will be issued on January...
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Dec-31-2019
Hong Kong – New 20 and 50 dollar banknotes.
According to unconfirmed media posts, the new 20 and 50 dollar banknotes of the three Hong Kong banks will be...
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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-26-2019
Yemen – Houthi war on banknotes.
The Houthi rebels forbad the use of recent banknotes issued by the legitimate government in the last two years. Holders...