May-4-2020
Iran – Redenomination.
The Iranian parliament voted today to approve the creation o a new monetary unit, the toman, equal to 10,000 current...
Recent Updates
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Apr-29-2020
Ukraine – Coin to replace banknotes of 10 hryvien.
National Bank of Ukraine announce today that in June it will issue new coins of 10 hryvien to gradually replace...
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Apr-28-2020
Mexico – New 20 pesos coin.
Banco de México has released to circulation on 22 April 2020 a new coin of 20 pesos, which will...
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Apr-28-2020
Mexico – Local currency.
The town of Santa María Jalalpa, Estado de Mexico, has issued local currency notes. These notes are backed by cash...
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Apr-27-2020
Kazakhstan. Banknotes to be demonetized.
The following banknotes issued in 2006 will lose all value at the dates indicated: 1,000 tenge (KZT1,000.3)...
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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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Apr-27-2020
Argentina. Fake news.
A video circulating in social media claims that banknotes of 100...
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Apr-16-2020
Bahamas – New banknote of 5 dollars.
We have received reports indicating that the new banknotes of 5 dollars of the “CRISP Evolution” family (BSD5.4) are already...
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Apr-15-2020
Mexico – New banknote of 100 pesos coming soon.
Banco de México announced on Monday that the new banknote of 100 pesos of the “G” family (MXP100.8) will...
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Apr-12-2020
Jamaica – Correction.
In our posting of 10 April about Crane Currency printed notes we erred. The note of 50 dollars is still...
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Apr-10-2020
Jamaica: New printer for $500 2019 banknote.
Bank of Jamaica has recently released banknotes of 500 dollars (JMD500.1E) printed by Crane Currency. These banknotes are similar...
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Apr-10-2020
Guatemala – New printer for the 5 quetzales dated 2018.
The 5 quetzal banknotes dated 2018 printed by PWPW SA (GTQ5.4B) announced by us in July 2019 is already found...
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Apr-5-2020
Tanzania – Improved banknotes.
Florens Luoga, Governor of Bank of Tanzania, announced to banks and financial institutions that improved banknotes will be issued soon. ...
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Mar-30-2020
Canada – Bank of Canada comments on shops refusing to accept cash.
Bank of Canada has sent this message to many correspondents: As we all do our part to try...
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Mar-28-2020
Dominican Republic – Central Bank reacts to Covid-19 threat.
Banco Central de la República Dominicana has informed that soon all the banknotes to be issued will disinfected using UV...
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Mar-27-2020
Tunisia – New banknote.
Banque Centrale de Tunisie has issued today a new banknote of 10 dinars (TND10.10). It is dated 20-3-2020. It honors...
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Mar-27-2020
Cambodia – De-dollarization.
According to many reports published in the local press, the National Bank of Cambodia is promoting the use of local...
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Mar-21-2020
Namibia – New commemorative banknote.
In a press release dated today Bank of Namibia informed that a new polymer banknote of 30 Namibia dollars (NAD30.1) ...
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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...
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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...