Jul-5-2019
Scotland – Clydesdale Bank plc to change name.
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks, as well as app-based bank B, will all be rebranded as Virgin Money by the end...
Recent Updates
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Jul-5-2019
Eastern Caribbean – New polymer banknotes of 50 dollars are in circulation.
The new polymer banknotes of 50 dollars (XCD50.6) are now in active circulation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines....
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Jul-5-2019
Gibraltar – New requirement for the redemption of outmoded banknotes.
The Treasury of the Government of Gibraltar will only redeem mutilated or outmoded banknotes to persons having an account with them....
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Jul-5-2019
Kuwait: Spurious altered banknotes.
Criminals are trying to pass Kuwaiti banknotes of 20 dinars altered to show a 2000 dinars face value. This fraud...
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Jul-4-2019
Albania – New family of banknotes.
Virjon Lalollari, Head of the Issue Department of Banka e Shqipërisë (Bank of Albania), announced that new banknotes of 200...
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Jul-3-2019
Guatemala – New printer for 5 quetzales banknotes.
Banco de Guatemala will issue, as soon as current stocks are exhausted, banknotes of 5 quetzales (GTQ5.4B) printed by Polska...
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Jul-3-2019
Philippines – Improved banknotes in 2020.
Benjamin Diokno, Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, announced today that improved banknotes will be issued next year. In...
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Jul-2-2019
Uzbekistan: Small denomination banknotes withdrawn from circulation.
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan has withdrawn from. circulation the banknotes of 50 sum (UZS50.1) and 100 sum (UZS100.1) as...
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Jul-2-2019
Georgia: Some older banknotes withdrawn from circulation.
The following banknotes have been withdrawn from circulation. These remain redeemable. 20 Lari (GEL20.2), 50 lari (GEL50.2) and 100 lari...
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Jul-2-2019
Georgia – New banknote of 10 lari to be issued in October.
The National Bank of Georgia announced that it will issue on October 1 a new banknote of 10 lari...
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Jul-1-2019
Ecowas: Common currency to be called “eco”.
ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, agreed in the summit that took place last Saturday in Abuja, Nigeria,...
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Jul-1-2019
Oman – Older notes withdrawn from circulation.
The Central Bank of Oman has “set a period of one month only as of July 1st, 2019, to replace...
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Jun-29-2019
Russia – Banknotes to be varnished.
Bank Rossiya, the central Bank of Russia, has decided to apply a coat of varnish to the notes of 100...
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Jun-28-2019
Kenya – New banknote sizes.
These are the sizes of the banknotes of the new family issued on 3 May 31: 50 shillings (KES50.6) ...
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Jun-27-2019
Uganda – Irregularities in currency shipment.
In the shipment of banknotes arriving to Entebbe on April 27 there were discrepancies in the quantity of pallets of...
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Jun-27-2019
Poland – New commemorative banknote.
Narodowy Bank Polski will issue on October 2 a new banknote of 19 (sic) zlotych (PLN19.1) commemorative of the Centennial...
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Jun-26-2019
Zimbabwe – Foreign currency no longer legal tender.
The government has declared the RTGS dollars the only legal tender in Zimbabwe, as of Monday. Foreign currency in only...
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Jun-25-2019
Ukraine – New Banknote.
The National Bank of Ukraine has presented today a new banknote of 1,000 hryven (UAH1,000.1), which will be issued on...
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Jun-25-2019
Sudan – New Banknote.
The Central Bank of Sudan issued a new banknote of 1,000 Sudanese pounds (SDG1,000.1). Source: https:images.app.goo.gl Courtesy: Cleophas Schockem. Click...
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Jun-25-2019
Nicaragua – New polymer banknotes
The Banco Central de Nicaragua has announced the it will issue on July 8 new banknotes of 500...
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Jun-23-2019
Samoa – New Commemorative Note to be Released Tomorrow.
The new polymer 10 tala commemorative banknote (WST10.4) will be issued tomorrow June 24. The new banknote celebrates the XVI...
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Jun-21-2019
Venezuela – Quality problems in new banknotes.
Postings in social media mention that the new banknotes of 10,000 (VES10,000.1), 20,000 (VES20,000.1) and 50,000 bolivares soberanos (VES50,000.1) are...
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Jun-21-2019
Switzerland – Older banknotes redeemable without time limit.
The Federal Government decided that the Swiss National Bank will continue to redeem without time limit the banknotes of the...
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Jun-17-2019
Singapore – More Bicentennial Commemorative notes to be issued.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced that due to “strong public demand” it will issue 2 million more Bicentennial...
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Jun-15-2019
United States of America – $20 Tubman banknote delay.
A New York Times article published today states that although Stephen Mnuchin, United States Treasury Secretary, testified in Congress in...
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Jun-12-2019
Venezuela – New banknotes.
The Banco Central de Venezuela announced today that it will issue tomorrow new banknotes of 10,000 (VES10,000.1), 20,000 (VES20,000.1) and...
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Jun-12-2019
Kenya – Banks are required to provided CBK with weekly banknote redemption reports.
The Central Bank of Kenya has issued a circular addressed to all banks, in which it requires them to report...
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Jun-11-2019
Zimbabwe – President Mnangagwa promises new currency.
Emmerson Mnangwa, President of Zimbabwe, promised on June 7 that he will introduce a new national currency, ten years after...
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Jun-11-2019
Kenya – Rules for the exchange of old 1,000 shilling notes.
THESE BANKNOTES REMAIN IN CIRCULATION UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 2019. The Central Bank of Kenya established rules for the exchange...
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Jun-11-2019
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda – Repatriation of Kenyan currency suspended.
The Central Bank of Kenya has suspended the repatriation of Kenyan currency, as part of the process of demonetizing...
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Jun-10-2019
Mexico – New banknote of 200 pesos to be issued in second semester.
Alejandro Alegre Rabiela, Head of the Issue Department at Banco de México, announced that the banknote of 200 pesos (MXN200.7)...
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Jun-7-2019
“Peso real”, a proposed common currency.
Argentina and Brazil are considering the creation of a common currency, which may be called “peso real”, declared yesterday Buenos...
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Jun-6-2019
SAMOA – New banknote.
Here is the picture of the new banknote commemorative of the XVI Pacific Games (WST10.4) to be issued at...
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Jun-5-2019
Singapore – New commemorative banknote.
Halimah Yacob, Singapore’s President, launched today a new banknote of 20 dollars (SGD20.2) commemorative of Singapore’s Bicentennial, which marks 200 years...
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Jun-4-2019
Kenya – Status of old KES 1,000 banknote
According to unconfirmed reports it is most likely that the old 1,000 shilling banknotes (KES1,000.1A/B/C and KES1,000.2A/B/C) will become...
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Jun-2-2019
Canada – Older notes will cease to be legal tender.
The Canadian Federal Government has decided to remove the legal tender status of banknotes in denominations no longer produced, as...
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Jun-2-2019
OMAN – Upgraded new banknote.
The Central Bank of Oman has issued today an improved banknote of 50 rials (OMR50.3B). The improvements are: Front: A...
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Jun-1-2019
The Gambia – New banknotes to be issued soon.
Bakary K. Jammeh, Governor of the Central nk of The Gambia, announced today that within two or three months completely...
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Jun-1-2019
Kenya – “New generation” notes issued. Older 1,000 shilling notes withdrawn from circulation.
The Central Bank of Kenya has issued yesterday May 31st its long awaited “New generation” banknotes, without portraits,...
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May-30-2019
Poland – New improved banknote
Narodowy Bank Polski will issue tomorrow May 31, 2019 a banknote of 100 zlotych (PLN100.2B) dated 14 December 2018, printed...
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May-30-2019
Sao Tome and Principe – Defective banknote.
The Banco Central de São Tomé e Principe has found the new banknotes of 200 dobras (STN200.1) to be defective,...
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May-28-2019
Samoa – New commemorative banknote.
The Central Bank of Samoa announced on May 24 that it will soon issue a 10 tala banknote (WST10.4) commemorative of the...
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May-27-2019
Motion® Surface – A new security feature.
Crane Currency has developed Motion® Surface, an improvement on its Motion® technology, which creates the movement of images when banknotes...
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May-27-2019
Morocco – Commemorative non-monetary note.
The Moroccan fiscal printer Dar As-Sikkah has produced a non-monetary note to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Bank al-Maghrib, the...
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May-27-2019
Morocco – Language controversy.
The project of the new law about the Bank Al Maghrib contemplates adding the Amazigh, the language of the Berbers,...
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May-27-2019
European Monetary Union – High technology on new banknotes.
New banknotes of 100 (EUR100.2) and 200 euros (EUR200.2) banknotes will be issued tomorrow. ‘The banknotes make use of...
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May-26-2019
United States of America – Tubman $20 banknote delayed.
Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of Treasury, announced last week that the improved 20 dollars banknote (USD20.4) honoring Harriet Tubman, originally planned...
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May-25-2019
Albania – New polymer banknote.
The new banknotes of 200 lekë (ALL200.3) to be issued this year will be printed on polymer substrate. Courtesy: Banka...
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May-24-2019
Hungary – Banknotes withdrawn.
The following banknotes will soon cease to be legal tender. All will be redeemable at the counters of the Magyar...
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May-24-2019
European Monetary Union – New 100 and 200 euro banknotes.
The European Central Bank will issue next Thursday 28 May the new banknotes of 100 (EUR100.2) and 200 euros (EUR200.2)....
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May-24-2019
Myanmar – The Central Bank halts use of foreign currency.
The Central Bank of Myanmar is attempting to curb the use of foreign currency in private payments, as it tries...