Feb-13-2019
Sudan – Banknote printing problems.
An article published February 11 by News Africa Now informs that the Sudanese Money Printing Press is experiencing production...
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Feb-13-2019
Northern Ireland – First Trust Bank to stop issuing banknotes.
First Trust Bank has taken the “commercial decision” to stop issuing its own notes, as other Northern Irish banks do....
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Feb-12-2019
Rwanda – New banknotes issued.
The new banknotes of 500 (RWF500.8) and 1,000 francs (RWF1,000.8) are now in circulation. Courtesy: George Azuma, Gabriel’s Numismatic Market....
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Feb-11-2019
Sudan – New banknote of 100 pounds.
The new banknote of 100 pounds (SDG100.1) is in circulation already. It is dated 2019 and its dimensions are...
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Feb-11-2019
Guinea (Conakry) – New banknote of 20,000 francs.
According to a communiqué dated February 5 the Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée has issued on January 21...
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Feb-10-2019
Congo Democratic Republic – No new banknotes.
According to an article published by Media Congo in 14 November 2018, up to that time the new banknotes announced...
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Feb-10-2019
Northern Ireland – New polymer banknote of 5 and 10 pounds.
Danske Bank’s new polymer banknote of 10 pounds (NIR-DB10.2), and Bank of Ireland’s 5 (NIR-BI5.4) and 10 pounds (NIR-BI10.4) ones...
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Feb-10-2019
Guyana – Improved 1,000 dollars banknote.
In an ad published today in the Guyana Times, the Bank of Guyana announced that on March 4 it will...
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Feb-10-2019
Zimbabwe – South African rand proposed as official currency.
Tendal Biti, former Zimbabwean Finance Minister, has urged the country to adopt the South African rand as the official currency,...
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Feb-8-2019
Rwanda – Pictures of the new banknotes.
Pictures and details of the new banknotes to be issued next week have been published. The 500 francs (RWF500.8)...
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Feb-7-2019
Rwanda – New banknotes next week.
The new banknotes of 500 (RWF500.8) and 1,000 francs (RWF1,000.8) will be issued next week. The 500 francs note will...
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Feb-4-2019
Czech Republic – Non-circulating banknote.
A non-circulating banknote of 100 koruna (CZK100.2) has been issued on January 31st. It commemorates the Centennial of the Czechoslovak...
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Feb-3-2019
Sudan – News about the new banknotes.
Mohamed El Zubeir, governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, announced that the printing of the new banknotes of 100...
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Feb-3-2019
ECOWAS – New currency may come to fruition next year.
The “eco”, the common currency of the Economic Community of West African States, may be established next year. Preparations are...
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Feb-3-2019
Algeria – New banknotes.
The Banque d’Algérie has presented today its new banknotes of 500 (DZD500.3) and 1,000 dinars (DZD1,000.4), and the new coin...
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Feb-1-2019
Venezuela – New banknotes needed.
As the value of the bolívar soberano keeps dropping, the largest banknote currently in circulation – the 500 bolivares soberanos...
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Jan-30-2019
Rwanda – More details about new notes
Additional details have surfaced about the planned new banknotes of 500 (RWF500.8) and 1,000 francs (RWF1,000.8). These will be issued...
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Jan-30-2019
Czech Republic – Commemorative banknote issued today.
The new banknote of 100 korun note (CZK100.3) commemorative of the 100 Years of the Czechoslovakian korun, has been issued...
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Jan-30-2019
Marshall Islands, Rep. of – Controversy over sovereign banknotes.
In September the International Monetary Fund warned the Government of the Marshall Islands that the creation of the “sovereign” cryptocurrency...
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Jan-29-2019
Mauritius – Paper MUR 2,000 notes cease to be legal tender.
Bank of Mauritius reminded the public that the paper 2,000 rupees banknotes (MUR2,000.2) will cease to be legal tender as...
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Jan-29-2019
Egypt – Rumors of a 500 pounds note denied.
The Central Bank of Egypt denied yesterday rumors of the issue of a 500 pounds note to be issued soon,...
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Jan-29-2019
Rwanda
Improved banknotes of 500 (RWF500.8) and 1,000 francs (RWF1,000.8) will be issued by the National Bank of Rwanda....
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Jan-29-2019
Venezuela – Parallel exchange market approved.
A privately owned foreign exchange market was approved yesterday. It is called Interbanex, owned by Spanish investors, and it started...
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Jan-28-2019
Uzbekistan – Broken equipment delays release of 100,000 sum new banknotes.
According to news published in Tashkent the two printing machines broke down in the facility involved in the production of...
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Jan-28-2019
Marshall Islands – Crypto-currency banknotes.
Tangem, a producer of blockchain smart card wallets, announced that it will issue physical banknotes of the “sovereign” (SOV) ,...
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Jan-28-2019
Algeria – New banknotes to be presented next week.
On February 3, the Bank of Algeria will present at a press conference the new banknotes of 500 (DZD500.3) and...
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Jan-25-2019
Bahamas – New banknote of 1/2 dollar.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas issued yesterday a new banknote of 1/2 dollar (BSDo.50.3) of the “CRISP Evolution” family,...
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Jan-24-2019
Sudan – New banknote of 200 pounds.
The Central Bank of Sudan has announced that it will soon issue a new banknote of 200 Sudanese pounds. Green...
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Jan-23-2019
Hong Kong – New 500 dollar notes.
Bank of China, HSBC Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, the three Hong Kong issuing banks, released yesterday on the occasion...
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Jan-22-2019
Israel – Law for Reduction of Cash Use.
As of January 1st the Law for the Reduction of Cash Use enacted in March 2018 is in force. These...
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Jan-21-2019
Paraguay – Family of 2017 banknotes completed.
With the release in the first part of January of the denominations of 10,000 (PYG10,000.4E) and 50,000 guaraníes (PYG50,000.4F) all...
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Jan-21-2019
Nepal – Large Indian banknotes banned.
Nepal Rastra Bank announced a ban on all Indian banknotes of denominations higher than 100 rupees. Nepalese individuals, businesses and...
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Jan-21-2019
Madagascar – Purported 50,000 Ariary banknote.
A design purported to be a future 50,000 ariary banknote showing a chameleon has been published in the social media....
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Jan-20-2019
Mauritius – Paper 2,000 rupees cease to be legal tender.
The Bank of Mauritius is reminding the public that the paper banknotes of 2,000 rupees (MRU2,000.1 andMRU2,000.2) will cease to...
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Jan-20-2019
French Pacific – No 20,000 notes.
In remarks to La Dépeche de Tahiti Claude Periou, director of the Institute d’émission d’Outre-Mer, said that the previously announced...
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Jan-18-2019
Sudan – New banknote of 100 Sudanese dinars.
The Central Bank of Sudan made public the new banknote of 100 Sudanese pounds (SDG100.1), which will be released in...
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Jan-18-2019
Syria – Coins to replace 50 pounds notes.
The Central Bank of Syria released to circulation coins of 50 Syrian pounds, which will eventually replace the banknotes...
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Jan-17-2019
Algeria – Issue of new banknotes postponed.
According to local reports the new banknotes of 500 (DZD500.3) and 1,000 dinars (DZD1,000.4) will be issued when the new...
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Jan-17-2019
Venezuela – Banknotes in bolívares soberanos are almost worthless.
Based on todays parallel market rate of 2,930 bolívares soberanos per U.S. dollar, a banknote of 500, the largest of...
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Jan-16-2019
Uzbekistan – New banknote of 100,000 sum.
The Central Bank informed that the Senate approved yesterday the design of the new banknote of 100,000 sum (UZS100,000.1). Details...
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Jan-15-2019
Bolivia – New banknote of 100 bolivianos
The Banco Central de Bolivia has issued today the new banknote of 100 bolivianos (BOB100.2). It has been printed by...
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Jan-14-2019
Uzbekistan – Central Bank denies reports about redenomination.
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan denied reports about currency redenomination, and declared that while a new banknote will be issued,...
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Jan-14-2019
Singapore – New variety on 50 dollars banknote.
Banknotes of 50 dollars with three solid stars on the back (SGD50.2I) have appeared in the market. Courtesy noteshobby Click...
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Jan-13-2019
Uzbekistan – New banknote of 100,000 sum; redenomination and withdrawal.
According to several publications Shavkat Mirziyayev, president of Uzbekistan, ordered the issue of new banknotes of 100,000 sum (UZS100,000.1) to...
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Jan-12-2019
Eastern Caribbean – New banknotes soon.
According to an article published today in Loop in St. Lucia the vertical polymer banknotes of 20 (XCD20.6)...
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Jan-11-2019
Mongolia – Improved new banknotes.
Bank of Mongolia announced that it will issue in 2019 improved notes of 5,000 (MNT5,000.3), 10,000 (MNT10,000.3) and 20,000 tugruk...
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Jan-11-2019
Uzbekistan – New banknote of 100,000 sum.
Yesterday, January 10, several foreign sources published the news that the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan will soon...
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Jan-10-2019
Myanmar – Forgeries of 10,000 kyat notes.
News about forged notes of 10,000 kyats (MMK10,000.1 and MMK10,000.2) have led many merchants in Myanmar to refuse them. Several people caught...
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Jan-9-2019
Bolivia – New banknote of 100 bolivianos.
Pablo Ramos Sánchez, President of the Banco Central de Bolivia, announced that the new banknote of 100 bolivianos (BOB100.2) will...
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Jan-8-2019
Algeria – Details of new banknotes.
The new banknotes of 500 (DZD500.3) and 1,000 dinars (DZD1,000.4), which are to be issued very soon, will have the...
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Jan-8-2019
Guinea (Conakry) – New GNF10,000 banknote
Dr Louceiny Nabé, Governor of the Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée, announced this week that the new banknote...