Recent Updates

• Jul-2-2021

  Venezuela – New reconversion being discussed.

  According to severals sources a new reconversion is being discussed in Venezuela. It would be the third one since 2008....

• Jun-28-2021

  Venezuela – Private store issues U.S. dollar vouchers

  Tiendas Beco, a Venezuelan department store chain, is issuing “bonos” of 1; 2; 5 and 10 dollars to be used...

• Jun-26-2021

  Scotland – Royal Bank of Scotland to issue new 50 pounds polymer banknote.

     You saw it first here… Flora Stevenson is being portrayed on the new 50 pounds banknote (SCO-RB50.2) to be...

• Jun-24-2021

  SPAIN – Banco de España simplified peseta note exchange. It may extend validity.

  Banco de España announced that it will stop requiring appointments to exchange peseta notes and coins. Instead it will receive...

• Jun-23-2021

  England – New 50 pounds note issued today, paper notes of 20 and 50 pounds to be be withdrawn from circulation.

  Bank of England issues today the new polymer banknote of 50 pounds. The note will be distributed to the public...

• Jun-22-2021

  SPAIN – Peseta Banknotes cease to be redeemable at the end of the month.

  Banco de España will stop exchanging banknotes and coins denominated in pesetas at the end of the month. The original...

• Jun-20-2021

  Guatemala – Commemorative Banknote to be issued in September.

     You saw it here first… The 20 quetzales banknote commemorative of the Bicentennial of the Central American Declaration of Independence...

• Jun-18-2021

  Argentina – Issue of new banknote confirmed.

     You saw it first here… Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina, announced yesterday in an act in honor of the...

• Jun-16-2021

  Cuba – Redemption of pesos convertibles extended.

     You saw it first here… According to news published today 16 June 2021 by Granma an Executive Order of...

• Jun-16-2021

  Albania – New banknotes issued.

  Bank of Albania introduced yesterday 15 June 2021 its new banknotes of 1,000 lekë (ALL1,000.3) and 10,000 lekë (ALL10,000.1). The...

• Jun-15-2021

  Argentina – Juan Martín de Güemes may be on the new 5,000 pesos notes.

     You first saw it here… According the “El Diario” from Salta, when President Alberto Fernández will visit the province...

• Jun-15-2021

  Uzbekistan – New banknotes

       You saw it here first… The Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan issued yesterday, 14 June 2021,...

• Jun-14-2021

  Honduras – New Commemorative Banknote.

     You saw it here first… Wilfredo Cerrato, President of the Banco Central de Honduras, announced today the previously announced...

• Jun-12-2021

  Iran – New banknotes.

     You saw it first here… A new transitional banknote of 100,000 rials (IRR100,000.2) has been recently issued. While denominated...

• Jun-11-2021

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• Jun-6-2021

  Egypt – Details about new polymer notes.

     You saw it here first… According to comments published today Mohamed Abdel-Aal, member of the Board of Directors of...

• Jun-5-2021

  Uzbekistan – New banknotes

       You saw it here first… The Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan will issue on 14 June...

• Jun-2-2021

  Georgia – Updated 2021 banknotes.

     You saw it here first… The National Bank of Georgia will issue on 1 July 2021 new banknotes of...

• May-31-2021

  Afghanistan – French printer for new notes.

  While the official news release mentions “Abirtour Fischer” as the printer who will print the new notes which we reported...

• May-29-2021

  Afghanistan – New banknote supply contract signed.

     You saw it here first… The Afghan National Procurement Authority contracted on behalf of Da Afghanistan Bank the printing...

• May-29-2021

  Argentina – Casa de Moneda buying more paper for banknote printing.

     You saw it first here… S.E. Casa de Moneda is rushing to buy paper from foreign suppliers, to cope...

• May-26-2021

  The Bahamas – CRISP Evolution 100 dollars note to be issued soon.

  The Central Bank of the Bahamas plans to issue the 100 dollars banknote of the CRISP Evolution series (BSD100.5) in...

• May-12-2021

  Argentina – Banknotes printed in Brazil and Spain.

   You saw it first here… According to an article published today by El Cronista Comercial the Banco Central de la...

• May-11-2021

  Guatemala – New imprints for 100 quetzales banknotes.

  You saw it first here…   Banco de Guatemala has recently issued to circulation banknotes of 100 quetzales dated 31.1.2018...

• May-8-2021

  Yemen (Aden) – More banknotes to be printed in the South.

     You saw it first here… According to a report published today the Central Bank of Yemen of the internationally...

• May-4-2021

  Macao – Zodiac notes issued today by Banco da China.

     You saw it here first… Banco da China have issued today the “Zodiac notes” corresponding to 2020 Year of...

• May-3-2021

  North Macedonia – New 10 dinars banknote with new country name.

  The previously announced polymer 10 dinars notes (MKD10.3) with the name of the issuer changed to Народна банка на Република...

• Apr-29-2021

  Switzerland – Notes of the Eighth Family cease to be legal tender.

    Effective tomorrow 30 April 2021 the banknotes of the Eightth Series cease to be legal tender. Only the notes...

• Apr-25-2021

  Saudi Arabia – New commemorative banknote issued today.

  The Saudi Central Bank announced yesterday that it will issue today a new banknote of 200 riyals (SAR200.2) to commemorate...

• Apr-21-2021

  Scotland – Design of new polymer 50 pounds note of Bank of Scotland revealed.

  Bank of Scotland revealed today the image of the back of the new polymer banknote of 50 pounds (SCO-BS50.3) to...

• Apr-21-2021

  Albania – Probable design of the new 10,000 lekë banknote.

     You saw it first here… In an article published in the webpage of the Escuela de Arte de Oviedo...

• Apr-17-2021

  Haiti – New high denomination banknotes.

     You saw it here first… Jean Baden Dubois, President of the Banque de la République d’Haïti, has announced on...

• Apr-13-2021

  Macao – New “Zodiac” banknotes.

     You saw it first here… The Autoridade Monetaria de Macao announced that new banknotes of the “Zodiac” series for...

• Apr-13-2021

  Russia – Izvestia’s New Banknote project.

     You saw it first here… Izvestia has launched the “New Banknotes Project”. Russians are asked to participate in the...

• Apr-7-2021

  United Arab Emirates – New family of notes.

     You saw it first here… In todays regular meeting The Board of Directors of the United Arab Emirates Central...

• Apr-5-2021

  Algeria – New banknotes being planned.

       You saw it here first… Ayman bin Abd al-Rahman, Algerian Finance Minister, revealed today that his department is working...

• Apr-1-2021

  Liberia – Senate approves printing of new banknotes.

     You saw it first here… The Liberian Senate the confirmed the approval for the proposal of the Central Bank...

• Mar-30-2021

  Thailand – Polymer banknote.

     You have seen it here first!!! There are rumors that Bank of Thailand will issue later this year polymer...

• Mar-26-2021

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• Mar-26-2021

  Russia – More details about planned new banknotes.

  Mikhail Alekseiev, Deputy Chairman of Bank Rossiya, announced that the Board of Directors of the Bank Rossiya approved a conceptual...

• Mar-25-2021

  England – New £50 banknote to be issued in June.

  Bank of England made public today the design of the new banknote of 50 pounds (GBP-BoE50.4) honoring Allan Turing, and...

• Mar-23-2021

  Russia – New family of banknotes planned.

     You saw it here first… Bank of Russia announced in its webpage that it plans to issue a new...

• Mar-23-2021

  Honduras – New 200 lempiras banknote to be issued in September.

     You saw it here first… Wilfredo Cerrato, President of the Banco Central de Honduras, announced yesterday that details of...

• Mar-22-2021

  Eastern Caribbean – Polymer note of 5 dollars is in circulation.

     You saw it here first… The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has today released to circulation in St.Kitts and Nevis...

• Mar-22-2021

  Iraq – Virus protected banknotes.

     You saw it here first… The Central Bank of Iraq announced today that its banknotes will be printed on...

• Mar-20-2021

  Liberia – New 1,000 dollars note in limbo.

     You saw it here first… In the Resolution approved by the Liberian House of Representatives sent yesterday to the...

• Mar-19-2021

  Liberia – New family of banknotes.

     You saw it first here… The Liberian House of Representatives approved yesterday the proposal of the Central Bank of...

• Mar-18-2021

  Thailand – A new family of notes to be issued soon.

     You saw it here first… Bank of Thailand will be issuing in the near future a new family of...

• Mar-18-2021

  Algeria – New banknote issued .

  Banque d’Algérie issued today a new banknote of 2,000 dinars (DZD2,000.2) dated 5 July 2020. The front shows the six...

• Mar-16-2021

  Kazakstan – Certain older banknotes will be redeemable without time limit.

     You saw it here first… The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakstan decided to keep redeeming the 2006...

• Mar-16-2021

  Central African States: New family of banknotes.

       You saw it here first… The Banque des États de l’Afrique Centrale has not confirmed or denied that...