Dec-19-2022
England – New monarch banknotes unveiled.
Bank of England presented today the new polymer banknotes with the portrait of King Charles III. The new banknotes will be...
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Dec-19-2022
Trinidad and Tobago – Counterfeit polymer banknotes of 100 dollars.
Trinidadian counterfeit polymer notes of 100 dollars (TTD100.5) are being found in alarming quantities. The forgeries are of excellent quality,...
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Dec-19-2022
Nigeria – New banknotes issued today. Previous ones will be demonetized soon.
The supply of new banknotes received by commercial banks has proven to be insufficient to meet demand, forcing them...
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Dec-19-2022
Jamaica – Additional details on new family of banknotes.
Natalie Haynes, Deputy Governor of Bank of Jamaica, clarified details of the process of release to...
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Dec-16-2022
Paraguay – Seven firms placed bids for “Design and materials for the new family of banknotes.”
De La Rue, PWPW S.A., Crane AB, Oberthur Fiduciairie, G+D Technology, Koenig and Bauer and Orell Füssli were the...
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Dec-16-2022
Paraguay – New banknotes of 10,000 guaraníes will be printed on polymer substrate.
The call to bids for the printing of the new family of banknotes reveals that the denomination of 10,000 guaraníes...
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Dec-16-2022
Saudi Arabia – New banknote issued by Saudi Central Bank.
The banknote of 50 riyals with the name of the Saudi Central Bank (SAR50.7) is now in active circulation....
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Dec-15-2022
Jamaica – New family of polymer commemorative banknotes presented today.
Bank of Jamaica presented today in its YouTube channel the new polymer banknotes to be issued in a few months....
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Dec-15-2022
Central African Monetary Union – New family of notes issued today.
The Banque des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (BEAC) has issued today its new banknotes of the “Type 2020”. These will...
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Dec-15-2022
Nigeria – New banknotes issued today. Previous ones will be demonetized soon.
The banknotes of the new 2022 family started circulation today. Previous notes of 200 naira (NGN200.1), 500 naira (NGN500.1)...
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Dec-15-2022
Afghanistan – Newly printed banknotes to be delivered in 2023.
Shah Merhabi, member of Da Afghanistan Bank Supreme Council, said that the last batch of notes printed by PWPW S.A....
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Dec-14-2022
Bangladesh – New commemorative banknote.
Bangladesh Bank will issue on 19 December a new banknote of 50 taka commemorative of the Golden Jubilees...
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Dec-12-2022
Russian Federation – Printing of banknotes of 5 and 10 rubles may resume.
Arkady Trachuk, General Manager of Goznak, mentioned in an interview with Izvestia that it is possible that production of banknotes...
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Dec-11-2022
Jamaica – Changes in new family of banknotes design.
The published images of the banknotes of the new family are “concept designs”. The printed notes will have some changes....
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Dec-10-2022
Nigeria – New banknotes distributed to banks, ready to be issued.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has begun distribution of its new redesigned banknotes to commercial banks on Wednesday. Banks may...
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Dec-10-2022
Laos – New Banknotes of 50,000 and 100,000 kip.
The Bank of the Lao P.D.R. announced today that it will start issuing soon new banknotes of 50,000 kip (LAK50,000.2)...
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Dec-9-2022
Philippines – Improved banknotes presented.
Ferdinand R.Marcos, President of the Philippines, presented this Wednesday 7 December the new family of improved banknotes, whose introduction was...
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Dec-8-2022
United States – First American banknotes signed by two women.
Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Lynn Malerba, Treasurer of the United States, participated today in a ceremony where...
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Dec-8-2022
Jamaica – New polymer banknotes to be issued once ATMs are retrofitted.
Dr. Nigel Clarke, Jamaica’s Finance Minister, has disclosed that the banknotes of the new family, which are arriving this week,...
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Dec-7-2022
Bahamas – New CRISP Evolution banknote of 10 dollars.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas announced today that it will issue on 15 December 2022 the improved “CRISP” Evolution...
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Dec-7-2022
Bulgaria – Tentative steps toward migration to euros.
In a memorandum signed Tuesday 6 December 2023, Bulgaria, Eurozone countries and the European Commission agreed that Bulgaria could begin...
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Dec-7-2022
Nigeria – Cash withdrawals to be limited.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued yesterday 6 December 2023 a letter to banks ordering them to limit over the...
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Dec-6-2022
Syria – Modified banknote of 50 pounds issued.
The Central Bank of Syria has issued a modified banknote of 50 Syrian pound (SYP50.5B) similar to the one dated...
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Dec-5-2022
Barbados – Family of new banknotes presented today.
The new family of polymer banknotes...
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Dec-2-2022
United Arab Emirates – New polymer banknote.
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates presented yesterday, as part of the celebration of the National Day, a...
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Nov-30-2022
Ukraine – New commemorative banknotes to be issued soon.
It has been reported that the National Bank of Ukraine plans to issue on 5 December two new banknotes. They...
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Nov-25-2022
Lebanon – Improved new banknote of 100,000 livres.
Banque du Liban announced on 15 November that it will issue on 1 December an improved banknote of 100,000 lives...
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Nov-23-2022
Jamaica – Good pictures of the upcoming family of polymer commemorative notes.
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has disclosed that Jamaica’s new banknotes will be in the island by the week of...
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Nov-23-2022
Nigeria – New banknotes revealed.
The Central Bank of Nigeria unveiled today the new banknotes to be issued on 15 December 2022. The new...
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Nov-22-2022
Central African Monetary Union – New family of notes presented today.
The Banque des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (BEAC) has revealed the design of the new family of banknotes “Type...
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Nov-22-2022
Argentina – Printing of new family of notes is delayed.
It has become apparent that the new family of notes announced six months ago is not near to be released...
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Nov-22-2022
New Cambodian banknote raises controversy in Laos.
Laotians have expressed their confusion because the newly Cambodian banknote of 200 riels (KHR200.4) uses the three elephant heads motif,...
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Nov-21-2022
Qatar – “Private” fantasy commemorative banknote.
Current banknotes of 5 riyals (QAR5.4) with a “private” fantasy overprint of what looks somewhat like the mascot of the...
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Nov-21-2022
Japan – Bank of Japan runs test on new banknotes.
The backs of the bills will be changing too. Currently, they feature the phoenix from the roof of Kyoto’s Bank...
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Nov-17-2022
Denmark – Why is it hard or expensive to exchange Danish kroners in some markets.
According to several sources Danmarks Nationalbank has limited the repatriation of cash Danish kroner by commercial banks. It seems there...
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Nov-16-2022
Afghanistan – Oberthur Fiduciaire to print more banknotes for Afghanistan.
The French firm Oberthur Fiduciairie has concluded a contract with Da Afghanistan Bank for the supply of 390 million banknotes...
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Nov-15-2022
Qatar – Pre-2009 U.S. 100 dollars banknotes are not accepted by Money changers in Qatar.
According to reports by Argentine travelers to Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, U.S banknotes of 100 dollars that...
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Nov-14-2022
Cambodia – New banknotes.
The Royal Government of Cambodia introduced today new banknotes of 200 riels (KHR200.4 ) and 2,000 riels (KHR2,000.4.) Notes of...
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Nov-13-2022
Maldives – Banknote with new currency symbol.
The first banknote carrying the new symbol of the Maldivian rupee has been issued today 13 November 2022. It is...
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Nov-9-2022
Afghanistan – Polish printed banknotes arrived.
Sources say that the plane carrying the shipment of Afghani banknotes arrived at Kabul airport on Tuesday 8 November 2022....
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Nov-8-2022
Central African Monetary Union – New family of notes to be revealed later this month.
The Bank of the Central African States (BEAC) announced yesterday the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary. During this ceremony,...
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Nov-8-2022
Qatar – Banknote commemorative of the FIFA World Cup presented today.
Qatar Central Bank has presented today a polymer banknote of 22 riyals (QAR22.1) to commemorate the FIFA World Cup Qatar...
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Nov-7-2022
South Africa – More details about new banknotes.
We have received information from the Reserve Bank of South Africa about the new banknotes to be released next year....
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Nov-6-2022
Algeria – Controversy about use of English on new banknote.
The use of English language in the new banknote commemorative of the 31st Ordinary Session of the Council of the...
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Nov-5-2022
Japan – Printing of current banknotes ended.
Japan’s National Printing Bureau has finished printing banknotes of the current family and is now producing those of the new one...
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Nov-3-2022
South Africa – A new family of banknotes next year.
According to unconfirmed reports Reserve Bank of South Africa is planning to introduce a new family of banknotes in the...
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Nov-1-2022
Nigeria – Black market dollar rate reach 200% of official rate.
At an average of 880 naira per USD the black market rate of the American dollar has surpassed the 200%...
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Oct-31-2022
Algeria – New commemorative banknote to be issued on November 2. – Corrected
Banque d’Algérie published today the image of the new banknote of 2,000 dinars (DZD2,000.3) commemorative of the 31st Ordinary Session of...
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Oct-29-2022
Nigeria – Finance Ministry not informed in advance of currency replacement.
Zainab Ahmed, Minister for Finance, declared yesterday that the Central Bank of Nigeria did not consult her ministry before taking...
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Oct-29-2022
Saudi Arabia – New 50 Riyals banknote – Corrected.
The new banknotes of 50 riyals with the name of the Saudi Central Bank (SAR50.7) are already in circulation. The...
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Oct-28-2022
Afghanistan – Problems with the supply of fresh banknotes.
Los Angeles Times has published recently an article by Nabih Bulos, its Kabul correspondent, that explains in detail the sorry...