Eritrea new 1-nakfa note (B113a) confirmed
B113 (P13): 1 nakfa (US$0.05) Brown, black, and green. Front: Arabic, English, and Tigrinya text; Eritrean fighters raising EPLF flag; triptych portrait; camel as registration device. Back: English text; camel; children studying in outside classroom; bank logo. Windowed security thread with demetalized BANK OF ERITREA. Watermark: Camel head. Printer: (Unknown).Read More…
Poland new 200-złoty note (B863a) confirmed
According to a press release, on 12 February 2016 Narodowy Bank Polski introduced a new 200-złoty note (B863a), like earlier issues, but slightly redesigned and with improved anti-counterfeiting features, including Omron rings and RollingStar Cube security thread. Courtesy of Jan Bogus.Read More…
India new novel numbering 50-rupee note (B288f) confirmed
According to a press release dated 23 September 2015, the Reserve Bank of India issued a 50-rupee note like B288e, but with novel “ascending size” (i.e. novel) serial numbers. Courtesy of Mohamed Ibrahim and Claudio Marana.Read More…
Colombia new date (30.07.2014) 2,000-peso note (B988y) confirmed
Like B988x, but new date (30 DE JULIO DE 2014). Courtesy of Mauricio Diaz-Chavarro.Read More…
Manchukuo chapter of The Banknote Book is now available
,, The Manchukuo chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale and as a free download to subscribers. This 9-page catalog covers notes issued by the Central Bank of Manchou from 1932 to 1945. Published 5 February 2016. Each chapter of The Banknote Book includes detailed descriptionsRead More…
Venezuela banknote buying binge
The Wall Street Journal dated 3 February 2016 has an interesting article entitled “Inflation-Wrought Venezuela Orders Bank Notes by the Planeload: Government relies on massive imports of bills from foreign printing companies to keep economy going,” in which yours truly is quoted.Read More…
Ghana new date (01.07.2015) 1-cedi note (B145g) confirmed
Like B145f, but new date (1st JULY 2015) and left serial number in serif font. Prefix GS. Courtesy of Merjim Groen.Read More…
Ghana new date (01.07.2015) 2-cedi note (B152c) confirmed
Like B152b, but new date (1st JULY 2015). Prefix BT. Courtesy of Merjim Groen.Read More…
Jordan new sig/date (2013) 10-dinar note (B232d) confirmed
Like B232c, but new signature and new date (2013). Courtesy of Peter Mosselberger (Bank Note Museum).Read More…
Royal Bank of Scotland names 3 scientists as candidates for new 10-pound polymer note
According to a press release dated 31 January 2015, “Royal Bank of Scotland has named three Scottish scientists, two men and one woman, on the shortlist of candidates to appear on its first plastic 10 pound note. The three are physicist James Clerk Maxwell, Mary Somerville, the first female memberRead More…