Laos new 1,000-kip note (B515) confirmed
1,000 kip (US$0.10) Green and blue. Front: Lao text; three young women; temple; coat of arms. Back: Lao text; dancer; elephant; grazing cattle; power lines. Solid security thread demetalized with Lao text. Watermark: Stupa. Printer: (Bank of the Lao). 144 x 66 mm. Paper. a. 2008. No sig. Intro: 30.10.2008. Read More…
Nepal new 20-rupee note confirmed
20 rupees (US$0.25), ND (2009). With the issuance of this note, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) continues to remove King Gyanendra’s name, image, and royal symbols from the country’s currency. Courtesy of Roman Boroznjak.Read More…
Mongolia new 1-togrog note (B428a) confirmed
Like B404, but it has the date (2008) printed on the back, plus the text and signature on front has changed. Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.Read More…
Australia new 100-dollar note (B229a) confirmed
Courtesy of Christof Zellweger.Read More…
Sudan pledges to help Somalia print banknotes
On 3 May 2009, the Sudanese News Agency reported that Sudan’s government said it would print new currency for the Somali government. The finance minister of the Somali government, Sharif Hassan Sheik Adan, met in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on April 29, to talk with Sudan’s minister for finance,Read More…
Barbados revised 100-dollar note (B222d) confirmed
A previously unreported $100 note from Barbados has recently been reported. As you can see, B222b (top) bears the signature of Winston Cox, whereas the new note, B223d (middle) and B223a (bottom) are both signed by Marion Williams, who took over as governor on 01.11.1999. Although the newly-discovered note bearsRead More…
Banknotes of Bhutan catalog published
Anil R. Bohora and Gylfi K. Snorrason have just published a new catalog called Banknotes of Bhutan (ISBN 978-81-7525-881-5). This 137-page softcover book is beautifully illustrated in full color throughout, with large front and back images of all notes, and details of vignettes that are thoroughly explained. The book containsRead More…
Papua New Guinea new 20- and 100-kina commemorative notes (B141a and B142a) confirmed
On April 22, 2009, the governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea, Wilson Kamit, gave the following speech concerning the issue of commemorative 20-kina and 100-kina banknotes, which became legal tender the following day: “Members of the Board, invited guests, staff and management of the BankRead More…
India to revise notes with new governor’s signature
The Reserve Bank of India will soon introduce revised banknotes in the denominations of 5, 50, 100, 500, and 1,000 rupees. The notes will be identical to the current Mahatma Gandhi series, but will bear the signature of the new bank governor, Dr. D. Subbarao. Notes of the current seriesRead More…
Burundi new 2,000- and 5,000-franc notes (B234a and B235a) confirmed
The Central Bank of Burundi issued new 2,000- and 5,000-franc notes (US$1.60 and US$4.05, respectively) on April 7, 2009. The new notes are said to be “impossible to forge.” The existing notes of these denominations will remain legal tender until September 30, 2009. The basic designs of the new notesRead More…