Palestine contemplating its own currency
According to a Washington Post article dated 31 May 2010, Palestine is preparing to issue its own currency to replace the Israeli shekel and the Jordanian dinar. Courtesy of Webb Linzmayer.Read More…
Australia new date (2009) 50-dollar note (B228g) confirmed
Like B228f, but new date (2009).Courtesy of Kai Hwong.Read More…
Honduras new date (17.04.2008) 500-lempira note (B343g) confirmed
Like B343f, but new signatures (Araque/Oviedo/Santos) and new date (17 DE ABRIL DE 2008). Courtesy of Jean-Michel Engels.Read More…
IACA Excellence in Currency Awards announced
The following is the full text of a press release dated 25 May 2010: A new family of banknotes from Scotland’s Clydesdale Bank was one of the outstanding winners at the International Association of Currency Affairs’ (IACA) Excellence in Currency Awards, sponsored by ‘Currency News’. A high calibre of entriesRead More…
Gibraltar scans needed for catalog
I am working on a new catalog of world notes and I need all the help I can get. If you have any of the notes listed below, please email 300-dpi, 100% actual size, 24-bit color scans of the front and back of these notes, saved as uncompressed JPEG, BMP,Read More…
New edition of Standard Catalog of World Paper Money now shipping
The 16th edition of Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money is now shipping. I just received my copy and wanted to share my initial impressions. At 1,112 black and white pages, it’s exactly as large as the previous edition, though its list price is now $60 instead of $55,Read More…
Documentary on Reserve Bank of Australia’s bribery scandal
Four Corners has produced a documentary, Dirty Money, that explores how the central pillar of Australia’s financial system, the Reserve Bank, became ensnared in an international bribery scandal related to its polymer substrate subsidiary’s attempts to gain contracts around the world. Courtesy of Kai Hwong.Read More…
Norway new date (2008) 50-krone note confirmed
50 kroner (US$7.75), 2008. Like P46, but new date. Courtesy of Håkon Hagelund.Read More…
Denmark new date (2008) 100-kroner note confirmed
100 kroner (US$16.90), (20)08. Like Pick 61, but new date and new signatures. Courtesy of Kai Hwong.Read More…
Paraguay new 10,000-guaraní note (B848a) confirmed
,, 10,000 guaranies (US$2.10), 2008. Like P224, but new date, new signatures, wider windowed security thread, denomination added to upper right corner on front, and new printer imprint (OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES). Courtesy of Claudio Marana.Read More…