Russian banknote reportedly depicts death camp
, According to a Mosnews.com article dated May 22, 2009, “elderly residents of the city of Archangelsk, North Russia, have asked the Minister of Finance, Alexei Kudrin, to change the image on the 500-ruble banknote (Pick 271, shown below), which they claim is a picture of a Soviet death camp.Read More…
Botswana new date (2008) 20-pula note (B121d) confirmed
Like B121c, but new date (2008) and new printer imprint (DE LA RUE). Prefix E/93 – E/97.Courtesy of Andrew Roberts.Read More…
Albania new date (2007) 1,000-lek note (B318b) confirmed
1,000 lek (US$10.55) Like B318a, but new date (2007), new signatures, and Cornerstone watermarks. Printer: (TDLR). Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson.Read More…
New Zealand new date (2006) 100-dollar note (B135c) confirmed
Like B135b, but new date (2006).Courtesy of Christof Zellweger.Read More…
Jamaica new 5,000-dollar note (B242) reported for introduction in September 2009
According to a Jamaica Observer article dated 15 May 2009, the Bank of Jamaica plans to issue a 5,000-dollar banknote in September 2009, which will bear the image of late former prime minister, Hugh Lawson Shearer. Currently the highest Jamaican note in circulation is the $1,000 banknote. The new $5,000Read More…
Liberia new date (2006) 5-dollar note confirmed
5 dollars (US$0.10)Like Pick 26, but new date (2006) and new signatures (Antoinette Sayeh, MINISTER OF FINANCE; J. Mills Jones, EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR). Courtesy of Andrew Roberts.Read More…
Syria revised 1,000-pound note (B626b) confirmed
Recently a new variety of the 1,000-pound note (B626a, top), have been confirmed. The new variety (B626b, bottom), has a small map in circle added to back, below “CENTRAL BANK OF SYRIA.” Both notes are dated 1997. Courtesy of Besher Ghannam.Read More…
Syria revised 500-pound notes dated 1998 confirmed
Recently two new varieties of the 500-pound note (B624a, top), have been confirmed. The first variety (B624b, middle), has a small map in circle added to back, below “CENTRAL BANK OF SYRIA.” The second type (B625a, bottom), has the small map, plus a row of leaves added at center bottom,Read More…
Bermuda new 20-dollar note (B226a) confirmed
A new variety 20-dollar note from Bermuda has been confirmed. B225a at top has a silver foil patch in the shape of an artist’s palette at lower left front, but on the new note B226a the foil patch has a smaller 20, and the artwork to the right includes flowers.Read More…
Liberia new date (2002) 20-dollar note confirmed
20 dollars (US$0.30)Like Pick 23, but new date (2002) and new signatures (Lusinee Kamara, MINISTER OF FINANCE; Elie E. Saleeby, EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR). Courtesy of Andrew Roberts.Read More…