Identify flora on Lesotho’s banknotes
Today’s challenge is to identify the following plants and flowers from Lesotho’s banknotes. If you can precisely identify the proper name of any of the following—or have a lead which you think might be useful—please post a comment, preferably including a URL which links to evidence supporting your identification. ThisRead More…
United States BEP banknote production falls to modern low in 2010
There’s an interesting article in The New York Times dated 6 July 2011 entitled, “As Plastic Reigns, the Treasury Slows Its Printing Presses,” which discusses the reduced output of banknotes at the BEP in response to the shift to using credit cards for payments, though the death of cash likelyRead More…
Hungary new date (2011) 500-forint note (B581d) confirmed
Like B581c, but new date (2011). Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.Read More…
Identify person on Chile’s banknotes
Today I’m inaugurating a new feature on BanknoteNews.com: The Challenge. Anyone who has downloaded chapters of The Banknote Book catalog knows that I take pains to precisely identify all the people, places, and objects depicted on banknotes. However, sometimes precise identifications remain elusive despite all the efforts of myself andRead More…
Belarus new thread 1,000-, 10,000- and 20,000-ruble notes (B128b, B130b, B131b) confirmed
On 15 March 2011, the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus introduced new 500-ruble (US$0.15) banknotes, as well as 1,000-, 10,000-, and 20,000-ruble notes dated 2000. The modified notes have the same images, sizes, and colors as preceding issues also dated 2000, but feature a new 2-mm wide windowedRead More…
Swaziland new 10-, 20-, and 50-lilangeni notes (B231a, B232a, B233a) confirmed
B231 (P36): 10 emalangeni (US$0.70) Blue. Front: English and Swazi text; King Mswati III; coat of arms with lion and elephant flanking shield topped with crown of feathers (lidlabe); shield (isihlangu), spears (sikhali), and staff (umgobo). Back: English text; nine princesses taking part in the Ncwala (kingship ceremony); bank seal.Read More…
Identify buildings and dams on Mali’s banknotes
Today I’m inaugurating a new feature on BanknoteNews.com: The Challenge. Anyone who has downloaded chapters of The Banknote Book catalog knows that I take pains to precisely identify all the people, places, and objects depicted on banknotes. However, sometimes precise identifications remain elusive despite all the efforts of myself andRead More…
Philippines new 100-peso College of Law commemorative note (B1062a) confirmed
B1062 (P212B): 100 piso (pesos) (demonetized 30.06.2017) Purple and blue. Front: Black UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF LAW 1911-2011 overprint; Filipino text; Manuel Acuña Roxas; Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas seal; Roxas lowering United States flag and raising Philippines flag on 4 July 1946 in Manila’s a. 2011.Read More…
Canada new sig/date (2011) 50-dollar note (B369d) confirmed
Like B369c, but new signatures (Maclem/Carney) and new date (2011). Prefix AHN – AHR. Courtesy of David Ryder.Read More…
Swaziland announces release of remaining denominations of new series
According to a press release dated 30 June 2011, the Central Bank of Swaziland announced the release into circulation the remaining denominations (10, 20, 50, and 200 emalangeni) of its new series of banknotes. This comes after the official introduction of the 100-lilangeni note on 1 November 2010, and theRead More…