ANA suspends 2020 World’s Fair of Money
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 17, 2020CONTACT: Deborah MuehleisenE-mail: pr@money.org ANA Board of Governors to Consider Alternate Options The American Numismatic Association (ANA) announced today the suspension of the 2020 World’s Fair of Money®. The show, originally scheduled for August 4-8 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the largest annual coin and paper-currency eventRead More…
Hungary new signature 10,000-forint note (B591d) confirmed
Like B591c, but new signatures (Patai/Matolcsy/Windisch/Márton). Courtesy of Alex Zlotin and 1234note on eBay.Read More…
Honduras new sig/date (28.12.2016) 2-lempira note (B345c) confirmed
Like (B345b), but new signatures (Bautista/Méndez/Cerrato), date (28 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2016), and printer (PWPW S.A.). Courtesy of Radoslaw Dlouhy.Read More…
IBNS London postpones World Paper Money Fair 2020
The London branch of the IBNS has decided to postpone its annual World Paper Money Fair until 1 October 2021. If you have paid a deposit, they will refund you in full (please contact Gareth Thomas at dealers@wpmf.info), otherwise they will transfer it to 2021 in order to hold a table for the 50th fair inRead More…
Belarus new 20-ruble note (B146a) confirmed
According to a press release dated 18 March 2020, the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus planned to introduce new 20- and 50-ruble notes on 23 March 2020. The new notes are like the preceding issues, but dated 2020, without signatures, printed by Goznak, with additional watermark features and widerRead More…
Costa Rica 50,000-colon note (B563a) withdrawn on 04.06.2020
According to a press release dated 4 June 2020, the Banco Central de Costa Rica is withdrawing 50-colon notes (B563a) from circulation, though they remains legal tender. The news comes two years after the bank stopped issuing the denomination due to lack of demand for such a high-value note.Read More…
Western Samoa reprinted 1- , 2- and 10-tala notes (B307e, B308d, B309e) confirmed
In 2020, Van Reijen International Agencies Limited of Guernsey obtained these notes with Taylor signatures from the current Central Bank of Samoa. The can be distinguished from original issues by the use of a prefix and sans serif monoweight serial number font, whereas the originals lack prefixes and have aRead More…
Dominican Republic new 1,000-peso dominicano note (B731a) reportedly introduced 24.02.2020
According to a press release, El Banco Central de la República Dominicana introduced a new 1,000-peso dominicano note (B731a) on 24 February 2020. These notes are like the preceding issues, but with the new bank logo (stylized bank headquarters) at upper right front in green-to-gold OVI.Read More…
Dominican Republic new 500-peso dominicano note (B730a) reportedly introduced 01.06.2020
According to a press release dated 29 May 2020, El Banco Central de la República Dominicana introduced a new 500-peso dominicano note (B730a) on 1 June 2020. These notes are like the preceding issues, but with the new bank logo (stylized bank headquarters) at upper right front in green-to-gold OVI.Read More…
Malta seizes Russian-printed Libyan notes
According to a United States Department of State press statement dated 29 May 2020, “The United States commends the Government of the Republic of Malta’s announcement May 26 of its seizure of $1.1 billion of counterfeit Libyan currency printed by Joint Stock Company Goznak—a Russian state-owned company—and ordered by anRead More…