Costa Rica announces plans to switch all denominations to polymer
According to a CCL press release dated 9 July 2018, Marvin Alvarado, treasurer of the Central Bank of Costa Rica, announced the bank’s decision to change all denominations currently printed on cotton paper to polymer substrate to combat counterfeiting. No word yet on when the new polymer notes will beRead More…
United Arab Emirates new date (2017) 5-dirham note (B236b) confirmed
, Like B236a, but new date (2017). Prefix 005. Courtesy of Алексей Маслов (https://shopofmoney.com/en/).Read More…
Venezuela cash crisis continues
The Economist has an excellent article dated 12 July 2018 on the current state of the inflation-ravaged economy in Venezuela with some interesting insight into the banknote situation. Courtesy of Mark Irwin.Read More…
Guyana new signature 20-dollar note (B108i) confirmed
Like B108h, but new signatures (Ganga/Jordan). Courtesy of Jérôme (www.jeromecollection.com).Read More…
West African States new sig/date (2017) 1,000-franc note (B121Dq) confirmed
Like B121Dp, but new signatures (Bâ/Koné) and new date (2017). Courtesy of Thomas Neldner.Read More…
Poland new sig/date (08.12.2017) 50-złoty note (B861b) confirmed
Like B861a, but new signatures (Glapinski/Unknown) and new date (8 GRUDNIA 2017). Courtesy of Krzysztof Wojtowicz. Read More…
eSwatini new 200-lilangeni (B105a) note reported
Like Swaziland B238a, but with new country name, eSwatini, on back. Courtesy of Igor Nosenko (http://mycollection.net.ua/).Read More…
Geldscheine-Online launches German-language banknote newsletter
On 5 July 2018, a new German-language online magazine for paper money collectors was launched called Geldsheine, containing current news about banknotes from all over the world, as well as articles about historical banknotes, notgeld, camp money, literature, and much more.Read More…
Venezuela new sig/date (19.08.2014) 2-bolívar note (B358g) confirmed
Like B358f, but new date (19 DE AGOSTO DE 2014) and new signatures (Merentes/Tovar). Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson. Read More…
Pakistan new date (2018) 50-rupee note (B234o) confirmed
Like B234n, but new date (2018). Courtesy of Muhammad Zeeshan Yameen (turpan on eBay).Read More…