Although recent reports of a 2,000-pound note featuring the portrait of Bashr al Assad have been exposed as obvious fakes, there is credible evidence that the Central Bank of Syria may be working on a 1,000-pound note. This video by the Bank Al-Maghrib in Morocco contains brief images of aRead More…
,,,,,,,,,,,, B152 (PNL): 2 kwacha (US$0.40)Gray. Front: Coat of arms; dove; trees; fish eagle perched on branch. Back: Roan antelope; two woman with baskets and produce; Freedom Statue in Lusaka. Windowed security thread with demetalized BOZ 2. Watermark: Fish eagle and electrotype 2 plus fish eagle. Printer: Giesecke & Devrient.Read More…
50 birr, 2004/2012. Like NBE B33, but new date. Courtesy of Hartmut Fraunhoffer (www.banknoten.de).Read More…
According to an article on YnetNews.com dated 19 January 2013, Syria is planning to introduce a new 2,000-pound (US$28) note in February. While that may be true, the image of the reported note is clearly a fake created using the 2,000-forint note from Hungary (B583).Read More…
According to a Reuters article dated 18 January 2013, a botanist claims the leaf around the secondary window at left front of the new polymer 20-dollar note is from a Norway maple, not a sugar maple. The Bank of Canada refutes this claim, asserting “the image on the new billsRead More…
According to an article on Radio New Zealand dated 16 January 2013, it will take the Reserve Bank of New Zealand until late 2014 before it runs out of stock of banknotes bearing the signature of former governor, Alan Bollard, and begins issuing notes with the signature of the newRead More…
According to an official press release, on 7 December 2012, the National Bank of Serbia released revised 500- (US$5.70) and 2,000-dinar (US$23) banknotes. “The obverse of the two banknotes has not been revised, while the reverse shows a new issue year (2012) and the signature of the current governor (JorgovankaRead More…
Like B135f1, but governor’s signature is 23.25-mm wide, not 17.25-mm wide. Prefix AP, AQ. Like B136e1, but governor’s signature is 23.25-mm wide, not 17.25-mm wide. Prefix AJ – AL.All other denominations dated 1st JULY 2001 have been confirmed with 17.25-mm wide signature. Likewise, all other denominations bearing the next date,Read More…
Like B118a, but new signatures (Liuga/Ainuu-Enari) and new decorative pattern overprinted on the designs at top and bottom borders on front and back. Courtesy of Gaetano Trabattoni (Delcampe store), Claudio Marana, Martin Burger, and Kai Hwong.Read More…
5- and 20-tala notes (B113b and B115b, respectively) have been confirmed with signatures of Faumuina Tiatia Faaolatane Liuga and Maiava Atalina Ainuu-Enari. Both issued in 2012. Courtesy of Claudio Marana, Martin Burger, and Kai Hwong.Read More…