To commemorate the 200th birthday of musician Frédéric François Chopin, the National Bank of Poland sold 120,000 new 20-złoty notes packaged in a folder for 50 złotych each beginning on 22 February 2010. BNP815 (P181): 20 złotych (US$5.00) Black, tan, and blue. Front: Polish text; Chopin birthplace mansion in ZelazowaRead More…
The National Bank of Kazakhstan issued a new 1,000-tenge note on 5 January 2010 to commemorate Kazakhstan’s chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 2010. A total of 10 million notes will be issued at face value (US$6.75). The note dated 2010 is the same sizeRead More…
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago introduced a new 100-dollar (US$15.80) note to commemorate the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that was held 27-29 November in the capital, Port of Spain. The new notes is legal tender, circulating side-by-side with the current note of the same denomination. TheRead More…
According to a press release, on 17.11.2009 the Central Bank of Sri Lanka introduced a new 1,000-rupee (US$8.75) commemorative note (B122a) to mark the ushering of peace and prosperity to Sri Lanka. In terms of section 52 A (1) (a) and ( b) of the Monetary Law Act (Amendment) No.6Read More…
On 23 September 2009, the Bank of Mexico introduced two commemorative banknotes: a paper one to celebrate the bicentennial of independence, and a polymer one to celebrate the centennial of the Mexican Revolution. The 100-peso commemorative with series A/A-A/E has an error in the microprinted text. On the front, theRead More…
Bank Al-Maghrib issued a 50-dirham (US$6.45) note in mid-October 2009 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the central bank. Apparently 4 million notes will be issued at face value. This is the first commemorative banknote issued in Morocco. It was designed by Roger Pfund, the Swiss artist who has alsoRead More…
Like B1042, but with black UN Year of Microcredit 2005 overprint. Courtesy of Alberto Fochi.Read More…
On 23 September 2009, the Bank of Mexico introduced two new commemorative banknotes. The 200-peso paper note celebrates the bicentenial of independence. It is also noteworthy because it’s the first note in the world with a new security feature: the Pixel watermark, developed by ArjoWiggins Security. A new development inRead More…
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the poet Julius Slowacki, the National Bank of Poland issued 80,000 new 20-zloty (US$6.90) notes on 23 September 2009. The notes were issued in a folder at a price of 29-zloty each, which makes these non-circulating numismatic products. Dated 08 STYCZNIARead More…
In a press release dated 23 September 2009, the Bank of Mexico announced the immediate introduction of two new commemorative banknotes: a paper one to celebrate the bicentennial of independence, and a polymer one to celebrate the centennial of the Mexican Revolution. Each will be limited to 50 million piecesRead More…