Northern Ireland’s Ulster Bank new sig/date (01.01.2013) 5-pound note confirmed
2015-06-15
, 5 pounds, 1st JANUARY 2013. Like UBL B36, but new date and new signature (Jim Brown). Prefix E. Courtesy of Mark Irwin.Read More…
Switzerland new sig/date (2010) 100-franc note (B352i) confirmed
2015-06-10
Like B352h, but new signatures (Raggenbass/Jordan) and new date (2010).Courtesy of Manfred Wolfensberger.Read More…
European Monetary Union new 5-euro with prefix Y (Greece)
2015-06-04
, 5 euros, 2013. Like ECB B8, but prefix Y (Greece). Courtesy of Takis Kouvatseas.Read More…
Romania new date (2014) 200-leu note (B284f) confirmed
2015-06-04
Like B284e, but new date (2014). Courtesy of Thomas Krause (www.polymernotes.de).Read More…
Macedonia new sig/date (00.12.2013) 100-denar note (B208k) confirmed
2015-06-03
, Like B208j, but new date (Декември 2013) and new signature (Dimitar Bogov). Courtesy of Martim Grupcev.Read More…
Scotland’s Bank of Scotland new 5- and 10-pound notes to be polymer issues
2015-05-31
According to an article on Daily Business dated 1 June 2015, the Bank of Scotland plans to issue new 5- and 10-pound notes on polymer. In November 2015, fifty 5-pound notes bearing winning designs from a children’s competition will be auctioned to benefit the BBC Children in Need charity. TheRead More…
Isle of Man Paper Money
2015-05-26
Isle of Man Paper MoneyPam West and Alan Kelly, 420 pages, soft cover, 147 x 210 mm, color illustrations, English, ISBN 9780954345747, €24 (plus shipping), Pam West, British Notes, PO Box 257, Sutton, Surrey SM3 9WW. Tel: 0208 641 3224, www.britishnotes.co.uk, pam@britishnotes.co.ukReviewed by Jonathan Callaway (full disclosure: a contributor toRead More…
East Germany buried, then burned its old banknotes
2015-05-23
Check out this great article from The New Indian Press dated 23 May 2015, which explains how and why East Germany buried and then burned many tons of banknotes when reunifying with West Germany.Read More…
Bank of England launches public nominations for new 20-pound note
2015-05-20
According to a press release dated 19 May 2015, “the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, announced that the next £20 note will celebrate Britain’s achievements in the visual arts and he launched a public nomination period to seek people’s views as to who should be recognised onRead More…
Hungary new sig/date (2015) 1,000-forint note (B582e) confirmed
2015-05-20
Like B582d, but new signatures (Matolcsy/Balog) and new date (2015). Courtesy of Róbert Szajkó.Read More…