Norway 1977-1998 notes demonetized
2012-11-08
Norges Bank has announced that the notes dated 1977-1998 (Pick 41-P45) were demonetized as 1 November 2012. Courtesy of Sune Persson.Read More…
European Monetary Union to issue new “Europa” series 5-euro note in May 2013
2012-11-08
According to a press release dated 8 November 2012, “The European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks (NCBs) of the Eurosystem are to introduce a second series of euro banknotes. Called the “Europa” series, it will include a portrait of Europa – a figure from Greek mythology andRead More…
European Monetary Union new note family reported for introduction in 2013
2012-11-07
According to an article on EUObserver dated 5 November 2012, “The European Central Bank is Thursday to present a plan for replacing current euro notes with safer ones from [May] 2013, Hessischer Rundfunk reported Sunday. The second generation euro notes will still have values from five to €500, but motifsRead More…
Moldova 1-leu commemorative note confirmed fake
2012-11-07
This note supposedly commemorates the 15th anniversary of the Moldovan leu, which was introduced on 29 November 1993. Apparently the first 150 1-leu notes dated 2006 were embossed in the Czech Republic with a gold medalion at right front containing the bank logo, the words 15 ANI (15 years), andRead More…
Northern Ireland’s Northern Bank to become Danske Bank by end of 2012
2012-10-26
According to an article in the Belfast Telegraph dated 11 May 2012, by the end of 2012 Northern Bank will be rebranded under the name of its Danish parent, Danske Bank, with new banknotes in circulation within a year. According to an article in The Irish News dated 20 OctoberRead More…
Norway new sig/date (2011) 50-kroner note confirmed
2012-10-24
50 kroner (US$8.70), 2011. Like P46, but new date and signatures (Øystein Olsen / Trond Eklund). Courtesy of Håkon Meidell-Pritzier Hagelund.Read More…
Romania new date (2012) 10-leu note (B281e) confirmed
2012-10-15
Like B281d, but new date. Courtesy of Daniel Mendea.Read More…
Macedonia new sig/date (00.12.2011) 10-denar note (B206i) confirmed
2012-10-04
Like B206h, but new date (Декември 2011) and signature (Dimitar Bogov). Courtesy of Hartmut Fraunhoffer (www.banknoten.de).Read More…
Denmark new date (2011) 200-kroner note confirmed
2012-10-02
200 kroner (US$35), (20)11. Like P67, but new date, new signatures, and prefix A4. Courtesy of Christoph Thomas.Read More…
Trans-Dniester corrected 500-ruble note (B208b) confirmed
2012-09-23
500 rubles (US$59), 2004. Like B208a, but with Ukrainian E on series prefix AA (top) corrected to I on series prefix AB (bottom) as 6th character, 1st word, 3rd line of text on front, and I instead of backwards N as 8th character, 2nd word, 3rd line. Prefix AB. CourtesyRead More…