According to an article on SmarterScience, euro banknotes use a rare earth element known as europium to enhance the luminescence of anti-counterfeiting features. Courtesy of Richard Bonkowski.Read More…
Like B350f, but new signatures and new date (2008).Courtesy of Christof Zellweger.Read More…
On 29 December 2010, the National Bank of Belarus introduced new 50- and 50,000-ruble banknotes to bring the inscriptions on the notes into compliance with the new rules of Belarusian spelling and punctuation. The images, colors, and sizes of the notes remain consistent with the preceding issues of the sameRead More…
, Like B208h, but new date (СЕПТЕМВРИ 2008). Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson.Read More…
The General Council of Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, has announced its choices for people and natural motifs to be featured on a new family of banknotes and coins: Denomination Portrait Nature and environment motifs 20 krona Astrid Lindgren Småland 50 krona Evert Taube Bohuslän 100 krona Greta Garbo StockholmRead More…
On 1 April 2011, the Czech National Bank officially replaces the 50-koruna note (Pick 17) note with a coin as a cost-saving measure. Notes remain redeemable for another five years. Courtesy of Jay Mollindo.Read More…
Collector Mick Wilson is trying to obtain a full breakdown of replacement Scottish banknotes. He seeks info on the following: Bank of issueDenominationDate on noteSerial number300-dpi scans of the note. Anyone who can assist Mick is encouraged to email him directly.Read More…
Eesti Pank, the Bank of Estonia, has published the third part of Estonia’s money catalog. The first and second volumes of the catalog published in 2007 include banknotes and circulation and collector coins that were issued during both the first Republic (1918-1940) and after the monetary reform of 1992 inRead More…
Persuant to the National Bank of Ukraine resolution No.55 dated 4 March 2011, NBU will issue banknotes with the signature of Serhii Arbuzov, the bank’s new governor appointed 19 January 2011, following this schedule: 50-hryvnia (US$6.30) note will be issued 1 June 2011. 10-hryvnia (US$1.25) note will be issued 1Read More…
Like B581b, but new date (2010). Courtesy of Mikhail “Mike” Prizov.Read More…