According to a press release, the Bank of Papua New Guinea has issued a new 20-kina note to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the country with a special overprint of the 40th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea Independence and the National Bird of Paradise image above the Parliament House. TheyRead More…
According to a press release, these 10-kina notes were issued to commemorate the XV Pacific Games with a special overprint of the XV Pacific Games logo in yellow, red, green, black and blue in color located above the Parliament House. They are physically smaller (135 x 70 mm) than theRead More…
, According to a press release dated 21 May 2015, the Bank of Papua New Guinea will issue new 10- and 20-kina commemorative banknotes, both resized as part of the reform process undertaken by the bank to standardize the size of Papua New Guinea banknotes. The 10-kina banknote incorporates aRead More…
Like B220, but revised design. Intro: 10 April 2015. The following is a press release from De La Rue: 10 April 2015: A new $100 designed and printed in close collaboration with De La Rue has been launched by the Central Bank of Solomon Islands. This is the second denominationRead More…
According to a press release dated 13 February 2015, Glenn Stevens, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, “announced that the next generation of Australian banknotes will include a ‘tactile’ feature to assist people with a vision impairment. As previously announced, existing features to help the vision impaired tell theRead More…
The Conversation has published an interesting article on the history of polymer banknotes in Australia.Read More…
On 19 November 2014, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand unveiled the designs for a new family of “Brighter Money” banknotes with upgraded security features. The new notes will be released progressively, by denomination. The target release date for the $5 and $10 is October 2015, with the $20, $50Read More…
Like B133g, but new date (2014). Courtesy of Scott de Young.Read More…
Like B134e, but new signature (Wheeler) and new date (2014).Courtesy of Scott de Young.Read More…
Like B116a, 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 Claudio Marana and Max Keller.Read More…