Zambia new date (2010) 20,000-kwacha note (B149f) confirmed
2011-02-20
, Like B149e, but new date (2010). Courtesy of Garry Craig.Read More…
East African Community moves to introduce common currency in 2012
2011-02-15
An East African Business Week article dated 14 February 2011, contains interesting information on the continuing plans to form an East African Community Monetary Union similar to the European Union, wherein all the partner states will replace their individual currencies—the Burundian franc, Kenyan shilling, Rwandan franc, Tanzanian shilling, and UgandanRead More…
Morocco watermark varieties confirmed
2011-02-08
,,,,,,,,, Morocco’s 10 to 200 dirham notes dated 1987 – 1996 (B504 – B508) have several previously undocumented watermark varieties, all of King Hassan II.For example, the 20-dirham note B508 has at least two different watermarks of Hassan II in profile. The first one appears to have a thinner face,Read More…
Sudan to split, creating two new currencies
2011-02-04
According to an article on allAfrica.com dated 1 February 2011, “the financial authorities in North Sudan told their Southern counterparts that they will discontinue use of the pound after the semi-autonomous region officially becomes an independent state” following last month’s referendum in which 99% of the Southerners voted to separateRead More…
Malawi new sig/date (31.10.2009) 20-kwacha note (B143f) confirmed
2011-02-04
Like B143e, but new signature (Ligoya) and new date (31st OCTOBER 2009). Courtesy of Andrew Roberts. Read More…
Tanzania new note family (B139a – B143a) confirmed
2011-01-19
On 17 December 2010, the Bank of Tanzania announced it would introduce a new family of notes on 1 January 2011. The new notes are slightly smaller than the existing notes, which will continue to circulate in parallel. The new notes are protected by Motion windowed security threads, Spark patches,Read More…
Nigeria new sig/date (2010) 200-naira note confirmed
2011-01-14
200 naira (US$1.30), 2010. Like P29, but new date and signatures (Lamido Aminu Sanusi and Muhammad Nda). Courtesy of Arigo Avbovbo.Read More…
West African States new signature varieties confirmed
2011-01-11
A new signature combination has been confirmed for the 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000-franc notes from the West African States. All notes are dated (20)10. The three denominations have been confirmed with the country code of D for Mali, which makes these P415, P417, and P418. The 5,000 and 10,000-franc denominationsRead More…
Ghana new sig/date (06.03.2010) 50-cedi note (B149b) confirmed
2011-01-09
Like B149a, but new date (6th MARCH 2010), new signature (Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur), and electrotype denomination added to the watermark. Courtesy of Andrew Roberts.Read More…
Uganda 20,000-shilling note (B158a) spurs copyright claim
2010-12-29
According to an article on Daily Monitor dated 30 December 2010, the Bank of Uganda used an image of a sculpture on the front of the 20,000-shilling (US$8.60) note issued 17 May 2010 without the permission of its creator, Sylivia Nabiteeko Katende, a senior lecturer at the Margaret Trowel SchoolRead More…