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Like B422, but without Optics security thread. B423 (PNL): 500 rupees (US$36)Tan, red, and brown. Front: Creole, English, and French text; five coco-de-mer nuts; Depth Image hologram coat of arms; Catkin flowers; holographic foil stripe with sea turtle swimming in waves; Seychelles Kestrel (Katiti / Crécerelle des Seychelles) bird onRead More…

Lesotho new sig/date (2024) 50-loti note (B229b) confirmed

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On: 2025-12-18

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Like B229a, but new signature (Letete) and new date (2024). Courtesy of Chris Hall.Read More…

Sudan new 2,000-pound note (B421a) confirmed

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B421 (PNL): 2,000 Sudanese pounds (US$3.30)Green, yellow, and black. Front: Arabic text; cotton boll as registration device; cotton bolls; goats, camel, cattle; flying Secretary bird in purple OVI. Back: English; archeological ruins of Roman kiosk in Naqa; bank logo; cotton boll as registration device. Motion windowed security thread. Watermark: SecretaryRead More…

Sudan new 500-pound note (B419a) confirmed

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On: 2025-12-18

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B419 (PNL): 500 Sudanese pounds (US$0.85)Blue, violet, and black. Front: Arabic text; Old City Gate of Suakin as registration device; Tabo colossal statue; Presidential Palace building in Khartoum; ram statue. Back: English text; Al-Mogran confluence of Blue Nile and White Nile in Khartoum; bank logo; Old City Gate of SuakinRead More…