B217 (P71): 200 escudos (US$2.15) Red, purple, and yellowish-green. Front: Portuguese text; map of Fogo; bunch of grapes; doctor and writer Henrique Teixeira de Sousa; embossed pen nib. Back: Portuguese text; bunch of grapes; Pico do Fogo stratovolcano. No security thread. Watermark: None. Printer: (De La Rue). 124 x 63Read More…
B287 (P153): 20,000 rials (US$0.75) Blue and green. Front: Farsi text; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Back: English and Farsi text; Aghazadeh Mansion wind catchers in Abarkooh. Windowed security thread with demetalized stylized sun. Watermark: Ruhollah Khomeini. Printer: (TAKAB). 163 x 78 mm. Paper. a. No date. Sig. 30: Seif/Tayebnia. Intro: 15.12.2014.Read More…
According to a press release dated 12 December 2014, the National Bank of Kazakhstan has introduced a regular issue 1,000-tenge note with new design. B139 (P45): 1,000 tenge (US$5.50) Yellow, brown, orange, and blue. Front (vertical): Kazakh text; national emblem; OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) building inRead More…
According to an article on MacauHub dated 2 January 2015, the Bank of Cabo Verde has introduced new 500- and 5,000-escudo notes, thereby completing the new series of notes which also include 200, 1,000 and 2,000 escudo denominations reportedly introduced on 23 December 2014. Courtesy of Cleo Phas and DavidRead More…
According to a press release dated 29 December 2014, on 9 March 2015 the National Bank of Ukraine will introduce a redesigned 100-hryvnia note with enhanced security features, including windowed security thread and SPARK patch. The date of introduction is the 201st birthday of Taras Shevchenko, the artist whose portaitRead More…
According to an article on OceanPress dated 22 December 2014, on 23 December the Banco de Cabo Verde will introduce new 200-, 1,000- and 2,000-escudo banknotes, the first in a new family honoring Cape Verdean figures in the fields of literature, music, and politics. The 200-escudo note is printed onRead More…
According to a press release dated 7 August 2014, the Central Bank of Iraq has introduced a new 10,000-dinar banknote. B355 (P101): 10,000 dinars (US$6.85) Green. Front: Arabic text; gold-to-green SPARK feature; sculptor Jawad Saleem’s Freedom Monument in Baghdad. Back: English text; al-Hadba’ (the hunchback) minaret and trees at theRead More…
According to the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, this redesigned 50-dollar note printed on polymer substrate reflects “the beauty of our people and the diversity off our flora.” It replaces the preceding 50-dollar paper note issued in 2012, which failed to gain public acceptance because it was similar inRead More…
On 2 September 2014, the Magyar Nemze Bank released a revised 10,000-forint note (B591) like the current issue (B585), but with new color scheme and updated security features. This is the first denomination to be revised, but the bank intends to update all denominations by 2018. Courtesy of Hartmut FraunhofferRead More…
According to an article on El Comercio.com dated 16 December 2014, the Colombian Congress has passed a law to honor 1982 Nobel literature prize winning writer Gabriel García Marquez on the next banknotes or coins introduced by the Banco de la República.Courtesy of Andres Collazos.Read More…