According to an article on Kapital.kz dated 18 December 2013, the National Bank of Kazakhstan has decided not to introduce a 20,000-tenge note (B143a) at this time due to fears of inflation. At present the largest denomination is the 10,000-tenge note (US$65).Courtesy of Cleophas Elmakias Schockemohle.Read More…
B536 (P96): 10 dinars (US$3.65) Light blue and yellow. Front: Arabic text; poet Aboul El Kacem Chebbi. Back: French text; arches of Medesa Bacchia school in Tunis. Holographic stripe with Aboul El Kacem Chebbi, quill, and crescent moon and star. DualTrack windowed security thread with demetalized BCT 10 and design.Read More…
According to a press release dated 12 December 2013, “In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No.2155 of 30 March 1995 “On the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan”, the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, based on the decision of the Management Board ofRead More…
This note commemorates 60 years of Cambodia’s independence. More info in Khmer press release. Courtesy of Allan Lim (www.artofangkor.com/ccc) and Thomas Augustsson.Read More…
Like B1046, but with black NATIONAL YEAR OF RICE overprint. Courtesy of Andrew Quirke.Read More…
According to a press release dated 8 November 2013, on 15 November the Central Bank of Sri Lanka began issuing 5 million 500-rupee notes commemorating the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Sri Lanka from 15 to 17 November 2013. The note is like the preceding issues (B126), butRead More…
B150 (P45): 2 kina (US$0.60) Green. Front: English text; coat of arms with bird of paradise perched on Kundu drum and ceremonial spear; National Parliament building in Port Moresby; 40th anniversary logo. Back: English text; Mount Hagan axe; Kula arm band from Milne Bay Province; engraved dogs’ tooth necklace fromRead More…
According to a press release dated 13 November 2013, the Banco Central de Honduras has unveiled revisions to its entire family of banknotes which now include embossed Braille dots and high-relief vertical bars at top and bottom center, both intended to help the sight impaired identify the different denominations byRead More…
According to various press reports dated 14 November 2013, the Central Bank of Myanmar will issue banknotes bearing the image of the country’s late national hero—General Aung San—who is the father of Myanmar armed forces. The general’s portrait last appeared on the 35-kyat note issued in 1986 (B1008a) when theRead More…
According to a press release, on 6 November 2013 the South African Reserve Bank revised the banknote family launched exactly a year prior by adding Omron rings (or as the SARB calls them, “little dots”) on the fronts and backs of all denominations (visible in the watermark areas on theRead More…