, President Jacob Zuma holding example of 50-rand note bearing portrait of Nelson Mandela. According to a press release dated 11 February 2012 (22 years after Nelson Mandela was freed), the South African Reserve Bank is in the process of producing a new series of banknotes which “will have theRead More…
According to a press release dated 9 February 2012, the Swiss National Bank has delayed the introduction of its new banknote series “for at least one year.” The new series was expected to be issued “towards the end of 2012,” but “unexpected technical problems were encountered.” The 50-franc note wasRead More…
The Bank of the Lao P.D.R. issued a new 100,000-kip (US$12.50) note on 1 February 2012 to encourage the public to use the national currency instead of US dollars or Thai baht. The new note is printed by Goznak in Russia.Courtesy of Leszek Porowski and Dustin Roses.Read More…
B542 (P78A): 10 dinars (US$7.30) Green. Front: Arabic text; crescent moon and star; Omar El Mukhtar; Jasper hologram. Back: English text; crowd and hilltop fortress in Sabha. DualTrack windowed security thread with demetalized 10 and Arabic characters. Watermark: Omar El Mukhtar and electrotype 10. Printer: (François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire). 156Read More…
Athough dated 2011, these two notes were apparently issued in January 2012. Courtesy of John Miskell.Read More…
According to a press release dated 16 January 2012 on Sabait.com, the web site of Eritrea’s Ministry of Information, the National Bank of Eritrea has produced new 50- and 100-nakfa notes. Kibreab Woldemariam, administrator of the bank, said the new 50-nakfa note (B111a) is already in circulation, and the newRead More…
According to an article in The Standard dated 25 July 2011, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp has admitted to making a mistake in the design of its new 100-dollar (US$12.85) note which was officially unveiled on 20 July and slated for issuance between November 2011 and January 2012. TheRead More…
B286 (P102): 10 rupees (US$0.15) Orange, purple, and brown. Front: English and Hindi text; lion capital of Ashoka pillar; denomination as registration device; Mahatma Gandhi; RBI seal with tiger and palm tree. Back: Language panel; rhinoceros, Bengal tiger, and elephant. Windowed security thread with demetalized RBI. Watermark: Electrotype vertical 10;Read More…
On 21 November 2011, Banco de Guatemala issued a new 5-quetzal (US$0.65) banknote printed on polymer substrate by the Canadian Bank Note Company. The new note is dated 19 DE MAYO DE 2010. Courtesy of Evgeny Afanasov and Thomas Augustsson.Read More…
B291 (P107): 1,000 rupees (demonetized 09.11.2016) Red, pink, yellow, orange, black, green, and light blue. Front: Denomination as registration device; lion capital of Ashoka pillar; flowers; Mahatma Gandhi; RBI seal with tiger and palm tree. Back: Language panel; farmers riding combine tractor in wheat field; offshore oil drilling platform; satellite;Read More…