On 27 April 2010, Banco Central de Costa Rica unveiled a new family of banknotes that will replace the existing issues. The first denomination to be issued (possibly by August 2010) will be the 20,000 colones (US$39.10) depicting writer Carmen Lyra. This will be followed by the 2,000 colones inRead More…
B299 (P164): 10,000 pesos (US$16) Light blue. Front: Spanish text; stylized corazón del copihue (heart of Chilean bellflower); Captain Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón wearing navy uniform; denomination as registration device. Back: Spanish text; denomination as registration device; Andean condor bird soaring above the Cordillera Darwin mountain range and ice fieldsRead More…
Like B324, but new signature and references to franc removed. Prefix/suffix A/N – B/L. Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
The United States’ long-awaited new 100-dollar banknote was unveiled on 21 April 2010. Like the preceding issues of the denomination, it features Benjamin Franklin on the front and Independence Hall on the back, but is protected by improved anti-counterfeiting features, chief among them is Crane’s windowed Motion thread (which theRead More…
Like B315, but instead of the bank initials embossed on the silvery round patch on the front, the initials are printed; and the note is lithographed front and back. Furthermore, new date and new printer imprint (GIESECKE & DEVRIENT MUNICH). Imprint is in lower right corner on the back, belowRead More…
1,000,000 rials (US$101.15), no date. Introduced 2010. Like million-rial cheque (B292a) issued by the Central Bank of Iran in 2008, but new color scheme and signatures. Courtesy of Ricardo Castedo.Read More…
According to a PressTV article dated 23 March 2010, “The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) will issue new 100,000-rial [US$10.11] banknotes within four months, says CBI Head Mahmoud Bahmani. ‘We have ordered 100,000-rial banknotes to be printed and people will get these notes within four months,’ said Bahmani on Monday,Read More…
According to an Inquirer Global Nation article dated 11 March 2010, former President Corazon Aquino and various tourist spots—including the underground river in Palawan—will be featured in the next generation of peso banknotes to be introduced in December 2010, according to OIC Central Bank Governor Diwa Guinigundo. All denominations (20,Read More…
According to a media advisory dated 5 March 2010, “The new design for the $100 note will make its debut on Wednesday, April 21 during a ceremony at the Department of the Treasury’s Cash Room. The U.S. government redesigns currency in order to stay ahead of counterfeiters and protect theRead More…
According to an article in The Globe and Mail dated 4 March 2010, Canada has announced that beginning in late 2011 it intends to replace paper-cotton banknotes with polymer notes which are reported to last “two to three times longer. The changes are intended save on the cost of printingRead More…