B214 (P70): 1,000 escudos (withdrawn 19.02.2020) Purple, blue, green, and yellow. Front (vertical): Portuguese text; writer and professor António Aurélio Gonçalves; medallion made of dragon tree leaves; hand with pen registration device; holographic inkwell with quill. Back (vertical): Portuguese text; landscape of Chanzinha on the island of São Nicolau, includingRead More…
On 25 September 2007, Manou Bheenick, governor of the Bank of Mauritius, announced a design competition for a new family of banknotes to be issued in 2009 to celebrate the bank’s 40th anniversary. Under the theme of “Banknotes—Mirrors of our Motherland,” this eighth series of notes should relate to theRead More…
5 dollars (US$5), 2006. Unveiled September 20, 2007. To be issued in “early 2008.” Green and light purple. Enlarged portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Wmk of large 5 to right of portrait, wmk of column of three smaller 5s to left of portrait. Security thread with repeating USA and 5 repositionedRead More…
On 19 September 2007, Eesti Pank announced that it would release into circulation renewed 25-, 100-, and 500-kroon banknotes during the next six months. The new 100-kroon (US$9) notes will be put into circulation at the end of 2007; the stock of 25- and 50-kroon banknotes will be renewed atRead More…
On 11 September 2007, Iran’s central bank governor, Tahmasb Mazaheri, admitted that the bank is examining a proposal to knock three zeros off the rial to increase economic confidence and reduce the number of banknotes necessary to conduct cash transactions. Since the Islamic revolution of 1979, the exchange rate ofRead More…
B593 (P109 & P115): 1 quetzal (US$0.15) Green, orange, and red. Front: Spanish text; flying quetzal bird; Mayan glyph as registration device; stylized temple with glyphs; president and general, José María Orellana; Mayan bird. Back: Spanish text; standing Mayan man and glyphs from jade Leyden plate (placa de Leyden); treesRead More…
B820 (P401): 10 dollars (US$1.25) Purple, pink, red, blue, and yellow. Front: Chinese and English text; Bauhinia flower; rearing horse as registration device; geometric designs. Back: Chinese and English text; geometric designs; ribbon, rearing horse; Bauhinia flower. No security thread. Watermark : 10. Printer: (Hong Kong Note Printing Limited).Read More…
The above note commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement between both Brunei and Singapore. The note is available individually, in uncut sheets of three or 24 notes (200 and 25 sheets produced, respectively), and in a limited edition of 2,000 sets with similar Singapore notes bearing matchingRead More…
The above note commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement between both Brunei and Singapore. The Monetary Authority of Singapore will issue a total of 3 million individual notes, and is also selling 10,000 limited edition sets with similar Brunei notes bearing matching serial numbers for S$88. B211Read More…
B204 (P32): 1,000 dollars (US$720) Light green, brown, deep pink. Front: Malay text; Akar bilaran (merremia borneensis) flower; Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah wearing uniform and dastar headgear; coat of arms. Back: English and Malay text; Ministry of Finance building in Bandar Seri Begawan. No security thread. Watermark (shadow image):Read More…