B123 (PNL): 5 tala (US$1.85) Red. Front: English and Samoan text; Tueila flower; beach. Back: English and Samoan text; Villa Vailima, Robert Louis Stevenson’s former house, now the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum south of Apia in Vailima; Samoan coat of arms; Tueila flower. No security thread. Watermark: None. Printer: (De LaRead More…
In the early 2010s, Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government ordered a new family of banknotes to be printed in Sudan, (presumably by Sudan Currency Printing Press, the state printer). By 2013, Somalia’s new federal government declared that the introduction of the notes was postponed until an unspecified later date, pending theRead More…
In the early 2010s, Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government ordered a new family of banknotes to be printed in Sudan, (presumably by Sudan Currency Printing Press, the state printer). By 2013, Somalia’s new federal government declared that the introduction of the notes was postponed until an unspecified later date, pending theRead More…
According to a press release, the Banco Central de Reserva del Peru introduced a new 200-sol note on 15 December 2023.. Courtesy of Charles Toussaint and Juozapas Žygas.Read More…
According to a “press release” reportedly from the Ministry of Finance of the République du Cameroun dated 30 November 2023, a maximum of 10,000 legal tender notes were issued to commemorate the 2024 Chinese Year of the Dragon. However, this information has not been officially confirmed, and there is ampleRead More…
B241 (PNL): 500 patacas (US$63) Green. Front: Chinese and Portuguese text; façades of small buildings; denomination as registration device; dragon; lotus flower; Banco da China headquarters building in Macau; bank logo; dragon head in OVI. Back: Chinese and Portuguese text; skyline of large buildings; unknown building; bank logo; denomination asRead More…
B242 (PNL): 1,000 patacas (US$125) Orange. Front: Chinese and Portuguese text; façades of small buildings; denomination as registration device; dragon; lotus flower; Banco da China headquarters building in Macau; bank logo; dragon head in OVI. Back: Chinese and Portuguese text; skyline of large buildings; Chinese junk boat; bank logo; denominationRead More…
B095 (PNL): 500 patacas (US$63) Green. Front: Chinese and Portuguese text; denomination as registration device; lotus flower; old and new façades of Banco Nacional Ultramarino headquarters building; lotus flower in OVI. Back: Chinese and Portuguese text; tree; map of Macau in 1986; denomination as registration device. Green-to-magenta windowed security threadRead More…
B096 (PNL): 1,000 patacas (US$125) Orange and red. Front: Chinese and Portuguese text; denomination as registration device; lotus flower; old and new façades of Banco Nacional Ultramarino headquarters building; lotus flower in OVI. Back: Chinese and Portuguese text; tree; map of Macau in 2022; denomination as registration device. Green-to-magenta windowedRead More…
This note commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. B245 (PNL): 2 dollars (US$0.75) Yellow, red, blue, and purple. Front (vertical): English text; conch shell; Central Bank headquarters building; Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, “The Master Blaster,” wielding cricket bat; 40th anniversary logo; turtles and fish. Back (vertical):Read More…