B112 (PNL): 1,000 francs (US$1.80) Blue, yellow, red, green, and brown. Front: Arabic and French text; map; denomination as registration device; stylized outline of Africa in diamonds; BEAC headquarters building in Yaoundé, Cameroon; CEMAC logo; flowers. Back: French text; woman health care provider examining screen while patient lies in bed;Read More…
B111 (PNL): 500 francs (US$0.90) Gray, yellow, blue, green, and orange. Front: Arabic and French text; map; denomination as registration device; stylized outline of Africa in diamonds; BEAC headquarters building in Yaoundé, Cameroon; CEMAC logo; flowers. Back: French text; irrigation of agricultural field with farmer, tractor, tree, and cattle. SolidRead More…
This note is like the preceding issues, but with a new color scheme to better distinguish it from the 1-dollar note (B349). B360 (PNL): 10 dollars (US$10) Gray, yellow, green, and red. Front: English text; sand dollar as registration device; map; Yellow Elder flower, SPARK Orbital butterfly; Stafford L. Sands.Read More…
This note is like the preceding issue (B627a), but with new date, new signature, new printer (without imprint), and chevron ornament added at lower right back. B636 (PNL): 50 Syrian pounds (US$0.05) Blue and tan. Front: Arabic text; Ugarit alphabet on cuneiform clay tablet; ancient writing on cuneiform clay tabletRead More…
B251 (PNL): 1,000 dirhams (US$272) Brown. Front: Arabic text; Emirates logo; Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan; Emirates Mars Mission “Hope Probe;” NASA space shuttle on launch pad; rosette as registration device. Back: English text; rosette; Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi. Kinegram foil stripe with astronaut. Watermark: None.Read More…
According to an article in Business in Cameroon dated 7 October 2019, the Banque des États de l’Afrique Centrale was preparing a new family of notes. The information was revealed in Resolution N°7 of the ordinary meeting of the Central African Monetary Union (UMAC)’s ministerial council, which was held onRead More…
B245 (PNL): 500 naira (US$1.15) Green. Front: Ajami Hausa and English text; Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, first President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Back: English text; off-shore oil platform; Nigerian coat of arms. Windowed security thread with demetalized CBN. Watermark: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and electrotype CBN 500. Printer: (Nigerian SecurityRead More…
B244 (PNL): 200 naira (US$0.45) Pink. Front: Ajami Hausa and English text; Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sarduana of Sokoto and the first Premier of Northern Nigeria. Back: English text; two cattle; sacks of groundnuts; cocoa pods; date palms; corn; Nigerian coat of arms. Windowed security thread with demetalized CBN.Read More…
On 8 June 2016, the Romanian parliament adopted a draft law which restores the crown on the head of the gold eagle in the country’s coat of arms. Pursuant to the provisions of Articles 14 and 17 of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of RomaniaRead More…
B436 (PNL): 200 riels (US$0.05) Gray, green, and orange. Front: Khmer text; coat of arms; naga, mythical snake; King Norodom Sihamoni as youth. Back: English and Khmer text; Preah Thineang Chan Chhaya (Moonlight Pavilion) of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh; Paul Ducuing’s statue of King Sisowath at National Museum ofRead More…