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Polymer Bank Notes of the World Stane Straus, Donald Ludwig, Marian Meyer, and Tigerson, 144 pages, soft cover, 297 x 212 mm, color illustrations, English, ISBN 9789619365908, €20 (plus shipping), kin2.orders@gmail.com Reviewed by Owen W. Linzmayer Polymer Bank Notes of the World is the definitive guide to one of theRead More…

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, According to a BBC article dated 15 June 2014, the Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled the design of a new 5-pound note commemorating the Ryder Cup. The notes will be available to ticket-holders of the golf tournament which takes place at Gleneagles in Perthshire from 23 – 28Read More…

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According to a press release dated 1 May 2014, Fortress Paper announced that its Landqart mill’s Durasafe banknote paper (an innovative new composite paper-polymer-paper banknote substrate) has been confirmed as the substrate of the ninth series of the Swiss franc by the Swiss National Bank. Production problems have caused theRead More…

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Like B545a, but new signature (Gillmore Hoefdraad), new date (1 APRIL 2012, vertical in blue), new printer imprint (Giesecke & Devrient), and new substrate (Hybrid). Like B549a, but new signature (Gillmore Hoefdraad), new date (1 APRIL 2012, vertical in blue), and new printer imprint (Giesecke & Devrient). Courtesy of HartmutRead More…

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According to a Giesecke & Devrient press release, the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan switched the printer and substrate for its 1- and 10-ngultrum notes dated 2013. These notes (B216b and B218b, respectively) are now printed by Giesecke & Devrient, not De La Rue, and are printed on a compositeRead More…