The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) announces that its voting membership has for the first time selected the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to receive its annual prestigious “Bank Note of the Year Award” for 2023.  With almost 100 new banknotes released worldwide during 2023, only 15 were deemed of sufficientlyRead More…

B202 (PNL): 5 riyals (US$1.35) Purple. Front: Arabic text; Shaybah oil refinery in Rub’ al Khali; King Salman bin Abdulaziz. Back: English text; mountains and field of flowers; national emblem (two crossed swords with palm tree). Simulated windowed security thread and solid security thread. Watermark: None. Printer: (De La Rue).Read More…

B250 (PNL): 500 dirhams (US$136) Blue. Front: Arabic text; Emirates logo; Terra Sustainability Pavilion in Expo City Dubai; rosette as registration device. Back: English text; rosette; Museum of the Future, Emirates Towers, and Burj Khalifa, all in in Dubai; denomination in gold-to-green SPARK Flow Dimension. Kinegram Colors foil stripe withRead More…