According to an article in Trinidad Express Newspapers dated 14 June 2012 and an official press release, on 20 June 2012, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago unveiled a new 50-dollar (US$7.80) note to commemorate the nation’s 50th independence anniversary. The notes entered circulation in August 2012. The pressRead More…
This 20-dollar note was issued to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Central Bank of Barbados. B231 (P72): 20 dollars (US$10) Purple. Front: English text; pelican as registration device; 40 years anniversary logo; coat of arms; trident; flying fish; Samuel Jackman Prescod. Back: English text; House of Assembly buildings andRead More…
Like B230a, but new signature (Worrell). Prefix E26 – E29. Courtesy of Yuri Minkin (yuri111 on eBay).Read More…
According to an article on the Jamaica Information Service dated 19 June 2012, the Bank of Jamaica has unveiled a new family of banknotes commemorating the country’s Golden Jubilee. Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, said the notes are not only being launched to celebrate theRead More…
, Lockdales, Eastern England’s premier coin dealers and auctioneers of collectables, sold a Leeward Islands 10-shilling note on Saturday 14 July 2012 for £10,000 (US$18,000, including buyer’s premium). There are only two denominations for the Leeward Islands, both dated 1st January 1921. Rare in any form, this note is uniqueRead More…
According to a Today newspaper article dated 2 July 2012, the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten revealed that it cannot buy more banknotes because its board has yet to take a decision on the proposal from management to buy new notes.Read More…
Like B240e (P85), but new date (15.01.2011) and signature (Brian Wynter). Courtesy of Claudio Marana and Nin Cheun (Noteshobby on eBay).Read More…
Like B241f, but new date (15.01.2011). Signature: Brian Wynter. Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
Like BFX908c, but new signature (Medina) and new date (2011). Series DF. New sig. printed atop embossed old sig. Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson and Raul Perez Alejo.Read More…
Rumors recently surfaced in a Colombia Reports article dated 2 April 2012 that the back of Colombia’s 1,000-peso (US$0.55) note (B985 and B986)—first issued in 2001—contains an image of Cuba’s former leader, Fidel Castro, as a young student in the crowd behind Colombian presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala. However,Read More…