, Like B333a, but 3-mm (not 4-mm) tall prefix letters in vertical serial number at right and different font in horizontal serial number at left (B333a, top; B333b, bottom). Also, Cornerstone watermarks removed, possibily indicating someone other than DLR printed the new variety. Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.Read More…
10 rupees, 2013. Like B409, but new date and signature (Caroline Abel). 100 rupees, 2013. Like B417, but new date and signature (Caroline Abel).Courtesy of Murtaza Karimjee (http://www.africanbanknotes.blogspot.com).Read More…
According to various news sources dated 26 November 2013, the Central Bank of Nigeria has announced its intention to revert to paper from polymer for its banknote substrate. Nigeria has been issuing low-denomination (5 to 50 naira) notes on polymer since the introduction of the 20-naira note (CBN B32a) onRead More…
10 naira, 2013. Like B235, but new date and signatures. Courtesy of Hartmut Fraunhoffer (www.banknoten.de).Read More…
20 naira, 2013. Like B232k, but new date. Courtesy of Alex Zlotin.Read More…
Like B147c, but new date (6th MARCH 2013) and signature. Courtesy of Radoslaw Dlouhy. P.S. Radoslaw also mentions that Ghana’s National Museum in Accra has some exhibits of banknotes including many specimen notes.Read More…
1 cedi, 6th MARCH 2013. Like B145d, but new date and signature (Henry Kofi Wampah). 5 cedis, 6th MARCH 2013. Like B146c, but new date and signature (Henry Kofi Wampah). 20 cedis, 6th MARCH 2013. Like B148c, but new date and signature (Henry Kofi Wampah). Courtesy of Merjim Groen.Read More…
According to a press release, on 6 November 2013 the South African Reserve Bank revised the banknote family launched exactly a year prior by adding Omron rings (or as the SARB calls them, “little dots”) on the fronts and backs of all denominations (visible in the watermark areas on theRead More…
According to a Reuters article dated 29 October 2013, 10 gunmen intercepted a van carrying $55 million in cash when it left the airport in Sirte on its way to the local central bank branch. No word yet on the notes which were stolen, but in the past other nationsRead More…
B434 (P66): 500 rupees (US$15) Orange. Front: English, Hindi, and Tamil text; coat of arms; Sookdeo Bissoondoyal; bank building façade; standing Justice with sword and scales; blue-to-green OVI patch. Back: Blue-to-green OVI patch; University of Mauritius building and palm trees in Reduit. No security thread. Watermark (shadow image): None. Printer:Read More…