Apparently Libya is preparing a new 1-dinar (US$0.80) note without the portrait of Muammar Gaddafi, which appears on the current note B535a issued in 2009. Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson.Read More…
B290 (P106): 500 rupees (demonetized 09.11.2016) Brown, yellow, green, and purple. Front: Denomination as registration device; lion capital of Ashoka pillar; Mahatma Gandhi; RBI seal with tiger and palm tree. Back: Language panel; statue of Mahatma Gandhi leading nation by Gyarah Murti at Mother Teresa Crescent in New Delhi. 3-mmRead More…
According to a press release dated 12 January 2012, Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul announced that the Bank of Thailand is issuing a new family (series 16) of banknotes designed to glorify Thai kings of different periods. The notes will feature “new advanced counterfeit deterrent features,” but will retain the sizes, colors,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…
B324 (P102): 5,000 francs (US$8.10) Brown. Front: French text; RDC and map as registration device; zebras; Hemba statuette. Back: French text; food (perhaps cassava) bundles; two Congo peafowl birds; BCC and map. Windowed security thread with demetalized RD Congo. Watermark: Okapi head and electrotype 5000. Printer: (Unknown). 146 x 72Read More…
According to an press release dated 20 July 2012, Brazil’s central bank issued new 10- and 20-real banknotes on 23 July 2012. This series of notes will be complete when the 2- and 5-real notes are introduced in 2013. B876 (P254): 10 reais (US$3.05) Red. Front: Portuguese text; puzzle numberRead More…
According to Iraq’s semi-official Alsabaah newspaper, the finance committee received specimens of the new Iraq banknotes from the Central Bank of Iraq. The specimens were of the 25, 50, 100, and 200 dinars. The committee urged the central bank to delay the introduction of the new currency from January 2013Read More…
On 25 June 2012, the Central Bank of Armenia issued new 5,000-, 10,000-, and 20,000-dram notes (US$12, $24, and $48, respectively). These notes are like the preceding issues, but with subtle changes to several design elements, revised watermarks, new date (2012), and new signatures. On the 5,000-dram note the KinegramRead More…
10 córdobas (US$0.40), 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2007. Like P201, but instead of embossed 10 on see-through window, 10 is opaque white. Courtesy of Thomas Krause.Read More…
According to a press release, on 16 July 2012 Bank Negara Malaysia issued into circulation its new family of banknotes. These notes were previously issued in matching serial number sets and various numismatic products beginning 22 December 2011. Courtesy of Aidan Work and Joel Kandah.Read More…