West African States (Burkina Faso) new sig/date (2023) 500-franc note (B120Cl) confirmed
2024-01-09
Like B120Ck, but new signatures (Yaya/Brou) and new date (2023). Courtesy of Alex Zlotin.Read More…
China new 20-yuan commemorative note (B4127a) confirmed
2024-01-09
This 20-yuan note is the first in a series commemorating the Chinese zodiac (rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig) that will be introduced over the course of 12 years. A total of 100 million notes will be issued at face value, with aRead More…
Afghanistan new sig/date (2022) 100-afghani note (B375b) confirmed
2024-01-08
Like B375a, but new signatures (Idrees/Badri) and new date (2022). Courtesy of S. Hakim Hamdani AMRSC.Read More…
Argentina new 20,000- and 50,000-peso notes reported for introduction in June 2024
2024-01-06
According to an article on Infobae.com dated 26 December 2023, the new president, Javier Milei, confirmed that the Banco Central de la República Argentina is preparing 20,000- and 50,000-peso notes due to high inflation. At present exchange ranges, these notes would be worth approximately US$25 and US$60, respectively. They areRead More…
Samoa new 5-tala polymer note (B123a) confirmed
2024-01-05
B123 (PNL): 5 tala (US$1.85) Red. Front: English and Samoan text; Tueila flower; beach. Back: English and Samoan text; Villa Vailima, Robert Louis Stevenson’s former house, now the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum south of Apia in Vailima; Samoan coat of arms; Tueila flower. No security thread. Watermark: None. Printer: (De LaRead More…
Nicaragua new date (17.03.2021) 100-córdoba note (B509b) confirmed
2024-01-05
Like B509a, but new date (17 DE MARZO DE 2021), tactile embossing at lower right front, and Iridescent band added on back. Courtesy of Francisco Orozco Icaza.Read More…
Malawi new date (01.01.2022) 2,000-kwacha note (B164b) confirmed
2024-01-05
Like B164a, but new date (1st JANUARY 2022). Courtesy of Wally Myers.Read More…
Sweden new sig/date (2022) 100-krone note confirmed
2024-01-03
Like P71, but new date (prefix K = 2022) and new signatures (Broman/Ingves). Courtesy of Ralf Faust.Read More…
Somalia new 1,000-shilling note (B317a) confirmed
2023-12-30
In the early 2010s, Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government ordered a new family of banknotes to be printed in Sudan, (presumably by Sudan Currency Printing Press, the state printer). By 2013, Somalia’s new federal government declared that the introduction of the notes was postponed until an unspecified later date, pending theRead More…
Nigeria new sig/date (2023) 500-naira note (B245b) confirmed
2023-12-28
Like B245a, but new signatures (Emefiele/Kwaghe) and new date (2023). Courtesy of Alex Zlotin.Read More…