The London branch of the IBNS has decided to postpone its annual World Paper Money Fair until 1 October 2021. If you have paid a deposit, they will refund you in full (please contact Gareth Thomas at dealers@wpmf.info), otherwise they will transfer it to 2021 in order to hold a table for the 50th fair inRead More…
According to a United States Department of State press statement dated 29 May 2020, “The United States commends the Government of the Republic of Malta’s announcement May 26 of its seizure of $1.1 billion of counterfeit Libyan currency printed by Joint Stock Company Goznak—a Russian state-owned company—and ordered by anRead More…
According to a press release dated 5 May 2020, the Central Bank of Liberia has awarded a contract to Crane Currency to supply new banknotes. Crane previously printed the current family of notes (B311 – B316) without imprint. Courtesy of I.B.Read More…
According to Jos F. M. Eijsermans, the spring PaperMoneyFair scheduled for 4-5 April 2020 in Valkenburg has been cancelled due to concerns regarding the global coronavirus pandemic.Read More…
New banknotes have been recognised for their outstanding design and security technical excellence with international awards. The awards formed part of the High Security Printing EMEA Conference, which was organised by Reconnaissance International and held recently in Lisbon, Portugal. These recognise the highest levels of achievement in three categories: BestRead More…
According to an article in Bloomberg News, Venezuela has contracted with Russian security printer Goznak to produce 300 million new notes denominated from 10,000 to 50,000 bolívars, at a cost of 6.8 million euros.Read More…
According to a press release, the parent company of the Royal Bank of Scotland plans to change its name from RBS Group plc, to NatWest Group plc later in 2020. However, this isn’t likely to result in banknotes with the NatWest name as the release explicitly states, “Customers will seeRead More…
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OPTICAL DOCUMENT SECURITY CONFERENCE SHOWS INNOVATION IN PROTECTION OF ESTABLISHED DOCUMENTS New ways to identify fake security devices on banknotes, passports and other secured documents will be at the heart of the Optical Document Security conference for central banks, ID issuers and authorities, banknote and ID printers / integrators andRead More…
The ‘Future of Cash’ conference, which will be held on 21 – 22 April in Madrid, Spain and organised by AGIS Consulting, will see central bankers and decision-makers from financial institutions and other stakeholders within the cash cycle across the world consider the drivers behind the demand for cash and new technologiesRead More…