Lebanon new 50,000-pound note (B547a) confirmed
2020-02-01
Like B545a, but new date (٢٠١٩) and without green guilloche at center back. Courtesy of Claude Akl (dekeneh on eBay).Read More…
Iran and Persia chapters bundled — 50% off
2020-01-13
With Iran much in the news lately, we’re bundling the Iran and Persia chapters of The Banknote Book so that interested parties can delve into the fascinating and beautiful numismatic history of this troubled part of the world. Get both chapters now for only $9.99. That’s 50% off theRead More…
Omani sultan dies; new notes expected
2020-01-11
According to an AFP article dated 10 January 2020, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the longest-reigning leader of the modern Arab world, has died at the age of 79. The sultan’s image and signature appears on all notes since 1976, so new notes will likely appear after a successor is named.Read More…
Jordan new sig/date (2019) 5-dinar note (B230h) confirmed
2019-11-30
Like B230g, but new date (2019 ٢٠١٩) and new signatures: Kanakriyah/Fariz. Courtesy of Tomasz Jazwinski.Read More…
Lebanon new 20,000-pound note (B544a) confirmed
2019-11-07
Like B535, but new date (٢٠١٢), new Motion windowed security thread with demetalized 20000, diagonal, not horizontal, shading in denomination at center front, and new Western serial number font. Prefix C/05. Courtesy of Claude Akl (dekeneh on eBay).Read More…
Iran new signature 10,000-rial note (B295c) confirmed
2019-10-25
Like B295b, but new signatures (Hemmati/Dejpasand). Courtesy of Ömer Yalçinkaya (omeryalcinkayacollectionshop on eBay).Read More…
Iraq new sig/date (2018) 25,000-dinar note (B356c) confirmed
2019-10-23
, Like B356b), but new signature (printed name) and new date (٢٠١٨ – ١٤٤٠ 2018/AH1440). Courtesy of Idrus Abdullah.Read More…
Georgia new 10-lari note (B255) confirmed
2019-10-17
, According to a press release, the National Bank of Georgia planned to introduce a new 10-lari note on 1 October 2019, thereby completing the new family of notes begun in 2016. Courtesy of Albert Vokhmin.Read More…
Afghanistan new sig/date (2016) 500-afghani note (B363d) reported
2019-10-08
Like B363c, but new signatures (Sediq/Hakimi) and new date (١٣٩۵ (SH1395/2016)).Courtesy of Dmitry Svobodin.Read More…
Iran to revalue and rename currency
2019-08-02
According to a DW article dated 31 July 2019, the Iranian government has approved a plan to remove four zeroes from the rial and rename the currency the toman, a former superunit of official currency that was in circulation until 1925. Iranians have for decades continued to use the termRead More…