South Africa new signature 20-rand note (B768b) confirmed
2015-07-02
Like B768a, but new signature (Kganyago). Prefix GQ – PP. Intro: 00.07.2015. Courtesy of Ruan de Witt.Read More…
South Africa new signature 100-rand note (B770b) reported
2015-06-22
According to a press release dated 19 June 2015, Lesetja Kganyago, the new governor of the South African Reserve Bank, returned to his home village of Moletjie Ga-Maribana in Limpopo to buy bread, cooking oil, maize meal, and sugar at Makgohloane General Trading shop with the first batch of banknotesRead More…
South Africa new 100-rand note (B770a) confirmed
2014-11-19
Like B765a, but with Omron rings added to front and back. Courtesy of Alberto Fochi.Read More…
South Africa new 10-rand note (B767a) confirmed
2014-03-09
Like B762a, but with Omron rings added to front and back. Prefix AJ – PK. Intro: 06.11.2013. Courtesy of David Jones.Read More…
South Africa new 20-rand note (B768a) confirmed
2014-03-02
Like B763a, but with Omron rings added to front and back. Prefix CL – GN. Intro: 06.11.2013. Courtesy of Claudio Marana.Read More…
South Africa new 50-rand note (B769a) confirmed
2014-02-09
Like B764a, but with Omron rings added to front and back. Prefix AM – DG. Intro: 06.11.2013. Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.Read More…
South Africa new 200-rand note (B771a) confirmed
2013-12-29
Like B766a, but with Omron rings added to front and back. Prefix DD – PC. Intro: 06.11.2013. Courtesy of Shibu Paul (Ebanknoteshop on eBay).Read More…
South Africa new note family (B767a – B771a) with Omron rings reported
2013-11-06
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…
South Africa new note family (B762a – B766a) confirmed
2012-11-22
According to a press release dated 30 October 2012, on 6 November the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) plans to issue a new series of banknotes in South Africa and in neighboring countries (Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) that use the South African Rand as an alternative currency.The new R10, R20,Read More…
South Africa shreds 3.6 million defective 100-rand notes
2012-05-20
According to an article on News24.com dated 20 May 2012, the South Africa Reserve Bank shreaded more than 3.6 million 100-rand notes printed by Crane Currency’s Swedish division (Tumba Bruk) because they have the same serial numbers as a batch printed by the South African Bank Note Company. In addition,Read More…