According to the Bank of Israel’s annual report released on October 7, 2007, “To improve the life of the NIS 20 [US$4.95] banknote, the Currency Department released an improved banknote in 2006 printed on higher quality paper with additional coating. As part of this improved quality, the Currency Department willRead More…
100 new sheqalim (US$24.40), 2007. Like SCWPM 61, but new date and new signatures (Stanley Fisher, Governor; Aharon Fogel, Chairman). Courtesy of Raphael Dabbah.Read More…
On 11 September 2007, Iran’s central bank governor, Tahmasb Mazaheri, admitted that the bank is examining a proposal to knock three zeros off the rial to increase economic confidence and reduce the number of banknotes necessary to conduct cash transactions. Since the Islamic revolution of 1979, the exchange rate ofRead More…
20,000 drams (US$59.20), 2007. Issued June 15, 2007. Like B308a, but new date, new signatures (Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman; Vardan Khachatryan, Minister of Finance), holographic stripe added along left front, artist’s palette instead of oval hologram below wmk area, Omron rings on front and back, and 20000 in OVI on back.CourtesyRead More…
,,,,,,,,,,, With today’s release of the SAR 50 and 100, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency has begun circulating its 5th Issue of notes. The new SAR 5 and 10 will appear at the beginning of July, followed by the SAR 500 in September, and ending with the SAR 1 inRead More…
, Yellow. Front: Partisan Kaikhosro (Kakutsa) Cholokashvili; fragments of relief images of Georgian cultural artifacts. Back: Sokhumi, capital of breakaway region of Abkhaz; relief fragments of the iconostasis found in the Tsebelda village of Gulribshi region. Holographic stripe. Windowed security thread with demetalized 200. Watermark: Kaikhosro Cholokashvili with electrotype 200Read More…
B288 (P149): 50,000 rials (US$1.80) Purple, brown, green, and orange. Front: Farsi text; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Back: English and Farsi text; map of Persian Gulf area with atomic symbol over Iran. Holographic windowed security thread with demetalized 50000 and stylized sun. Watermark: Ruhollah Khomeini. Printer: (TAKAB). 166 x 79 mm.Read More…
The United Arab Emirates Central Bank has issued new 2006 dates for all four denominations of its banknote family. The 50- and 100-dirham notes appear to be unchanged from the current Pick 26 and 27, respectively, except for the new dates on the back. The 500- and 1,000-dirham notes areRead More…
Like B234b, but new date (AH1427/2006) and new signatures. Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.Read More…
, 200 new seqalim (US$47.75), 2006. Like Pick 62, but new date and new signatures. Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.Read More…