According to an article in the Oman Daily Observer dated 12 February 2012, the Central Bank of Oman has introduced new 5- and 10-rial notes (with upgraded security features, which will circulate in parallel with existing notes of the same denominations. Based upon the 40th NATIONAL DAY inscription on theRead More…

Check out this great article on the history of banknotes in Belarus, including images of many unadopted note designs.This follow-up to the first article includes even more images of many unadopted note designs. Use Google Translate if you can’t read these articles in their native language. Courtesy of Vitali Khaletski.Read More…

Hong Kong’s Bank of China has announced that from 13-20 February 2012 it will be taking orders for a new 100-dollar (US$13) note to commemorate the bank’s 100th anniversary. Although legal tender, the notes aren’t intended for circulation. 1,100,000 notes will be sold as numismatic products packaged in a folderRead More…

On 26 November 2011, gandul.info posted the above photo. Apparently the Banca Naţională a României created 500 banknote-like numismatic products to commemorate the bank’s 130th anniversary. If you examine the images below, you’ll see these are not banknotes. They aren’t denominated in Romanian leu, and the “serial numbers” on backRead More…