Philippine note designer explains “errors”
Here’s an interesting article in the 1 January 2011 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer by Daxim Lucas entitled “The peso’s makeover from an insider’s view.”Read More…
Estonia adopts euro on 01.01.2011
Like the barn swallow on the back of one of my favorite Estonian banknotes (B231a) shown above, the kroon will fly away on 1 January 2011 as Estonia joins 16 other countries which have traded their own individual currencies for the common euro. Kroon, we’ll miss you! Read More…
Mexico new date (23.04.2009) 20-peso note (B704g) confirmed
Like B704f, but new date (23 ABR. 2009). Series J, K.Courtesy of Ricardo G. Ramírez.Read More…
Mexico new date (20.11.2007) 20-peso note (B704d) confirmed
Like B704c, but new date (20 NOV. 2007). Series F. Courtesy of Ricardo G. Ramírez.Read More…
Pakistan old 500-rupee notes (B227) to be demonetized on 01.10.2011
The State Bank of Pakistan has informed the public that it will demonetize old 500-rupee (US$5.85) notes as of 1 October 2011. The old notes (B227), which were introduced in April 1986, have been replaced with new notes (B236) originally issued in 2006. Read More…
Pakistan to start issuing notes with new signature on 03.01.2011
On 3 January 2011, the State Bank of Pakistan will start issuing banknotes bearing the signature of Shahid Hafiz Kardar, who assumed the role of governor on 9 September 2010.Read More…
Uganda 20,000-shilling note (B158a) spurs copyright claim
According to an article on Daily Monitor dated 30 December 2010, the Bank of Uganda used an image of a sculpture on the front of the 20,000-shilling (US$8.60) note issued 17 May 2010 without the permission of its creator, Sylivia Nabiteeko Katende, a senior lecturer at the Margaret Trowel SchoolRead More…
Israel new note honorees unveiled
According to a press release dated 19 December 2010, “The Governor of the Bank of Israel, Professor Stanley Fischer, has informed the Committee for the Planning of Banknotes, Coins and Commemorative Coins, headed by Judge Yaacov Turkel, that he has chosen four personalities [Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin, Shai (Shmuel Yosef)Read More…
Philippines new note family has errors
According to a number of sources, the new notes introduced by the Philippines on 16 December 2010 are rife with errors. The back of the 500-peso note features a rare native bird, the blue-naped parrot, with its red beak incorrectly rendered in yellow and the tail feathers underneath colored greenRead More…
Liberia new sig/date (2009) notes confirmed
All denominations (5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 dollars) have been confirmed dated 2009 with new signature combination (Augustine K. Ngafuan, MINISTER OF FINANCE; J. Mills Jones, EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR). Courtesy of Andrew Roberts.Read More…