Seychelles new signature 100-rupee note confirmed
100 rupees (US$8), no date. Like P40, but new signature (Francis Chang-Leng). 2-mm wide security thread, and the vertical serial number is red. It appears these changes took place within the AF prefix range. Courtesy of Stefan Rombaut.Read More…
Switzerland new sig/date (2007) 100-franc note (B352h) confirmed
Like B352g, but and new signatures and new date (2007). Courtesy of Christof Zellweger.Read More…
Norway scans needed for catalog
I am working on a new catalog of world notes and I need all the help I can get. If you have any of the notes listed below, please email 300-dpi, 100% actual size, 24-bit color scans of the front and back of these notes, saved as uncompressed JPEG, BMP,Read More…
Tajikistan new variety 1-somoni note (B205b) confirmed
1 somoni (US$0.20), 1999. On earlier notes the globe at center front is green and orange (B205a, left), but on later notes, the globe is all green (B205b, right). Courtesy of Alexander Petrov.Read More…
Colombia congress proposes revaluing currency
According to an article on Portafolio.com, Senator Antonio Guerra of the Colombian congress has proposed removing three zeros from the peso. Currently the largest denomination in Colombia is the 50,000-peso (US$27.40) note, which would become the 50 nuevo peso under the proposal. At least two previous efforts to revalue theRead More…
Indonesia contemplating currency revaluation
On 3 August 2010, Darmin Nasution, the incoming governor of Bank Indonesia stated the central bank is studying revaluing its currency by removing two or three zeros from the rupiah in an attempt to make economic transactions more efficient and bring the currency in line with those of Indonesia’s neighbors.Read More…
Ghana new watermark 1-cedi note (B145c) confirmed
Like B145b, but electrotype denomination added to the watermark. Courtesy of Claudio Marana.Read More…
Thailand to issue new note family in December 2010
According to a post on The Nation, on 27 July 2010 the Bank of Thailand board approved the printing of new banknotes. The new 16th series of notes — in denominations of 20, 50, 100, 500, and 1,000 baht — will include more anti-counterfeit features and is expected to beRead More…
Congo Democratic Republic new 500-franc commemorative note (B322a) confirmed
The bank issued 20 million notes to commemorate the country’s 50th anniversary of independence from Belgium. These commemoratives circulate in parallel with the preceding notes of the same denomination. B322 (P100): 500 francs (US$0.80) Green. Front: French text; RDC and map as registration device; Port de Matadi (Port of Matadi)Read More…
Syria new 50-, 100-, and 200-pound notes (B627a – B629a) confirmed
B627 (P112): 50 Syrian pounds (US$0.10) Blue and tan. Front: Arabic text; Ugarit alphabet on cuneiform clay tablet; ancient writing on cuneiform clay tablet from Ebla. Back: English text; Library of Hafiz Al Assad in Damascus; statue of Hafiz Al Assad. Windowed security thread with demetalized CBS 50 and ArabicRead More…