Gibraltar 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…
New edition of Standard Catalog of World Paper Money now shipping
The 16th edition of Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money is now shipping. I just received my copy and wanted to share my initial impressions. At 1,112 black and white pages, it’s exactly as large as the previous edition, though its list price is now $60 instead of $55,Read More…
Documentary on Reserve Bank of Australia’s bribery scandal
Four Corners has produced a documentary, Dirty Money, that explores how the central pillar of Australia’s financial system, the Reserve Bank, became ensnared in an international bribery scandal related to its polymer substrate subsidiary’s attempts to gain contracts around the world. Courtesy of Kai Hwong.Read More…
Norway new date (2008) 50-krone note confirmed
50 kroner (US$7.75), 2008. Like P46, but new date. Courtesy of Håkon Hagelund.Read More…
Denmark new date (2008) 100-kroner note confirmed
100 kroner (US$16.90), (20)08. Like Pick 61, but new date and new signatures. Courtesy of Kai Hwong.Read More…
Paraguay new 10,000-guaraní note (B848a) confirmed
,, 10,000 guaranies (US$2.10), 2008. Like P224, but new date, new signatures, wider windowed security thread, denomination added to upper right corner on front, and new printer imprint (OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES). Courtesy of Claudio Marana.Read More…
Costa Rica new date (26.09.2007) 10,000-colon note (B551e) confirmed
Like B551d, but new date (26 de setiembre de 2007), “Acuerdo de la Junta Directiva N° 8” (instead of N° 7), and new printer imprint (OBERTHUR technologies). Courtesy of Alberto Fochi.Read More…
Zambia new date (2009) 500-kwacha note (B145g) confirmed
, Like B145f, but new date (2009). Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.Read More…
Jersey new note family (B127a – B131a) confirmed
B127 (P32): 1 pound (US$1.30) Green. Front: English text; outline map of Jersey as registration device; Monument to Freedom in Liberation Square, Saint Helier; three lions passant guardant; Queen Elizabeth II. Back: English, French, and Norman text; Le Hocq Tower in Saint Clement; La Hougue Bie Neolithic burial mound; outlineRead More…
Papua New Guinea new date (2009) 5-kina note (B135b) confirmed
Like B135a, but new date (2009). Courtesy of Leszek Porowski.Read More…