, According to a BBC article dated 15 June 2014, the Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled the design of a new 5-pound note commemorating the Ryder Cup. The notes will be available to ticket-holders of the golf tournament which takes place at Gleneagles in Perthshire from 23 – 28Read More…
According to a press release dated 17 March 2014, the Bank of Jamaica will issue a 50-dollar note printed on Hybrid substrate on 24 March 2014. The new note is like the preceding regular issue note on paper substrate (B238), but is dated 01.06.2013, signed by Governor Brian Wynter, bearsRead More…
According to a press release dated 1 May 2014, Fortress Paper announced that its Landqart mill’s Durasafe banknote paper (an innovative new composite paper-polymer-paper banknote substrate) has been confirmed as the substrate of the ninth series of the Swiss franc by the Swiss National Bank. Production problems have caused theRead More…
Like B545a, but new signature (Gillmore Hoefdraad), new date (1 APRIL 2012, vertical in blue), new printer imprint (Giesecke & Devrient), and new substrate (Hybrid). Like B549a, but new signature (Gillmore Hoefdraad), new date (1 APRIL 2012, vertical in blue), and new printer imprint (Giesecke & Devrient). Courtesy of HartmutRead More…
According to a Giesecke & Devrient press release, the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan switched the printer and substrate for its 1- and 10-ngultrum notes dated 2013. These notes (B216b and B218b, respectively) are now printed by Giesecke & Devrient, not De La Rue, and are printed on a compositeRead More…
Like B216a, but new signature (Tenzin), new date (2013), new printer (Giesecke & Devrient), and new substrate (Hybrid). Intro: 00.01.2013.Courtesy of Sejin Ahn and David Jones.Read More…
Like B218a, but new signature (Tenzin), new date (2013), new printer (Giesecke & Devrient), and new substrate (Hybrid). Courtesy of Gylfi Snorrason.Read More…
According to a press release dated 18 December 2012, Fortress Paper has announced the launch of the world’s first banknote printed on its new Durasafe substrate, an innovative paper-polymer-paper composite substrate produced at its Landqart mill. The new Swiss 50-franc note had been expected to be the first in theRead More…
According to a press release dated 13 December 2012, the introduction of the new Swiss 50-franc note has been delayed until 2015 at the earliest due to technical difficulties encountered in the note’s production on Durasafe substrate. Courtesy of Christoph Zellweger.Read More…
According to an article on the Jamaica Information Service dated 19 June 2012, the Bank of Jamaica has unveiled a new family of banknotes commemorating the country’s Golden Jubilee. Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, said the notes are not only being launched to celebrate theRead More…