Scotland’s Clydesdale Bank to issue new 5-pound polymer commemorative in 2015
According to a BBC News article dated 22 May 2014, Clydesdale Bank in Scotland intends to issue two million 5-pound polymer notes featuring the Forth Bridge and a portrait of Sir William Arrol, whose company constructed the bridge. The notes will be issued in March 2015 on the 125th anniversaryRead More…
Kazakhstan 1,000-tenge note (B144a) named IBNS Bank Note of the Year 2013
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) announces that its voting membership has again selected the National Bank of Kazakhstan to receive its prestigious “Bank Note of the Year” Award for 2013. Facing stiff competition as always from the nearly 50 newly designed banknotes released worldwide in 2013, the 1000 TengeRead More…
India new signature 100-rupee note (B289d) confirmed
Like B289c, but new signature (Rajan). Letter: None. Courtesy of Mohamed Ibrahim (Indian Paper Money).Read More…
Dominican Republic new sig/date (2012) 50-peso dominicano note confirmed
50 pesos dominicanos, 2012. Like unlisted note dated 2011, but new date, signatures, printer imprint (OBERTHUR technologies), and screen traps. Courtesy of Hartmut Fraunhoffer (www.banknoten.de).Read More…
Dominican Republic new sig/date (2013) 100-peso dominicano note confirmed
100 pesos dominicanos, 2013. Like unlisted note dated 2012, but new date and new signatures. Courtesy of Nin Cheun (Noteshobby on eBay).Read More…
Chile new sig/date (2012) 1,000-peso note (B296c) confirmed
Like B296b, but new signatures (Vergara/Zurbuchen) and new state (2012). Prefix AD – FB. Courtesy of Nin Cheun (Noteshobby on eBay) and Thomas Krause (Polymernotes of the World).Read More…
Indonesia new sig/date (2014) 2,000-rupiah note confirmed
2,000 rupiah, 2014. Like P148, but new date and new signatures. Courtesy of Nin Cheun (Noteshobby on eBay).Read More…
Indonesia new sig/date (2014) 5,000-rupiah note confirmed
5,000 rupiah, 2014. Like P142, but new date and new signatures. Courtesy of Nin Cheun (Noteshobby on eBay).Read More…
Switzerland new sig/date (2012) 1,000-franc note (B354d) confirmed
Like B354c, but signatures and new date (2012).Courtesy of Manfred Wolfensberger.Read More…
Israel to issue new 50-new shekel in September 2014
According to a Globes article dated 27 April 2014, the Bank of Israel will issue a new 50-new shekel banknote on Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) in September 2014. It is the first of the new series of banknotes that will be issued, with the second banknote, for NIS 200,Read More…