East Caribbean States new 10- and 20-dollar notes (B236a and B237a) confirmed
According to a press release dated 24 April 2012, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has issued a series of banknotes with braille features in an effort to provide notes which are easier for blind and visually impaired persons to use. The raised braille characters on the upgraded notes feature aRead More…
Libya new 10-dinar note (B542a) confirmed
This post on Facebook includes images of Libya’s new 5- and 10-dinar notes. Both denominations have been confirmed already, but curiously the images show two different varieties of the 10-dinar note. The upper one (B541a) printed by De La Rue has prefix 7 and the bank’s name on backRead More…
Swaziland central bank fires employee for selling specimen notes
According to a Times of Swaziland article dated 1 October 2012, the Central Bank of Swaziland has fired an employee for selling specimen banknotes to collectors, humorously described as “individuals or consortiums who fraudulently buy specimen bank notes.”Read More…
Vietnam cotton 10,000- and 20,000-dong notes (B337a and B338a) to be withdrawn 01.01.2013
According to an article on The Voice of Vietnam dated 29 September 2012, the State Bank of Vietnam has announced that 10,000- and 20,000-dong (US$0.50 and $1, respectively) notes printed on cotton (B337a, B340a, and B338a) will no longer be legal tender as of 1 January 2013, but may exchangeRead More…
Cuba new date (2012) 20-peso note (B908g) confirmed
Like B908f, but new date (2012). Series CM01 – CM20. Courtesy of Filippo Proietti Pannunzi.Read More…
Australia polymer banknote scientist audio interview available online
Radio National has an interesting 10-minute interview with David Solomon, an Australian scientist who worked with the Reserve Bank of Australia to create polymer banknotes.Read More…
Australia new polymer note concepts cause controversy
According to an article in The Australian dated 27 September 2012, the Reserve Bank of Australia has been working on a top-secret project, dubbed Next Generation Bank Note, for the past five years, the goal of which is to issue a new series of polymer banknotes, breathing new life intoRead More…
Myanmar to abolish foreign exchange certificates in 2013
According to an article on Mizzima dated 9 August 2012, Maung Maung Win, the vice chairman of the Central Bank of Myanmar, said that the bank will abolish foreign exchange certificates (FEC) “as soon as possible,” most likely in March 2013. “Earlier, it was difficult to use dollars in Burma,Read More…
Falkland Islands new sig/date (2011) 10-pound note confirmed
10 pounds (US$16), 1 JANUARY 2011. Like GFI B20a (P14), but new date, prefix B, Cornerstone watermarks added, and new signatures (L. M. Lyse, K. Padgett, and Moira C. Eccles). Intro: 2012. Courtesy of Phil Middleton (www.falklandcollectibles.com).Read More…
Philippines new 2,000-peso numismatic product (BNP1004a) confirmed
In 2000, five million 2,000-piso banknotes were printed featuing features the inauguration of President Joseph “Erap” Estrada at Barasoain Church in Bulacan on 10 June 1998. These notes were intended to be issued as legal tender in 2001, but President Estrada was ousted from office that year, so the notesRead More…