Hong Kong (BOC) new 100-dollar commemorative note (BNP904) confirmed
Hong Kong’s Bank of China has announced that from 13-20 February 2012 it will be taking orders for a new 100-dollar (US$13) note to commemorate the bank’s 100th anniversary. Although legal tender, the notes aren’t intended for circulation. 1,100,000 notes will be sold as numismatic products packaged in a folderRead More…
New Zealand Reserve Bank Governor Bollard to step down 25.09.2012
According to a New Zealand Reserve Bank press release dated 30 January 2012, Alan Bollard will not be seeking another term as governor when his current term ends on 25 September this year. Appointed in September 2002, Dr Bollard is in his second five-year term.Dr Bollard said that he willRead More…
Sao Tome and Principe new sig/date (10.12.2010) 20,000-dobra note confirmed
20,000 dobras (US$1), 10 de Dezembro de 2010. Like BCSTP B5 (P67), but new date and signatures (Americo de Oliveira dos Ramos and Luis Fernando Moreira de Sousa). Courtesy of Andrew Roberts.Read More…
Romania new 130-ani commemorative note confirmed
On 26 November 2011, gandul.info posted the above photo. Apparently the Banca Naţională a României created 500 banknote-like numismatic products to commemorate the bank’s 130th anniversary. If you examine the images below, you’ll see these are not banknotes. They aren’t denominated in Romanian leu, and the “serial numbers” on backRead More…
Mexico new date (04.11.2010) 500-peso note (B708b) confirmed
Like B708a, but new date (4 NOV. 2010). Series G – R. Courtesy of Mark Fox.Read More…
Netherlands Antilles new date (01.06.2011) notes confirmed
10, 25, and 50 gulden notes (BNA B25, B26, and B27, respectively) have been confirmed dated 1 juni 2011 with the same signature combination as the preceding issues (Jerrald M. Hasselmeyer and Emsley D. Tromp). These notes are rather unusual in that they bear the issuer name as the BankRead More…
Iraq revalued dinar new note family reported for introduction in September 2012
According to an artilce in The Kurdish Globe dated 25 February 2012, the Central Bank of Iraq has agreed with the Economic Committee of the Iraqi parliament to introduce new banknotes in September 2012, and withdrawl old notes within a year of that date. The new notes will be denominatedRead More…
Zambia new date (2011) 5,000-kwacha note (B147g) confirmed
, Like B147f, but new date (2011) and new printer (Giesecke & Devrient). Courtesy of Garry Craig.Read More…
Belarus 50,000-ruble notes (B132a and B135a) contain error in microprinting
According to a Belarus Partisan article dated 23 February 2012, the 50,000-ruble (US$6.10) note which depicts Mir Castle has an error in the microprinting above the serial number at upper right on the back. If written properly in Belarusian, the name of Mir Castle should read МІРСКІ ЗАМАК (as itRead More…
Denmark new sig/date (2011) 50-krone notes confirmed
, 50 kroner (US$8.85), (20)11. Like P65, but new signatures and new date (last two digits of year are middle characters in alphanumeric code at lower right front). Courtesy of Haris Numismatik.Read More…