Iran asking citizens to vote on new name for its currency
According to an article in the Washington Post dated 16 July 2011, the Central Bank of Iran is taking a poll to gauge the public’s preferences for new names for the country’s currency, including the current rial, as well as historic names such as toman, parsi, and derik. The bankRead More…
Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Rochadi dies in New York
On 10 July 2011, Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Budi Rochadi died at age 60 of unspecified causes in New York, where he was attending a conference on banknotes. Rochadi had served as deputy governor in charge of settlement systems since January 2007. Rochadi’s signature appears on the 2,000-rupiah notes datedRead More…
Indonesia new sig/date (2010) 2,000-rupiah note confirmed
,, 2,000 rupiah (US$0.25), 2010. Like the same denomination introduced 09.07.2009, but with new date (2010 on front instead of 2009) and new signautres (Darmin Nasution and S. Budi Rochadi). This note has also been confirmed with the same new signatures and dated 2011 on front. All three varieties bearRead More…
Identify man in watermark on Mauritania’s notes
Today’s challenge is to identify the following man whose face appears as the watermark on all of Mauritania’s notes since 1974. This man’s face appears as the watermark on all of Mauritania’s notes since 1974, and is shown here from an unissued specimen design of 1981: IDENTIFIED: The watermark hasRead More…
Iraq new date (2010) 5,000-dinar note (B350c) confirmed
Like B350b, but new date (٢٠١٠ – ١٤٣١). Courtesy of Haider Saffar.Read More…
Russia to issue modified 500- and 5,000-ruble notes in 2012
The Moscow News has run the above photo of Gennady Luntovsky, deputy chairman of Bank of Russia, holding a modified 5,000-ruble (US$177) note which has enhanced anti-counterfeiting features. According to this Russian-language post, the new 5,000-ruble notes are scheduled for introduction in 2012, along with upgraded 500-ruble notes.Read More…
South Africa Reserve Bank’s printing presses sit idle since February 2011
According to an article in Times Live dated 9 July 2011, the South African Reserve Bank has outsourced printing of the 100-rand note to Sweden following the discovery of missing security features on notes previously printed by the SA Bank Note Company. Other problems with other denominations have left theRead More…
Cayman Islands new 1- and 50-dollar notes (B218a and B222a) enter circulation
According to a CaymanNewService article dated 7 July 2011, the 1- and 50-dollar notes (B218a and B222a, respectively) in the new D series are now entering circulation. The entire D series was introduced on 4 April 2011, but only the 5- and 25-dollar notes (B219a and B221a) were actually releasedRead More…
Kazakhstan new 10,000-tenge commemorative note (B138a) confirmed
In the second quarter of 2010, the board of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan adopted at its meetings 34 resolutions, including one “On emission of an anniversary banknote of KZT 10,000 (ten thousand) denomination devoted to the 20th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.” B138Read More…
United States new sig/date (2009) 50-dollar note confirmed
Like P527, but new signatures (Rosa Gumataotao Rios and Timothy Geithner) and new date (2009). Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.Read More…