Hong Kong new 500-dollar notes confirmed
,,,,, According to a press release from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the HKMA and the three note-issuing banks (Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, and Bank of China (Hong Kong Limited) introduced new 500-dollar (US$64.20) banknotes of the new 2010 series onRead More…
Fiji to issue notes without QEII in June 2012
According to a Radio Fiji article dated 1 March 2011, Fiji’s prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has announced that the country will replace the 2-dollar (US$1.10) banknote with a coin, the color of the current 5-dollar (US$2.75) note will be changed from brown to green, and there will be newRead More…
Hungary new date (2010) 500-forint note (B581c) confirmed
Like B581b, but new date (2010). Courtesy of Mikhail “Mike” Prizov.Read More…
Lesotho new note family reported for introduction in March 2011
,,,,,,, According to a Sunday Express article, on 26 November 2010, at a celebration marking its 30th anniversary, the Central Bank of Lesotho launched a new set of banknotes aimed at fighting the spread of counterfeits. According to a press release dated 5 January 2011, the new notes are expectedRead More…
Libyan leader prevented from getting notes from DLR in UK
There’s an interesting article on MailOnline about Britain’s successful ploys to prevent Gaddafi from taking possession of new Libyan banknotes worth 1.8 billion dinars. Although it is unnamed in the article, the printer of these notes is De La Rue.Read More…
Hong Kong (HSBC) new date (01.01.2009) 500-dollar note (B689f) confirmed
Like B689e, but new date (1 JANUARY 2009). Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.Read More…
Sweden new sig/date (2009) 500-kronor confirmed
500 kronor (US$77.80), (200)9. Like P65, but new date and new signatures (Johan Gernandt and Stefan Ingves). Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.Read More…
Philippines new note family (B1077a – B1083a) confirmed
B1077 (P206): 20 piso (pesos) (withdrawn 00.12.2019) Orange. Front: Filipino text; Filipino as the National Language 1935; Manuel Luis Quezón; seal of Philippine president; Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas seal; Malacañang Palace (presidential residence) and Pasig River in San Miguel, Manila. Back: English and Filipino text; map; palm civet (Paradoxurus HermaphroditusRead More…
Austrian specialized catalog reviewed
Be sure to check out the Books page of this site for my new review of “Katalog der österreichischen Banknoten ab 1759 (Austrian Papermoney after 1759)” by Johann Kodnar and Norbert Künstner.Read More…
Nigeria new signature 1,000-naira note confirmed
1,000 naira (US$6.50), 2010. Like P36, but new date and signature (Lamido Aminu Sanusi and Muhammad Nda). Anyone interested in buying one of these notes can contact the contributor by clicking the link below. Be sure to say you saw it mentioned on Banknotenews.com. Courtesy of Rafal Nogowczyk.Read More…