Philippines new 200-peso University of Santo Tomas commemorative note (B1065a) confirmed
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued this commemorative 200-peso note, as well as and gold and silver medals, to celebrate the University of Santo Tomas’s 400th anniversary. The central bank issued 10 million legal tender notes and 400 commemorative medals with no monetary value. The commemorative notes feature the Quadricentennial logoRead More…
Dominican Republic scans needed for catalog
I am working on a new catalog of world notes and I need all the help I can get. If you have any of the notes listed below, please email 300-dpi, 100% actual size, 24-bit color scans of the front and back of these notes, saved as uncompressed JPEG, BMP,Read More…
Morocco watermark varieties confirmed
,,,,,,,,, Morocco’s 10 to 200 dirham notes dated 1987 – 1996 (B504 – B508) have several previously undocumented watermark varieties, all of King Hassan II.For example, the 20-dirham note B508 has at least two different watermarks of Hassan II in profile. The first one appears to have a thinner face,Read More…
Singapore new symbol (one triangle) 2-dollar note (B208d) confirmed
Like B208c, but with one triangle below EDUCATION on back. Prefix 4AA – 4KM. Intro: 2011.Courtesy of Tan Wei Jie.Read More…
Iran new 500-rial note (B276a) confirmed
Like B270, but new signatures (Nourbakhsh/Namazi), and text on back reads “CENTRAL BANK OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN” instead of “ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BANK MARKAZI IRAN.” Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
Jamaica new date (15.01.2009) 50-dollar note (B238d) confirmed
Like B238c, but new date (15.01.2009). Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
Indonesia new sig/date (2010) 5,000-rupiah note confirmed
5,000 rupiah (US$0.55). 2010. Like P142, but new date and new signatures. Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
Bangladesh new sig/date (2010) 100-taka note confirmed
100 taka (US$1.40), 2010. Like P49, but new date and new signature (Atiur Rahman). Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
Bangladesh new sig/date (2010) 50-taka note confirmed
50 taka (US$0.70), 2010. Like P41, but new date and new signature (Atiur Rahman). Courtesy of Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
Sudan to split, creating two new currencies
According to an article on allAfrica.com dated 1 February 2011, “the financial authorities in North Sudan told their Southern counterparts that they will discontinue use of the pound after the semi-autonomous region officially becomes an independent state” following last month’s referendum in which 99% of the Southerners voted to separateRead More…