Kazakhstan new 100-, 200-, and 500-tenge notes (B113b, B121a, B122a) confirmed
,, There are two different 100-tenge notes dated 1993. The original (B113a, top left) was issued in 1993. It features an intaglio rosette in the upper left corner of the front of the note. There is a second variety also dated 1993 (B113b, top right), but issued in 2001. ItRead More…
Clydesdale Bank commemorates Robert the Bruce on 20-pound note
, 20 pounds (US$39.15), 25th March 2006. Issued December 21, 2006. Like Pick 228f, but RB prefix, new bank logo, Bruce’s original heraldic shield plus 700th anniversary 1306 – 2006 at right, and 700th anniversary of the enthronement of Robert the Bruce as King of Scots, which took place atRead More…
Paraguay 100,000-guaraníe notes dated 2004 and 2005 confirmed
, 100,000 guaraníes, 2004. Like Pick 219, but B prefix, new date, new signatures (unknown, Gerente General; unknown, Presidenta), redesigned hologram, and vertical serial number now with novel numbering. Printer: De La Rue (with imprint). 100,000 guaraníes, 2005. Issued December 2006. Like above, but C prefix, new date, new signaturesRead More…
Estonia to print a new round of kroon notes
According to an article in The Baltic Times dated 20 December 2006: “Due to the ever-retreating prospects of joining the euro currency zone, the central Bank of Estonia has announced it will print a new round of bank notes. The currency supply was expected to be phased out and replacedRead More…
Bank of Scotland new date (2006) 5-pound note confirmed
Pick 119: 5 pounds, 1st January 2006. New date and new signatures (Dennis Stevenson, Governor; Colin Matthew, Treasurer). Courtesy of John Martin (IBNS member 6727).Read More…
Bahamas new CRISP 50-dollar note (B342a) confirmed
Orange, brown, and green. Front: English text; sand dollar as registration device; gold foil bird; map; Roland T. Symonette. Back: English text; Central Bank building headquarters in Nassau with flags and palm trees; coat of arms. Solid security thread and 3-mm windowed security thread with demetalized BAHAMAS. Watermark: Roland T.Read More…
Vanuatu revised 1,000-vatu note confirmed
, 1,000 vatu, ND (2006). Like Pick 10, but without overprint of seal for 25th anniversary of independence. Arms with Melanesian chief standing with spear, flanked by “VT” as latent image. Signatures: Odo Tevi, Governor; Moana Carcasse Kalosil, Minister of Finance. Melanesian male head as wmk, “FF” serial number prefix,Read More…
Romania new 200-leu polymer note (B284a) confirmed
Orange, green, red, blue, yellow, and violet. Front: Romanian text; coat of arms; open book with page from poems Self-portrait and 9 May 1895; inkwell as registration device; poppy flowers; BNR monogram; Lucian Blaga. Back: Romanian text; BNR monogram; neolithic statue of the Thinker of Hamangia; rainbow; water mill withRead More…
Norway to outsource note printing in 2007
According to a November 28, 2006, article in the Norway Post, the Norges Bank will cease printing Norwegian banknotes in 2007. Central Bank director Harald Boehn says the bank is unable to produce notes as economically as printers abroad. Norges Bank has entered into agreements for the delivery of notesRead More…
Ghana new date (2006) 20,000-cedi note (B144c) confirmed
Like B144b, but new date (4TH AUGUST 2006). Courtesy of Marcel Goudbeek (IBNS member 9246).Read More…