Malawi new 100-kwacha note (B159a) confirmed
B159 (P65): 100 kwacha (US$0.10) Red and orange. Front: English text; fish; fishermen in boat; Malawi map as registration device; Reserve Bank of Malawi headquarters building in Lilongwe; James Frederick Sangala. Back: English text; College of Medicine in Blantyre; stethoscope; Malawi map; bank logo. Windowed security thread with demetalized RBM.Read More…
Malawi new date (01.01.2015) 50-kwacha note (B158b) confirmed
Like B158a, but new date (1st JANUARY 2015). Courtesy of Hartmut Fraunhoffer (Banknote-Online). Read More…
Russia new 100-ruble Crimea commemorative note (B832a) confirmed
, On 23 December 2015, the Bank of Russia began issuing 20 million 100-ruble notes commemorating the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014. The new notes feature symbols of the city of Sevastopol on front and Crimea on back. B832 (PNL): 100 рублей (rubles) (US$1.50) Yellow, green, brown,Read More…
Madagascar new signature 5,000-ariary note (B328b) confirmed
Like B328a, but new signature (Rasolofondraibe). Prefix/suffix D/B – D/G.Courtesy of Dominique Dannery.Read More…
Madagascar new signature 1,000-ariary note (B323c) confirmed
Like B323b, but new signature (Rasolofondraibe). Prefix/suffix B/N – B/R. Courtesy of Dominique Dannery.Read More…
Cambodia new date (2015) 2,000-riel note (B422b) confirmed
Like B422a, but new date (បោះពុម្ពឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ (Printed 2015) at lower right on front) and new watermark (floral patterns). Courtesy of Allan Lim.Read More…
Armenia new sig/date (2015) 1,000-dram note (B315b) confirmed
Like B315a, but new signatures (Javadyan/Khachatryan) and new date (2015). Intro: 26.11.2015. Prefix ԱԲ. Courtesy of Paul Soboleff (http://www.fox-notes.ru).Read More…
Libya new 5- and 10-dinar notes (B544a and B545a) confirmed
According to a Libya Herald article dated 8 December 2015, on 13 December the Central Bank of Libya introduced the following new 5- and 10-dinar notes. Curiously, these notes are different than those shown in the following photograph which appeared in photographs in various news sources in earlyRead More…
Zimbabwe makes Chinese yuan legal tender after China cancels debts
According to an article in The Guardian dated 21 December 2015, “Zimbabwe has announced that it will make the Chinese yuan legal tender after Beijing confirmed it would cancel $40m in debts.” Zimbabwe stopped using its own dollar currency in 2009 after years of hyperinflation, and replaced it with theRead More…
Romania new date (2015) 1-leu note (B278j) confirmed
Like B278i, but new date (20)15. Courtesy of Alexandru Mocanu.Read More…