Lithuania may adopt euro in 2015
On 4 June 2014, the European Commission released its 2014 Convergence Report, which assesses eight Member States’ readiness to join the single currency. The commission proposed that the EU Council of Ministers decide that Lithuania can adopt the euro on 1 January 2015. The council will take the final decisionRead More…
Eritrea new 20-nakfa note (B110a) confirmed
B110 (P12): 20 nakfa (demonetized 01.01.2016) Green and orange. Front: Arabic, English, and Tigrinya text; Eritrean fighters raising EPLF flag; triptych portrait; camel as registration device. Back: English text; camel; farmers tending the fields with camel plow and mechanical tractor; bank logo. Holographic stripe. Windowed security thread with demetalized BANKRead More…
Ukraine new sig/date (2014) 100-hryvnia note (B851c) confirmed
Like B851b, but new signature (Stepan Kubiv, who took over as governor from Ihor Sorkin on 24.02.2014) and new date (2014). Courtesy of Mykhaylo Kharytonov (mbank_notes on eBay).Read More…
Cuba new sig/date (2013) 100-peso note (B912e) confirmed
Like B912d, but new signature (Medina) and new date (2013). Series AG09 – AG18. Courtesy of Hartmut Fraunhoffer (www.banknoten.de).Read More…
Trans-Dniester new date (2012) 500-ruble note (B208c) confirmed
Like B208a, but new date (2012) and 4.5-mm wide security thread. Courtesy of Claudio Marana and Vladimir Kozin (http://www.ebay.ca/usr/transnistriabanknotes).Read More…
Trans-Dniester new date (2012) 5-ruble note (B210b) confirmed
Like B210a, but new date (2012) and winged security thread. Intro: 30.05.2014.Courtesy of Тисленко Вадим (Vadim Tislenko) and Vladimir Kozin (http://www.ebay.ca/usr/transnistriabanknotes).Read More…
Afghanistan new sig/date (2012) 50-afgahni note (B361c) confirmed
Like B361b, but new signatures (Delawari/Zakhilwal) and new date (١٣٩١ (SH1391/2012)). Prefix ١١/پ.Courtesy of Dmitry Svobodin.Read More…
Latvia chapter of The Banknote Book is now available
The Latvia chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale and as a free download to subscribers.This 22-page catalog covers notes issued by the Latwijas Walsts (Latvian Government) from 1919 to 1940, the Latvijas Socialistiskas Padomju Republikas (Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic) in 1940, and the Latvijas BankasRead More…
Scotland’s Clydesdale Bank to issue new 5-pound polymer commemorative in 2015
According to a BBC News article dated 22 May 2014, Clydesdale Bank in Scotland intends to issue two million 5-pound polymer notes featuring the Forth Bridge and a portrait of Sir William Arrol, whose company constructed the bridge. The notes will be issued in March 2015 on the 125th anniversaryRead More…
Kazakhstan 1,000-tenge note (B144a) named IBNS Bank Note of the Year 2013
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) announces that its voting membership has again selected the National Bank of Kazakhstan to receive its prestigious “Bank Note of the Year” Award for 2013. Facing stiff competition as always from the nearly 50 newly designed banknotes released worldwide in 2013, the 1000 TengeRead More…