{"id":49187,"date":"2026-04-20T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=49187"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:13:11","slug":"saint-helena-new-sig-date-2012-10-and-20-pound-notes-confirmed-duplicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=49187","title":{"rendered":"Saint Helena new 5-pound polymer note (B310a) confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These polymer notes featuring a portrait of King Charles III were unveiled on 12 January 2026 and were expected to be introduced into circulation by the end of the month.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1580\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_f.jpg 1580w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_f-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_f-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_f-1536x737.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_f-465x223.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_f-695x333.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1580px) 100vw, 1580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1581\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_r.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_r.jpg 1581w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_r-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_r-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_r-1536x746.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_r-465x226.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Saint_Helena_GOV_5_pounds_2026.01.12_B310a_PNL_A_013905_r-695x338.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1581px) 100vw, 1581px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B310 <\/strong>(PNL): <strong>5 pounds<\/strong> (US$6.45)<br>Blue. Front: English text; King Charles III. Back: English text; Saint Helena ebony (Trochetiopsis ebenus) flower; Jonathan the Tortoise, a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa). No security thread. Watermark: None. Printer: (De La Rue). 135 x 70 mm. Polymer.<br>a. No date. Sig. 8: Richards\/Yon\/O\u2019Bey\/Francis. Prefix A. Intro: 22.01.2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noteshobby.com\/\">www.noteshobby.com<\/a>, Alex Zlotin, Jeff Sawers, Charles Toussaint, and Dennis Zammit.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These polymer notes featuring a portrait of King Charles III were unveiled on 12 January 2026 and were expected to be introduced into circulation by the end of the month. B310 (PNL): 5 pounds (US$6.45)Blue. Front: English text; King Charles III. Back: English text; Saint Helena ebony (Trochetiopsis ebenus) flower;<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=49187\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,337,8],"tags":[279],"class_list":["entry","author-owenink","post-49187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa","category-new-note","category-polymer","tag-saint-helena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49187"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49962,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49187\/revisions\/49962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}