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Royal Mint to supply Argentina with 150 million coin blanks

Coin, NewsBy m@ttd351gn 08/08/2017

The UK’s Royal Mint has won a contract to supply Argentina with 150 million peso coin blanks, assisting the country in producing their new coin series. The announcement was made on social media by UK Chancellor Philip Hammond who visited Argentina earlier this month for trade talks – the first Cabinet minister to visit the country in…

Swaziland changes 10-lilangeni banknote to avoid SA confusion

Banknotes, NewsBy m@ttd351gn 08/08/2017

Confusion between the Swaziland 10-lilangeni and the South African 100-rand banknotes has led to the Central Bank of Swaziland issuing a green version of the note. The confusion between the similar coloured banknote denominations have occurred due to the South African currency also being accepted in Swaziland. The Lilangeni currency was introduced in 1974 replacing…