Northern Ireland banknote issuers Danske Bank and Bank of Ireland have announced that they will start circulating polymer banknotes from February 2019. Both banks announced yesterday that they will launch their polymer banknotes on the 27 February 2019. Both will issue a £10 design, and the Bank of Ireland will also issue a polymer £5 note followed by a…
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued images of its upgraded 100 dirham banknote that will reportedly be issued this week, featuring Louisenthal’s Galaxy™ security thread. The 100 dirham banknote of the current UAE series was first issued in 1982 but has since had several security feature upgrades. In this latest version, the…
Norway’s Norges Bank has issued the next two denominations from its latest banknote series, the 50 and 500 krone banknotes, which include advanced security features in their design. Norges Bank began issuing their latest banknotes series in May last year with the release of the 100 and 200 krone denominations. With the theme of the banknote series being “The Sea”,…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has issued the latest banknote denomination from its Next Generation Banknote series, the $50 note. The $50 banknote is the third denomination to be circulated from the Next Generation Banknote Series, following the $5 issued in September 2016 and the $10 a year later. The $50 is the most widely circulated banknote…
The Central Bank of Bolivia has issued and circulated the new 50 boliviano banknote, the third in the latest First Family of Tickets (PFB) of the Plurinational State [translated] following the issuance of the 10 and 20 boliviano banknotes earlier this year. As with all the denominations of the new banknote series, each denomination maintains the same colour…
The Bank of England has announced that the new £50 banknote will be printed on polymer, joining the rest of the banknote series. The news was announced via a press release issued by the central bank today. Other denominations of the latest banknote series issued by the Bank of England are already printed on Guardian®…
The Central Bank of Iraq has issued its second edition of banknotes with enhanced designs and modern security features aimed at reflecting the nation’s heritage and diversity. Five of the denominations from the current series have been upgraded, namely the 25,000, 10,000, 1,000, 500 and 250 dinar notes. They will circulate alongside the previous banknote designs first…
The Central Bank of Bahamas has launched the third denomination of their CRISP banknote series, the $20 banknote featuring De La Rue’s Active™ thread. The Central Bank of the Bahamas is gradually issuing their CRISP (Counterfeit Resistant Integrated Security Product) Evolution banknote series, having already issued the 10 dollar denomination in 2016 and the 1 dollar…
De La Rue launches Ignite®, a new liquid crystal colour shifting security thread with advanced optical microstructure technologies. De La Rue’s latest banknote security feature, Ignite®, was launched this week at the Mint & Print International 2018 conference being held in Lebanon. According to De La Rue, its new thread is a highly complex, technological innovation that…
The National Bank of Ukraine has begun circulating an upgraded 20-hryvnia banknote with improved security features. A press release from the central bank reports that 60 million of the upgraded 20-hryvnia banknotes will be printed in total, which will gradually replace older, worn out notes. Whilst the design of the upgraded 20-hryvnia banknote continues to feature main elements used…