Arjowiggins Security has entered into an irrevocable agreement with Oberthur Fiduciaire to acquire the Arjowiggins Security BV subsidiary including the VHP plant in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. A press release dated 21 July 2017 from parent company, Sequana, has confirmed the sale of its subsidiary Arjowiggins Security BV to Oberthur Fiduciaire, including its VHP plant in…
The Bank of Thailand has announced that it will issue a new family of commemorative banknotes into circulation on 20 September 2017. A press release from the Bank of Thailand has confirmed that royal permission has been granted for the Central Bank to print and issue the commemorative banknotes in remembrance of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej,…
The number of counterfeit euro banknotes recorded during the first half of 2017 has decreased compared with the previous six months, but remains on par with the first half of 2016. The European Central Bank has released its latest figures revealing the number of counterfeit euro banknotes identified during the first half of 2017. A total of…
Scotland’s Clydesdale Bank has announced that it will issue its £10 polymer banknote on 21 September 2017, one week after the Bank of England is due to issue its own £10 polymer banknote design. The new Clydesdale note will continue to feature the famous Scottish poet and lyricist, Robert Burns, who died 221 years ago. It will also…
Crane Currency says it will be printing banknotes by the end of 2017, as its new banknote printing facility in Malta nears completion. Crane Currency first announced its intention to invest US $100 million in a new banknote printing facility in Malta in September last year. Following the laying of the facility’s foundation stone at a…
The Bank of England has unveiled the design of the new ten pound polymer banknote due to begin circulating on the 14 September 2017. The new polymer banknote is the second of the new series of banknotes to be issued by the Bank of England, following the release of the New Fiver last September. Celebrating the works…
A new family of banknotes has today begun to circulate, issued by the Central Bank of Madagascar with the addition of a new high value denomination. Today, Madagascar banknote denominations of 2,000, 5,000, 10,000 and a brand new high value denomination of 20,000 Ariary (US $6.80) have been issued into circulation. The remaining 100, 200, 500 and…
The Central Bank of Armenia has announced that they will be changing the denomination structure of their next 3rd Generation Banknote series, with the addition of a lower value banknote and removal of the highest value note. Citing an increased use in cashless payments within the country, the Central Bank has confirmed that the 100,000 dram…
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement, Brunei Darussalam and Singapore have issued commemorative polymer banknotes. The Monetary Authorities of both Brunei Darussalam and Singapore have jointly issued a set of two $50 commemorative polymer banknotes at a ceremony held on 5 July 2017. The Currency Interchangeability Agreement was originally established in 1967 to…
The Central Bank of Syria has issued a new high denomination 2,000 pound banknote featuring President Bashar al-Assad, the first time he has appeared on Syrian currency since he assumed office in July 2000. The note is one of several printed years ago, reportedly by Goznak, but, says Central Bank Governor Duraid Durgham, it was delayed…