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Northern Ireland banks issue new polymer £5 and £10 banknotes

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 27/02/2019

New polymer banknotes have been issued today by Northern Ireland’s three issuing banks, Ulster Bank, Bank of Ireland and Danske Bank. New £10 polymer banknotes have been issued by Northern Ireland’s Ulster Bank, Danske Bank and the Bank of Ireland today, with additional £5 notes issued by Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland. It is the…

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Uzbekistan issues new high value 100,000-som banknote

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 26/02/2019

The Central Bank of Uzbekistan has issued another new high value banknote denomination, the third high value denomination to be added to the banknote series since 2017. The central bank issued a new 10,000-som denomination in March 2017 followed by the 50,000-som denomination in August the same year. The increasingly high value banknote denominations have been issued…

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Reserve Bank of Australia reveals $20 banknote design

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 22/02/2019

The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed the design of its Next Generation $20 banknote, which will begin circulating in October 2019. The design of the polymer banknote continues to feature portraits of Mary Reibey, an 18th century successful business woman also known for her support of charity, religion and education, and Reverend John Flynn, pioneer of the…

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Guyana upgrades banknote with RAPID®

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 15/02/2019

The Bank of Guyana will soon be issuing an upgraded $1,000 banknote with new security thread features including RAPID®. A press release from the Guyana central bank has confirmed that the upgraded $1,000 banknote will no longer have the holographic stripe displayed on the front of the banknote, but will instead feature Crane Currency’s RAPID® micro-optic…

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Northern Ireland’s First Trust Bank to stop issuing banknotes

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 12/02/2019

First Trust Bank, one of Northern Ireland’s four note issuing authorities, has announced that it will cease issuing its own banknotes due to the increasing use of digital payments. First Trust Bank (FTB), a subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks, will gradually withdraw their banknotes from circulation and will instead dispense Bank of England banknotes through their ATM network.…

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Thubnail image of the Hungary 500-forint banknote circulated 2019.

Hungary circulates new 500-forint banknote

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 04/02/2019

Hungary’s central bank, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, has begun circulating the 500-forint banknote – the last denomination in the banknote series to be upgraded. The central bank first announced the issuance of the 500-forint banknote last July. Key security features include a holographic foil stripe shown on the front of the banknote, as per all the latest denominations…

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