The Royal Mint of Belgium has confirmed that it will cease its minting activities on 1 January 2018, reportedly due to overcapacity in the market. According to local reports, the Ministry of Finance has attempted to close the Royal Mint of Belgium since 2010 due to its business being unprofitable, but has met resistance from both the…
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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…
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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…
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The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu has issued the next denomination of their polymer banknote family, the 5,000-vatu printed on Guardian™ substrate. The new family of polymer banknotes are being gradually circulated. The first denomination to be issued was the 10,000-vatu, circulated on the 28 July 2010. The 200, 1,000 and 2,000-vatu denominations were all released in…
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On 1 July 2017, the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago began re-issuing new 5, 10 and 25 cent coins having changed their metal composition, and it has also dropped the 1 cent coin. The new coins are manufactured using more cost effective metals to help make savings for the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago, estimated to…
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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…
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