The Banco de Guatemala has issued an upgraded version of the twenty quetzals banknote, including an optically variable security ink feature. Optically variable SPARK® ink is used by the central bank to depict a pink scroll of parchment located near the right short edge side of the note. It replaces the moiré security feature used on the previous…
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Venezuela has issued three denominations of their new banknote series, in response to the country’s soaring inflation. On 16 January 2017, the Banco Central de Venezuela, the country’s central bank, began circulating the new 500, 5,000 and 20,000 bolivar banknotes. The paper banknotes include electrotype watermarks, UV features, anti-copier line structures, micro text, windowed security thread, magnetic security features,…
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The Central Bank of Uruguay has issued an upgraded 200 Uruguayan pesos banknote with improved security features. The Banco Central Del Uruguay (BCU) began issuing the new banknote, which continues to be part of the F 2015 series, on 29 December 2016. The new banknote includes tactile markings on the short sides of the note, to aid those…
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The Central Bank of Paraguay has upgraded the security thread within its top three high value banknotes. The Banco Central Del Paraguay (BCP) has today begun to issue upgraded versions of the ₲20,000 (known as Series G), ₲50,000 and ₲100,000 banknotes (both known as Series I) with different security threads. The ₲50,000 and ₲100,000 notes no longer use micro-optic security threads, but instead include a…
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The Bank of Latvia has issued a new five euro collector coin called “The Earth”, uniquely made of translucent perlucor. The coin has a silver outer ring and a symbol of the Earth is shown in the centre of the transparent coin. The coin’s graphics, by architect M. Kalniņš, was the winning design in a competition held…
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An agreement has been made to allow Canadian CCL Industries Inc to acquire the Innovia Group for CAN $1.13 billion (c. £685 million). Innovia specialise in BOPP films and polymer banknote substrates used in many banknotes currently circulating throughout the world, including the newly issued five pound notes in the UK and Australia. The agreement came from…
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