On the 22nd August 2013 the Bank of Mauritius (BOM) launched three new polymer banknotes. The RS25, RS50 and RS500 all feature similar designs to their previous paper versions, but include a variety of new polymer specific security features: Transparent window, showing an image of a dodo Shadow image (the polymer note equivalent of a…
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The Reserve Bank of Fiji has announced the issue of the new $5 banknote into circulation from the 2nd April 2013. It is the first banknote of the new “Flora and Fauna” design series which is to be released. As the old $2 banknote is now coined, it is also the lowest denomination banknote. Most…
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On the 1st April 2013 the Bank of Thailand released the new Series 16 20-Baht banknote into circulation. It replaces its previous version which has been in circulation since 2003. In a press release issued by the Bank of Thailand, Mrs. Tongurai Limpiti (Deputy Governor) stated that the new design incorporates “new advanced counterfeit deterrent…
DetailsIt has today been announced that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has signed an agreement with UK based company Innovia Films to sell its 50% share in Securency International Pty Ltd. Innovia, who supplies Securency International with a key film from which they make Guardian® polymer banknote substrate, joined the RBA in a 50/50…
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Fortress Paper Ltd, a pulp and security paper product specialist, has released a statement confirming the first use of their Durasafe® substrate in the new Moroccan 25 dirham banknote. Durasafe® is a high security composite produced at the Landqart Mill in Switzerland. Collaboration between Fortress and the Swiss National bank led to DuraSafe’s development and…
DetailsYesterday Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) presented their latest technology to fight against banknote counterfeiters at the Banknote 2012 conference in Washington D.C. A press release was also issued by the company detailing their new product: MAGnite. This banknote security feature uses “high performance pigments that allow reversible changes between two colour states” when in range…
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