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…
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…
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…
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…
Following the release of the $100 and $50 polymer banknotes, the Bank of Canada has recently issued the new $20 polymer banknote. This is the latest in the entire series due to be changed, with the new polymer $10 and $5 banknotes expected to be released by late 2013. Like the previous versions, the Bank…
On the 21st August 2012, the Bank of Ghana (BOG) issued the upgraded GH¢50 banknote. The upgraded version was designed to enhance the security and maintain the integrity of the banknote. According to the BOG’s Vice President, Mr. Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, though counterfeiting of the GH¢50 is not a high concern, the Bank aims to move…
Until 1857 all US $ bills were printed using ‘carbon black’ based ink on both the front and reverse of the note. The colour green used on US currency was invented in 1857 by a Canadian chemist named Thomas Sterry Hunt. Like other chemists of his day, he used natural pigments and laboratory chemicals to…
Following the recent release of the new Malawi series of banknotes and coins, the Malawi Union of the Blind (MUB) have made a complaint to the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) stating that “the visually impaired community are finding it difficult to differentiate between the banknotes”. The banknotes do not have features which are easily recognisable to visually…
Today, the 23rd May 2012, the Reserve Bank of Malawi has released a new series of banknotes and coins. Six banknote denominations have been issued consisting of the K1000, K500, K200, K100, K50 and the K20. There are also three coin denominations of K10, K5 and K1. The long-term objectives outlined in the Malawi Growth…