To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Coronation, the Narodowy Bank Polski (NBP) will start circulating a commemorative banknote from the 21 August 2017. The front of the banknote displays imagery of the crowns bestowed by Pope Clement XI, and the reverse displays a drawing published in Rome in 1717, depicting the coronation of the Miraculous Icon…
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…
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…
The Bank of Thailand has announced that it will issue a new family of commemorative banknotes into circulation on 20 September 2017. A press release from the Bank of Thailand has confirmed that royal permission has been granted for the Central Bank to print and issue the commemorative banknotes in remembrance of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej,…
The number of counterfeit euro banknotes recorded during the first half of 2017 has decreased compared with the previous six months, but remains on par with the first half of 2016. The European Central Bank has released its latest figures revealing the number of counterfeit euro banknotes identified during the first half of 2017. A total of…
Scotland’s Clydesdale Bank has announced that it will issue its £10 polymer banknote on 21 September 2017, one week after the Bank of England is due to issue its own £10 polymer banknote design. The new Clydesdale note will continue to feature the famous Scottish poet and lyricist, Robert Burns, who died 221 years ago. It will also…
Crane Currency says it will be printing banknotes by the end of 2017, as its new banknote printing facility in Malta nears completion. Crane Currency first announced its intention to invest US $100 million in a new banknote printing facility in Malta in September last year. Following the laying of the facility’s foundation stone at a…
The Bank of England has unveiled the design of the new ten pound polymer banknote due to begin circulating on the 14 September 2017. The new polymer banknote is the second of the new series of banknotes to be issued by the Bank of England, following the release of the New Fiver last September. Celebrating the works…
A new family of banknotes has today begun to circulate, issued by the Central Bank of Madagascar with the addition of a new high value denomination. Today, Madagascar banknote denominations of 2,000, 5,000, 10,000 and a brand new high value denomination of 20,000 Ariary (US $6.80) have been issued into circulation. The remaining 100, 200, 500 and…
The Central Bank of Armenia has announced that they will be changing the denomination structure of their next 3rd Generation Banknote series, with the addition of a lower value banknote and removal of the highest value note. Citing an increased use in cashless payments within the country, the Central Bank has confirmed that the 100,000 dram…