Banknote supplier Crane Currency has confirmed that it plans to build a new banknote printing facility and customer experience centre in Malta. According to Crane’s press release dated 22 September 2016, the new facility will represent an investment of US $100 million for the construction of the factory, the machinery and the equipment. The new…
The Central Bank of Bahrain has upgraded its BD10 and BD20 banknotes with new security features. The notes, last issued in 2008, continue to use the same design but now include several new security features. Gemini® – from De La Rue. Shown at the top right of the front of the banknote as the Arabic numeral 10…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has today issued its new $5 polymer banknote. It is the first of the new series to be issued, as part of the central bank’s Next Generation Banknote Program. The $5 note is printed using Innovia Security’s Guardian® polymer substrate and contains a variety of new security features. This includes the first…
Gibraltar has issued a new polymer £100 banknote to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Joshua Hassan, Gibraltar’s first Chief Minister. The new banknote uses De La Rue’s polymer Safeguard® substrate, and is the first time a holographic foil, namely Depth™ Image, has been used with the polymer substrate. The hologram is visible from either…
British banknote manufacturer De La Rue has signed an agreement to enter a joint venture with the Government of Kenya. A press release from De La Rue confirmed that the agreement was made on 18 August 2016, saying that it “strengthens and builds on our existing long term strategic relationship with the Government of Kenya”. The partnership…
The Banco de la República of Colombia has confirmed that it will begin to issue the $50,000 denomination banknote next week, on Friday 19 August 2016. This will be the third banknote of the new series issued by the central bank of Colombia, following the $100,000 and $20,000 issued this year in March and June respectively. According to…
The Bank of Thailand has issued a 500-Baht commemorative banknote, celebrating the 7th cycle birthday anniversary of Thailand’s Queen Sirikit on 12 August 2016. The banknote was unveiled by Mr Veerathai Santiprabhob, the Governor of the country’s central bank. The front of the commemorative banknote remains the same as the currently circulating denomination, but the reverse design…
The Central Bank of Liberia has announced that it will soon issue a new series of banknotes. The statement available from the Central Bank of Liberia’s website confirms that, in keeping with its statutory mandate to at all times ensure that the integrity of the Liberian Dollar is uncompromisingly maintained, a new series of banknotes will soon…
The counterfeiting of euro banknotes has decreased during the first half of 2016, figures from the European Central Bank show. The counterfeiting of euro banknotes has decreased during the first half of 2016, figures from the European Central Bank show. During the first half of 2016, 331,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation. This continues…
Watch how the new fiver £5 note from the Bank of England is made. The film, from the Bank of England, shows the new £5 note being printed by De La Rue at the Bank of England print works in Loughton, Essex, UK. The new £5 banknote, called the New Fiver, was unveiled earlier this month…