The Central Bank of the Bahamas has issued the fourth denomination of its CRISP Evolution banknote series, the half dollar $0.50. The new Bahamas note, the lowest denomination of the series, began circulating on 24 January 2019. It is the first complete redesign of the $0.50 banknote denomination since it was launched in 1984. The CRISP (Counterfeit…
The Central Bank of Bahamas has launched the third denomination of their CRISP banknote series, the $20 banknote featuring De La Rue’s Active™ thread. The Central Bank of the Bahamas is gradually issuing their CRISP (Counterfeit Resistant Integrated Security Product) Evolution banknote series, having already issued the 10 dollar denomination in 2016 and the 1 dollar…
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has announced that it will issue a new series of polymer banknotes in 2019, the first polymer notes to be issued by the Bank. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has issued a short film describing the new banknote family, and its reasons for changing to polymer: According to the ECCB, the decision…
The Central Bank of the Solomon Islands has circulated its new $10 banknote today, the fourth denomination in the Bank’s new series of banknotes to be issued. Image courtesy of De La Rue. The new $10 banknote begins circulating in the Solomon Islands today. The banknote was designed and printed in collaboration with De La Rue.…
The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic has issued a commemorative $500 banknote, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the institution. Image courtesy of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic The banknote uses the same design as the circulating version and includes many of the existing security features such as a latent image, watermark and microtext, but…
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has issued the latest denomination from their new CRISP Evolution series, the one dollar banknote. The Bank issued a press release yesterday announcing the release of the banknote denomination, the second of the CRISP Evolution series to be issued following the $10 banknote in September 2016. The banknote is printed on Louisenthal’s Hybrid™ combination…
On 1 July 2017, the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago began re-issuing new 5, 10 and 25 cent coins having changed their metal composition, and it has also dropped the 1 cent coin. The new coins are manufactured using more cost effective metals to help make savings for the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago, estimated to…
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has launched the new $10 banknote, the first to be issued of their new CRISP (Counterfeit Resistant Integrated Security Product) Evolution series of banknotes. The new paper banknote, designed and printed by De La Rue in collaboration with the central bank, is the first circulating banknote to include De…
The East Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has announced that it will be issuing a circulating commemorative coin painted with different colours. The press release from the Central Bank has confirmed that the new coin will be issued this month, October 2015, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority (ECCA) banknotes and the…
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) has announced that the winner of the 2014 Bank Note of the Year award is the 50 dollar polymer note from the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. The note, collaboratively produced by the Central Bank and De La Rue, commemorates the Bank’s 50th anniversary and has been in…