President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, is to feature on new banknotes to be released next month. The National Bank of Kazakhstan, the country’s central bank, has announced that the new 10,000-tenge banknote (GBP £23, US $29) will go into circulation on 1 December 2016, before a national holiday celebrating the President’s long-standing leadership of the country.…
The Reserve Bank of Malawi has announced that it will introduce a new high denomination K2000 banknote. The central bank has confirmed that the new banknote, worth around US $2.70, will enter circulation on 19 December 2016. It will join the existing series of banknotes, consisting of the K20, K50, K100, K200, K500 and K1000. A press release released by…
It is reported that the government of Venezuela is planning to issue new high value banknotes this December. The country’s economy has faced hyperinflation in recent years and it is forecast to reach 1,600% next year. The bolivar was revalued in 2008 at a ratio of 1 to 1,000, and the new currency, complete with…
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 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…
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…
A press release by the Bank of Mauritius confirms that it aims to begin issuing a new series of banknotes from 2017. A media release dated 17 June 2016 has been presented by the country’s central bank detailing the reasons behind the new banknote series. There are currently seven denominations circulating within the country; Rs25, Rs50, Rs100, Rs200, Rs500,…
The new 20,000-peso Colombia banknote will be issued tomorrow according to a press release by the Banco de la Republica, the country’s central bank. The new Colombia banknote is the second of the latest series to be issued into circulation, following the release of the 100,000 banknote on 31 March 2016. The new note will circulate…