The Central Bank of Armenia has issued three denominations from its latest third series of banknotes, the 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 dram, printed on Hybrid™ substrate. The third series of Armenian banknotes commemorates the 25th anniversary of the national currency. The series consists of six denominations, namely the 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000-dram.…
The Bank of Canada has begun circulating its latest $10 banknote, with its vertical design featuring social justice icon Viola Desmond. Like all Bank of Canada banknotes, the latest $10 note is printed on CCL Secure’s Guardian® polymer substrate and contains similar key security features to the existing series. This includes a clear window including a holographic foil,…
The inauguration of the Bank of Mexico’s second banknote printing facility has taken place following increased banknote demand in the country. Mexican banknotes have been printed by the state’s banknote printing works located in Legaria, Mexico City, since its opening in 1969. The demand for Mexican banknotes has consistently increased, however, with the Legaria printing facility producing 201 million banknotes in 1970…
Norway’s Norges Bank has issued the next two denominations from its latest banknote series, the 50 and 500 krone banknotes, which include advanced security features in their design. Norges Bank began issuing their latest banknotes series in May last year with the release of the 100 and 200 krone denominations. With the theme of the banknote series being “The Sea”,…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has issued the latest banknote denomination from its Next Generation Banknote series, the $50 note. The $50 banknote is the third denomination to be circulated from the Next Generation Banknote Series, following the $5 issued in September 2016 and the $10 a year later. The $50 is the most widely circulated banknote…
The Central Bank of Bolivia has issued and circulated the new 50 boliviano banknote, the third in the latest First Family of Tickets (PFB) of the Plurinational State [translated] following the issuance of the 10 and 20 boliviano banknotes earlier this year. As with all the denominations of the new banknote series, each denomination maintains the same colour…
The Bank of England has announced that the new £50 banknote will be printed on polymer, joining the rest of the banknote series. The news was announced via a press release issued by the central bank today. Other denominations of the latest banknote series issued by the Bank of England are already printed on Guardian®…
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 National Bank of Ukraine has begun circulating an upgraded 20-hryvnia banknote with improved security features. A press release from the central bank reports that 60 million of the upgraded 20-hryvnia banknotes will be printed in total, which will gradually replace older, worn out notes. Whilst the design of the upgraded 20-hryvnia banknote continues to feature main elements used…
The European Central Bank (ECB) has unveiled the new €100 and €200 banknote denominations from the Europa euro banknote series. The new banknotes will enter circulation on 28 May 2019, joining the other denominations of the Europa family consisting of the €5, €10, €20 and €50. The design of the latest denominations uses similar security features…