On 11 December, the Central Bank of Kenya issued its latest series of New Generation Coins featuring images of Kenya’s wildlife. The new coins, which are available in denominations of 1, 5, 10 and 20 shillings, have been designed following public consultation and are dedicated to Kenya’s heritage and respect for the environment. Each coin contains a…
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has begun issuing a new series of circulation coins with the aim of reducing the cost of minting. The new circulation coins dated “2017” continue to use the same denominations of RS.10, RS.5, RS.2 and RS.1. The new coins have been designed to increase durability in circulation, effectively reducing their minting…
South Africa is marking the centenary of late President Nelson Mandela’s birth, including the South African Reserve Bank who have released a commemorative banknotes series and R5 coin. South Africa Banknotes The new commemorative banknotes are known as the South Africa Madiba series, so called from Mandela’s clan name. The notes have been designed by De La…
A commemorative 5-zloty coin has been issued by Poland’s Central Bank, the Narodowy Bank Polski, to commemorate 100 years of regaining independence. The commemorative coin was issued on 22 May 2018, in advance of Poland’s independence day which falls later this year on 11 November. The bimetal 5-zloty coin has a silver coloured manganese (MN25) ring…
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic is continuing to celebrate 25 years of the country’s national currency with the introduction of two new coins. The coins were issued by the Central Bank yesterday on the country’s National Currency Day to celebrate 25 years of independence and the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the national currency. The…
The Central Bank of Venezuela has confirmed that a new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code will be assigned to its soon to be denominated currency. The ISO code “VES” will be used to identify the new Sovereign Bolivar that comes into effect on 04 June 2018, replacing the previous ISO code of “VEF”.. The Venezuelan currency is to…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Philippines Central Bank, has started to issue its latest circulating coins from the New Generation Currency (NGC) Coin Series. The new series comprises of six coin denominations consisting of the 10, 5 and 1-piso and the 25, 5 and 1-sentimo. Micro-printed details have been included on the two highest…
The National Bank of Moldova has issued new coins of 1, 2, 5 and 10-lei that will circulate alongside existing banknotes of the same value, shifting the country’s coin-note boundary. The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) performed a broad economic study on cash use within the country, conducting public consultations with independent experts, local and central authorities, representatives of the business…
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka will soon issue a new set of stainless steel circulating coins, helping to address the current coin shortage in the country. The new coins from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka will be in denominations of Rs. 1, 2, 5 and 10 and will be silver in colour. The…
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…