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,…
On the 3rd November 2014, the Central Bank of Mauritius announced that it is to embark on a “Clean Bank Note Programme” due to finding an increasing number of banknotes which have been defaced. “The Bank has noted, with concern, an increasing number of instances where banknotes are being defaced, either by writing, printing, drawing…
On the 22nd August 2013 the Bank of Mauritius (BOM) launched three new polymer banknotes. The RS25, RS50 and RS500 all feature similar designs to their previous paper versions, but include a variety of new polymer specific security features: Transparent window, showing an image of a dodo Shadow image (the polymer note equivalent of a…