The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has unveiled the new 50 franc banknote, the first of the banknotes from the long awaited ninth series. The design focuses on the element of wind. The note, which is 70mm by 137mm, is made using Landqart’s Durasafe® substrate composed of a central transparent polymer layer between two cotton paper layers…
The State Bank of Vietnam held a press conference on the 4 April 2016 to announce that a souvenir (commemorative) 100 dong banknote will become available during May this year, to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Banking Sector. The new note uses a substrate developed by paper producer Arjowiggins Security called DIAMONE® COMPOSITE which uses…
A press release from the Colombian Central Bank, the Banco De La República, has confirmed that a new 100,000 peso banknote was introduced on the 31 March 2016. The note is the first of a new series of banknotes issued by the Central Bank, and is an additional denomination to the previous banknote series which consisted…
The new 12 sided £1 coin has officially gone into production a year before it is due to be issued into circulation, with the UK’s Royal Mint producing the coins at a rate of 4,000 coins per minute and the aim of producing 1.4 billion of the new coins. The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne,…
According to local reports, on the 7 March 2016 the United Arab Emirates Central Bank released into circulation a new 200 dirham banknote. The new note includes tactile marks for the visually impaired, which now completes the entire banknote series following a program to upgrade the designs of existing banknotes with such features throughout 2015.…
On 25th December 2015 the National Bank of Ukraine presented the new 500 hryvnia banknote, which is to enter circulation on 11 April 2016. The 500 denomination is the latest to be revealed, as part of a project launched in 2012 to revamp all note denominations released between 2003 and 2007. “The main reason behind…
The Bank of Israel has released the next denomination in its new banknote series, the 200 shekels banknote. Yesterday, the Bank issued a press release advising that the new 200 denomination was being distributed to the public via commercial banks, ATMs and the Israel Postal Company. It is the second denomination of the ‘Series C…
The European Central Bank (ECB) has today issued the new euro 20 banknote, the latest in the second series of euro banknotes, named “Europa”. The paper banknote, which is mainly blue in colour, consists of new and up-to-date security features to help combat the use of counterfeit banknotes, including tactile features for the visually impaired,…
China’s Central Bank will issue an upgraded 100 yuan banknote from tomorrow, Thursday the 12th November 2015. Though the note looks very similar to its predecessor, it contains various security feature upgrades to help combat counterfeiting. The Bank states there are at least seven improvements to the note’s design which, it claims, will allow cash…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the country’s Central Bank, has issued a new 5-rupee coin. The new coin has a different metal composition than its predecessor, consisting of 79% copper, 20% zinc and 1% nickel. The coin is also different in size, now measuring 18.5mm. The existing 5-rupee coin will continue to be legal…