From today, Monday the 12th October, the first of New Zealand’s seventh banknote series will be issued into circulation. The new series $5 and $10 polymer banknotes are being dispensed by banks and retailers from today though only in small quantities to begin with. Around 345,000 new notes have been sent to banks to meet…
The East Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has announced that it will be issuing a circulating commemorative coin painted with different colours. The press release from the Central Bank has confirmed that the new coin will be issued this month, October 2015, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority (ECCA) banknotes and the…
Sweden’s Central Bank, Sveriges Riksbank, has now launched their new series of 20-, 50- 200- and 1,000-krona banknotes, with the 100- and 500- krona banknotes and 1-, 2- and 5-krona coins to be issued next year in October. The new banknotes were launched on the 1 October, 2015 by the bank, after working on the…
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has chosen to use De La Rue’s Safeguard® polymer substrate for its new £5 and £10 banknote designs. RBS, which is the second largest issuer of banknotes in Scotland by volume, announced that the new designs for each note will be revealed within the coming months and intends to…
The Bank of England has today announced that the next design of the £20 banknote will be printed on a polymer substrate instead of traditional paper. The announcement was made by Victoria Cleland, the Bank of England’s Chief Cashier, at the Follow the Cash 2015 Conference hosted by the University of the West of England…
The Bank of Thailand has issued a new 1000-baht banknote. The new note entered circulation today following an unveiling of the note by the Bank’s Governor, Mr.Prasarn Trairatvorakul, last Monday. The paper banknote contains updated security features to aid both machine and human authentication, including those with visual impairments. The updated features include: A watermark…
According to local news agencies, China will soon be releasing a new 100 yuan banknote. The People’s Bank of China, China’s Central Bank, is reportedly planning to release the new banknote in November this year. The new note will contain improved security features to help combat counterfeit banknotes circulating within the country, which has seen…
On Monday the 29th June, the National Reserve Bank of Tonga issued a new series of banknotes and coins. The new currency designs replace the portrait of the late King George Tupou V with his successor and brother, King Tupou VI. The new coronation currency replaces all coins and banknotes with up to date security…
During the annual Currency Conference, held this year in Vancouver, Canada, the International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) announced that the sixth issue of Kuwaiti Dinar banknotes had been awarded the 2015 International Award for Best Banknote Issue. The highly noted IACA award was determined by Central Banks from around the world and other international…
The Maldives Monetary Authority, the country’s Central Bank, has announced that its next series of banknotes will be printed using De La Rue’s Safeguard® polymer substrate. The new family of notes will consist of denominations currently circulating (10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 Rufiyaa), the new 1,000 Rufiyaa note which is due to be issued in…