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 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…
The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), the country’s Central Bank, has issued a new commemorative banknote printed on De La Rue’s Safeguard® polymer substrate. The 5,000 Rufiyaa note, which is a new high value denomination, was issued on Monday the 27th July 2015. It is issued to mark the 50th Anniversary of independence of Maldives. The…
The Central Bank of Syria has reportedly issued a new 1,000-pound banknote into circulation. The note, which is the highest value Syrian banknote denomination and worth around US$5, has been issued to help improve the paper currency currently in circulation, according to state news agency SANA which quoted Governor Adib Mayaleh. The Central Bank advises…
Various online news sources have reported that the Central Bank of Myanmar has circulated a new 10,000-kyat banknote. The note, which is the highest denomination of the Myanmar banknote series and worth around US$8.70, is reported to have “improved” security features to help reduce the risk of counterfeiting. The new note will circulate alongside the…
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…
The National Bank of Poland has reportedly announced that it will be issuing a 500 zloty banknote. The Central Bank has said that the new denomination, which will become the highest denomination in the Polish banknote series, will be issued within the next 2 years. The new note design will include a portrait of King…
On the 29th April 2015, the Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB), the country’s Central Bank, launched a new series of banknotes consisting of BIF 500, BIF 2000, BIF 5,000 and BIF 10,000 notes. The paper notes are designed using bright colours, different to the design of the denominations before them: the 500 is…