Northern Ireland banknote issuers Danske Bank and Bank of Ireland have announced that they will start circulating polymer banknotes from February 2019. Both banks announced yesterday that they will launch their polymer banknotes on the 27 February 2019. Both will issue a £10 design, and the Bank of Ireland will also issue a polymer £5 note followed by a…
Norway’s Norges Bank has issued the next two denominations from its latest banknote series, the 50 and 500 krone banknotes, which include advanced security features in their design. Norges Bank began issuing their latest banknotes series in May last year with the release of the 100 and 200 krone denominations. With the theme of the banknote series being “The Sea”,…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has issued the latest banknote denomination from its Next Generation Banknote series, the $50 note. The $50 banknote is the third denomination to be circulated from the Next Generation Banknote Series, following the $5 issued in September 2016 and the $10 a year later. The $50 is the most widely circulated banknote…
The Central Bank of Bolivia has issued and circulated the new 50 boliviano banknote, the third in the latest First Family of Tickets (PFB) of the Plurinational State [translated] following the issuance of the 10 and 20 boliviano banknotes earlier this year. As with all the denominations of the new banknote series, each denomination maintains the same colour…
The Bank of England has announced that the new £50 banknote will be printed on polymer, joining the rest of the banknote series. The news was announced via a press release issued by the central bank today. Other denominations of the latest banknote series issued by the Bank of England are already printed on Guardian®…
The Central Bank of Bahamas has launched the third denomination of their CRISP banknote series, the $20 banknote featuring De La Rue’s Active™ thread. The Central Bank of the Bahamas is gradually issuing their CRISP (Counterfeit Resistant Integrated Security Product) Evolution banknote series, having already issued the 10 dollar denomination in 2016 and the 1 dollar…
The European Central Bank (ECB) has unveiled the new €100 and €200 banknote denominations from the Europa euro banknote series. The new banknotes will enter circulation on 28 May 2019, joining the other denominations of the Europa family consisting of the €5, €10, €20 and €50. The design of the latest denominations uses similar security features…
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has announced that it will issue a new series of polymer banknotes in 2019, the first polymer notes to be issued by the Bank. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has issued a short film describing the new banknote family, and its reasons for changing to polymer: According to the ECCB, the decision…
HSBC Hong Kong have unveiled their new family of banknotes which are due to begin circulating later this year, designed in collaboration with De La Rue. The new banknote series continues to use the same denominations of HK$20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000. Images courtesy of De La Rue. The theme of the banknote series is…
Mexico’s central bank, the Banco de Mexico has started circulating its new 500-pesos banknote, the first of its latest Type G banknote series. The Mexico central bank started circulating its new 500-pesos banknote yesterday, the 27 August 2018. The note, 146 x 65mm in size, has a predominantly blue colour scheme and is printed on…