The Central Bank of Solomon Islands has issued a limited edition $40 commemorative banknote and $2 coin to celebrate the country’s 40th anniversary of independence. The commemorative banknote was designed by De La Rue and its theme of independence is captured with the phrase ‘A call to nation to come together as one and move…
Northern Ireland’s Ulster Bank has unveiled the new £5 and £10 polymer banknotes due to be issued next year, featuring a vertical design. It is the first time that a banknote has been designed vertically in Britain and Ireland. Indeed, only a handful of notes around the world are designed this way including Switzerland, Bermuda and…
The Bank of Russia has issued a commemorative 100-ruble polymer banknote to mark the 2018 FIFA World Cup which is to be hosted by Russia. The vertically orientated design of the FIFA banknote features illustrations of footballs including a goalkeeper in action and small child holding a football. The predominant colours used in the design are…
The Central Bank of Macedonia has begun circulating polymer versions of its lowest two banknote denominations, the 10 and 50 denar notes. Macedonia’s two lowest value banknote denominations have been upgraded from traditional cotton paper substrate to polymer. The Central Bank’s aim is to reduce long-term banknote production and processing costs through increased banknote durability. The new polymer…
De La Rue (DLR) has opened its new product authentication facility in Malta, which will produce tax stamps, authentication and brand products including protection labels for Microsoft. According to DLR, the facility, which was opened today by the Prime Minister of Malta on 24 April 2018, is a centre of excellence across Currency, Identity and Brand…
The Bank of Canada has unveiled the new $10 banknote featuring the iconic Canadian woman Viola Desmond on International Women’s Day. The launch of the new $10 banknote, expected to begin circulating in late 2018, marks the first time that an iconic Canadian woman has been included in a circulating Bank of Canada banknote. An…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has today revealed the design the new $50 banknote, the next denomination to be issued from the Next Generation Banknote family. The design of the polymer banknote continues to feature portraits of Aboriginal writer and inventor David Unaipon as well as the first female member of the Australian parliament, Edith Cowan. The…
The Bank of Botswana has unveiled their upgraded 10 pula banknote which will enter circulation on 1 February 2018, printed on De La Rue’s Safeguard® polymer substrate. Following an announcement from the Central Bank made last November, the Bank of Botswana has today unveiled the upgraded 10 pula banknote. According to local reports, complaints were made by…
The Central Bank of Mauritania has issued its new ouguiya currency, consisting of newly denominated banknotes that have dropped a zero from its value. The new polymer banknotes began circulating in Mauritania yesterday, on the 1 January 2018. The launch of the new currency follows an announcement made last November by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who reportedly advised of the…
The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu has completed the issuance of its latest banknote series with the launch of the new polymer banknote VT 500. The new VT 500 banknote was launched on the 27 October 2017. According to a press release issued by the Central Bank, it took eight years to complete the launch of the new banknote series.…