The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu has issued the next denomination of their polymer banknote family, the 5,000-vatu printed on Guardian™ substrate. The new family of polymer banknotes are being gradually circulated. The first denomination to be issued was the 10,000-vatu, circulated on the 28 July 2010. The 200, 1,000 and 2,000-vatu denominations were all released in…
Scotland’s Clydesdale Bank has announced that it will issue its £10 polymer banknote on 21 September 2017, one week after the Bank of England is due to issue its own £10 polymer banknote design. The new Clydesdale note will continue to feature the famous Scottish poet and lyricist, Robert Burns, who died 221 years ago. It will also…
The Bank of England has unveiled the design of the new ten pound polymer banknote due to begin circulating on the 14 September 2017. The new polymer banknote is the second of the new series of banknotes to be issued by the Bank of England, following the release of the New Fiver last September. Celebrating the works…
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement, Brunei Darussalam and Singapore have issued commemorative polymer banknotes. The Monetary Authorities of both Brunei Darussalam and Singapore have jointly issued a set of two $50 commemorative polymer banknotes at a ceremony held on 5 July 2017. The Currency Interchangeability Agreement was originally established in 1967 to…
CCL Secure has won the CFI.co 2017 ‘Most Innovative Banknote Technology Global’ award for its Guardian™ polymer banknote substrate. CFI.co will run a feature on the award and CCL Secure, formerly Innovia Security until their acquisition by CCL Industries last month, in an upcoming edition of its journal. The CFI.co Judges’ Report recognises that Guardian™ has 4%…
The Bank of Scotland has revealed the design of its new £10 banknote due to be circulated later this year. The new banknote replaces its paper predecessor last issued in 2007, but retains some of its features. A portrait of Scottish novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott, continues to be displayed on the front of the note alongside…
From today, Innovia Security, the manufacturer of Guardian™ polymer banknote substrate, will operate under the new name of CCL Secure. This follows an announcement made last December advising that The Smithfield Group, the managing shareholder of Innovia Group, had accepted an offer from Canada’s CCL Industries Inc. to acquire the company for CAD $1.3 billion (US $952.7m). Speaking…
The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) have unveiled the design of the new 5 Rufiyaa banknote. The new polymer banknote is part of the Ran Dhihafaheh note series which launched on 1 November 2016 and circulated on 26 January 2016, consisting of the 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 denominations. The new polymer 5 replaces the last…
Fortress Paper Ltd has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Landqart AG, has entered into an agreement with a fourth customer to use its banknote substrate, Durasafe®. Details of the new customer have not yet been made public, but they join the list of countries using Durasafe® within their banknotes – namely Morocco, Kazakhstan and Switzerland. Durasafe® is a banknote paper…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed the design of the new $10 banknote due to be issued in September 2017, part of the Next Generation series of banknotes. Images released by the Central Bank show the basic design artwork on the front and back of the soon to be released banknote. The design of the…