The Bank of Mauritius has issued a new 2000-rupee banknote printed on De La Rue’s Safeguard® polymer substrate. The Rs2000 is the second denomination to be printed on Safeguard®, following the Rs500 which began circulating in 2013. It appears that the seven denomination Mauritius banknote series is gradually being converted to polymer instead of traditional cotton-paper substrate, with the…
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…
The Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe has celebrated its 25th anniversary by launching a new series of banknotes and coins. The new currency is part of the Bank’s Monetary Reform 2018, resulting in the removal of three zeros from the denomination structure of the current series first circulated in 1997. There will be six banknote denominations…
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…
CCL Secure and De La Rue have been awarded ten-year contracts by the Bank of England to supply polymer substrates for the new £20 banknotes. Under the terms of the contract, CCL Secure will supply the Bank of England with Guardian™ substrate for 75% of the first call-off volume, and De La Rue will supply its…
The Royal Bank of Scotland has begun circulating its latest polymer banknote, the ten pound note, printed by De La Rue on Safeguard® substrate. It is the first time in thirty years that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has issued a new £10 banknote design. The new note, which features mathematician and astronomer Mary Somerville, is…
The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it will issue its new polymer £10 banknote printed on SafeGuard® substrate on 4 October 2017. It is the first time in thirty years that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has issued a new £10 banknote design. The banknote denomination is the second in the RBS “Fabric of Nature”…
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…
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…