The Swiss National Bank has revealed the latest banknote denomination from its Ninth banknote series, the high value 1,000-franc, which will begin circulating on 13 March 2019. The Swiss 1,000-franc is the fifth of six denominations to be issued from the new series. The 50-franc began circulating in 2016 followed by the 10 and 20-franc in 2017…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed the design of its Next Generation $20 banknote, which will begin circulating in October 2019. The design of the polymer banknote continues to feature portraits of Mary Reibey, an 18th century successful business woman also known for her support of charity, religion and education, and Reverend John Flynn, pioneer of the…
The Bank of Guyana will soon be issuing an upgraded $1,000 banknote with new security thread features including RAPID®. A press release from the Guyana central bank has confirmed that the upgraded $1,000 banknote will no longer have the holographic stripe displayed on the front of the banknote, but will instead feature Crane Currency’s RAPID® micro-optic…
Hungary’s central bank, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank, has begun circulating the 500-forint banknote – the last denomination in the banknote series to be upgraded. The central bank first announced the issuance of the 500-forint banknote last July. Key security features include a holographic foil stripe shown on the front of the banknote, as per all the latest denominations…
The Central Bank of Sudan has unveiled a new one-pound banknote which is to be issued into circulation, eventually replacing the currently circulating version first issued in 2007. The new note has a predominantly brown colour scheme and is 66mm by 148mm in size. Key security features include a windowed security thread, reportedly Rapid®, and…
The Central Bank of Bolivia has issued the fourth denomination from its latest banknote series, the Bs 100, featuring modern security features. The Central Bank of Bolivia is in the process of gradually issuing banknotes from its latest First Family of Tickets (PFB) of the Plurinational State [translated] banknote series. The issuance of the Bs 100 follows…
The Bulgarian National Bank has begun issuing its upgraded series of banknotes with the release of the 100 leva note, which began circulating on 28 December 2018. The design of the latest banknotes continue to use the same themes as the currently circulating banknotes – the 100 leva banknote was first issued in 2003 – but…
The Central Bank of Armenia has circulated the remaining three denominations from its latest third series of banknotes, the 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 dram, all printed on Hybrid™ substrate. The third series of Armenian banknotes consists of six denominations, namely the 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000-dram, and commemorates the 25th anniversary of the…
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 Bank of Canada has begun circulating its latest $10 banknote, with its vertical design featuring social justice icon Viola Desmond. Like all Bank of Canada banknotes, the latest $10 note is printed on CCL Secure’s Guardian® polymer substrate and contains similar key security features to the existing series. This includes a clear window including a holographic foil,…