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 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 the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued images of its upgraded 100 dirham banknote that will reportedly be issued this week, featuring Louisenthal’s Galaxy™ security thread. The 100 dirham banknote of the current UAE series was first issued in 1982 but has since had several security feature upgrades. In this latest version, the…
The National Bank of Ukraine has begun circulating an upgraded 20-hryvnia banknote with improved security features. A press release from the central bank reports that 60 million of the upgraded 20-hryvnia banknotes will be printed in total, which will gradually replace older, worn out notes. Whilst the design of the upgraded 20-hryvnia banknote continues to feature main elements used…
The Czech National Bank has upgraded its 100 and 200 koruna banknotes, including a colour-shifting security thread featuring Louisenthal’s Pole® anti-counterfeit feature. The new notes began circulating yesterday, on 05 September 2018. The design of the new 100 and 200 koruna banknotes are based on the previous versions first issued in 1993. However, improved security features have…
The Central Bank of Hungary has unveiled the new 500-forint banknote upgrade, the last in the current upgraded series of notes which the Bank started to issue in 2014. Specific details are yet to be revealed but there appears to be a new holographic foil stripe on the left of the note’s front as well…
The Central Bank of Venezuela has begun circulating an upgraded version of its highest value banknote denomination, the 100,000 bolivar note. According to the Central Bank of Venezuela press release, the new banknote has an upgraded watermark with “the face of the Liberator” (Simón Bolívar) and the Central Bank’s initials “BCV” shown in electrotype. The upgraded note…
As part of its program to upgrade its family of banknotes, the Central Bank of Hungary has begun circulating a new upgraded 1,000 forint banknote. The Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) issued a statement in August last year confirming the issue of the new note which contains new design elements and security features. Whilst the new note became legal tender on the…
The Czech National Bank has announced that it will issue upgraded CZK 100 and 200 banknotes, to be circulated during 2018. A press release published by the Czech Central Bank advises that whilst the new banknotes will continue to use the same illustrative design, they will include modern security features that provide the banknotes with advanced protection against…