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New Generation Coins from Central Bank of Kenya

Coin, NewsBy SMI 12/12/2018

On 11 December, the Central Bank of Kenya issued its latest series of New Generation Coins featuring images of Kenya’s wildlife. The new coins, which are available in denominations of 1, 5, 10 and 20 shillings, have been designed following public consultation and are dedicated to Kenya’s heritage and respect for the environment. Each coin contains a…

Reserve Bank of India exploring features for visually impaired

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 07/06/2018

The Reserve Bank of India intends to explore the feasibility of developing a feature to assist those with visual impairments to identify Indian banknotes. The Reserve Bank announced its intention to focus on features for the visually impaired in its June 2018 Statement on Developmental and Regulation Policies. Highlighting the advancement in technology in such…

India updates notes for visually impaired

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 25/09/2015

The Reserve Bank of India has issued a press release advising of new ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes incorporating additional features for the visually impaired which it will shortly be putting into circulation. The Bank had recently released the same denominational notes with numerals in ascending size, but without bleed lines or enlarged identification marks, which…

Australian banknotes to include features for visually impaired

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 13/02/2015

A press release from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on 13 February 2015 advises that the next generation of Australian banknotes will include a tactile feature aimed at people with vision impairments to enable them to distinguish between banknote denominations more easily. The current series of polymer banknotes uses bright colours, large and bold…

New Malawi Banknotes Cause Problems For Visually Impaired

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 12/06/2012

Following the recent release of the new Malawi series of banknotes and coins, the Malawi Union of the Blind (MUB) have made a complaint to the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) stating that “the visually impaired community are finding it difficult to differentiate between the banknotes”. The banknotes do not have features which are easily recognisable to visually…