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New $10 bill featuring Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond unveiled

Source: Bank of Canada March 8, 2018 – Halifax, Nova Scotia Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz unveiled the new $10 bank note featuring Viola Desmond during a ceremony at the Halifax Central Library. Once issued into circulation in late 2018, it will mark the first time that an iconic Canadian woman is portrayed on a regularly circulating Bank of Canada note. This...

New Australian 50-dollar banknote revealed

Source:  Reserve Bank of Australia 15 February 2018:  The Reserve Bank has today revealed the design of the new $50 banknote. As with the existing banknote, the new $50 features portraits of Aboriginal writer and inventor David Unaipon and the first female member of an Australian parliament, Edith Cowan. The new banknotes will be released into general circulation in October 2018. Existing $50 banknotes can continue to be used,...

South Africa new Mandela commemorative banknotes

Source:  South African Reserve Bank Press Release, Sunday, 11 February 2018 The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will this year launch a set of commemorative South African banknotes in honour of what would have been Nelson Mandela’s centenary. These notes will cover all denominations – R10, R20, R50, R100 and R200. At the same time, the South African Mint, a subsidiary of the SARB, will issue a new R5...

Mnuchin and Carranza signatures now on the dollar bill

Source: USA Today The signatures of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and  U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza  will  appear on the U.S. paper currency. The first note that will bear their signatures is $1, a new series of 2017. Mnuchin’s signature is decidedly more legible than that of his predecessor Jacob Lew. Carranza replaces Rosie Rios, who served as U.S. treasurer from 2009 through last July (2017).  Images: USA Today /...

Central bank of Armenia issues first collectible hybrid banknote

Source: ARKA News Agency YEREVAN, November 22 2017:  Armenia’s Central Bank has unveiled a new hybrid banknote “Noah’s Ark” with a face value of 500 drams. The size of the banknote is 140 x 76 mm. It  is printed on high-quality Hybrid ™ composite material,  covered on both sides with cotton paper and  protected by a thin layer of polyester. The obverse of the banknote features images of Reliquary with a...

Israel new 20 and 100 NIS banknotes

Source: Bank of Israel The Bank of Israel announced that beginning on Thursday, November 23, 2017 the new NIS 20 and NIS 100 banknotes will be distributed to the public via the commercial banks, automated banking machines and the Postal Bank. On Wednesday, November 22, 2017 the Governor of the Bank of Israel will present the new banknotes to Israel’s President, Mr. Reuven Rivlin at an event at the...

Venezuela launches new 100,000-bolivar banknote

Source:  Noticias Alianzanews – 02 de Noviembre de 2017, Caracas The President of Venezuela on Wednesday launched a new highest denomination banknote worth 100,000 bolivars (about $30 at the highest official exchange rate), which will go into circulation on Thursday, 2 November 2017. “As of this week the new 100,000 bolivars bill will go into circulation … to proceed to strengthen the policy of protection, social security of workers...

Russia launches new banknotes of 200 and 2,000 ruble

Source: The Moscow Times Russia’s Central Bank and the National Mint Goznak unveiled new 200- and 2,000-ruble bills on Thursday, Oct. 12. The front side of the new banknotes are fitted with a QR code which links to the bank’s website where there is detailed information on their artistic design and security features. Last year, the bank held a contest for the selection of symbols for the new bills in which...

Swiss National Bank releases new 10-franc note

Source: Swiss National Bank  Press Release:  Berne, 11 October 2017 Third banknote in latest series showcases Switzerland’s organisational talent The Swiss National Bank (SNB) will begin issuing the new 10-franc note on 18 October 2017. Following the 50-franc and 20-franc notes, it is the third of six denominations in the new banknote series to be released. The current eighth-series banknotes will remain legal tender until further notice. The inspiration behind...

MNB: Upgrading the 1000 forint banknote

Source: The Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) Press Release 23 August 2017: The Magyar Nemzeti Bank will continue its programme of upgrading Hungarian forint banknotes put in place in 2014. As part of the programme, the Bank will issue into circulation an upgraded 1000 forint note with new design elements and incorporating new security features. Following past practice, the issue will take place in two steps. First, the new 1000...