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Scotland – New £5 and £10 polymer notes

Source: Royal Bank of Scotland 25 April 2016:  The Royal Bank of Scotland has today unveiled the designs for its new £5 and £10 polymer notes. It also announced that the Scottish novelist and poet Nan Shepherd will feature on the £5 note when it comes into circulation later this year. The new notes will be printed on De La Rue’s Safeguard® Polymer material and will also contain a variety...

The next £20 note

Source: Bank of Englang The Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, announced on 22 April 2016 that J.M.W. Turner will appear on the next £20 note. The Governor revealed the image of Turner that will be used on the note. The reverse of the note will include: J.M.W. Turner’s self-portrait, painted c. 1799 and currently on display in the Tate Britain. One of Turner’s most eminent paintings The Fighting Temeraire;...

Treasury Secretary Lew Announces Front of New $20 to Feature Harriet Tubman, Lays Out Plans for New $20, $10 and $5

Source: U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing 4/20/2016 Press Release In a letter to the American people, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew today announced plans for the new $20, $10 and $5 notes, with the portrait of Harriet Tubman to be featured on the front of the new $20. Secretary Lew also announced plans for the reverse of the new $10 to feature an image of the historic march for...

Australia Next Generation of Banknotes: $5 Banknote Design Reveal

Source: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) 12 April 2016: The Bank has released images of the new $5 banknote. The images show the basic design artwork of each side of the banknote. Key aspects of the existing design – colour, size and people portrayed – are retained for ease of recognition and to minimise the disruption to businesses. There is a new ‘tactile’ feature to help the vision-impaired community...

New banknotes for Switzerland

Source: The SNB;  The Wall Street Journal 6th April 2016:   The Swiss National Bank unveiled its new 50 franc note, a colorful and artistic debut to a new line of bank notes. The eighth banknote series will gradually be replaced by the ninth in a process scheduled to take place between 2016 and 2019. The 20-franc note is planned for the following year. The remaining banknotes will subsequently be...

National Bank of Poland announces new commemorative note

Source: NBP On the 1050th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland, Narodowy Bank Polski issued a collector banknote with the face value of 20 zł. Scheduled date of issue: 12 April 2016. Designer: Krystian Michalczuk Engravers: Krystian Michalczuk, Przemysław Krajewski The banknotes, commissioned by NBP, were manufactured by the Polish Security Printing Works. All coins and banknotes issued by NBP are legal tender in Poland.  Photo: NBP

Canadian woman will be on next series of bank notes

Source: Bank of Canada As announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Finance Bill Morneau, the Bank of Canada is undertaking a broad public consultation to select an iconic Canadian woman to be featured on the first bank note of its next series. This new note will be issued in 2018. “In our country’s nearly 150 year history, women, with the notable exception of the Queen, have...

United Arab Emirates presented a new 200-dirham note

Source: The Gulf Today, March 06, 2016 The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has announced that it will put a new Dhs200 denomination currency note into circulation on Monday, March-07-2016 , reprinted with tactile marks for the blind and sight impaired. The new tactile features will be engraved in bleed-off intaglio printing on the edge of the banknote’s short sides. The tactile feature on the Dhs200 note consists of...

Death of the 500 euro bill getting closer

Source:  CNN February 15, 2016;   Reuters European Central Bank president Mario Draghi made strong statements Monday indicating he is seriously considering phasing out the 500 euro banknote because it’s become so intertwined with criminal activity. “There is a pervasive and increasing conviction in the world of public opinion that high denomination banknotes are used for criminal purposes … It’s in this context that we are considering action”. The ECB is responsible for issuing euro banknotes that...

New PLN 200 banknote for Poland

Source: PAP The National Bank of Poland (NBP) on Friday, 12.02.2016  put into circulation a banknote with the face value of 200 zloty with modernised security features. Work is also under way on a banknote with the face value of PLN 500, the NBP reported, adding that it would not be put into circulation earlier than in 2017. It will carry the portrait of King John III Sobieski. Banknotes...