The Banco de Mexico will announce a new banknote of 500 pesos on 27 August 2018, El Universal reports. The new note will probably be made of polymer and will probably have a new design.
The new note is necesssary since the 500-pesos note is the most widely used in the country and therefore damaged quickly.
Instant update: here's what the new note looks like:
The European Central Bank will officially unveil the design of the new 100- and 200-euro banknotes on 17 September 2018, according to Le Vif. The two notes will be issued in the first half of 2019.
These two notes will be the last new designs in the current Europa-series. The 500-euro note won't get a new design as it won't be printed anymore.
According to Al Ain the Central Bank of Yemen has introduced a new 200-rial note on 15 August 2018. The new note is 150 x 69 mm and has the Zabid Castle on the front.
The Banco Central de la República Argentina has issued its new 50-pesos note on 16 August 2018. The note shows the Andean Condor the front and Mount Aconcagua, habitat of the Andean condor, on the back.
More on the design and security measures can be found on this beautifully designed official site.
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has announced it will start to issue its new 200-francs banknote from 22 August 2018. From the press release:
"The inspiration behind the new banknote series is 'The many facets of Switzerland'. Each denomination depicts a typically Swiss characteristic, which is then illustrated graphically using a range of elements. The 200-franc note focuses on Switzerland's scientific expertise, as expressed by matter, the note's key motif. Core design elements in the new series are the hand and the globe, which appear on every denomination.
As with the banknotes currently in circulation, the ninth series consists of six denominations; the colour scheme, too, remains the same. Accordingly, the main colour of the new 200-franc note is brown. However, the format has been modified – the new notes are smaller and thus easier to handle. The innovative combination of complex security features and sophisticated design provides state-of-the-art anti-counterfeiting protection.
The next denomination, the 1000-franc note, will be presented on 5 March 2019 and enter circulation on 13 March 2019. The last denomination in the new series, the 100-franc note, is to be issued in autumn 2019. The SNB will announce the precise issue date well in advance."
This note will be highly anticipated by collectors. The last two released banknotes went on to become Banknote of the Year and this note looks great again.
A while ago I wrote about a new note from fantasy banknote creator Celsus Solar of Mujand. This note featured the beautiful nature of Yellowstone National Park. I expressed the hope this note would be the first of many because I think it's one of the most beautiful notes coming from the vaults of Mujand.
Well, joyous tidings indeed because yesterday I received two new notes from the National Parks series! While I expected to see other National Parks from the USA I was surpised to see two parks from around the world: Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and Jiuzhaigou National Park in China. Showing parks from around the world opens up a whole range of commercial and artistic possibilities so this is a very clever move I think.
Both notes have the same nominal value in the local currency: 50 shilling for the Serengeti note and 50 yuan for the Jiuzhaigou note. They also have the same size: 82.55 x 165.10 mm. But what's most important: just like the first note from Yellowstone National Park they look amazing.
The Serengeti note features a lion, local flora, a foil strip and a unique serial number on the front. The back shows a black rhinoceros, an olive baboon (papio anubis), a malachite kingfisher, a hot-air balloon and a map of the park.
The Jiuzhaigou note shows a giant panda, local flora, waterfalls, a foil strip and a unique serial number on the front. The back features a bharal (or Himalayian blue sheep), a golden snub-nosed monkey a white-browed rosefinch and a map of the park.
The attention to detail is visible throughout the design of these fantasy notes, for instance with the incorporation of the local languages. Like I said before: these notes should be available in the National Parks themselves and certainly belong in every collection of fantasy notes.
The notes are selling fast but can still be bought at the Mujand site where you can also see more video material from the different parks.
Let's hope we will see more notes from other parks in the future. The list of potential themes is long enough...
Disclaimer: these notes were sent for review purposes. The text is entirely mine and was not paid for or asked for in any way.
The Bank of Zambia has announced that it will issue a series of improved banknotes. They're mostly security related changes but other than the changes listed below, the design will stay the same.
First the 2- and 5-kwacha notes will be issued in August 2018, the other denominations will follow.
The changes are:
20-, 50- and 100-kwacha
10-kwacha
2- and 5-kwacha
Update 9-11-2018: all the new notes will be issued on 10 November 2018.
And while we're visiting our former Dutch colonies, let's look at Curacao and St. Maarten who might also be planning a new series of banknotes. The notes could be planned for introduction in 2021.
The two nations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands (again, watch this video by CGP Grey explaining it all) share a central bank: the Centrale Bank van Curacao en Sint Maarten and use the Antiliaanse gulden as currency.
According to MRI Guide the Centrale Bank van Aruba is planning to issue a new family of banknotes around 2020. Aruba uses the Aruban florin as its currency which is pegged to the US dollar.
Aruba was once part of the Netherlands but is now a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. To learn more about this remarkable construction, I highly recommend this video by CGP Grey.
The current 10-florin banknote:
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