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.
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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