The National Bank of Ukraine has issued a revised edition of its 20-hryvnia banknote on 25 September 2018.
This is an update of the 2003-version of the same denomination. The old and new 20-hryvnia note will circulate side-by-side.
The Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus has decided to modify the existing banknotes while retaining the main images on the front and back sides, as well as their color and size. Some of the images will be modified. The new banknotes will be put into circulation from 2019-2020.
In accordance with the new edition of the rules of Belarusian spelling and punctuation on a 50-ruble note, the inscription "ПЯЦЬДЗЕСЯТ" will be changed to "PYAZJDZYAT".
The 5- and 10-rubles notes will have 2019 on the note and start circulation in that year. The 20- and 50-rubles banknotes will start circulation in 2020 and will have that year showing on the note.
The Sveriges Riksbank will have its krona banknotes printed by De la Rue for the next three years. De la Rue announced this news on their website with this press release.
"De La Rue, the world’s largest commercial designer and printer of currency, has been appointed by Sveriges Riksbank, the world’s oldest central bank, to produce the Swedish Krona for the next three years.
This prestigious contract is one of the most sought after in the industry and reinforces De La Rue’s position as the market leader in currency design and print. There is the potential for the contract to be extended for a further four years at De La Rue’s printing site in the UK."
My mother returned home from a trip to Ireland and Northern Ireland this week and brought some wonderful notes back to the Netherlands. Including three banknotes from Northern Ireland which was a country still missing from my collection!
The European Central Bank has presented the new banknotes of 100 and 200 euro. These are the last two banknotes of the second 'Europa' series since the 500-euro note won't be printed anymore. The new notes will start circulating from 28 May 2019.
From the press release: "The new €100 and €200 banknotes make use of new and innovative security features. Just like the other denominations, the new notes are easy to check when using the “feel, look and tilt” method. At the top of the silvery stripe a satellite hologram shows small € symbols that move around the number and become clearer under direct light. The silvery stripe also shows the portrait of Europa, the architectural motif and a large € symbol. The new €100 and €200 banknotes also feature an enhanced emerald number. While the emerald number itself is present on all the other notes of the Europa series, this enhanced version also shows € symbols inside the numerals.
The new €100 and €200 notes are a different size to the old €100 and €200 notes. Both denominations are now the same height as the €50 banknote. However, their length remains unchanged – the longer the note, the higher the value. Since the €50, €100 and €200 banknotes are now the same height, they can be more easily handled and processed by machines. They will also fit better in people’s wallets and last longer, as they will be subject to less wear and tear.
In addition to the security features that can be seen with the naked eye, euro banknotes also contain machine-readable security features. On the new €100 and €200 banknotes these features have been enhanced, and new ones have been added to enable the notes to be processed and authenticated swiftly. As Executive Board Member Yves Mersch highlighted in his speech unveiling the new banknotes, with the changeover to the new €100 and €200 the entire set of euro banknotes will continue to offer strong protection against counterfeiting. This makes euro banknotes even more secure, but also easier to check and handle."
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has announced plans for the introduction of a new banknote series of the Eastern Caribbean dollar. This currency is used by the independent states Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The other two countries which use the Eastern Carribean dollar are British overseas territories: Anguilla and Montserrat.
The new series will have a vertical orientation and will be made of polymer. The notes will be in the same denomination as the current series and will also keep the same color scheme. The designs on the note will be new however. The new notes will have some the usual elements we see in other polymer notes: holographic windows and embossed tactile geometric shapes for the visually impaired. The new notes will be issued mid-2019.
So what do you think about the design? Does it seem a bit... full perhaps?
The Czech National Bank has issued two updated versions of their 100- and 200-korun banknotes. For the most part the design remains the same but there have been some changes in the security features. The new notes circulate side-by-side with the existing ones. The versions of the 100-korun note that were put into circulation in 1995 and 1997 and the versions of the 200-korun note that were issued in 1996 and 1998 will remain legal tender and will be gradually replaced by the new version depending on their degree of wear.
Some of the updates include:
The new Mexican banknote of 500 pesos is the first of a new family of notes that the Banco de México will be introducing over the next couple of years. Each banknote will show a different period of Mexico’s history, its flora and fauna and areas that have been declared "Natural Patrimony of Humanity" by UNESCO.
An overview (source):
The Central Bank of Venezuela has finally issued new banknotes with new denominations in bolívares soberanos to curb the disastrous inflation which is crippling the country.
Just to keep reminding everybody: Venezuela could potentially be one of the richest countries in the world. Behold the power of complete mismanagement... Don't bother looking up what you could buy with these new notes: they will probably be worthless in a few months.
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