The Banque Centrale de Djibouti has introduced a new 40-francs note to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Djibouti’s independence from France. Djibouti bevame independent of France on 27 June 1977.
I think this new note has a beautiful design so I nominated it for Banknote of the Year 2017 at the IBNS website.
The Banka e Shqiperise (Bank of Albania) has announced it will issue a new note and denomination of 10,000-leke making it the highest denomination in the country, according to the site Albanian Daily News. The new note will have a portrait of the poet Asdreni intertwined with the National Flag and a line of the National Anthem.
The exact date of issue hasn't been announced yet, but it will be soon.
Update 3-3-2019: The new banknote will be issued in 2020.
The Czech National Bank has plans to commemorate the founding of Czechoslovakia. This joyous occasion happened on 28 October 1918 after the First World War and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The country existed until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.
To commemorate this fact, the National Bank has published a competition for the design of the new 100-korun note. The note will be golden-yellow and as main motif for the front the portrait of Alois Rasin, first Finance minister of Czechoslovakia. For the back there is an option between the Schebek Palace, former building of the Banking Authority, or the current building of the Czech National Bank, both pictured below.
The new commemorative note will be issued in 2019. While it is legal tender it won't be widely available.
The Banque Central de Mauritanie has issued a new series of banknotes on 1 January 2018. The new series has the following denominations: 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-ougiyas. This shows that they've had a redenomination at a rate of 1:10.
The redemption of the current notes, which will cease to be legal tender at the end of the year, will happen in the following tranches:
All the old notes will cease to be legal tender on 30 June 2018, and will lose all value at the end of 2018.
The new notes aren't exactly show stoppers but they're alright with traditional themes and colors:
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP: the Central Bank of the Philippines) has revealed on 5 December 2017 a new family of notes. The new notes have some minor changes in the design compared to the previous series.
All the changes as mentioned in the press release:
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Denomination/s |
Enhancements/Changes |
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200-Piso |
- Changes in the images in the obverse side of the banknote particularly those depicting the Declaration of Philippine Independence and Opening of the Malolos Congress |
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50-Piso |
- Addendum in the text "Leyte Landing" to "Leyte Landing October 1944" |
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1000-Piso |
- Deletion of the image of the Order of Lakandula Medal and the phrase "MEDAL OF HONOR" in the obverse side of the banknote |
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20-, 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-Piso |
- Changes in the format of the scientific names. - Increase in the font size of the year mark of the banknotes. |
In December 2015 the Congress of Peru decided to change the name of the national currency from "nuevo sol" to just "sol". The nuevo sol was the new name for the currency from 1 July 1991 when it replaced the old "inti".
The Banco Central de Reserva del Perú has just issued the first banknotes with the new currency name on it. The design of the new 10- and 100-sol notes has remained largely the same as the currently circulating nuevo sol-notes. A new blue security thread has been incorporated in the 100-sol note. The new notes will circulate side-by-side with the old notes.
Two videos of the security features of these new notes after the click.
If you're a fan of Star Wars (me!) and a banknote collector (me, me!) you're going to love this one: to celebrate the release of the 8th movie in the series a special commemorative fantasy note will be sold. The Last Jedi will hit the theatre's around 13 December 2017 but the special auction will be held on eBay (at this shop) on Thursday 7 December 2017.
The note is designed by De la Rue so you can expect it to look and feel like a real banknote. Only 1,000 commemorative notes will be available from 7 december for a fixed price of 100 pound (about 135 USD or 113 EUR). Another 50 premium notes will be put up for auction.
"The notes are crafted with 100% cotton cylinder mould paper, securitized and printed in De La Rue’s high security proofing department based in Hampshire. They incorporate an original light side/dark side artwork composition and several special features including serial numbers; pattern work of the First Order and Resistance emblems; hidden scenes (discoverable under 365nm UV light); hidden messages in microtext (discoverable with an eye glass); a message in Aurebesh, one of the languages of the galaxy; and the signature of Director/Writer Rian Johnson. The 50 unique, premium notes will also include an intaglio (a raised, hand-engraving of Rey) and each will have a unique, sequenced serial number. The front of the note represents the Light Side with Luke Skywalker, Rey and the Millenium Falcon while the Dark Side (the reverse of the note) shows Kylo-Ren, supreme leader Snoke and a couple of bad ass spaceships." according to Coin Week.
All the money raised from the commemorative note will be donated to Together for Short Lives. The videos on News.com.au give a better view of some of these very cool features (that light saber!!).
The Banco Central del Uruguay has revealed the preliminary design of the new commemorative banknote of 50 peso which was announced last May. The note celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Central Bank. A total of 10 million notes will be issued and it will be the first polymer note in Uruguay. The final design of the note as well as the date of issue will be the 2nd half of 2018.
The Central Bank was established on 6 July 1967 but no word yet on a date of issue. The back of the note shows a mural which is titled "Mural: Construcción Portuaria" by artist Walter Deliotti. The mural was designed in 1967, the same year the Bank was founded. A video of the presentation of the new banknote can be found here.
Update 14 September 2018: the new note has been issued today!
The Times of Israel reports that a controversy has broken out in Israel over the use of the 50 NIS-note which was issued in 2014. The controversy started when influential Sephardic rabbi Benzion Mutzafi said he folds the banknote face down in his pocket to avoid seeing the face of poet Saul Tchernichovsky.
And what, may you ask, has provoked the rabbi's discomfort? Apparently the fact that Tchernichovsky married a Christian woman who kept her faith during their marriage. "Dr. Hagi Ben-Artzi, brother of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, said that the use of the Russian-born poet’s image on the bill was "an outrage."".
Reading the article you suddenly understand a little better why so many 'holy' wars have been raging in this region for the past milennia....
The Banco Central de la República Argentina has issued its new 1,000-pesos note on 1 December 2017. The note shows the Rufous Hornero bird on the front and the Région Pampeana (the Pampas) on the back.
This is the 4th note of the new Flora and Fauna series and the 1,000-pesos note is also a new denomination.
President of Mauritania Mohamed Uld Abdelaziz has announced that Mauritania will combat falsified banknotes by issuing new notes which "will have a value ten times greater than that of the old ones". It is unclear if this means that the Banque Central de Mauritanie will issue banknotes with a higher denomination than the current series or if it will revalue the national currency of ouguiya. We do know that the new banknotes will enter circulation from 1 January 2018.
Banknote printer De la Rue reports that a new 10-dollar note has been issued by the Central Bank of the Solomon Islands on 29 November 2017. This is the 4th note of the new series. From the press release:
"A new $10 designed and printed in close collaboration with De La Rue has been launched into circulation today by the Central Bank of Solomon Islands. The $20, $50 and $100 have all been launched previously, making this the fourth note in the new family of banknotes.
As with the previous notes, the overall theme of the new note is the islands’ rich cultural heritage. On the front of the vibrant red note, the abstract pattern work is based on geometrical designs representing the swirling movement of shoals of fish whilst images portraying four traditional forms of currency are shown on the back.
The predominant security feature is a colour shifting, red-green StarChrome® security thread, which has been described as the best-selling premium security thread in the world."
According to an article in The Point the Central Bank of the Gambia has announced that it will replace the current series of banknotes which has former President Yahya Jammeh on the front. After a bitter election and international pressure he finally stepped down on 21 January 2017 and has since been succeeded by Adama Barrow.
For the new banknotes the Central Bank will adopt a two-step strategy. First it will reprint the previous series, the so-called 'Family Notes', which were in circulation until 2014. These notes showed portraits of a typical Gambian man, woman, boy and girl. These reprints will be entered in circulation from February 2018.
This temporary measure will buy the Central Bank time to design and produce a completely new series which is scheduled for introduction by the end of 2018. The old notes with the face of Jammeh on them, will be gradually withdrawn from circulation: once they're in (the bank), they don't come out again and are replaced.
These were the old Family Notes:
The National Bank of Ukraine has announced they have plans to issue a series of commemorative banknotes dedicated to the centenary of the Ukrainian revolution and the introduction of the Ukrainian monetary unit, the hryvnia.
For the design of this series they have some very cool plans I think: they will incorporate the design of several of the banknotes issued between 1917 and 1921. I know countries like Thailand and Taiwan have done something similar in the past which resulted in great looking banknotes.
Perhaps we can see these new banknotes in 2018?
The Bank of Botswana has announced on its Facebook page that from 1 February 2018 a new polymer 10-pula will be issued to the public. This will be the first polymer banknote for Botswana. The Bank states that the change to polymer is due to persistent public concerns regarding the poor quality of the current circulating 10-pula paper banknote.
Update 9-1-2018: pictures of the new note:
