Yemen chapter of The Banknote Book is now available
Jan 27, 2012 09:18 AM Category: The Banknote Book | Middle East
The Yemen chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale at US$4.99, and as a free download to subscribers.
At the time of initial publication, this 9-page catalog covers every note (64 types and varieties, including 11 notes unlisted in the SCWPM) issued by the Central Bank of Yemen from 1973 to present day.
Each chapter of The Banknote Book includes detailed descriptions and background information, full-color images, and accurate valuations. The Banknote Book also features:
- Sharp color images of note’s front and back without overlap
- Face value or date of demonetization if no longer legal tender
- Specific identification of all vignette elements
- Security features described in full
- Printer imprint reproduced exactly as on note
- Each date/signature variety assigned an individual letter
- Variety checkboxes for tracking your collection and want list
- Red stars highlight the many notes missing from the SCWPM
- Date reproduced exactly as on note
- Precise date of introduction noted when known
- Replacement note information
- Signature tables, often with names and terms of service
- Background information for historical and cultural context
- Details magnified to distinguish between note varieties
- Bibliographic sources listed for further research
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Democratic Republic of Yemen chapter of The Banknote Book is now available
Jan 27, 2012 09:15 AM Category: The Banknote Book | Middle East
The Democratic Republic of Yemen chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale at US$0.99, and as a free download to subscribers.
At the time of initial publication, this 4-page catalog covers every note (7 types and varieties, including 1 note unlisted in the SCWPM) issued by the Bank of Yemen from 1984 to 1988.
Each chapter of The Banknote Book includes detailed descriptions and background information, full-color images, and accurate valuations. The Banknote Book also features:
- Sharp color images of note’s front and back without overlap
- Face value or date of demonetization if no longer legal tender
- Specific identification of all vignette elements
- Security features described in full
- Printer imprint reproduced exactly as on note
- Each date/signature variety assigned an individual letter
- Variety checkboxes for tracking your collection and want list
- Red stars highlight the many notes missing from the SCWPM
- Date reproduced exactly as on note
- Precise date of introduction noted when known
- Replacement note information
- Signature tables, often with names and terms of service
- Background information for historical and cultural context
- Details magnified to distinguish between note varieties
- Bibliographic sources listed for further research
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If you collect the entire world or a large number of countries, buying a $99 annual subscription is the best deal because it's less expensive than buying chapters individually, and it entitles you to every chapter currently available as well as everything published—or revised (click here to see the Change Log)—during the next 12 months.
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South Arabia chapter of The Banknote Book is now available
Jan 27, 2012 09:12 AM Category: The Banknote Book | Middle East
The South Arabia chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale at US$0.99, and as a free download to subscribers.
At the time of initial publication, this 3-page catalog covers every note (19 types and varieties, including 6 notes unlisted in the SCWPM) issued by the South Arabian Currency Authority from 1965 to 1967.
Each chapter of The Banknote Book includes detailed descriptions and background information, full-color images, and accurate valuations. The Banknote Book also features:
- Sharp color images of note’s front and back without overlap
- Face value or date of demonetization if no longer legal tender
- Specific identification of all vignette elements
- Security features described in full
- Printer imprint reproduced exactly as on note
- Each date/signature variety assigned an individual letter
- Variety checkboxes for tracking your collection and want list
- Red stars highlight the many notes missing from the SCWPM
- Date reproduced exactly as on note
- Precise date of introduction noted when known
- Replacement note information
- Signature tables, often with names and terms of service
- Background information for historical and cultural context
- Details magnified to distinguish between note varieties
- Bibliographic sources listed for further research
Subscribe to The Banknote Book
If you collect the entire world or a large number of countries, buying a $99 annual subscription is the best deal because it's less expensive than buying chapters individually, and it entitles you to every chapter currently available as well as everything published—or revised (click here to see the Change Log)—during the next 12 months.
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Arab Republic of Yemen chapter of The Banknote Book is now available
Jan 27, 2012 09:09 AM Category: The Banknote Book | Middle East
The Arab Republic of Yemen chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale at US$0.99, and as a free download to subscribers.
At the time of initial publication, this 4-page catalog covers every note (30 types and varieties, including 10 notes unlisted in the SCWPM) issued by the Arab Republic of Yemen from 1964 to 1971.
Each chapter of The Banknote Book includes detailed descriptions and background information, full-color images, and accurate valuations. The Banknote Book also features:
- Sharp color images of note’s front and back without overlap
- Face value or date of demonetization if no longer legal tender
- Specific identification of all vignette elements
- Security features described in full
- Printer imprint reproduced exactly as on note
- Each date/signature variety assigned an individual letter
- Variety checkboxes for tracking your collection and want list
- Red stars highlight the many notes missing from the SCWPM
- Date reproduced exactly as on note
- Precise date of introduction noted when known
- Replacement note information
- Signature tables, often with names and terms of service
- Background information for historical and cultural context
- Details magnified to distinguish between note varieties
- Bibliographic sources listed for further research
Subscribe to The Banknote Book
If you collect the entire world or a large number of countries, buying a $99 annual subscription is the best deal because it's less expensive than buying chapters individually, and it entitles you to every chapter currently available as well as everything published—or revised (click here to see the Change Log)—during the next 12 months.
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Liberia new date (2011) 20-dollar note confirmed
Jan 26, 2012 05:03 PM Category: Africa
Russia new 5,000-ruble note confirmed
Jan 26, 2012 05:02 PM Category: Eurasia
5,000 rubles (US$166), 2010 (date appears vertically below serial number at left front). Introduced 6 September 2011. Like P273 but with the following changes:
- The color and styling of the front and back of the partially modified.
- Dated 2010 at bottom left front.
- Embedded security fibers in paper.
- Wide windowed security thread.
- Coat of arms of Khabarovsk in SPARK ink.
- Tactile elements for the sight impaired.
- Rainbow moire pattern.
- Horizontal novel serial numbering at left.
- Magnetic properties added.
- New UV printing.
Courtesy of Andrey Kuvaldin, Vitali Khaletski, and Sergei Balykhin.
Macau new 10-pataca Year of Dragon commemorative notes confirmed
Jan 26, 2012 07:20 AM Category: Asia | Commemorative
Both the Banco da China and the Banco Nacional Ultramarino have issued new 10-pataca (US$1.25) notes to commemorate the Year of the Dragon. The new notes feature a Chinese paper-cut dragon on the front and the respective bank’s headquarters on the back. Both notes measure 138 x 69 mm, have a flower and electrotype 10 watermark at center, and a 4-mm wide windowed security thread with demetalized 10.
Courtesy of Wilson Chow and Thomas Augustsson.
Laos new 100,000-kip note reported for Feb 2012 introduction
Jan 26, 2012 06:17 AM Category: Asia
According to an article on Monsters & Critics dated 26 January 2012, the Bank of the Lao P.D.R. plans to issue a new 100,000-kip (US$12.50) note in February to encourage the public to use the national currency instead of US dollars or Thai baht. The new note is said to be printed abroad, though the printer has not been identified.
On 15 November 2010, the bank issued a commemorative 100,000-kip note (BOL B16 / PNL), but it didn’t circulate for commercial purposes out of fear that it would spark inflation.
Additional information and images are requested so that this report can be confirmed.
On 15 November 2010, the bank issued a commemorative 100,000-kip note (BOL B16 / PNL), but it didn’t circulate for commercial purposes out of fear that it would spark inflation.
Additional information and images are requested so that this report can be confirmed.
Nigeria new 200-naira note variety reported
Jan 25, 2012 02:29 PM Category: Africa
Both of the above scans are of 200-naira (US$1.25) notes dated 2010, signed by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Muhammad Nda, with prefix numerators AG. However, on the note on the left the spelled out denomination “Two Hundred Naira” and the signatures are located higher up, the word “Two” is 9-mm tall versus 11-mm tall, and Sanusi’s signature is equal in width to that of Nda. All other images I’ve examined of this denomination dated 2000 to 2011 are like the note on the right. Does anyone else have an example of the “short Two” vareity? If so, please send scans so it can be confirmed and the serial number range narrowed.
Courtesy of Andrew Roberts.
Libya removing 50-dinar note featuring Gaddafi's portrait
Jan 25, 2012 01:02 PM Category: Africa
According to an article on Trend.com dated 13 September 2011, banks in Libya are withdrawing 50-dinar (US$40.70) banknotes from circulation because they feature a large portrait of Muammar Gaddafi, who has recently been ousted from power but whose location remains uncertain. "The banks have agreed to collect the notes and to hand them over to the Central Bank," said Talal al Dhaguissi, an official in charge of a branch of Libya's National Commercial Bank in capital Tripoli, according to TAP. There’s no word on whether the Central Bank of Libya will destroy the withdrawn notes or overprint the portait and recirculate them eventually.
According to an article on Libya Business News dated 13 January 2012, citizens have until 15 March 2012 to turn in the old 50-dinar notes, and that the old 1- and 20-dinar notes, both of which also feature images of Gaddafi, will be gradually withdrawn.
Courtesy of Richard Miranda and Thomas Augustsson.
Libya new 10-dinar note confirmed
Jan 25, 2012 11:44 AM Category: Africa
10 dinars (US$8), 17-2-2011. Like CBL B37 (P73), but new date, new signature (possibly Gasem Azzoz, new governor as of September 2011), new demetalization on windowed thread, new hologram on upper right front, and the removal of the reference to the Gadaffi era “Jamahiriya” from the front and upper right back, plus the use of English on the notes for the first time in two decades. Furthermore, the serial number prefix system has apparently been reset to 1.
Anyone interested in buying one of these notes can contact the contributor by clicking the link below. Be sure to say you saw it mentioned on BanknoteNews.com.
Courtesy of Eyad Alali and Thomas Augustsson.
Northern Ireland new 20-pound note reported
Jan 25, 2012 10:38 AM Category: Europe
In 2011, Northern Bank in Belfast introduced a new 20-pound (US$31) note that is like P207, but new date (2009), new signature, new gold foil, Cornerstone watermarks, and slightly redesigned front and back to accommodate the new bank logo.
Additional information and images are requested so that this report can be confirmed.
Courtesy of Marian Klubert.
Sudan new 2-pound note reported
Jan 25, 2012 09:49 AM Category: Africa
The Central Bank of Sudan had scheduled the new 2-pound note for introduction in late November 2011, but the above image was only recently posted to the bank’s web site.
Additional information and images are requested so that this report can be confirmed.
Courtesy of Marian Klubert.
Bangladesh new 40-taka commemorative confirmed
Jan 24, 2012 12:27 PM Category: Asia | Commemorative
According to a press release dated 21 December 2011, Bank Bangladesh introduced a new 40-taka (US$0.50) note to commemorate the “40th Victory Anniversary of Bangladesh,” featuring “Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman” and the National Martyr’s Monument in Savar on front, and six armed men on back.
Curiously, this note has an electrotype 10 in the watermark, indicating it was likely printed on extra 10-taka banknote paper. However, Bank Bangladesh has not yet issued a new 10-taka note with the same watermark.
A total of 20,000 notes were printed, of which 5,000 were packaged as numismatic products in a folder, some of which had an error in the spelling of the country’s name on front.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana and Jan Stuller.
Singapore overprinted 1997 5-dollar ship note info sought
Jan 23, 2012 09:09 PM Category: Asia | Commemorative
A contributor has sent scans of two previously unlisted Singapore 5-dollar notes, possibily commemoratives overprinted on B21b (P35) at right front near the watermark.
The first note has a prefix of B/29 and is overprinted in red with 30 Anniversary and a small logo of the Board of Commissioners of Currency of Singapore (BCCS). It has a wide margin at left which may indicate that it was cut from a sheet.
The second note has a prefix of B/35 and is overprinted in red with the logo of the BCCS.
From all indications, these notes were overprinted to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the BCCS, which would date them to 1997 or later.
Does anyone have any information about these notes? Are they official overprints offered for sale as numismatic products, or were they issued into circulation as commemoratives?
Zambia revalues kwacha by removing three zeros
Jan 23, 2012 08:37 AM Category: Africa
According to an article in The Post Online dated 23 January 2012, the government of Zambia has revalued the currency by removing three zeros from all denominations of the kwacha. Currently the largest denomination banknote is 50,000 kwacha (US$9.75), which will become 50 kwacha under the revaluation plan. No details yet on whether new notes will be issued, or if old notes will be overprinted as a provisional measure.
Courtesy of Thomas Krause.
Courtesy of Thomas Krause.
Thailand new 50-baht note confirmed
Jan 22, 2012 10:01 PM Category: Asia
According to a press release dated 12 January 2012, Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul announced that the Bank of Thailand is issuing a new family (series 16) of banknotes designed to glorify Thai kings of different periods. The notes will feature "new advanced counterfeit deterrent features," but will retain the sizes, colors, and denominations of the current series. The notes will be issued over several years, beginning with the 50-baht (US$1.60) denomination issued on 18 January 2012, the date commemorating the glorious victory of King Naresuan the Great in traditional royal combat on elephant back in 1593.
50 baht, no date. Blue. Front: Royal Garuda emblem; King Rama IX wearing in the Royal House of Chakri gown. Back: Royal Garuda emblem; King Naresuan leading soldiers up ladders to attack Burmese camp; statue of Somdet Phra Naresuan Maharaj, modeled from the monument at Don Chedi Suphan Buri Province; statue of seated King Naresuan pouring water on the ground, symbolizing the declaration of independence; Phra Chedi Chai Mongkol located at Wat Yai Chai Mongkol, Phara Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. Windowed security thread with demetalized text. Watermark: King Rama IX and Thai symbol “Dok Loi.” Printer: (NPW). 144 x 72 mm.
Anyone interested in buying one of these notes can contact the contributor by clicking the link below. Be sure to say you saw it mentioned on BanknoteNews.com.
Courtesy of Nin Cheun (http://stores.ebay.com/Noteshobby), Sesthawich Wongwiwat, and Sukhprem Sachadecha.
New Zealand offering 2007 and 2008 banknote sets
Jan 22, 2012 10:59 AM Category: Oceania
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has recently begun offering 1,000 sets of 2007 and 2008 notes of all six denominations with matching serial numbers, reversing its previous decision to offer such numismatic products only when there is a design change such as a new signature variety. The last sets offered for sale included notes dated (20)03.
Courtesy of Evan Shukan and David Jones.
Mongolia new 500-tögrög note dated 2011 reported
Jan 21, 2012 01:02 PM Category: Asia
500 tögrög (US$0.35), 2011. Like MB B23 (P66), but new date, new signature, and revised script to the left of the signatures on front.
Additional information and images are requested so that this report can be confirmed.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.
Thailand new signature 100-baht note confirmed
Jan 21, 2012 11:33 AM Category: Asia
