The following is a list of the changes made to
previously published chapters of The Banknote
Book
17 February 2012
Botswana (added listings for BOB B24-B28
dated 2010)
Gibraltar (revised listings of 1927 notes to indicate
watermark patterns)
10 February 2012
Congo Democratic Republic (added listing for
CMRC B2 dated 19.06.63)
Gibraltar (added listings for GOG B30-B34 specimens;
corrected first name of GOG signature 12 as Brian Traynor;
added first names for some other signatories)
Jamaica (corrected image of binder for BOJ BNP5)
Maldives (expanded listings for MMA B1-B6 specimens; added
MMA B10e dated 2011; added MMA B13b dated 2008)
Uganda (added BOU B48-B52 specimens; added values for BOU
B54-B59 specimens)
Zaire (added listing for BDZ B26b with KA prefix)
3 February 2012
Belize (added listing for CBB B28d 50-dollar
note dated 2010)
Ghana (added listing for BOG B47c 10-cedi note dated 2011)
Maldives (added listings for MMA B10, B11, and B14
specimens)
Solomon Islands (added listing for CBSI B20c 100-dollar
signature variety)
27 January 2012
Comoros (amended listing for BMC B5b as
"Unconfirmed")
German Democratic Republic (added new specimen varieties
for DN B18-B22)
Ghana (confirmed BOG B16f; amended listing for BOG B34e as
"Unconfirmed"; added listings for BOG B37bs and BOG B44as)
Guinea (added new specimen varieties for BCRG B20-B23)
Liberia (added 2011 variety for CBL B8f 20-dollar note)
Malaysia (added 3.5-mm tall prefix variety for BNM B39)
Somaliland (added listings for new 1,000- and
5,000-shilling notes)
Zambia (added news about 1000:1 revaluation of kwacha)
20 January 2012
Brunei (added specimen listing for BCB B19;
repaginated)
Eritrea (added Looking Forward notice about new 50- and
100-nakfa notes)
Ghana (amended listings for BOG B16f and BOG B27e as
"Unconfirmed.")
Kazakhstan (corrected description of NBK B32a to indicate
error on front only)
13 January 2012
Belize (corrected date for CBB B26a 1st
MARCH 2003)
Biafra (identified Director signatory as Dr. Uzoaga;
adjusted values for BOB B6)
Equatorial Guinea (adjusted UNC value for BGE B2; added
7-digit sn variety for BGE B3)
Kazakhstan (added listing for new 5,000-tengé, NBK B39;
repaginated)
Malaysia (added listings for 2011 "Fourth" issues)
Nigeria (added 2011 listings for CBN B36 and CBN B28); 2010
listing for CBN B26)
Samoa (added subvariety for signature 1; repaginated)
6 January 2012
Croatia (added images of NDH B10 and HDB B2)
Jordan (added listing for 2011-dated 1-dinar note CBJ B29f)
Kuwait (added information and illustrations regarding error
on CBK B15/B20)
Muscat and Oman (added information about monetary system)
Palestine (improved illustration for PCB B3)
Somalia (adjusted values for 1962 issues)
Somaliland (added replacement note info for BOS B22)
United Arab Emirates (corrected name of Sheikh Hamdan bin
Rashid al Maktoum; improved image and corrected description
of CBA B32)
30 December 2011
Belize (identified unknown CBB signature 13c
as Darrell Bradley)
Congo Democratic Republic (added 08.07.63 variety for CMRC
B2)
Georgia (added 2011 date variety for 5-lari note)
Ghana (added 2011 date variety for 5- and 20-cedi notes)
Guyana (changed illustrations to issued notes for new 500-
and 1,000-dollar)
Laos (added specimen for BOL B17 2,000 kip dated 2011)
Liberia (added 2011 date variety for 50-dollar note)
Somalia (added replacement note information for CBS B6-B12)
22 December 2011
Cameroon (added back image for TDC B2;
specimens for BC B2as2; BEAC B6as)
Comoros (added specimen variety for BMC B2as2)
Congo Democratic Republic (added two date varieties for
CMRC B2)
Madagascar (replaced date varieties for BDM B1 with date
range)
Malawi (added specimen for RBM B2as, RBM B3as, RBM B10as)
Mali (added specimen for BCM B3as2 and B4as2; repaginated)
Mauritania (added specimen for BCM B4es)
Solomon Islands (added new signature variety for CBSI B17)
Suriname (adjusted value of CBVS B19b)
Zambia (added new 2011 date varieties for BOZ B45, B46, and
B49)
16 December 2011
Guyana (added specimen listing for BOG B17,
new 1,000-dollar note)
Saudi Arabia (added new governor and terms of service in
SAMA Signature Table)
The Banknote Update (added to the World section in the
Content tab; a $15 value)
9 December 2011
Italian Somaliland (added listing for CCMS
BNP1, a set of notes and coins in album)
Malawi (added listing for RBM B45, 100-kwacha dated 30th
JUNE 2011)
South Sudan (added listings for piaster notes, BSS B7-B9;
adjusted pound prices)
United Arab Emirates (added listing for new 1,000-dirham
note, CBA B32)
Zambia (corrected printer imprint for BOZ B50)
2 December 2011
Croatia (changed prices for VG and VF NBH B7
and B8 to face value)
Georgia (added value for NBG B38 500 lari)
Guyana (added specimen for BOG B16; corrected descriptions
of B16-B17; repaginated)
Malta (added GOM B11as; repaginated)
25 November 2011
Chad (added BEAC B5as specimen variety)
Congo Democratic Republic (added 15-08-1962 date for BNC
B1)
Croatia (updated pricing for NBH B6; improved illustration
for HNB B6)
Gabon (added BEAC B2ds specimen variety)
Kenya (added CBK B39g variety dated 16th JULY 2010)
Macedonia (added all-zero serial number specimens for NBM
B1, B4, B6)
Rhodesia (extended prefix range for RBR B8p to K/152 -
K/160)
Zambia (added 2011 date variety for BOZ B51; updated face
values)
18 November 2011
Malawi (added Looking Forward item
concerning dropping of 20-kwacha notes)
Nigeria (added CBN B37 variety dated 2011 with 6-digit
serial numbers)
Swaziland (added CBS B25bs specimen)
Uganda (added Looking Forward item concerning possibility
of 100,000-shilling note)
Zimbabwe (corrected 2006-2008 Bearer Cheque Issues intro to
"from 1 cent to Z$100,000")
11 November 2011
Belarus (corrected date of intro for NBRB
B26b)
Cameroon (added information about BEAC)
Central African Empire (added information about BEAC)
Central African Republic (added information about BEAC)
Chad (added information about BEAC)
Gabon (added information about BEAC)
Kenya (added CBK B1, B3, and B13 color trials with pricing)
Liberia (corrected year for RLTD B2a)
Nigeria (added CBN B32i and B35f varieties, both dated
2011; repaginated)
Rwanda and Burundi (repaginated)
Zambia (added proofs for BOZ B1-B3; added specimen for BOZ
B3; repaginated)
4 November 2011
Aruba (added specimen varieties for CBA
B11-B13; repaginated)
Gambia (added proof varieties for CBG B6-B8, B12;
repaginated)
Kenya (added proof varieties for CBK B20-B23)
Sierra Leone (added proof variety for BSL B9)
Singapore (added explanation of use of symbols on backs of
modern notes)
Solomon Islands (added new signature variety for CBSI B15)
Vanuatu (added new signature variety for RBV B3;
repaginated)
28 October 2011
Belarus (added news about 200,000-ruble note
expected in 2012)
Bhutan (added BMA BNP1 for new 100-ngultrum numismatic
product)
Cameroon (added image for TDC B2)
Uganda (added specimen listings for 2010 notes;
repaginated)
Italian Somaliland (replaced image of CCMS B5 with better
condition note)
Liberia (added image for RLTD B3)
Malaysia (added news report about new banknote printers
having been selected)
Maldives (added specimen listings for GOM B6a and B7a)
Mali (added specimen listings for BCM B3-B5)
Nigeria (added listing for CBN B29, 1,000-naira dated 2011)
Slovakia (adjusted valuations for earlier issues)
21 October 2011
Belarus (added NBRB B29b variety for
windowed thread)
Bhutan (added RMA BPN1 listing for 100-ngultrum royal
wedding commemorative)
Botswana (added 2010-dated varieties for BOB B25 and B28)
Guyana (removed marks from checkboxes; added listings for
new $500 and $1000 notes)
Nigeria (added specimen varieties for CBN B13-B16 &
B20)
Somalia (made various minor corrections; expanded
descriptions of CBS security threads)
14 October 2011
Cameroon (added specimen varieties for BEAC
B1 and B2)
Chad (added specimen variety for BEAC B1; added proof
variety for BEAC B2)
Gabon (added proof variety for BEAC B1)
30 September 2011
Israel (corrected typos regarding spelling
of new sheqel)
Papua New Guinea (added 2-kina 2008 Numismatic Product
BNP4.5)
23 September 2011
Guinea (identified printers for 1985 and
1998 issues)
Lesotho (added values for CBL B11b)
Malta (added Maltese pound info to Monetary System section)
Slovenia (correct introduction date for BS B18)
16 September 2011
Chad (added specimen varieties for BEAC B1,
B2, B4)
Ghana (added specimen varieties for BOG B1-B3)
Malawi (added proof variety for RBM B10; repaginated)
Malta (added and improved images for early issues; adjusted
prices for same)
Sierra Leone (added Looking Forward item)
9 September 2011
Ghana (added listing for BOG B4 specimen)
Gibraltar (added dimensions to 2011-dated notes)
Malaya and British Borneo (repaginated)
Malaysia (added value for B39a)
Rhodesia (added listings for RBR B2 and B3 specimens;
repaginated)
Somaliland (identified signature 4 governor as Abdi Dirir
Abdi)
Sri Lanka (corrected image for CBSL BNP8; added values for
CBSL BNP4-9)
Tanzania (identified TDLR as printer for BOT B1-B28;
repaginated)
2 September 2011
Bhutan (corrected replacement note info for
RMA B16-B22)
British Caribbean Territories (added signature 11 to CB
B11c; repaginated)
Ghana (corrected date printed on BOG B22b)
Kenya (upgraded image of B4a)
Slovenia (deleted images of BS BNP1 and BNP2 dark green
folders; repaginated)
Somaliland (added signature 4 image for new Governor)
Zimbabwe (repaginated)
26 August 2011
Albania (added detail to descriptions of
specimens; repaginated listings)
Bhutan (added listing for RMA B22b, 500 ngultrum dated
2011)
Bostwana (added to description of BOB B18as)
Brunei (added info about error in Braille dots on AMBD
B1-B3 notes)
Comoros (added detail to descriptions of specimens)
Eritrea (added detail to descriptions of specimens;
repaginated listings)
Gabon (added detail to descriptions of specimens;
repaginated listings)
Guinea-Bissau (added detail to descriptions of specimens)
Guyana (added detail to descriptions of specimens;
repaginated listings)
Kazakhstan (added detail to descriptions of specimens;
added replacement note info)
Lesotho (added listing for CBL B11b, 50-maloti dated 1993)
Malta (added detail to descriptions of various notes;
corrected CBM BNP2 note list; added image for GOM B9a)
Myanmar (added detail to descriptions of CBM B13as;
repaginated listings)
Papua New Guinea (added detail to descriptions of
specimens; repaginated listings)
Somaliland (added detail to descriptions of specimens)
Sri Lanka (added detail to descriptions of CBSL B18cs;
repaginated listings)
Swaziland (added detail to descriptions of specimens;
repaginated listings)
Zaire (added detail to descriptions of specimens)
Zambia (added detail to descriptions of specimens)
19 August 2011
Chad (added BC B1as2 specimen listing)
Gibraltar (added images for GOG B1-B5; corrected date on
GOG B30, B32, and B34)
Guinea-Bissau (removed reference to Guinean franc in
Monetary System)
Kazakhstan (added NBK B38as specimen listing; added
replacement info for NBK B20 & B35)
Papua New Guinea (restored listings for BPNG B43-B48 which
were inadvertently dropped)
12 August 2011
Belize (added CBB B27d variety for note
dated 1st. AUGUST 2010)
Katanga (corrected Gouvernment typo; corrected GK B2b and
B3b dates to 05.10.60)
Namibia (adjusted values for BON B7c)
Somaliland (added BOS B22e variety for note dated 2011)
Uganda (added BOU B40d variety for note dated 1999)
Zaire (added BDZ B10p uniface proof)
5 August 2011
Botswana (added replacement prefix Z/1 for
BOB B7)
Georgia (replaced "withdrawn 2005" with face values for NBG
B31 to B45)
Gibraltar (added images of GOG B7 - GOG B11 and identified
printer as TDLR)
Jersey (added Looking Forward info on new 100-pound
commemorative due in 2012)
Lesotho (deleted CBL B2b and CBL B3c varieties as they have
not been verified)
Malawi (corrected RBM B25b signature to 7a and B25c to 7b)
Malaysia (added specimen and color trial listings for BNM
B12; added specimen listings for BNM B35, B38, B39, B41,
B42, and B43; corrected printer for same as TDLR)
Somaliland (added PCS1 cross-references for BNP1)
Zambia (added BOZ B28ds specimen listing)
29 July 2011
Belarus (corrected denomination of NBRB BNP4
to 20,000 rubles)
Bhutan (added 5- and 100-ngultrum note varieties dated 2011
RMA B17b and B21b)
Brunei (added three new notes issued 18 July 2011; revised
earlier descriptions; added images of folders for
numismatic products BCB BNP1 and BCMB BNP1)
Cambodia (changed description of BNC B13; other minor
changes)
Georgia (corrected various dates of intro; added NBG B50c
20-lari dated 2011)
Malaysia (added "wearing tengkolok headgear" to portrait
descriptions)
Mauritania (identified portrait on BCM B9 as President
Moktar Ould Daddah)
22 July 2011
Belarus (added news about revised 100- and 5,000-ruble
notes; updated FVs)
Cambodia (corrected denomination to plural for BNC B10 and
PBK B5, B7, and B9)
Kuwait (corrected duplicate CBK B25c variety listing)
Lesotho (corrected LMA B3 cross-reference to P3)
15 July 2011
Bhutan (added proof variety for RMA B5ap)
Bohemia and Moravia (added several prefix format varieties;
swapped NBM B4/B5)
Cambodia (added $400 value for NBC B3as)
Equatorial Guinea (raised values for BGE B2; added s/n
variety for BGE B1; corrected typo)
Georgia (confirmed that NBG B38 500-lari note was unissued)
Jersey (added DLR specimen variety for SOJ B10as2)
Kazakhstan (added listing for new 10,000-tengé
commemorative)
Kyrgyzstan (corrected typo in spelling of "mountains")
Papua New Guinea (added $370 value for BPNG B17as2)
Turkmenistan (adjusted value of TMDB B7a)
Zimbabwe (added iridescent stripe variety for RBZ
B70b)
8 July 2011
Israel (added BOI B39d, dated 2010 with new
signature)
Oman (added TDLR as printer for CBO B10-B18; identified
building on CBO B25 as bank)
Rwanda and Burundi (changed illustration for BERB B7 from
color trial to issued note)
Saudi Arabia (corrected printers for SAMA B22, B24, and
B25)
Sri Lanka (corrected price for CBSL B28)
Zimbabwe (corrected detail image showing differences
between RBZ B22 font varieties)
1 July 2011
Bohemia and Moravia (corrected typo in
caption for NBM B4)
Central African Republic (corrected BEAC B16 to BEAC B12)
French Pacific Territories (removed stray signature
illustration from atop B1 scan)
Kazakhstan (added specimen variety and replacement note
info to NBK B37 listing)
Kenya (identified most previously unknown signatories and
printers)
Kuwait (corrected demonetization dates for first two
series; identified minaret on 1-dinar notes)
Saudi Arabia (added withdrawal dates; corrected
identifications of various design elements)
Zambia (added Looking Forward item about proposed currency
changes)
Zimbabwe (revised some valuations of less-common notes)
24 June 2011
Bhutan (upgraded image of RGB B4)
Georgia (corrected variety letter for NBG B23)
Malawi (added new sig/date variety for RBM B48)
Zimbabwe (added images of backs of RBZ B13-B18)
17 June 2011
French Pacific Territories (identified Rusa deer and Cook
pines)
Guinea (updated early specimen prices based upon Lyn Knight
auction)
Liechtenstein (identified signatories by name)
Kazakhstan (updated illustration of NBK B37 1,000 tengé
commemorative)
Malawi (added news about reported new 50- and 1,000-kwacha
issues)
Swaziland (corrected middle initial for Martin G. Dlamini)
Zaire (corrected date on BDZ B16)
10 June 2011
Albania (added/corrected several dates of
intro/demonetization)
Botswana (updated prices for B7cs and B9ds)
British Caribbean Territories (removed "mountains" from
descriptions)
Cayman Islands (made several minor corrections)
Chad (added illustration of B10 and B11 details)
Gambia (added B10bs variety)
Gibraltar (corrected descriptions on 1975 notes; added
images of 2010 notes)
Maldives (identified MMA signature 3 as Fazeel Najeeb)
Somaliland (corrected thread description of BOS B22c)
United Arab Emirates (identified Al Hosn Palace in Abu
Dhabi)
3 June 2011
Belarus (changed image for BNP3 folder)
Gambia (corrected foil patch description for CBG B26)
Georgia (added specimen varieties for 1995 issues)
Kazakhstan (added new 1,000-tengé commemorative note)
27 May 2011
Botswana (added replacement note info for early issues)
Federal Republic of Germany (added intro dates for later
issues)
German Democratic Republic (added intro/withdrawal dates
for some issues)
Guinea (added listings for early specimens)
Kazakhstan (added dates of demonetization for some issues)
Malaysia (added press release about 2012 new note issues)
Vanuatu (added identification of post office on back of RBV
B8)
20 May 2011
Gibraltar (revised prices, fixed B17 varieties, added
withdrawal/intro dates)
Israel (minor changes, such as adding dates of
introduction)
Sri Lanka (added prices and images for recent numismatic
products)

