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Indonesia new date notes reported
Apr 14, 2008 06:38 PM
1,000 rupiah (US$0.10), 2000/2007. Like P141, but new date.
5,000 rupiah (US$0.55), 2001/2008. Like P142, but new date.
50,000 rupiah (US$5.50), 2005/2007. Like P139, but new date.
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Sri Lanka new date (2006-07-03) 1,000-rupee note reported
Apr 13, 2008 08:42 PM
Pakistan new date (2007) 5,000-rupee note reported
Apr 13, 2008 08:25 PM
Nepal issues new 1,000-rupee note w/o king’s image
Apr 12, 2008 10:19 AM
With
the issuance of the note below, the Nepal Rastra Bank
(NRB) continues to remove King Gyanendra’s name,
image, and royal symbols from the country’s currency.
Like the new Rs500 issued September 27, 2007, the new
Rs1,000 still has the king’s portrait as watermark
because the paper was ordered from an Indonesian
manufacturer before April 2006 when the monarchy fell
out of favor. The new Rs1,000 had an initial print
run of 30 million notes, with prefixes from KHA-21 to
KHA-50 (replacement prefixes are KHA-51, -52, and
-53).
1,000 rupees (US$15.65), ND (2008). Issued April 7, 2008. Mount Everest, rhododendron over watermark of King Gyanendra. Rhododendron and elephant on back. New signature (Krishna Bahadur Manandhar, Acting Governor), wide windowed security thread, NRB as registration device, and intaglio printing. Printer: Perum Purari, Indonesia (without imprint).
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1,000 rupees (US$15.65), ND (2008). Issued April 7, 2008. Mount Everest, rhododendron over watermark of King Gyanendra. Rhododendron and elephant on back. New signature (Krishna Bahadur Manandhar, Acting Governor), wide windowed security thread, NRB as registration device, and intaglio printing. Printer: Perum Purari, Indonesia (without imprint).
Images courtesy of Shyam Agrawal.
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Pakistan issues revised 20-rupee note
Mar 22, 2008 08:32 AM
Responding to the public outcry over the similar colors of the 20-rupee banknote (P45) issued on August 13, 2005, and the 5,000-rupee note issued on May 27, 2006, the State Bank of Pakistan today issued a revised Rs20 note which is identical to the previous issue, except the colors have been revised to facilitate distinguishing it from all other denominations in the new series. The previous brown Rs20 remains legal tender.
20 rupee (US$0.30), 2007. Issued March 22, 2008. Orange, green, and yellow. Mohammad Ali Jinnah as portrait and watermark with electrotype denomination, signature (Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Governor), microlettering, security thread fluoresces blue under UV light, and denomination as latent image and registration device. Mohen-Jo-Daro in Larkana on back. Printer: Security Printing Corporation. 123 x 65 mm.
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Macau to issue 20-pacata note celebrating Olympics
Mar 08, 2008 01:04 PM
According
to a March 8, 2008, article in
Macau Daily
Times,
the Macau branch of the Bank of China (BOC)
is set to issue four million 20-pataca (US$2.50)
banknotes in commemoration of the 29th Olympic
Games that will be held in Beijing during August
2008.
A spokesman of the executive council, Mr. Tong Chi Kin, said the note will be the same purple color as the currently circulating 20-pacata note (Pick 103). The front of the new note will feature the Bank of China building, the architecture representing the location of the torch relay of the ancient Olympic Games, as well as the emblem of the Beijing Olympic Games, and a vertical line that reads "In Commemoration of the 29th Olympic Games" in both Chinese and Portuguese. The back of the note will depict the Beijing Olympic Stadium (also known as the "Bird's Nest"), and Macau's Golden Lotus symbol.
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A spokesman of the executive council, Mr. Tong Chi Kin, said the note will be the same purple color as the currently circulating 20-pacata note (Pick 103). The front of the new note will feature the Bank of China building, the architecture representing the location of the torch relay of the ancient Olympic Games, as well as the emblem of the Beijing Olympic Games, and a vertical line that reads "In Commemoration of the 29th Olympic Games" in both Chinese and Portuguese. The back of the note will depict the Beijing Olympic Stadium (also known as the "Bird's Nest"), and Macau's Golden Lotus symbol.
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Indonesia to issue new 2,000-rupiah note
Mar 05, 2008 08:40 AM
According
to a March 3, 2008, article in
The Jakarta Post,
Bank Indonesia (BI)
is set to issue a 2,000-rupiah banknote (US$0.22)
and 1,000-rupiah coin in the second semester of
this year. “BI has decided to issue a new banknote
and coin after considering people’s needs, as well
as costs for making banknotes,” said BI Deputy
Governor Budi Rochadi. The 2,000-rupiah note will
be the country’s smallest denomination note once
the existing 1,000-rupiah note (Pick 141) is
replaced by a coin. The new banknote and coin will
be employ braille making them more convenient for
blind people. BI is preparing new designs and
security systems to discourage counterfeiters. The
last time BI issued revised banknotes was in 2005,
with its released of new 50,000- and
100,000-rupiah notes (Pick 144).
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Singapore new signature 10-dollar note reported
Feb 26, 2008 11:18 AM
10 dollars (US$7.10), ND (2007). Issued February 1, 2008. Like P48, but new signature (Goh Chok Tong, CHAIRMAN). Polymer.
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S. Korea considering Crane's Motion for new 100,000-won note
Feb 20, 2008 09:26 AM
According
to a February 20, 2008 article in
The Korea
Times,
the Bank of Korea (BOK)
is considering using Crane AB’s
optically-active anti-forgery feature on the
100,000-won (US$105.50) notes which will be
introduced early in 2009. The technology, called
Motion, utilizes microlenses in a security strip
that projects holographic images that moves when
the note is tilted. Motion was first used
in Sweden’s 1,000-kronor (US$157.80)
note issued
in March 2006, and will be used in the United
States’ new 100-dollar note due in 2009, as well
as all of Mexico’s new paper-based notes,
beginning with the 200-peso note to be issued in
2008. “We are now considering various features on
new bills, but nothing has been decided yet,’’
said a BOK official.
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Hong Kong new date (2007) 10-dollar note reported
Feb 19, 2008 03:40 PM
10 dollars (US$1.30), 1st OCTOBER 2007. Like the HKD10 issued July 9, 2007, but new date and new signatures (John Tsang Chun-wah, FINANCIAL SECRETARY; Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, MONETARY AUTHORITY). Polymer. 133 x 66 mm.
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India new date (2007) Rs100 note with E inset letter reported
Feb 17, 2008 04:26 PM
India new date (2007) Rs500 note with R inset letter reported
Feb 17, 2008 04:25 PM
500
rupees (US$12.60), 2007. Like P93, but new date, new
signature (Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Governor), and R inset
letter.
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Thanks to Claudio Marana for bringing this to my attention.
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300-dpi scans of actual note requested.
Thanks to Claudio Marana for bringing this to my attention.
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India issues new date (2007) Rs500 and Rs1000 notes without inset letters
Feb 12, 2008 04:39 PM
500 rupees (US$12.60), 2007. Like P93, but without inset letter and signature of Dr. Y. V. Reddy, governor.
1,000 rupees (US$25.20), 2007. Like P94, but without inset letter and signature of Dr. Y. V. Reddy, governor.
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Hong Kong urges use of circulated notes for red envelope gifts
Jan 27, 2008 11:42 AM
According
to a January 23, 2008, press release, the Hong Kong
Monetary Authority (HKMA) is reminding the public to
help protect the environment by using good-as-new
notes, instead of brand-new ones, for
lai-see,
the small red envelopes containing money
traditionally given for good luck at special
occasions, such as weddings and the Lunar New Year.
“Thanks to the support of the public and the note-issuing banks, about 162 million, or 50%, of the notes issued in the run-up to the last Chinese New Year were good-as-new notes, up from 53 million, or 20%, the year before…Every year 300 to 400 million new and used notes are issued to cater for demand in connection with the Chinese New Year. Three hundred million notes occupy 500 cubic metres of storage space and could fill 20 twenty-foot containers. The three note-issuing banks need to arrange 500 trips with security escort to transport these brand-new notes. And it takes 400 tonnes of cotton to produce 300 million banknotes.
“Good-as-new notes are perfectly suitable for use as lai-see. Hong Kong’s currency notes are kept very clean with dirty or torn notes being removed from circulation when they are returned to the note-issuing banks. Each year about one-third of the notes in circulation are identified as unfit for use and replaced.”
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“Thanks to the support of the public and the note-issuing banks, about 162 million, or 50%, of the notes issued in the run-up to the last Chinese New Year were good-as-new notes, up from 53 million, or 20%, the year before…Every year 300 to 400 million new and used notes are issued to cater for demand in connection with the Chinese New Year. Three hundred million notes occupy 500 cubic metres of storage space and could fill 20 twenty-foot containers. The three note-issuing banks need to arrange 500 trips with security escort to transport these brand-new notes. And it takes 400 tonnes of cotton to produce 300 million banknotes.
“Good-as-new notes are perfectly suitable for use as lai-see. Hong Kong’s currency notes are kept very clean with dirty or torn notes being removed from circulation when they are returned to the note-issuing banks. Each year about one-third of the notes in circulation are identified as unfit for use and replaced.”
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Philippines to issue commemorative 100-piso note in 2008
Jan 27, 2008 11:27 AM
In
commemoration of the centennial of the University of
the Philippines in 2008, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
will overprint 100-piso banknotes (US$2.45) with an
image of the Oblation, an iconic concrete sculpture
of a man with face up and arms stretched-wide
symbolizing selfless offering of one’s self in the
service of the country.
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Cambodia issues new date (2007) 1,000-riel note
Jan 16, 2008 09:43 PM
India to issue 10-rupee note with S inset letter
Jan 09, 2008 09:05 PM
According
to a December 11, 2007, press
release,
the Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs.10
denomination banknotes with inset letter "S" in
both numbering panels in Mahatma Gandhi Series
with additional/new security features bearing the
signature of Dr. Y.V. Reddy, Governor. Except for
the change in the inset letter, the design of
these notes to be issued now is similar in all
respects to the banknotes issued earlier in
Mahatma Gandhi Series with additional/new security
features issued on April 27, 2006. All banknotes
in the denomination of Rs.10 issued by the Bank in
the past will continue to be legal tender.
No further details are available at this time. If anyone can provide information or images of the new note, please add a comment to this posting.
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Cambodia issues new 2,000-riel note
Jan 08, 2008 07:48 AM
According to a January 8, 2008 article on China View, "The Cambodian National Bank has issued a new 2,000-riel bank note to refresh currency supplies and simplify cash payments, the Cambodia Daily newspaper said Tuesday. Roughly equivalent to half a U.S. dollar, the new note depicts an image of the Preah Vihear temple on one side and a woman harvesting rice on the other, the newspaper said. The notes replace an equal value of tattered 1,000-riel notes that have been taken out of circulation and destroyed, National Bank of Cambodia Deputy Governor Neav Chanthana said. 'The new note is to replace the older ones,' Neav Chanthana was quoted as saying. The 2,000-riel denomination also requires that only half as many bills be printed as are removed from circulation, thereby saving the usage of paper, she added."
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Malaysia to issue new 50-ringgit note on December 26, 2007
Dec 22, 2007 10:04 AM
50 ringgit (US$14.95), 2007. 20,000 special sets issued December 26, 2007 for RM60, and at face without packaging starting January 30, 2008. Green-blue. Portrait of the first king, Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Tuanku Muhammad at right, national flower hibiscus at center, songket weaving patterns in background and edges, signature (Tan Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, GABENOR). Malaysia’s first prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj declaring independence, oil palm trees, microbiology technology, and 50th anniversary logo on back (logo will appear only on first 50 million notes). Security features include watermark portrait and 50 as electrotype watermark, fluorescent windowed security thread with repeating BNM RM50 (also as microtext), songket design as registration device, 50 as latent image, holographic stripe with 50 and hibiscus flower.
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Thailand issues new commemorative notes on sheet
Dec 08, 2007 08:04 AM
16 baht (US$0.50), ND (2007). 15 million uncut sheets issued November 28, 2007, to commemorate King Rama IX’s 80th birthday. On the 1-baht note the king is giving a speech during his coronation in 1950 at the Sutthaisawan Pratat Hall; on the 5-baht note he’s in a royal procession by land, marking his 3th Circle Birthday Anniversary in 1963; and on the 10-baht note a large crowd is paying tribute during the 60th anniversary celebrations of the king’s accession to the throne in 2006. The back depicts various aspects of the king’s royal biography, activities, and talents. 147 x 229 mm.
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Maldives new date (01.07.2006) 5- and 10-ruffiyaa notes reported
Nov 07, 2007 07:53 AM
5 rufiyaa (US$0.40), 1 July 2006/AH1427. Like P18, but new date, new signature (Qasim Ibrahim, Governor), and “DE LA RUE” imprint removed from back.
10 rufiyaa (US$0.80), 1 July 2006/AH1427. Like P19, but new date, new signature (Qasim Ibrahim, Governor), and “DE LA RUE” imprint removed from back.
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India to issue 10-rupee note with A inset letter
Nov 06, 2007 11:33 AM
According
to a November 5, 2007, press
release,
the Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs.10
denomination banknotes with inset letter "A" in
both numbering panels in Mahatma Gandhi Series
with additional/new security features bearing the
signature of Dr. Y.V. Reddy, Governor. Except for
the change in the inset letter, the design of
these notes to be issued now is similar in all
respects to the banknotes issued earlier in
Mahatma Gandhi Series with additional/new security
features issued on April 27, 2006. All banknotes
in the denomination of Rs.10 issued by the Bank in
the past will continue to be legal tender.
No further details are available at this time. If anyone can provide information or images of the new note, please add a comment to this posting.
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South Korea chooses faces for new high-denomination notes
Nov 05, 2007 11:23 AM
The Bank of Korea announced today that the revered independence fighter Kim Koo will appear on a new 100,000-won (US$110) banknote, and that mid-Chosun-era female artist Shin Saimdang, the mother of Confucian scholar Yulkok Yi Yi (who appears on the current 5,000-won note shown above), will appear on a new 50,000-won note, making her the first female face depicted on a Korean note. The new high-denomination notes are both scheduled for issuance in 2009, and printing will begin in 2008.
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Philippines new date (2006) 50-peso note reported
Oct 13, 2007 11:05 AM
50 pesos (US$1.15), 2006. Like SCWPM 193, but new date and new signatures (GLORIA MARCAPAGAL-ARROYO, Pangulo ng Pilipinas; AMANDO M. TETANGC0, JR., Tagapangaslwa ng Bangko Sentral).
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Philippines new date (2007) 20-peso note reported
Oct 13, 2007 11:02 AM
20 pesos (US$0.45), 2007. Like SCWPM 182, but new date and new signatures (GLORIA MARCAPAGAL-ARROYO, Pangulo ng Pilipinas; AMANDO M. TETANGC0, JR., Tagapangaslwa ng Bangko Sentral).
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Brunei issues new date (2007) 1-ringgit note
Oct 11, 2007 01:07 PM
1 ringgit (US$0.70), 2007. Issued September 27, 2007. Like SCWPM 22, but new date. Polymer. Printer: NPA.
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India’s demand for high-denomination notes increases
Sep 30, 2007 12:13 PM
India’s booming economy has pushed up demand for 500- and 1,000-rupee notes by approximately 20 and 50 percent, respectively, with the volume of almost all other denominations remaining steady. The cost of printing currency has more than doubled to Rs20 trillion during 2006-07, with the business split between Security Printing and Monitoring Corporation of India and Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran.
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Philippines buys two “superline” note printers
Sep 30, 2007 11:54 AM
According to Inquirer.net, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has spent P4 billion (US$89 million) on two “superline” printing machines so it will not have to outsource the printing of banknotes. Two years ago, a European printer supplied 80 million 100-peso notes on which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s was misspelled as “Arrovo.” By printing locally, it’s hoped that such embarrassing errors will be a thing of the past. Also, the new printing machines will double the capacity of the Security Plant Complex in Quezon City to two billion notes annually. The new machines perform the entire cycle of banknote production, from layout to printing and bundling.
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Nepal issues new 500-rupee note w/o king’s image
Sep 27, 2007 12:06 PM
In addition to the Rs500 (which has an initial print run of 20 million notes), the NRB is preparing to issue new 50- and 100-rupee denominations in mid-2008 that also remove King Gyanendra’s name, image, and royal symbols. The new Rs500 still has the king’s portrait as watermark because the paper was ordered from an Indonesian manufacturer before April 2006 when the monarchy fell out of favor. Because the impoverished Himalayan country could not afford new paper, bank officials chose instead to obscure the king’s image by printing a rhododendron over the watermark.
500 rupees (US$7.85), ND (2007). Issued September 27, 2007. Tan, brown, purple, red, and green. Mount Everest at left, national flower rhododendron at right over wmk of King Gyanendra. Rhododendron at left and two tigers drinking melted snow at center on back. Signature 16, wide windowed security thread, NRB as registration device, intaglio printing. 160 x 70 mm.
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Pakistan’s new Rs1,000 note creates controversy
Aug 08, 2007 03:22 PM
On August 8, 2007, Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain asked a National Assembly standing committee to probe and report within a month on why the new 1,000-rupee banknote carries an imprint of the national flag in lilac (like the Turkish flag) rather than green, and why packs of note are now bound with a paper band and not stapled as was the past norm.
The State Bank of Pakistan explained that the Pakistani flag does not appear on any SBP notes (the flag has a white band to the left of the field of green); the crescent and five-pointed star is merely a security feature printed with optical variable ink (OVI) that changes color from magenta to green when the note is tilted. Furthermore, the SBP pointed out that bundling notes is the international standard and the practice of stapling notes has been halted in an effort to increase the longevity of the nation’s notes.
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Hong Kong issues new HK$10 polymer note
Jul 01, 2007 04:34 PM
10 dollars (US$1.30), 1st April 2007. Issued July 2007. Like Pick 400, but new date, new signatures (Henry Tang Ying-yen, FINANCIAL SECRETARY; Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, MONETARY AUTHORITY), larger tactile denomination in corners, see-through window with numeral 10, watermark-like image of bauhinia flower in clear window, watermark-like image of numeral 10, ribbon printed in pink-to-purple OVI, irridescent band with bauhinia flower and HK10 moved to center of note. Rearing horse as registration device, denomination as latent image. Polymer. 133 x 66 mm.
Images courtesy of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.