Jul 2007
Somaliland new date (2002) 100-shilling note reported
Jul 28, 2007 03:25 PM Category: Africa
100 shillings (US$0.10), 2002. Like SCWPM 5c, but new date. Signature 3 (Abdirahman Dualle, GUDDOOMIYAH; Abdi Mohamoud Gullet, LACAGHAYAHA).
Images courtesy of Andrew Roberts.
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IBNS Journal 46.2 is now online
Jul 23, 2007 03:27 PM Category: IBNS
I’m pleased to report that members of the International Bank Note Society can now download the current 72-page issue (Vol. 46 No. 2) of the IBNS Journal from the Extranet section of www.theIBNS.org. This issue now includes the full content of the Inside IBNS newsletter and is in full color throughout (the printed version will contain 16 pages of color and will be mailed to members as usual in August). You must be an IBNS member with a web password to access this section of the site.
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Canadian Journey $20 error note surfaces
Jul 20, 2007 03:29 PM Category: North
America
Winston Brown of Toronto, Ontario, has recently gone public with a dramatic example of a modern error. The $20 from 2004’s Canadian Journey series has the holographic stripe on the front right, the windowed security thread on the back right, and the watermark is upside down (compare top pair of images with normal note below).
The Bank of Canada has confirmed that the note is genuine and postulates that the error is a result of an uncut sheet of banknote paper being being rotated 180 degrees before being fed into its presses in Ottawa. Since each sheet contains 45 notes, there must have been 44 other examples of this error with serial numbers similar to that found on Brown’s note: EZM7459230. However, his note was found in circulation in 2006 (though a 2004 issue, the note is dated 2006 on the back), and Brown isn’t aware of any other similar notes that have surfaced to date. It’s possible they escaped notice and may be lost, destroyed, collected, or waiting to be discovered.
Brown intends to sell his error note via auction at some point in the future. Interested parties may contact him via email: w_brown_2007@hotmail.com.
Images courtesy of Winston Brown.
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Latvia issues revised 20-lat note dated 2007
Jul 04, 2007 03:38 PM Category: Europe
Czech Republic issues revised 2,000-korun note
Jul 02, 2007 03:38 PM Category: Europe
2,000 korun (US$93.65), 2007. Issued July 2, 2007. Like Pick 22, but new date, new signature (Tuma, GUVERNER), and many additional security features, including bichrome patterned iridescent strip of overlapping gold and blue, series other than A and B, Omron rings, 2000 and small ornament added as electrotype wmk, 3.0-mm windowed puce-to-green security thread with hatched CNB 2000 Kc, and additional UV features. Printer: State Printing Office, Prague.
Images courtesy of Czech National Bank.
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Hong Kong issues new HK$10 polymer note
Jul 01, 2007 04:34 PM Category: Asia
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.
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