Mar 2007
Hong Kong issues new date (1.1.2006) $100 note
Mar 30, 2007 05:25 PM Category: Asia
100 dollars (US$12.80), 1 January 2006. Like Pick 209, but new date, new signature, and new title (Executive Director).
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Hong Kong recalls older $1,000 notes for fear of fakes
Mar 28, 2007 05:25 PM Category: Asia
Recently the Hong Kong Monetary Authority was forced to recall 3 million $1,000 (US$128) notes after more than 1,500 fake bills had been discovered in circulation. The affected notes are from the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation and are dated 2000 and 2002 (Pick 206, above top). The old notes are being replaced with those dated 2003 (Pick 211, above bottom).
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Slovakia new date (25.08.2005) 1,000-korun note reported
Mar 17, 2007 05:31 PM Category: Europe
1,000 korun (US$39.25), 25 Augusta 2005. Like Pick 42, but new date, and new signatures (Ivan Šramko, Governor; Jan Mathes, Executive Director, Currency Division). Printer: De La Rue.
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Signature information courtesy of Peter Jarabek (National Bank of Slovakia).
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Papua New Guinea issues 10-kina note with 8-digit serial number
Mar 15, 2007 05:45 PM Category: Oceania
10 kina (US$3.30), ND. Like Pick 26 (above, bottom), but serial number has eight—not six—digits, uses different font, and is positioned different.
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Uruguay new date (2004) 1,000-peso note reported
Mar 15, 2007 05:31 PM Category: South
America
1,000 pesos uruguayos (US$41.15), 2004. Like Pick 79, but new date, new signatures, series B, and printer imprint De La Rue on back.
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Malawi new date (1st Dec. 2005) 5-kwacha note reported
Mar 14, 2007 05:31 PM Category: Africa
England issues new £20 note featuring Adam Smith
Mar 13, 2007 05:39 PM Category: Europe
Today the Bank of England issued a new £20 featuring Adam Smith, one of the fathers of modern economics. This is the first design in a new series of notes from the bank known collectively as “Series F.”
The new notes will circulate in parallel with the current £20 (Pick 390), which will be progressively withdrawn from circulation. Measuring 149 x 80 mm, the new £20 is the same size as the current note. The portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is retained on the front, but the new note features a brighter color purple, as well as a large silver holographic strip, a registration device, additional intaglio printing, improved watermark, and more UV features to deter counterfeiters. The new note bears the signature of Andrew Bailey, Chief Cashier.
A portrait of Smith appears on the back of the new note, along with an engraving showing “The division of labour in pin manufacturing” with the parenthetical quote “and the great increase in the quantity of work that results” drawn from his major work, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. The image of Adam Smith is based on a likeness of the portrait of him by James Tassie — Scottish National Portrait Gallery — and reproduced by permission; and the image of pin manufacturing is based on an original image, and by permission of The British Library. Adam Smith (1723 - 1790) is the first economist and the first Scotsman to appear on a Bank of England note.
Pick 392: 20 pounds (US$38.60)). Issued March 13, 2007. Bright purple. Series F. QEII portrait, holographic stripe, registration device, additional intaglio printing, improved wmk, and more UV features. Signature: Andrew Bailey, Chief Cashier. Portrait of economist Adam Smith and illustration of “The division of labour in pin manufacturing” on back. 149 x 80 mm.
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Bangladesh new date (2004) 2-taka note reported
Mar 13, 2007 05:39 PM Category: Asia
2 taka (US$0.05), 2004. Like Pick 6C, but new date, new signature. Shaheed Minar on front, magpie robin (Doyal) on back. Tiger head and bank logo as wkm. Printer: Security Printing Press, Bangladesh. 100 x 60 mm.
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Bulgaria new date (2005) 2-leva note reported
Mar 13, 2007 05:39 PM Category: Europe
2 leva (US$1.35), 2005. Like Pick 115, but new date, new signatures, and series B. 116 x 64 mm.
For more information, visit the Bulgarian National Bank.
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Chile new date (2005) peso notes reported
Mar 13, 2007 05:39 PM Category: South
America
Although all are dated 2005, the 1,000- and 5,000-peso notes have a different signature combination than that which appears on the 10,000-peso note.
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Egypt new date (2005/1/4) 1-pound note reported
Mar 13, 2007 05:32 PM Category: Africa
1 pound (US$0.20), 2005/1/4. Like Pick 50, but new date and signature 22.
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Malawi new date (1st March 2004) 5-kwacha note reported
Mar 13, 2007 05:32 PM Category: Africa
5 kwacha (US$0.05), 1st March 2004. Like Pick 36, but new date and new signature.
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Rwanda issues new 5,000-franc note
Mar 13, 2007 05:31 PM Category: Africa
5,000 francs (US$9.15), 01-04-2004. Purple, violet, and pink. Gorilla, holographic stripe, latent image, electrotype BNR and bank logo as wmk, 5000 as registration device and in OVI, signatures (unknown, Visi-Guverineri wa mbere; unknown, Guverineri). Containers and windowed security thread on back.146 x 73 mm.
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Sri Lanka new date (2004-07-01) 20-rupee note reported
Mar 13, 2007 05:31 PM Category: Asia
20 rupees (US$0.20), 2004-07-01. Like Pick 116, but new date and new signature. Printer: De La Rue 130 x 65 mm.
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Iran issues new 50,000-rial note featuring nuclear insignia
Mar 12, 2007 05:45 PM Category: Middle East
50,000 rials (US$5.40), ND (2007). Issued March 12, 2007. Orange and lemon. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as portrait and watermark along with electrotype denomination, 2.5 mm windowed security thread, and registration device. Map of Persian Gulf with electrons orbiting an atom, and a legend from Prophet Mohammed: “If the science exists in this constellation, men from Persia will reach it,” on back. 166 x 79 mm.
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Peru issues revised 50-nuevos sole note
Mar 12, 2007 05:31 PM Category: South
America
On March 12, 2007, the Banco Central de Reserva del Perú issued a revised 50-nuevos soles (US$15.70). Like Pick 169A, but new date, new signatures, and new security features: vertical denomination 50 at right in fuschia-to-green OVI, and old color-changing hexagonal planchettes replaced by iridescent stripe with 50 and BCRP repeating to left of portrait, plus a windowed security thread.
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Egypt new date (2006/1/26) 20-pound note reported
Mar 11, 2007 05:39 PM Category: Africa
Zimbabwe new date (2004) $500 note reported
Mar 11, 2007 05:39 PM Category: Africa
500 dollars, 2004. Like Pick 11, but new date, BB prefix, and new signature (Dr. G. Gono, Governor).
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India to issue revised Rs20 note with R inset letter
Mar 08, 2007 05:45 PM Category: Asia
Today the Reserve Bank of India announced that it will soon issue a 20 rupee (US$0.45) note with inset letter R within the serial number panels.
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 August 17, 2006. All banknotes in the denomination of Rs20 issued by the RBI in the past will continue to be legal tender.
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Guinea issues new date (2006) 1,000- and 5,000-franc notes
Mar 04, 2007 05:45 PM Category: Africa
P37b: 1,000 francs (US$0.20), 2006. Like Pick 37, but new date, Cornerstone watermarks, and smaller size. 139 x 68 mm.
P38b: 5,000 francs (US$0.90), 2006. Like Pick 38, but new date, Cornerstone watermarks, and smaller size. 151 x 76 mm.
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Clydesdale Bank issues new date (14.3.2006) £10 note
Mar 04, 2007 05:45 PM Category: Europe
10 pounds (US$19.45), 14th March 2006. Like Pick 226, but new date.
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Zimbabwe issues new $5,000 note dated 1.2.2007
Mar 01, 2007 05:45 PM Category: Africa
On March 1, 2007, Zimbabwe introduced a new Z$5,000 (US$20) temporary bearer cheques to replace the expired version of this denomination. These note carries the issue date of 1st February 2007, with an expiration date of 31st July 2007. 147 x 74 mm.
A new Z$50,000 has also been released, with a date of 1st March 2007.
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Zimbabwe issues new $50,000 note dated 3.1.2007
Mar 01, 2007 05:25 PM Category: Africa
50,000 dollars (US$200), 1st March 2007. Expires 31st July 2007. Red and brown. RBZ logo, signature (Dr. G. Gono, Governor), and RBZ as electrotype watermark. Elephant and falls on back.
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