May 2007
Ukraine issues new 200-hryvnia note
May 28, 2007 04:45 PM Category: Europe
200 hryvnias (US$39.85), 2007. Issued May 28, 2007. Lesya Ukrainka as portrait and wmk, security thread, 200 as registration device, tactile bars for the sight-impaired, plus UV, IR, and magnetic elements. Tower of the Lutsk lock on back. 148 x 75 mm.
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Malta new Lm5 note signature variety reported
May 28, 2007 04:34 PM Category: Europe
Norway new date 50- and 200-kroner notes reported
May 27, 2007 04:34 PM Category: Europe
50 kroner (US$8.30), 2005. Like Pick 46, but new date (on back), new signatures (Svein Gjedrem, Governor; Trond Eklund, Cashier’s Department Director), wider security thread printed Norges Bank, and Omron rings on front.
200 kroner (US$33.20), 2004. Like Pick 50, but new date (last four digits of number in lower left on front), and new signatures.
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Latvia issues revised 100-lat note dated 2007
May 21, 2007 04:45 PM Category: Europe
100 lats (US$194), 2007. Issued May 21, 2007. Like Pick 47, but new date, new signature (Rimsevics, Governor), and new security features, including serial number repeated in red in upper front left, horizontal band with 100 in greyish-brown print, 100 at lower left in larger reddish-brown OVI (also heat sensitive), vertical translucent band to left of portrait, transparent window with red semicircle of the Sun and Ls, silver Sun semicircle between the transparent window and the registration device, wider windowed security thread (with holograms and Ls 100), and 100 Ls as latent image in ornamental band on back right margin. Replacement notes suffix Z.
Information courtesy of Girts Eisters (IBNS member 9639).
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Saudi Arabia unveils new family of notes
May 21, 2007 04:45 PM Category: Middle East
With
today’s release of the SAR 50 and 100, the Saudi
Arabian Monetary Agency has begun circulating its 5th
Issue of notes. The new SAR 5 and 10 will appear at
the beginning of July, followed by the SAR 500 in
September, and ending with the SAR 1 in December.
1 riyal (US$0.25), 2007. Issued December 31, 2007. Light green. Front of first Islamic dinar coin at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right. SAMA headquarters on back. 133 x 63 mm.
5 riyals (US$1.35), 2007. Issued July 2007. Violet. Ras Tanorah oil refinery at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right. Jubayl Port in eastern region on back. 145 x 66 mm.
10 riyals (US$2.65), 2007. Issued July 2007. Brown. King Abdulaziz’s palace in Almoraba Area at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right. King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh on back. 150 x 68 mm.
50 riyals (US$13.35), 2007. Issued May 21, 2007. Dark green. Al Sakhra Dome Mosque at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right, also as watermark along with electrotype denomination, intaglio printing, visually impaired recognition bars, microtext, holographic stripe. Al Aqsa Mosque in Al Quds Al Shareef (Jerusalem), emblem of state in gold, fluorescent shapes, and windowed security thread on back. 155 x 70 mm.
100 riyals (US$26.65), 2007. Issued May 21, 2007. Red. Green Dome of The Prophet’s Mosque at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right, also as watermark along with electrotype denomination, intaglio printing, visually impaired recognition bars, microtext, holographic stripe. The Prophet’s Mosque in Al Madinah Al Monawarah, emblem of state in gold, fluorescent shapes, and windowed security thread on back. 160 x 72 mm.
500 riyals (US$133.30), 2007. Issued September 2007. Blue. Holy Ka’aba at center, King Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al Saud portrait at right. Holy Mosque in Makkah Al Mukarramah on back. 166 x 74 mm.
Images courtesy of Ghassan Samman and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.
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1 riyal (US$0.25), 2007. Issued December 31, 2007. Light green. Front of first Islamic dinar coin at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right. SAMA headquarters on back. 133 x 63 mm.
5 riyals (US$1.35), 2007. Issued July 2007. Violet. Ras Tanorah oil refinery at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right. Jubayl Port in eastern region on back. 145 x 66 mm.
10 riyals (US$2.65), 2007. Issued July 2007. Brown. King Abdulaziz’s palace in Almoraba Area at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right. King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh on back. 150 x 68 mm.
50 riyals (US$13.35), 2007. Issued May 21, 2007. Dark green. Al Sakhra Dome Mosque at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right, also as watermark along with electrotype denomination, intaglio printing, visually impaired recognition bars, microtext, holographic stripe. Al Aqsa Mosque in Al Quds Al Shareef (Jerusalem), emblem of state in gold, fluorescent shapes, and windowed security thread on back. 155 x 70 mm.
100 riyals (US$26.65), 2007. Issued May 21, 2007. Red. Green Dome of The Prophet’s Mosque at center, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz portrait at right, also as watermark along with electrotype denomination, intaglio printing, visually impaired recognition bars, microtext, holographic stripe. The Prophet’s Mosque in Al Madinah Al Monawarah, emblem of state in gold, fluorescent shapes, and windowed security thread on back. 160 x 72 mm.
500 riyals (US$133.30), 2007. Issued September 2007. Blue. Holy Ka’aba at center, King Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al Saud portrait at right. Holy Mosque in Makkah Al Mukarramah on back. 166 x 74 mm.
Images courtesy of Ghassan Samman and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.
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Singapore issues new $5 polymer note
May 18, 2007 04:46 PM Category: Asia
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will issue new $5 polymer notes from 18 May 2007. This is the third denomination in the Portrait Series to be converted from paper into polymer. The $5 polymer notes will circulate alongside the $5 paper notes, both of which will remain legal tender.
As with the $2 and $10 polymer notes, MAS has retained the portrait series design for the $5 polymer notes as it is familiar to the public. The $5 polymer and paper notes have the following similarities:
• Portrait of Singapore’s first President, the late Encik Yusof bin Ishak, on the front, and images of the Garden City theme at the back. • Same colour (predominantly green). • Same size (133 mm x 66 mm).
The $5 polymer notes also include security features unique to polymer technology which are similarly found in $2 and $10 polymer notes. They are:
• Two see-through windows – one on the top-left hand side, and the other at the bottom-right corner. • A stylised gold Singapore Lion symbol with a hidden image, beside the top-left hand window. An image of the Singapore Arms will appear at varying angles. • The security thread in the shape of the Singapore island.
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Papua New Guinea issues revised 20-kina note polymer
May 13, 2007 04:46 PM Category: Oceania
20 kina (US$6.60), ND (2006). Like Pick 27, but without commemorative logo at left, and new signatures (Leonard Wilson Kamit, Governor; Simon Tossali, Secretary). Polymer.
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Haiti new date (2006) 10-gourde note reported
May 13, 2007 04:46 PM Category: Caribbean
10 gourdes (US$0.25), 2006. Like Pick 272, but new date and new signatures (Raymond Magliore, Gouverneur; Philippe W. Lahrens, Gouverneur Adjoint; and Charles Castel, Director General).
Images courtesy of Garry Saint (www.numismondo.com).
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IACA announces winners of Excellence in Currency Awards
May 08, 2007 04:46 PM Category: Misc.
On
May 8, 2007, the International Association of
Currency Affairs honored seven individuals and
companies at the first ever
Excellence in Currency
Awards ceremony
that took place in Bangkok, Thailand.
•Lifetime Achievement Award: Thomas Ferguson, former director of the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
•Best New Bank Note Award: The National Bank of Kazakhstan, for its complex and highly secure new series launched in November 2006. Runners up were the Central Bank of Sweden, for the new 1,000 kronor launched in March 2006, and the Bank of Mexico, for the new polymer 50-peso banknote issued in November 2006.
•Best New Coin Award: The Royal Canadian Mint, for the Canadian quarter (25 cents) with an image of a pink ribbon in its centre, a collaboration with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
•Best New Currency Feature: Crane’s Motion, an optically variable feature incorporating a micro-lens array for security threads that first appeared on the Swedish 1,000-kronor banknote and has recently been chosen as the primary overt feature for the new US$100.
•Best New Currency Product: KBA GIORI, for ONE, a complete suite of products from banknote digital design through to direct intaglio and offset plate making.
•Best Currency Public Education Program: The US BEP, for its “Color of Money” introduction of the new $10.
•Best Currency Website: The Bank of England, for its newly-designed website, www.bankofengland.co.uk.
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•Lifetime Achievement Award: Thomas Ferguson, former director of the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
•Best New Bank Note Award: The National Bank of Kazakhstan, for its complex and highly secure new series launched in November 2006. Runners up were the Central Bank of Sweden, for the new 1,000 kronor launched in March 2006, and the Bank of Mexico, for the new polymer 50-peso banknote issued in November 2006.
•Best New Coin Award: The Royal Canadian Mint, for the Canadian quarter (25 cents) with an image of a pink ribbon in its centre, a collaboration with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
•Best New Currency Feature: Crane’s Motion, an optically variable feature incorporating a micro-lens array for security threads that first appeared on the Swedish 1,000-kronor banknote and has recently been chosen as the primary overt feature for the new US$100.
•Best New Currency Product: KBA GIORI, for ONE, a complete suite of products from banknote digital design through to direct intaglio and offset plate making.
•Best Currency Public Education Program: The US BEP, for its “Color of Money” introduction of the new $10.
•Best Currency Website: The Bank of England, for its newly-designed website, www.bankofengland.co.uk.
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Hong Kong new date (1.1.2006) $50 note reported
May 07, 2007 04:56 PM Category: Asia
Egypt issues first-ever 200-pound note
May 07, 2007 04:46 PM Category: Africa
200 pounds (US$35), 2007/4/3. Issued May 7, 2007. The Mosque of Qani Bay 908 H (1503), scribe wmk along with electrotype denomination, signature 21b (Farouk El Okdah, Governor), 1.5-mm solid security thread, 3-mm windowed security thread, Omron rings, OVI circle in upper left, 200 as latent image and registration device. The Seated Scribe 5th Dynasty on back. 175 x 80 mm.
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Ghana unveils new note family due July 1, 2007
May 03, 2007 04:56 PM Category: Africa
On
May 3, 2007, the Bank of Ghana unveiled the following
new family of notes was scheduled for issuance on
July 1, 2007. On the front they all feature the
printed date of June 2007, an image of Independence
Arch, the signature of Governor Dr. Paul Acquah, and
a conjoined portrait of the “Big Six:” Kwame Nkrumah,
Ebenezer Ako Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye
Danquah, Emmanuel Odarkwei Obetsebi-Lamptey, and
William Ofori Atta. All of the notes have the
following security features: windowed security
thread, novel serial numbers, registration device,
portrait of Tetteh Quarshie and cocoa pod as wmk,
denomination as latent image and intaglio printed in
gold ink, and iridescent band.
1 Ghana cedi (US$1.10), June 2007. Akosombo Dam on back. 137 x 65 mm.
5 Ghana cedis (US$5.40), June 2007. University of Ghana on back. 141 x 68 mm.
10 Ghana cedis (US$10.80), June 2007. Headquarters of the Bank of Ghana on back. Hologram. 145 x 71 mm.
20 Ghana cedis (US$21.55), June 2007. Supreme Court Building on back. Red-to-green windowed security thread and hologram. 149 x 74 mm.
50 Ghana cedis (US$53.90), June 2007. Christianborg Castle, the seat of government, on back. Red-to-green windowed security thread and hologram. 153 x 77 mm.
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1 Ghana cedi (US$1.10), June 2007. Akosombo Dam on back. 137 x 65 mm.
5 Ghana cedis (US$5.40), June 2007. University of Ghana on back. 141 x 68 mm.
10 Ghana cedis (US$10.80), June 2007. Headquarters of the Bank of Ghana on back. Hologram. 145 x 71 mm.
20 Ghana cedis (US$21.55), June 2007. Supreme Court Building on back. Red-to-green windowed security thread and hologram. 149 x 74 mm.
50 Ghana cedis (US$53.90), June 2007. Christianborg Castle, the seat of government, on back. Red-to-green windowed security thread and hologram. 153 x 77 mm.
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Sudan issues new 5-pound note
May 01, 2007 03:38 PM Category: Africa
5 pounds (US$2.50), July 9 2006. Issued May 2007. Pink. Future prospects theme, with modern architecture and satellite on front, hydroelectric dam, solar panel, and wind turbine on back. Pigeon and electrotype denomination wmk, 2-mm windowed security thread, iridescent stripe, latent image, microlettering, scales as registration device, intaglio printing, UV inks, tactile marks. 150 x 69 mm.
For more information, visit the Central Bank of Sudan.
Images courtesy of Olexandr Danishenko.
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Sudan issues new 20-pound note
May 01, 2007 03:38 PM Category: Africa
20 pounds (US$10), July 9 2006. Issued May 2007. Dark red. Industrial progress theme, with three pyramids, irrigation wheel, and drilling platform on front, factory, satellite dishes, and fruit on back. Falcon and electrotype denomination wmk, 2-mm windowed security thread, iridescent stripe, latent image, microlettering, wrench as registration device, intaglio printing, UV inks, holographic stripe, and tactile marks. 160 x 75 mm.
For more information, visit the Central Bank of Sudan.
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