Sep 2007
Papua New Guinea issues new date (2007) 20-kina note
Sep 30, 2007 12:16 PM Category: Oceania
20 kina (US$6.90), (20)07. Like SCWPM 27, but no anniversary logo, new date, and new signatures (Leonard Wilson Kamit, GOVERNOR; Simon Tossali, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY). Polymer.
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Hungary issues new date (2007) 200-forint note
Sep 30, 2007 12:15 PM Category: Europe
Israel issues new date (2007) 100-new sheqalim note
Sep 30, 2007 12:14 PM Category: Middle East
Sudan issues new 2-pound note dated 2006
Sep 30, 2007 12:14 PM Category: Africa
2 pounds (US$1), July 9 2006. Light blue. Civilization theme represented by pottery on front and musical instruments on back. Pigeon and electrotype denomination wmk, 2-mm windowed security thread, iridescent stripe, CBS latent image, microlettering, jug as registration device, intaglio printing, UV inks, tactile marks. 144 x 64 mm.
Images courtesy of Ronny Hick.
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Serbia issues revised 100-dinara note dated 2006
Sep 30, 2007 12:14 PM Category: Europe
100 dinara (US$1.70), 2006. Like SCWPM 41, but new date, repositioned registration device, and Republic of Serbia coat of arms instead of National Bank of Serbia logo on back.
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India’s demand for high-denomination notes increases
Sep 30, 2007 12:13 PM Category: Asia
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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Australia’s Reserve Bank annual report findings
Sep 30, 2007 12:06 PM Category: Oceania
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Shetland Museum acquires rare £5 proof note from 1820s
Sep 30, 2007 12:06 PM Category: Europe
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Philippines buys two “superline” note printers
Sep 30, 2007 11:54 AM Category: Asia
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 Category: Asia
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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Cape Verde issues new 1,000-escudo note
Sep 25, 2007 12:05 PM Category: Africa
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Mauritius announces new banknote design contest
Sep 25, 2007 12:05 PM Category: Africa
On September 25, 2007, Manou Bheenick, governor of the Bank of Mauritius, announced a design competition for a new family of banknotes to be issued in 2009 to celebrate the bank’s 40th anniversary. Under the theme of “Banknotes—Mirrors of our Motherland,” this eighth series of notes should relate to the islands’ history, culture, ecology, industry, architecture, and landscape. Rs30,000 will be awarded to the winner of the best design as chosen by a jury of eight local artists. The competition is open to Mauritian nationals only, and proposals must be submitted by October 31, 2007.
The bank will also conduct a study on the Mauritian people’s preferences about the patterns to include on these new notes. “The idea is to know what the Mauritian people want to see on the banknotes,” said Bheenick.
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United States unveils new $5 note design
Sep 20, 2007 12:13 PM Category: North
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5 dollars (US$5), 2006. Unveiled September 20, 2007. To be issued in “early 2008.” Green and light purple. Enlarged portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Wmk of large 5 to right of portrait, wmk of column of three smaller 5s to left of portrait. Security thread with repeating USA and 5 repositioned to right of portrait; glows blue under UV light. Omron rings. Microprinting. Signatures (Anna Escobedo Cabral, Treasurer of the United States; Henry M. Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury). Lincoln Monument on back with low-vision 5 printed in purple.
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Estonia to issue new date 25-, 100-, and 500-kroon notes
Sep 19, 2007 12:13 PM Category: Europe
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Iran considering knocking three zeros off the rial
Sep 11, 2007 12:07 PM Category: Middle East
On September 11, 2007, Iran’s central bank governor, Tahmasb Mazaheri, admitted that the bank is examining a proposal to knock three zeros off the rial to increase economic confidence and reduce the number of banknotes necessary to conduct cash transactions. Since the Islamic revolution of 1979, the exchange rate of the rial has gone from 70 rials to the dollar to 9,300 rials today. Iran’s largest denomination, the 50,000-rial note, was issued on March 12, 2007, and is worth approximately US$5.40.
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