Banknote News: Tanzania

Today, February 29, 2012 The Bank of Tanzania has announced their plans of taking the 500 Schillings banknote out of circulation and replacing it with a coin. The BOT sites that they have received many complains of how easily the new 500S banknotes are wearing out. The BOT stated that the average life span of a Tanzanian banknote is about 7 months before they begin to wear out. It was only 2011 when the Bank of Tanzania introduced the new 500S banknotes. What a shame, it's always tough losing a banknote.



Source: Dailynews.co.tz | Y B'notes

New Banknotes: Armenia

According to an article written on News.am The Central Bank of Armenia will be releasing new 5,000 and 10,000 AMD banknotes sometime this year. The Central Bank will not be releasing any images of the new notes due to "security reasons" but it is said that the new banknotes will drastically be different from the ones currently in circulation.

Source: News.am

New Banknotes: New Zealand

According to an article written by TVNZ the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will be putting out new banknotes in 2014. The reason for these new banknotes is to keep counterfeiters away from duplicating banknotes. The Reserve Bank will be looking at the new series of Canadian banknotes as inspirations of anti-counterfeiting technologies. More information and Images are Requested.

Source: TVNZ.co.nz

New Banknotes: Iraq

According to an article written on Kurdish-Global.net, The Central Bank of Iraq has decided to issue new banknotes towards the end of 2012 and take all older banknotes out of circulation in 2013. The new banknotes will have three zeroes eliminated from the denominations. 50, 100 and 200 Dinar banknotes will be introduced as well as 1 and 2 Dinar coins. Images are Requested.

Source: The Kurdish Global.net

New Banknotes: Bangladesh

An image was spotted by reader Enrique R. of the new 10, 20 and 50 Taka banknotes for sale by a vendor in Bangladesh. After much cooperation the vendor has lent us his image of the banknotes and we have been told that these new banknotes will be out by the end of this week or sometime next week. These are just the mock ups given out by the Central Bank, the color of the actual banknote might vary.


Sources: Enrique R. (USA) & Syeed Bin Salam (Bangladesh)

SCWPM 18th Ed. Released

The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money 18th ed. has been released and is now available for purchase through Amazon for $44.10 (Free Shipping when shipped within the US). The original price tag is $70. This edition once again does not come with the disc attached.

Here goes to hoping that they have included all the nations in this edition and that some of the kinks have been fixed. The release date for the rest of the world may be different.

New Banknotes: Namibia UPDATE

On an article written on the Informaté website it is stated that the new series of banknotes will be released next month (March). On the N$10 and N$20 banknotes, Sam Nujoma (the founding president) will be on the front while the rest of the denominations: N$50, N$100 and N$200 will still feature: Captain Hedrick Witbooi. The new banknotes will be released around the time of the Namibian Independence Day (March 21st) and will have upgraded security features. Images are Requested.

Source: Informaté.web.na

New Banknotes: Oman

The Central Bank of Oman has introduced new 5 & 10 Rial banknotes. These banknotes have upgraded security features and will be circulating next to the banknotes already in circulation. The CBO also introduced a 50 Rial note on Jan. 10, 2012.


*Note: Image is small, we are working on getting a better one.

Source: Oman Daily Observer

Banknote News: Bangladesh

According to a post on banknotenews.com a new 60 Taka commemorative banknote will be released sometime in the future. The post states that no other information has been released. We will keep updating this post as more information emerges.


Source: Banknotenews.com

Banknote News

Belarus: The National Bank of Belarus will be issuing a 200,000 Ruble banknote on March 12, 2012 according to an article written by Telegraf.by. Also stated in the article was that the NBB plans on taking the 10 and 20 Rubles notes out of circulation and possibly curving all denominations to the nearest 50th. Images are Requested.

South Africa: The South African Reserve Bank will be issuing new banknotes sometime late in 2012. All the new notes will have Nelson Mandela on the front and the reverse will have one of the big five (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino).


Switzerland: The Swiss National Bank has pushed back the introduction of a new banknote series back one year, making the debut date somewhere in 2013.

Source: banknotenews.com

Queen Elizabeth II's New Look

No, there is not new banknotes that feature QE II coming out, well not that we know of. But what is coming out is a new set of stamps from the Royal Mail that will feature images of QE II that were featured on past and present Bank of England banknotes and coins. These new stamps are to celebrate QE II's Diamond Jubilee. Interestingly enough the two images that were taken from coins QE II faces East, while on all the banknote images QE II faces West.

Now we are not stamp collectors, but we would love to be able to get our hands on a set of these stamps. If you can help JWB acquire these please feel free to contact us.

Source: Central Banking.coom

New Banknote: Hong Kong

In an article written in Hong Kong's "The Standard" website it is reported that the Bank of China (Hong Kong) will be releasing a new HK$100 Dollar banknote to commemorate the 100th Year Anniversary of the bank. It is said that there will be 2 million of the HK $100 Dollar notes printed. On the front of the banknote will be the Bank of China building that is located in Beijing, China and the Great Wall of China. On the reverse side shows the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong and the harbor.

The release date for this banknote was slated to be: February 5, 2012. More information and Images are requested.





Source: The Standard HK

Kittens on Chinese 100 Yuan 'note?

A group of internet users are said to have found 3 kittens on the Chinese 100 Yuan banknote. It appears that two of the kittens are bowing down to another kitten, which has its arms raised. Yuan Yinlong a "banknote and coin expert" says its all rubbish and that the users are just making it all up. Take a look for your self, tell me what you see.




Source: Chinadaily.com.cn

Goodbye US $1 Dollar Banknote?

Four Senators in the US Congress have introduced a bill that is intended to eliminate the US $1 Dollar banknote and instead us the $1 Dollar coin. The main reasoning for this is the 36 month life span of a US dollar compared to the 30 or so year life time of a coin. The only problem... man US citizens do not like to US the $1 Dollar coins to begin with. It is believed that 40% of the $1 Dollar coins mint have not even reached circulation yet.

Americans do not like change, I know that for a fact. I would rather have Polymer banknotes then $1 Dollar coins any day. Perhaps if they just stopped minting the $1 Dollar coins they could save money that way instead.

What are your thoughts and opinions?



Source: Caspio.net