April Postings 2023

 April 2023

Happy Easter 2023

1st April 2023

Bailiwick of Guernsey - My first post of the month, with three new notes printed with improved security features from Guernsey. The notes posted here are the £5, £10, and £20. These notes were introduced to the public on 19.01.2023.

4th April 2023

Tajikistan - A complete set of notes all printed with the year date of 2021. I have to wait for the recently delivered of the 10 somoni note before I can post the full set. The 20, 50 and 500 somoni are all printed on hybrid materials. The series has now been replaced by the 2022 series.

8th April 2023

Czech Republic - Posted here is an overprinted commemorative note of 1000 koruna/crown released on 08.02.2023, celebrating the country's 30th year of the establishment of the Central Bank (ČNB) and the Czech currency of koruna, following the breaking up of Czechoslovakia on 01.01.1993. A total of 200,000 pieces issued at face value and all sold out on the day of release. 

12th April 2023

Poland - This is a 20 zlotych polymer commemorative released on 09.02.2023, celebrating the 550th Birth Anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus (b.1473-1543). Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath, a mathematician, an astronomer, and was also a Catholic canon. I find the design of this note is a bit unusual as the main character's portrait is not printed in full on the note. To me, the design on the front looks more suitable for a book or novel cover, rather than for a banknote. This is the second polymer commemorative banknote issued by the National Bank of Poland.

15th April, 2023

Solomon Islands - Posted here are the two specimen notes of $50 and $100 issued in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Both notes are printed on hybrid materials, with the signatures of Denton Hehenoro Rarawa (Governor) and Shadrach Timothy Fanega (Secretary, Minister of Finance).

22nd April 2023

Fiji - Here are the two uncut sheets of $5 polymer note; 2-in-1 and 5-in-1 bearing the governor's signature of Faizul Ariff Ali. These are the only two uncut sheets issued bearing his signature for the $5 polymer note which was released in early 2023. 

29th April 2023

Sierra Leone - 2022 Currency Reform Full Set of Five Notes reportedly released on 01.07.2022. These are reformed currency which removed three zeros from the previous banknotes. The new exchange rates for one new leone equals 1000 old leones. All notes are printed with the date of 27.04.2022.