September 2025
6849 banknotes collected
No worries, be happy!
1st September 2025
Fiji - On 04.11.2023, I posted the single note for the Fiji 100 cents polymer commemorative note with the design of a Chinese Dragon. This note was issued in a joint-venture between the Reserve Bank of Fiji and a company in China called China Coin Industrial Co. Limited (CCIC) trading as Shenzhen China Coin Investment Co. Limited. CCIC was granted full license to distribute this note and was first released on 08.08.2023. The intention for this note was to celebrate the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Dragon 2024. Since the release in 2023, it is not sure how successful this issue is and I wonder if they are still selling them or they are all sold out by now. If not, then I do not believe it will ever get all sold out as the note was sold at a pretty high price given the face value is nominal...
4th September 2025
Somalia - Posted here are five notes, out of a possibility of 6, all reportedly printed in Sudan in 2010 but were never released until it surfaced recently (2023) in Sudan. Printing for these notes was ordered by the then Somalia Transitional Federal Government but was never released due to uncertainty of the country's economy or the weakest of the country's financial institutions at the time. Since then, these new banknotes were stored in Sudan awaiting further instruction. In April 2023, civil war broke out in Sudan between the two rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces headed by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. Clashes between the two factions were reported in the capital city of Khartoum and in the Darfur region. Since then, these Somalia banknotes began to show up in the streets of Khartoum. So far only five notes (out of the possible 6) have been sighted and these are the 1000, 2000, 10000, 20000 and 50000...
10th September 2025
Ireland, Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited - This is my odd note of one pound issued by the Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited. The Provincial Bank of Ireland was established in 1825. In 1966, the bank, together with the Royal Bank of Ireland and the Munster & Leinster Bank merged and formed the Allied Irish Banks (AIB). AIB is considered as one of the big four commercial banks in Ireland...
15th September 2025
Tonga - The two specimen notes posted here were printed with no signatures and with no dates either. I believe these two notes belong to the third series since 1921. The 20 pa'anga was first issued in 1985 (Series 1985-1989) and was issued by the Government of Tonga, whilst the 50 pa'anga was first issued 1988 and a reprint was issued with the year date of 1989. In general, the 50 pa'anga was a short series which has only been printed twice. However, this design was later re adopted and issued under the National Reserve Bank of Tonga...
18th September 2025
Hong Kong, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited - I have added the $100 dated 2023 to my previous post. The only remaining missing note for this 2023 series is the $1,000 note, which we are not sure if this has been printed awaiting to be released. No other $1,000 dated 2023 has been sighted yet.
25th September 2025
Swaziland/eSwatini - Here are the two hybrid notes of 10 and 20 emalangeni both printed with the date of 1.4.2024. These are the first denominations of 10 and 20 emalangeni printed with the new name of the country, eSwatini since the name was adopted on 19.04.2018. Since the name changed, the central bank has printed/issued all denominations from 10 to 200 emalangeni. However, the 100 emalangeni has not been sighted yet, but is believed that this denomination has been printed. In addition, the bank has also issued a 50 emalangeni dated 1.4.2024 commemorative note celebrating the country's 50th Year Central Bank...
Singapore - I have added the $1000 bearing the signature of Tharma Shanmugaratnam. This note was reportedly released in 2017, and is printed with one tiny solid house on the back. The note that I have added is in circulated condition with 3 folds and looks like it has coffee stains on the bottom edge of the note. I believe there are only four $1000 printed for this series with the signature of Tharma Shanmugaratnam. It was reported that the Authority has ceased issuing the $1000 note since 01.01.2021. I now have three of these notes and the missing note that I do not have is the one printed with the two tiny symbols of solid houses...
28th September 2025
Lebanon - Here is a full set of 6 notes issued with various year dates printed on the notes. As these are not released or printed in the same year, the signatures on the notes are not all the same...