December Postings 2025

Merry Christmas 2025

6943 Banknotes Collected 

Hakuna Matata 

1st December 2025

Mexico - Posted here is a full set of five notes issued between 2024 and 2025 commemorating the central bank's 100th Anniversary 1925 to 2025. Banco de Mexico (Bank of Mexico) was established on 1st of September 1925 with its current head office located in the capital city of Mexico. Only five notes have been issued for this commemorative series as the 20 pesos note is not included. The designs for all five notes are the same as all current series in circulation but with commemorative text/logo printed (as above) to celebrate this special occasion. Like the current series, both the 50 and 100 pesos are printed on polymer substrate materials...

5th December 2025 

Namibia - Here, I have posted a full for five notes all reportedly released on 30.09.2025. The themes for this series are the same as those previously issued but with modified designs and additional security features added to the notes. On the front, the notes depict two Namibia national heroes and on the back it features all four-legged wild animals. The two lower denominations of $10 and $20 are printed on Hybrid substrate materials and both have a transparent square window in the center right. The transparent window is measured 10 x 10mm. The remaining three notes are all printed on paper materials...

7th December 2025

Shell V-Power Motorsport Collection 2025 Series -Well, they are back again. In October 2022, Shell Australia released seven Bluetooth remote control cars as toys or collectibles. In addition to the seven individual cars, Shell also released full sets in a presentation box at a price of A$124.95 per set. The presentation box also came with two rechargeable battery packs to power the cars. Fast forward 3 years, and in October 2025. Shell Australia again released another set of 8 Bluetooth remote control cars as toys/collectibles. This time, it is one car more than the 2022 series. The eight cars released for this second series are not the same as those released in 2022...

 

12th December 2025 

Transnistria - And there are more to come! This is the 30th commemorative note issued by Transnistria since 2009. Like previous issues, the designs are the same but with the commemorative logo added to the watermark area of the banknote. Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and to the locals simply as Pridnestrovie, is a landlocked breakaway state internationally recognised as part of Moldova. This note celebrates the 35 years of declaration of independence from Moldavian SSR (now Moldova) on 2nd September 1990...

 

 

November Postings 2025

November 2025

Hakuna Matata

 

6927 Notes collected

1st November 2025 

Sri Lanka - This is a 2,000 rupee issued on 29.08.2025, celebrating the 75th year of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The central bank was established on 28.08.2025, with its head office situated at Colombo, the largest city in Sri Lanka. This commemorative note is printed on paper material... 

4th November 2025 Happy Birthday J-M 

Papua New Guinea - Here, I have posted the 50 kina commemorative polymer note issued commemorating the country's 50th year of gaining independence from Australia. This note was reportedly released on 28.08.2025 to the public for circulation...

 

8th November 2025

Zambia - This set of six notes were first issued on 31.03.2025, with the denominations of 10, 20, 200 and 500 kwacha. I am not sure when the reminder notes of 50 and 100 kwacha were issued. The designs on all notes are new and all notes are printed with the year dated 2024. All notes on the front depict a flying African Fish eagle and a different image in the middle (underprint) on all the notes. On the back, a different tree is printed to the left, a waterfall and native wild animals. The designs on these notes, especially on the back, are related to tourism and it showcases the wildlife of the country and the natural beauty of Zambia's water falls...

 13th November 2025

The Bahamas - This is a reprint (Series 2024) of the $1 Hybrid note  first introduced on 27.09.2017. This note was printed by Giesecke & Devrient and was part of the CRISP Evolution (CE) family of notes...

 

15th November 2025

Shell V-Power Bluetooth Control EV Cars - In case you are also a collector as well...
 

 

22th November 2025 

Yemen - This is a 200 rials note reportedly issued on 16.07.2025 by the Houthi group which currently occupied a large part of the land, mainly situated in the western side of Yemen bordering the Red sea...

23rd November 2025

Bhutan - I have added the two notes of 20 and 500 ngultrum to my previous post. These five notes issued between 2000-2001. I personally find these kinds of designs very nice and to me very desirable. They are not over designed nor are they over crowded with various security features added to the notes. To me a banknote tells a thousand stories and should be treated as a work of art and not simply just a negotiable instrument. This is just my own personal opinion. I do not believe these notes are rare nor expensive to buy either...

October Postings 2025

 October 2025

6895 banknotes collected

Hakuna Matata

 

1st October 2025

Falkland Islands - Here is a set of three notes all printed with the date of 14 August 2025. These three notes are all printed in polymer substrates and these are new series replacing the previous paper series first introduced in 1983 (£5 commemorative). The £50 denomination is not included in this new series as I believe this note is rarely used on the island and according to a local online news outlet, there is plenty of stock available for the £50 to last the demand for a long time before reprints are required...

4th October 2025 - Happy Birthday K-M

Transnistria - The never ending story continues. Here, another 1 ruble overprint commemorative is released celebrating the end of the last war, World War II. Nazi Germany was defeated in Mid-April in Eastern Europe and the war did not end until the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany on 08.05.1945. This is the 29th commemorative note issued by Transnistria since 2009. Like previous issues, the designs are the same but with the commemorative logo added to the watermark area of the banknote...

9th October 2025 

Libya - Here are the two polymer notes of 5 and 20 dinars reportedly issued in 2025. These are the second and third polymer notes issued since the 1 dinar polymer note was first introduced in 2019. Whilst these two notes were issued in 2025, no year dates are printed on either of the notes... 

12th October 2025

Hong Kong Bank Of China - I have now added the $100 printed with the date of 01.01.2023. The remaining missing denomination for these 2023 prints is the $1,000 note. It is not sure if this has been printed with this date...

 

18th October 2025 

Bhutan - Here are the two notes of 5 and 100 ngultrum, both printed as Series 2015. These are the only two notes issued for the 2015 series. The designs on these notes are the same with the exception of the year date...

 

24th October 2025 

Mauritania - Below are three notes all printed with the date of 28.11.2002 all with matching signatures. This series was first introduced in 1974 and was printed by G&D (Giesecke+Devrient) in Germany. The last print for this series was 2002 and here are the three notes from the final print. This series was introduced with four notes and I do not have the 1000 ouguiya for this series. However, it should be noted that there are no 1000 ouguiya printed with the date of 28.11.2002. And given that only three notes were printed with this 2002 date, the three notes below are considered as a full set...

 

 

September Postings 2025

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... 

 

26th September 2025 

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...