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...

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...

 

 

 

August Postings 2025

August 2025

6846 banknotes collected

Hakuna Matata

 

1st August 2025 

Barbados - I knew about these reprints since June 2024 and only recently managed to get them recently. Posted here are the latest series of polymer notes, first introduced in 2022. The notes that I have posted here are all reprints of the 2022 series, but with a new bank governor's signature and dated 2024. Only five notes posted here as I am not sure if the $10 has been printed or issued. The first two notes of the $20 and $100 were reportedly released in June 2024. There are no changes in the design for this series, except that the notes are printed with the year date of Series 2024 and also with the new signature... 

 

 4th August 2025

Samoa - On 31.08.2019, I posted the ten tala commemorative polymer note issued to celebrate the XVI Pacific Game. The game was held in the capital city of Apia from 07.07.2019 to 20.07.2019. You can read more about my original post here. Here, I have posted the same note but printed with the word 'specimen' on the front and on the back...

8th August 2025 

Abkhazia - This is the fifth note issued by this disputed region of Abkhazia since 2018. The National Bank of the Republic of Abkhazia has released, since 2018, the denomination of 500 apsars (2018), 25 apsars (2023), 10 and 100 apsars (both 2024), and now this 50 apsars. This is part of the Investment Bank Notes series, just like the 10 and 100 apsars as preciously issued...  

15th August 2025

Estonia - Here I have posted 10 notes issued by the Bank of Estonia from 1991 to 2006. These notes were put together by the central bank in a plastic sleeve each sealed with a silver coloured label and were sold to the public individually as collectibles at a premium over the face value of the note...

 

 18th August 2025

Sudan - This is an odd note of 1000 pounds printed with the year date of June 2024. I am not sure why I bought this note, perhaps it was not that expensive, and it's a new series with only one note released so far. I do have the habit of buying new and cheap notes for no reasons whatsoever...  

20th August 2025

 

South Sudan - These are the two known notes issued with the year date of 2024 printed on the notes. These two notes were reportedly released on 12.06.2024. It is not sure if other denominations have been printed with the same year as per these two notes. Due to inflation and a weak currency, larger denominations of notes may be required, apart from these notes. The denominations of 500 and 1000 pounds were issued from 2020, and since then the central bank has not printed any banknotes that are lower than 500 pounds...

24th August 2025

Abkhazia - On 08.08.2024, I posted the two notes of 10 and 100 apsar, both released on 10.06.2024. Here, I have added the 10 apsar note printed with the prefix of AB. According to some sites, this note is claimed to be a replacement prefix. As you can see, the normal notes are printed with the first prefix of AA and follow with 9 digits. A total of 500,000 pieces were reportedly printed and therefore the 9 digits serial numbers would cover the entire prints. I have no confirmation to say that this AB note is a replacement prefix, and I believe these are the only two prefixes have been sighted so far...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July Postings 2025

July 2025

6788 banknotes collected (no change since June 2025) 

 1st July 2025

Belarus - This is a commemorative note of 80 rubles reportedly released on 31.03.2025 for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War or the Second World War (1939-1945). I believe this note celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany in Belarus (Belorussian SSR) in mid-April 1945. A total of 80,000 pieces issued for this commemorative note... 

5th July 2025 

Curacao and Sint Maarten - Here is a full set of five notes all released on 31.03.2025. These are new currencies of Curacao and Sint Maarten called Caribische Gulden (Caribbean Guilder), replacing the previous currency of Netherlands Antillean Gulden/Guilder. As these are new currencies, all notes are also printed with the new central bank's name of the Central Bank of Curacao and Sint Maarten (Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten)...

10th July 2025

Namibia - On 05.03.2025, the central bank announced the release of a new commemorative polymer note of $60. This note was printed to honour the late President Hage Gottfried Geingob, and the note was released on 17.03.2025. According to one report, this is a limited edition and all notes are printed with the prefix of HGG which is also the initials of the late President... 

 15th July 2025

Moldova - Posted here is a full set of 8 notes of the 2015 first series, all printed with the year date of 2015 and all signed by the same bank governor, Dorin Dragutanu. Subsequent reprints are also dated 2015 but with different signatures. Whilst I have posted a full set here for the first prints, the bank has not issued any reprints in full set for a given year since then...

19th July 2025 

Bhutan - Posted here are the two notes of 1 and 10 ngultrum both issued as part of the 2019 series. It is believed that these are the two notes released with the year date of 2019. I believe both notes are printed on hybrid materials, just like those first released in 2013 (Series 2013). Nothing has changed on the design except the year date and signature on the two notes...

 26th July 2025

Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland Limited - Here is the only ₤1 note of the 1981 series I have in my collection. This note belongs to the Scottish castles series. The design for this Edinburgh was first introduced in 1969 with the ₤5 note. In 1970, the bank issued another ₤5 note with the same theme and design but with different colours. In 1972, it released a full set of banknotes all depicting different Scottish castles on the back. Since then, the bank went on and issued the Castle series, albeit different designs, until 2017. However, despite releasing banknotes featuring various Scottish castles, the bank ceased issuing the ₤1 note after the 2001 series...