July Postings 2024

July 2024

 

1st July 2024

Macau, Bank of China - Here are the two banknotes of 10 and 20 patacas released on 01.02.2024. News for these two notes were unveiled in late October 2023 and were released before the Chinese New Year 2024. As these are the new series of banknotes, only the 10 and 20 patacas are released and the rest of the series will be issued over the next few years. This new series will eventually replace the 2008 series.

5th July 2024

Macau, Banco Nacional Ultramarino - Here are the two notes of 10 and 20 patacas both dated 18.05.2020. These two notes were released on 01.02.2024 before the 2024 Chinese New Year celebration. This is a new series of banknotes and a full set comprises six notes from 10 to 1000 patacas. Only the 10 and 20 patacas are released and the remaining denomination will be made available over the next few years.

10th July 2024

Great Britain - A full set of four polymer notes (nd2024) all released on 05.06.2024. Unlike the first polymer series, all these four notes were made available to the public on the same day. It has been a long time since the Bank of England has issued banknotes in full sets.  

12th July 2024

Cash is (still) King - I have a short story to tell. I am sure many people would have experienced this one way or the other. I have a dormant account with a bank and this is not my normal bank that I have all my daily transactions with. This account was opened in 2020 and it has a balance of $100Cr since then. When the account was opened, the bank also issued me a Visa Debit Card so that I can use it for any purchases subject to availability of funds held in my account. On 11.07.2024, I received a call from the bank asking me if I had used the card for a $33.47 purchase? As I have not used the card since I opened the account, I informed the bank that I did not and have requested the bank to cancel the card immediately. I have seen many crooks scamming on credit cards but I was not aware that they can do it when the card has not been used before. Most of these scams are usually on small amounts like fast food purchases, taxi rides, iTune downloads etc. The bank informed me that the scammer could have randomly generated the card numbers and as such my card was the chosen one. Like many people have been doing, the moral of the story is to regularly check your account for any unusual activities. It can take the bank between 4-6 weeks to investigate your claim and if you can report it early, the bank can stop all future potential losses. Whilst electronic banking is good and convenient, it is also a pain that they are scumbags out there trying to steal from your hard earned money. If you wonder why I bother to keep the account opened. I opened this account back in 2020 with the bank so that I can get the new $100 issued for my collection, and if you are not a customer, they may not assist you with your requirement. The bank was kind enough to order the notes for me in UNC condition.

13th July 2024

New Zealand - This is a second reprint of a $50 polymer note issued, first introduced in 2016 (Brighter Money Series). The first reprint was issued with the date of (nd)2018 and also bearing the signature of the Governor Adrian Orr. 

19th July 2024

Samoa - In December 2023, the central bank announced three new banknotes to be issued. These three notes are all printed on polymer substrate materials. On 18.12.2023, the bank then released the first denomination of 5 tala, with the remaining two denominations released on 23.01.2024. 

21st July 2024

Morocco - Here are the two notes of 100 and 200 dirhams both issued in 2023. These are normal circulating banknotes, both featuring the King of Morocco, King Mohammed VI.

26th July 2024

Yemen - Five notes of 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 rials. These notes are printed with the year dates of 2016, 2017 and 2018. Whilst this is a full set, the signatures are not. The interesting story for this series is the 5000 rials. These 5000 rials notes were reportedly printed in 2016 or 2017 and were ordered by the Central Bank of Yemen in the Northern capital of Sana'a, under control by the Houthi rebels backed by Iran and Russia. Then around 2017, a truck load of such notes were seized by tribesmen. Since then, none of these notes surfaced until early 2024 when they appeared in the numismatic market. If I have to judge on the authenticity of this note, I would say that this is a counterfeit print as it lacks those normal or usual security features.

June Postings 2024

June 2024

1st June 2024

Solomon Islands - On 28.12.2023, the Central Bank of Solomon Islands released two new notes of $50 and $100. The designs for these two notes are similar to those previously issued in 2013 and 2015 respectively, but with added security features, which include an embedded 17mm wide micro-optic stripe band on the front of the notes. The micro-optic strip replaced the Optiks security thread (Hybrid) of the previous series. 

6th June 2024

Mauritania - An unusual release - One design but with three substrates! Here are the three commemorative banknotes of 50 ouguiya all released on 18.06.2023. The designs for these three notes are all the same except that the banknote materials printed on are not all manufactured the same. I believe this is the first time a central bank has issued the same note design but printed on three different substrates - Hybrid x 2 and Paper.

8th June 2024

Ukraine - This is a commemorative note of 50 hryven, released on 23.02.2024 on the eve of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. Russia invaded Ukraine on 24.02.2022. This is the second commemorative note issued commemorating the war against Russia. On 24.02.2023, a banknote of 20 hryven was issued to remember the first anniversary of the unwanted war with Russia.

10th June 2024

Philippines - Posted here is a twenty piso commemorative note issued in 2023 for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Central Bank of The Philippines (Bango Sentral ng Pilippinas) 1993 - 2023. The Philippines's central bank was first established on 03.01.1949. In 1993 (3rd July), it reestablished itself under the New Central Bank Act. 

15th June 2024

Kazakhstan - Here I have posted two of the three normal circulation notes issued with the signature of Grigory Alexandrovich Marchenko. Marchenko was the Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan from 2009 to 2013. I believe only three notes were issued with his signature for the normal circulating notes. In addition to this, his signature also appeared on five other banknotes issued for commemorative purposes from 1000 tenge to 20000 tenge. This series has changed little since it was first introduced in 2011. The 10000 tenge note is printed on Hybrid material.

22nd June 2024

Mauritania - This is an odd polymer note of twenty ouguiya reportedly released in December 2021. I believe this note formed part of the 2017/2018 currency reform series. The currency reform is for the re-denomination of the previous ouguiya currency where one new ouguiya is equal to 10 ouguiya.

26th June 2024

Zimbabwe - This is a $100 reprint hybrid note dated 2023. I believe this is the last issue for this series as on 05.04.2026, the government of Zimbabwe introduced a new currency called Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). This new currency replaced the current series first introduced in 2019. 

May Postings 2024

 May 2024

1st May 2024

Tonga - A a full set of paper/polymer notes released on 04.12.2023. This set comprises six notes from 2 pa'anga to 100 pa'anga. This is the first time this tiny pacific nation has issued a polymer banknote and the bank has released them in the denominations of 5 and 10 pa'anga. I believe this is the 9th series of banknotes issued since 1921.

4th May 2024

Tajikistan - Here is a full set of six notes all printed with the year date of 2022. These are the reprint of the 2021series in full set. There are no changes to the designs or signatures except for the year date. I believe both the 20 and 50 somoni are still hybrid notes, including the 500 somoni as well. The rest are paper notes.

7th May 2024

Transnistria - Posted here is a 1 ruble commemorative overprint banknote issued on 07.09.2023 for the celebration of the 100th Year of Gold Chervonets. The word Chervonets is a Russian name for large foreign and local gold coins. As the word Chervonets is a Russian word, it means 'Red' or 'Rose Gold'. 

10th May 2024

Myanmar - This is a 20,000 kyats commemorative note. This is the largest denomination of banknote issued in this country. This note was reportedly issued on 31.07.2023, to celebrate the first birthday of the Royal White Elephant called Ratha Mandaka, and also the completion of an 81 feet statue of a sitting Maravijaya Buddha in the capital city of Naypyidaw. The giant Buddha statue was unveiled on 01.08.2023 by General Min Aung Hlaing and is reportedly the world's highest sitting marble Buddha statue. This marble Buddha weighs 1,700 ton and cost US$27.6 million (58 billion kyat) to build. The white elephant, Ratha Nandaka was born on 23.07.2022. 

12th May 2024

Philippines - I have added another 1000 piso polymer note dated 2022 to my earlier post. This note bears the signatures of Philippines President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Romualdez Marcos Jr and the Bank Governor Felipe Manguiat Medalla. This note has since been superseded by the 2023 and 2024 reprints. Polymer substrate banknotes should have a longer lifespan than those cotton based banknotes. However, since the introduction of polymer banknotes in the country in 2022, this is the fourth print for this note. Is this not working for the Filipinos or the quantity printed for each series is just not a lot. I do understand that this country has a large population, in excess of 115+ millions people.

18th May 2024

Tunisia - Two notes of 5 and 50 dinars both dated 2022. These are a new series of banknotes, first introduced in 2020 with the 10 dinars (dated 2020). These replaced those previously issued in 2013 (5 dinars) and 2011 (50 dinars). Needless to say, the designs are also completely new too. 

25th May 2024

Malaysia - I have added two x 50 ringgit to my previous post with the governor signature of Muhammad Ibrahim (tenure 2016-2018). The two notes posted here are with the last prefix of PC and a replacement prefix of ZE. I have also uploaded the same notes to my polymer site too.

April Postings 2024

April 2024

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1st April 2024

Northern Ireland, Northern Bank Limited - This is a Northern Bank Ltd bank's training specimen note issued for the purpose of assisting training the bank's tellers/staff. This note is similar to those full sets of bank's teller training banknotes issued by Note Printing Australia (NPA). A total of 45,000 pieces printed/issued. 

4th April 2024

Myanmar - Here are the two notes both issued in 2020. The 1000 kyats note was issued on 04.01.2020 to coincide with the 72nd Year of Independence anniversary (04.01.1948) from the British. The 500 kyats note was released on 19.07.2020, which is also celebrated as Martyr's Day in Myanmar. This is the day in 1947 when several leaders of Myanmar's (Burma) independence movement were gunned down including their leader Aung San. For this purpose, I have also posted these two notes on my Commemorative site as commemorative issues as well.

6th April 2024

Papua New Guinea - Here is a 50 kina nd2023 polymer commemorative note issued for the celebration of the 50th year of self-governing and independence 1973 - 2023.

11th April 2024

South Africa - This is a full set of five notes all released on 03.05.2023. The themes for these notes are basically the same as the 2013-2016 series but with updated security features. However, the designs on the back are completely new but still maintain the theme as per previous issues.

14th April 2024

Mexico - Here are the reprints of five polymer banknotes all dated 05.10.2021. These are commemorative notes released to celebrate the Bicentennial of Independence of Mexico from Spanish rule. Independence was achieved  on 27.09.1810. The war for independence started on 16.09.1810.

20th April 2024

Thailand - I have added the 20 baht polymer nd2022 note to my previous post with the second variety. This note was first issued on 24.03.2022 and both notes have the same combination of signature but not printed with the same polymer substrate material - Safeguard and Guardian. I was not aware of these until when I bought the Guardian type and realised that I did not have this note in my collection. The easiest way to tell the difference between these two notes is to look at the transparent window of the 20 denomination value. You can see the numeral '20' is much clearer for the Safeguard print.

25th April 2024

East Germany - Here are four notes issued by the Forum Außenhandelsgesellschaft m.b.H. (Forum Foreign Trade Company m.b.H.), and all notes are dated 1979. A complete set consists of 50 pfennig, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 marks. The value of these Foreign Exchange Certificates (FEC) or Forum Cheques were issued at par with the West German mark, and to enable foreigners to purchase high quality goods at specific shops (Intershops) controlled by the East Germany government. These high quality goods are usually from or associated with Western countries, and these Intershops only accept the Forum Cheques as payments and not the East German mark. 

27th April 2024

Paraguay - I have added the 2000 guaranis polymer note series with the date of Ano 2023 (Year 2023) to my previous post. To date five polymer notes for this denomination have been issued - 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017 and now 2023.