February Postings 2025

 February 2025

Collection - 6,704 banknotes

 

1st February 2025

Samoa - Here are the three specimen notes of 5, 10 and 20 tala all printed on polymer substrate. The 5 tala was issued for circulation on 18.12.2023, while the remaining two notes were released on 31.01.2024...

 

3rd February 2025

Moldova - It always gives me enormous satisfaction when I manage to get a full set of uncirculated banknotes even though they are not that expensive, and especially these were issued more than 30+ years ago. Here is a full set of four notes issued by the National Bank of Moldova. These Cupon notes were released in stages and are dated 1992 (50 and 200 cupon) and 1993 (1000 and 5000 cupon). I understand that these are the first series of notes issued by the central bank since the bank was established in 1991, following the breaking up of the Soviet Union empire. Moldova achieved independence from the Soviet Union on 27.08.1991...

8th February 2025

Philippines - On 19.12.2024, the Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines, Eli M. Remolona launched the three new polymer notes of 50, 100 and 500 piso. These three notes were complete the polymer series, since the first denomination of 1000 piso was introduced in 2022. For the three notes posted here, the 50 piso note is dated 2025, and the remaining two are dated 2024. For the purpose of this post, I have also included the 1000 piso issued earlier with the year date of 2024...

12th February 2025 (Last Day of Chinese New Year celebrations)

Macau - Here are the two notes of 50 and 100 patacas both released on 20.01.2025. These are the second phase of the 2020 series where the notes for 10 and 20 patacas were issued for circulation in early 2024. Traditionally, new banknotes are in demand before the new year and one would assume these were released to meet the public demand. The next two notes to be released are the 500 and 1000 patacas...

 

14th February 2025

Papua New Guinea - Posted here are three polymer notes all printed with the year nd2023. At present, only these notes have been reported and we are not sure if the five, twenty and fifty kina have been released as well, as the last print for these notes were all dated nd2021. Time will tell if more than 3 notes have been issued for the nd2023 series... 

 

19th February 2025

South Sudan - Two notes of 50 and 100 pounds printed with the year date of 2019. Since getting independent in 2011, South Sudan has been battling rampant high inflation, poor economic performance, and the civil war fought from 2013 to 2020. I believe these are the last prints for these two denominations as the buying power for these two notes have shrunk tremendously since the South Sudan pound was established...