January 2026
6968 Banknotes Collected
Hakuna Matata
Happy New Year 2026
Poland - Here is another commemorative note of 20 zlotych Hybrid officially released on 05.11.2025. Like all previous commemorative notes issued, this one is also released in a simple folder and is not intended for general circulation, as this note is sold at a premium. In addition to these banknotes, commemorative coins minted in gold and silver were also released in April 2025 honoring the reign and coronation of Boleslaw the Brave. This is the 17th commemorative banknote issued by the National Bank of Poland since 2006. The bank has the ability to issue commemorative banknotes as the country has not adopted the Euro Currency system yet. The country has not set a target to do so, and as long as they have their own currency, we may see more commemorative notes coming out of the central bank...
3rd January 2026
Cuba - This is a commemorative note dated 2025 and is issued to celebrate
the country's 65 Years of Cuban Banking System (1960-2025). This note was reportedly issued officially on 21.10.2025. Whilst this note was issued to celebrate the country's 65th year of banking system, it is not much of a banking system or celebration as all banks in Cuba were nationalised in October 1960. The nationalisation of all banks in Cuba commenced on 17.09.1960, started with the three major US owned banks, namely - The National City Bank of New York, Chase Manhattan Bank (was then known as Chase National Bank) and Bank of Boston. The rest of the remaining banks were nationalised on 13.10.1960. However, two foreign banks were not initially included in this nationalisation programme, namely The Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia. Despite this
concession, these two banks later closed their operations in Cuba and both were acquired by the Cuban state by the end of 1960...
9th January 2026
Kazakhstan - Here is the 1000 tenge commemorative note reportedly released on 09.05.2025, celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (Second World War). A total of five million pieces were issued for this commemorative series. The design for this series is completely new. This is a legal tender note in the territory of Kazakhstan. This is the 12th commemorative banknotes issued by Kazakhstan since 1993...
11th January 2026
South Ossetia (Georgia) - This is a
commemorative note of 100 zarin, reportedly issued on 19.09.2025. The note was issued to celebrate the First International Economic Forum (not confirmed)...
17th January 2026
Fiji - Posted here is a full set of five
polymer banknotes released on 02.01.2026. The announcement of this series was made on 02.12.2025. Like the previous full set released in 2013, this nd2026 series also includes
numismatic products of uncut sheets for all denominations, single note in full set with matching serial numbers as well as individual notes in a presentation folder...
20th January 2026
Syria - This is an odd note of 2000 pounds dated 2018. This Syrian 2000 pounds was first introduced in 2015. Since then reprints have been issued with the year dates of 2017, 2018 and 2021. Here I have posted one that was printed with the year date of 2018. I understand that this is the only note issued with the year date of 2018...
23rd January 2026
Syria - Posted are four notes all printed with the year date of 2021. A complete full
set comprises five notes but I am still missing the 5000 pounds note...
...next....
Qatar - After waiting for almost 3 years, I now managed to get the last 100 riyals note to complete the 2022 reprints in full. These are the full set of seven notes all printed with the year date of 2022. These are the reprints of the fifth series, first issued on 18.12.2020 to coincide with the country's National Day celebration in 2020. I have been holding back from posting this set as I was missing the 100 riyal denomination to complete my collection for this series until now. I believe these are all hybrid banknotes...
