The Reserve Bank of Fiji has announced the issue of the new $5 banknote into circulation from the 2nd April 2013. It is the first banknote of the new “Flora and Fauna” design series which is to be released. As the old $2 banknote is now coined, it is also the lowest denomination banknote. Most [...]
Categories: Banknotes, News
On the 1st April 2013 the Bank of Thailand released the new Series 16 20-Baht banknote into circulation. It replaces its previous version which has been in circulation since 2003. In a press release issued by the Bank of Thailand, Mrs. Tongurai Limpiti (Deputy Governor) stated that the new design incorporates “new advanced counterfeit deterrent [...]
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It has today been announced that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has signed an agreement with UK based company Innovia Films to sell its 50% share in Securency International Pty Ltd. Innovia, who supplies Securency International with a key film from which they make Guardian® polymer banknote substrate, joined the RBA in a 50/50 [...]
Categories: Banknotes, Currency, News
Fortress Paper Ltd, a pulp and security paper product specialist, has released a statement confirming the first use of their Durasafe® substrate in the new Moroccan 25 dirham banknote. Durasafe® is a high security composite produced at the Landqart Mill in Switzerland. Collaboration between Fortress and the Swiss National bank led to DuraSafe’s development and [...]
Categories: Banknotes, News, Technology
Yesterday (11/12/2012), Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) presented their latest technology to fight against banknote counterfeiters whilst at the Banknote 2012 conference in Washington D.C. A press release was also issued by the company detailing their new product: MAGnite. This banknote security feature uses “high performance pigments that allow reversible changes between two colour states” when [...]
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Following the release of the $100 and $50 polymer banknotes, the Bank of Canada has recently issued the new $20 polymer banknote. This is the latest in the entire series due to be changed, with the new polymer $10 and $5 banknotes expected to be released by late 2013. [...]
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It has been advised that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to gradually replace all Rs10 banknotes with coins. The Rs10 coin was released into circulation in March 2009, alongside the RS10 banknote. It is reported that the current lifespan of an Rs10 banknote is only 9-10 months, which can be a challenge for [...]
Categories: Banknotes, Coin, News
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has informed the general public and all banks that as of September 30, 2012, the old GH¢50 banknotes are no longer legal tender and should therefore not be issued to members of the public. This follows the release of the new GH¢50 banknote in August this year which features a [...]
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The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology have developed a tiny version of the QR Code with the intention of them being applied to banknotes as a security feature. The QR Code is created by combining microscopic nanoparticles with blue and green fluorescent inks before applying them to the banknote surface using an aerosol [...]
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On the 24th August 2012, Talaris™ launched their new cash recycler, the Vertera 6G™. Cash recyclers enable bank and retail branches to manage their cash efficiently and securely, providing a fast yet reliable method of cash management within businesses such as bank and retail branches. Even with a small footprint, the Vertera 6G™ is able [...]
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