Apr 2007
Guinea issues new date (2006) 500-franc note
Apr 21, 2007 04:56 PM Category: Africa
500 francs (US$0.10), 2006. Like Pick 36, but new date, Cornerstone watermarks, solid security thread, full bleed color (no white borders), and smaller size. 133 x 63 mm.
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Chile new date (2006) 5,000-peso note reported
Apr 21, 2007 04:56 PM Category: South
America
5,000 pesos (US$9.25), 2006. Like Pick 155, but new date, two horizontal sorting bars in lower left corner on front, and new signatures (Vittorio Corbo Lioi, PRESIDENTE; Leonardo Hernández Tagle, GERENTE GENERAL).
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Peru new date (28.10.2004) 20-nuevos soles note reported
Apr 21, 2007 04:56 PM Category: South
America
20 nuevos soles (US$6.30), 28 de Octubre de 2004. Like Pick 169, but new date, new signatures, and FCOF printer imprint on back.
Anyone who knows the names of the signatories is encouraged to share that information.
Also, please note that the date is printed “Octubre de 2004,” but an earlier issue has it spelled as “Octubre del 2000.” Is this an error, or correct Spanish spelling based upon the year?
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Peru new date (28.10.2004) 100-nuevos sole notes reported
Apr 21, 2007 04:56 PM Category: South
America
100 nuevos soles (US$31.55), 28 de Octubre de 2004. Like Pick 169, but new date, new signatures, and FCOF printer imprint on back.
Anyone who knows the names of the signatories is encouraged to share that information.
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Costa Rica new date (27.09.2004) 10,000-colone note reported
Apr 20, 2007 05:06 PM Category: Central
America
10,000 colones (US$19.25), 27 de setiembre de 2004. Like Pick 267, but new date, and new signatures.
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Guatemala issues new date (25.8.2006) 100-quetzale note
Apr 20, 2007 04:56 PM Category: Central
America
100 quetzals (US$13.10), 25 de Agosto de 2006. Like Pick 104, but new date, and new signatures. Printer: Giesecke & Devrient.
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Trinidad and Tobago issues new date (2006) $1 note
Apr 19, 2007 05:06 PM Category: Caribbean
1 dollar (US$0.15), 2006. Issued January 2007. Like P41, but new date, narrower (1.2 mm vs. 2 mm) windowed security thread, watermark of sacred ibis, and blue vertical serial number.
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Rwanda revised 100-franc note (01-09-2003) reported
Apr 19, 2007 05:06 PM Category: Africa
100 francs (US$0.20), 01-09-2003. Like Pick 29, but new date, date at front lower left, and bank name, counterfeiting warning, and denomination in English in addition to French.
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Dominican Republic revised 50-peso note (2006) reported
Apr 19, 2007 05:06 PM Category: Caribbean
50 pesos oro (US$1.55), 2006. Like Pick 170, but new date, new signatures, non-novel horizontal serial numbers, no watermark, and ClearText security thread instead of windowed thread.
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Dominican Republic revised 100-peso note (2006) reported
Apr 19, 2007 05:06 PM Category: Caribbean
100 pesos oro (US$3.15), 2006. Like Pick 171a, but new date, new signatures, non-novel horizontal serial numbers, and ClearText security thread instead of windowed thread.
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Maldives new date (01.07.2006) 500-rufiyaa note reported
Apr 18, 2007 05:06 PM Category: Asia
500 rufiyaa (US$39.05), 1 July 2006. Like P23, but new date, new signature (Qasim Ibrahim, Governor), Cornerstone watermark, 500 as electrotype watermark, windowed 3mm StarChrome security thread changes red to green. Printer: De La Rue.
As of May 10, 2007, all 500-rufiyaa notes issued on or before May 1, 1996 (P17 and 23) ceased being legal tender. The deadline for exchange was November 8, 2007.
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Mexico new date (19.06.2006) 50-peso note reported
Apr 18, 2007 05:06 PM Category: North
America
50 pesos (US$4.55), 19 Jun. 2006. Like Pick 122b, but Series E, new date, and new signatures (Jesus Marcos Yacaman, Junta de Gobierno; Raul Valdes Ramons, Cajero Principal). Polymer.
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Comoros Fr1,000 named IBNS Bank Note of the Year
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) is proud to announce the winner of the 2007 IBNS Bank Note of the Year, awarded to the finest banknote issued in 2006. This year’s award goes to the 1,000-franc note issued by the Banque Centrale des Comores, the central bank of the Comoros, an archipelago located between Madagascar and the east coast of southern Africa. Commendations go to the 10,000-tenge note from Kazakhstan and 100-dollar note from the Solomon Islands.
The IBNS Bank Note of the Year is awarded to the banknote which, in the eyes of the judges, has a high level of artistic merit, an imaginative design, and features that present the best of modern security printing (taking into account the value of the note). The Comoran 1,000-franc note impressed the judges with innovative design, well-balanced color, and sensible use of modern security features.
The front of the 1,000-franc note is dominated by a coelacanth, a pre-historic fish long thought to be extinct, that was found living in the waters off the Comoros in recent years. Its discovery put the Comoros at the centre of the scientific world for a short time and remains one of the small country’s claims to fame. Below the piscine curiosity is an aerial view of several islands that make up the country. Predominantly blue, there are red and green elements to the design on the front of the note.
Poetry is common to the entire series of notes to which the 1,000 franc belongs, with a verse appearing on the front and the back of each note. The verse on the front of the 1,000-franc note can be translated from French as:
From our feelings, what you expect I understood
For it is a love that is so absolutely exclusive
That, not to lose you, I hereby consent.
Truthfully, it will be a love
That our times have never seen.
Continued on the back of the note is a further verse which translates as:
I claim these different names which are ours
and if I speak the rainbow
It is to better greet our Indian Ocean sea-mother
whose waves of pleasures brings
to insularity abundance and joy
The final line below the verse identifies the author, Mab Elhad, and the book in which his verse appears: Kaulu la Mwando (meaning First Word in the Comoran language). The book was published in 2004 and the verses of the author, a Comoran policeman, celebrate his Comoran life and nationality.
The back of the award-winning note is dominated by a Comoran man in a canoe, surrounded by red and blue designs of differing character. While the name of the issuing authority is in Arabic on the back of the note, the warning to counterfeiters is in French (reflecting the nation’s French past).
Despite a low face value (approximately US$2.70 at current exchange rates), the 1,000-franc note sports an impressive array of security features. Portions of the design are printed with the intaglio process, imparting a tactile element to the raised ink, along with the latent image created by the BCC embossed above the signatures. Counterfeiting is made more difficult through the use of microtext, incorporation of a perfect-registration device, and the inclusion of Omron rings. The paper contains an embedded security strip that fluoresces under UV light, and a watermark of a crescent moon, four stars, and the letters BCC. Finally there is an iridescent band on the front of the note that can be seen only when tilting the note at an angle to the light.
While the elements of the design, the security features, and the production of the note are not unusual as individual elements, it is the sum of the whole that lifts the note above the ordinary and which made this note a clear winner as the IBNS Bank Note of the Year.
Every nation should strive to create individual masterpieces for their paper money; unfortunately this is not always the case. However, with the issue of the new series by the Comoros, it is pleasing to see that at least one issuing authority is successful in meeting the expectations of banknote enthusiasts around the world. The IBNS congratulates the Banque Centrale des Comores and the designers of its 1,000-franc note.
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Egypt issues new date (2007) 50-pound note
Apr 16, 2007 12:16 PM Category: Africa
Georgia issues new 200-lari note
Apr 15, 2007 05:25 PM Category: Eurasia
200 lari (US$118.75), 2006. Issued April 15, 2007. National military hero Kakutsa Cholokashvili as portrait. Breakaway capital Sokhumi and Sokhumi, Abkhaz in Abkhaz, English, and Georgian on back. Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Germany. Designers: Bachana and Nodar Malazonia.
Special thanks to Cleophas Elmakias Schockemohle for bringing this to my attention. Images courtesy of Olexandr Danishenko: www.banknotes-and-coins.com.
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Peru new date (2001) 10-nuevos soles note reported
Apr 15, 2007 05:14 PM Category: South
America
Two new varieties of the 10-nuevos soles (US$3.15) note have been reported:
10 nuevos soles), 1 de Marzo del 2001. Like Pick 166, but new date, new signatures (above top), and FCO printer imprint on back.
10 nuevos soles, 27 de Setiembre del 2001. Like Pick 166, but new date, new signatures (above bottom), 10 in watermark, and DE LA RUE printer imprint on back.
Anyone who knows the names of the signatories is encouraged to share that information.
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Peru new date (12.10.2000) 20-nuevos sole note reported
Apr 15, 2007 05:14 PM Category: South
America
20 nuevos soles (US$6.30), 12 de Octubre del 2000. Like Pick 169, but new date, new signatures, and B A BANKNOTE printer imprint on back.
Anyone who knows the names of the signatories is encouraged to share that information.
Also, please note that the date is printed “Octubre del 2000,” but a later issue has it spelled as “Octubre de 2004.” Is this an error, or correct Spanish spelling based upon the year?
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Macedonia new date (2007) 10-denar note reported
Apr 12, 2007 05:14 PM Category: Europe
10 denari (US$0.22), 2007. Like Pick 14, but new date and signature (Petar Goshev, Governor). This appears to be unchanged from the 2006 variety previously reported.
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Isle of Man new signature £10 note reported
Apr 11, 2007 05:06 PM Category: Europe
Fiji issues new note family
Apr 10, 2007 04:34 PM Category: Oceania
2 dollars (US$1.25), ND (2007). Issued April 10, 2007. Green. Mohar, QEII, coat of arms, wmk of Fijian head and electrotype denomination, registration device, Fiji latent image, signature (Savenaca Narube, Governor), novel serial numbers, and 3-mm windowed security thread. schoolchildren in Korobasabasaga and Gemini logo on back. Printer: De La Rue. 131 x 67 mm.
5 dollars (US$3.10), ND (2007). Issued April 10, 2007. Brown. Katoni Masima, QEII, coat of arms, wmk of Fijian head and electrotype denomination, registration device, Fiji latent image, signature (Savenaca Narube, Governor), novel serial numbers, and 3-mm windowed security thread. Crested Iguana, Balaka Palm, Masiratu, and Gemini logo on back. Printer: De La Rue. 136 x 67 mm.
10 dollars (US$6.20), ND (2007). Issued April 10, 2007. Purple. i Buburau ni Bete, QEII, coat of arms, wmk of Fijian head and electrotype denomination, registration device, Fiji latent image, signature (Savenaca Narube, Governor), novel serial numbers, 3-mm windowed security thread, and foil star. Joske’s Thumb, Grand Pacific Hotel, and Gemini logo on back. Printer: De La Rue. 141 x 67 mm.
20 dollars (US$12.40), ND (2007). Issued April 10, 2007. Blue. Foa, QEII, coat of arms, wmk of Fijian head and electrotype denomination, registration device, Fiji latent image, signature (Savenaca Narube, Governor), novel serial numbers, 3-mm windowed security thread, and holographic fan. Fish processing, cutting lumber, mining, train, Mt. Uluinabukelevu, and Gemini logo on back. Printer: De La Rue. 146 x 67 mm.
50 dollars (US$31.05), ND (2007). Issued April 10, 2007. Orange. Wasekaseka, QEII, coat of arms, wmk of Fijian head and electrotype denomination, registration device, Fiji latent image, signature (Savenaca Narube, Governor), novel serial numbers, 3-mm windowed security thread, and holographic turtle. Nine men, Tubetube, Yaqona Vakaturaga, and Gemini logo on back. Printer: De La Rue. 151 x 67 mm.
100 dollars (US$62.10), ND (2007). Issued April 10, 2007. Yellow. Buli Kula, QEII, coat of arms, wmk of Fijian head and electrotype denomination, registration device, Fiji latent image, signature (Savenaca Narube, Governor), novel serial numbers, and 18-mm Optiks security thread with clear window. Two women singers, man with guitar, map of 180° meridian, two snorklers, sailing ship, fish, and Gemini logo on back. Printer: De La Rue. 156 x 67 mm.
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England to auction new £20 note with low serial numbers
Apr 05, 2007 05:14 PM Category: Europe
On April 5, 2007, the Bank of England announced that in autumn Spinks of London will auction several low numbered new £20 notes (Pick 392), with the proceeds donated to two educational charities, the National Literacy Trust’s Reading is Fundamental and Chance to Shine.
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Switzerland new signature (2004) CHF 50 note reported
Apr 04, 2007 05:25 PM Category: Europe
Like previously-reported 50 franken dated (20)04, but with new signature for Un membre de la Direction générale.
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India new date (2005) Rs50 note with R inset letter reported
Apr 04, 2007 05:14 PM Category: Asia
50 rupees (US$1.15), 2005. Like Pick 90, but new date, new signature (Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Governor), and with inset letter R.
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India new date (2007) Rs100 note without inset letter reported
Apr 04, 2007 05:14 PM Category: Asia
100 rupees (US$2.25), 2007. Like Pick 91, but new date, new signature (Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Governor), and without inset letter.
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