Banknotes

Rare Canadian Bank Note Errors Up For Auction
CoinWeek (blog)
By CoinWeek on May 18, 2012 8:36 AM A major Canadian error bank note collection will hit the auction block at the Geoffrey Bell Auction May 31-June 1,) 2012 at the Toronto Reference Library in conjunction with the Toronto Coin Expo.

Business Insider
This British Company That Produces Bank Notes Is Quite Literally Preparing For ...
Business Insider
The company, which produces pounds and euros, and has "asked its production staff to select potential security threads for use in new banknotes and retrieved covers from an old collection of copper moulds, used for watermarks".

Printer Prepared For New Greek Currency
Wall Street Journal
LN), a UK-based company that prints banknotes, is preparing to print an alternative Greek currency in the event that the crisis-hit country is forced to exit the euro zone, an industry participant told Dow Jones Newswires on Friday.

ITV News
UK banknote printer readies for Greek call -source
Reuters
By Neil Maidment | LONDON May 18 (Reuters) - De La Rue has drawn up contingency plans to print drachma banknotes should Greece exit the euro and approach the British money printer, an industry source told Reuters on Friday. The news comes as EU trade ...
UK banknote printer readies for Greek call - sourceReuters UK
From a Greek Drama to a Greek Drachma?Wall Street Journal (blog)
EU EMERGENCY PLAN DRAWN UP AS BANKNOTE PRODUCER PREPARES FOR RETURN OF DRACHMAExpress.co.uk
ITV News -Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
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Public React to New Banknotes
AllAfrica.com
By Desie Heita, 18 May 2012 Windhoek — The public have welcomed the new banknotes with a fair measure of misgiving, with the major qualm raised being the absence of borderlines, despite the fact that the new notes have enhanced security features.

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The Express Tribune
Overcoming Power Shortages: PM backtracks on printing currency
The Express Tribune
Prime Minister Gilani has retracted his statement about the government printing banknotes to ease power shortages. By Our Correspondent LAHORE: The premier appears to have retracted his earlier comments suggesting that the government should print ...

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Facing stiff competition as always from almost 100 new banknotes released worldwide in 2011, the 10000 Tenge denomination Kazakhstani note was followed in voting by the Canada 100 Dollar and Gibraltar 100 Pound currency bills. ... Mozambique (3), Myanmar (1), Namibia (6), Nepal (3), Netherlands (3), Netherlands Antilles (3), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (5), Nicaragua (4), Nigeria (8), North Korea (1), Northern Ireland (1), Norway (1), Oman (6), Pakistan ...

gulfnews.com
Rupee Slide Continues: Hits New Low Of 54.60 Against Dollar
New York Daily News
AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh A vendor counts Indian rupee banknotes at a wholesale vegetable market in Allahabad, India,Thursday, May 17, 2012. The Indian rupee fell to a new record intra-day low for the second session in a row Thursday, ...
Indian rupee forecast to depreciate to Rs15 to a dirhamgulfnews.com
Rescuing the rupee: What RBI can do nextFirstpost

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NumisMaster.com
New Signature on Fiji Bank Notes
NumisMaster.com
Bank notes issued worldwide since 1961 are featured in the most comprehensive English language reference on the market! Get your copy today! As a result, Savenaca Narube lost his position as bank governor and on April 15 was replaced by Sada Reddy, ...

Nyasa Times
Malawi K1,000 bank notes to bear Kamuzu's image
Nyasa Times
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Malawi will have its founding president Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda's face on its new 1000 Kwacha (about $4) banknotes . According to the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) the new bank notes will be in circulation from May 23 ...

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Two women admit exchanging counterfeit banknotes
Times of Malta
A court heard today how two young women managed to exchange up to €300 worth of false banknotes before the police were alerted and they were arrested. Anne Antide Calleja, 20 of Gharghur and Grace Calleja, 22 of Gzira admitted in court that over the ...

Controversy surrounds the new banknotes
Informante
Namibia's much anticipated new banknotes went into circulation on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, but close scrutiny reveals that the features of the new N$20 banknotes reflect something very strange. On its reverse side, the year imprinted thereon is 2011.

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"The features on the front of the new 100-dinar banknote remain the same, but the back contains the Great Coat-of-Arms of the Republic of Serbia in a new design, in accordance with the Decree on Establishing the Original Great and ... Morocco (1), Mozambique (3), Myanmar (1), Namibia (6), Nepal (3), Netherlands (3), Netherlands Antilles (3), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (5), Nicaragua (4), Nigeria (8), North Korea (1), Northern Ireland (1), Norway (1), Oman (6) ...

DigitalJournal.com
Rare coin and bank note collection stolen from Virginia couple
DigitalJournal.com
Annandale - Over the weekend a couple from Fairfax County, Va., were victim to a theft of a coin and bank note collect that is valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. NBC Washington reported the collection was valued between $300000 and $500000.
$300K to $500K in antique coins, banknotes stolen in FairfaxWJLA
Valuable Coin Collection Stolen From Elderly CoupleNBC4 Washington
$500K Worth Of Antique Coins and Currency Stolen In Fairfax CountyW*USA 9

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I will start writing soon and have decided to try to re-catalog the bank notes of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries including Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and My ...

Azerbaijan Business Center
Yield of Azerbaijan Central Bank's notes fell to 1.4% per annum
Azerbaijan Business Center
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) placed the 20th issue of short-term notes for 2012 with series 50102034S at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) by 42.9% of the announced volume. At that, yield of notes fell from 28.19% down to 26.7% ...

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Any amount over US$5000 in cash (or equivalent in foreign currencies) must be declared at customs upon arrival in Nepal. Failure to do so may result in detention. Banknotes of 500 and 1000 Indian rupees are banned in ...

DigitalJournal.com
Fairfax police: Antique coins and bank notes worth up to $500K stolen in ...
Washington Post
Fairfax County police are investigating the theft of an antique coin and bank note collection worth up to $500000. Police said Tuesday that the collection was stolen about 7:20 pm on April 14. Authorities say a couple had returned to their home in the ...
Thieves make off with up to $500k in antique coins, bank notesWashington Examiner

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To date, the following countries are the only ones to circulate polymer banknotes: Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brunei, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New ...

NumisMaster.com
Check Collecting Enjoys New Prominence
NumisMaster.com
There are a great many pieces with vignettes every bit as charming, beautiful and colorful as any found on bank notes. In fact, a good number of check forms are made by the same bank note companies that turn out such lovely notes.