The Bank of Cabo Verde (BCV) has said that it will put into circulation as from Friday a new 200-escudo (€1.8) banknote on a cotton substrate, standardising the banknote family in place for six years. “Given the centenary of the birth of Cape Verdean doctor and writer Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (1919-2019) and the need more

A new 5 pound coin to commemorate the 95th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in April will be among a set of new commemorative coinage to be issued in 2021 The release of a 5 pound coin is reserved for significant royal events and the latest one will depict the royal cypher “EIIR”, above the more

A new 2000 Sri Lanka rupee banknote will be introduced in 2021 with improved security features, as part of the existing series, Central Bank Governor W D Lakshman said. “A new currency note for Rs. 2,000 will be introduced in 2021, as part of the existing 11th note series with improved security features,” Governor Lakshman more

The Government of Canada now has the power to remove legal tender status from bank notes—something it could not do before. Every bank note issued by the Bank of Canada since we opened our doors in 1935 is still redeemable at its face value. Technically, you can use a 1935 $25 bank note when you more

To mark its 70th anniversary, the Central Bank has issued an uncirculated commemorative coin in the denomination of Rs.20, with the following key features. The obverse of the coin depicts the image of the Head Office building of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, with ‘70’ in large numerals appearing at the centre of the coin. more