New Zealand adopted polymer banknotes in 1999. At the time, Brian Lang was Head of Currency at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ). To mark the 25th anniversary of polymerisation, we sat down with Brian to discuss the rationale behind the transition and assess its results.
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The Federal Council of Switzerland has appointed Martin Schlegel as the ne…
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At the Banknote Conference in May, Guilmar Ernesto Moncayo Ponce from the Bank of Mexico provided information about progress on the first of a three phase project looking at the presence and role of micro-organisms on banknotes.
Q&T Hi-Tech Polymer (Q&T), the latest arrival to the polymer substrate market, has announced that it has made remarkable progress since its establishment three years ago by securing its third contrac…
Koenig & Bauer, in its report on its first quarter results, gave further details of its Spotlight programme, launched earlier this year to prioritise initiatives and business models that boost earnin…
The frequency of the introduction of a new series or an upgrade was addressed in …
After a gap, this month we return to the periodic series of articles covering cash …
At the Banknote Conference in May, Guilmar Ernesto Moncayo Ponce from the Bank of Mexico …
Banco de Moçambique has launched a new series of banknotes and coins to coincide with …
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