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Zimbabwe redesigned ZiG banknotes after just two years

In 2026, Zimbabwe introduced a new series of ZiG banknotes featuring motifs of Africa's “big five” (buffalo, elephant, rhinoceros, leopard, and lion), which practically made the first series from 2024 a short-lived and numismatically interesting issue. The new release brings a different visual identity, improved security features, and another

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Banknotes in the last 100 years: from “paper sheets” to “transparent plastic”

Banknotes have come a long way over the past hundred years or so. From large paper formats, often with simpler artistic design and more modest security features, to modern polymer banknotes that today represent the pinnacle of security, technical, and artistic craftsmanship. In this video, we show the evolution of banknotes through several selected examples. The goal

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Bhutanese polymer banknotes of 100, 500, and 1000 ngultrum, commemorative issue for the 70th birth anniversary of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck

Kraljevska monetarna uprava Butana je 2025. godine izdala seriju prigodnih optjecajnih novčanica izrađenih od polimera. Serija je posvećena 70. obljetnici rođenja Četvrtog Druk Gyalpa (Kralja Zmaja), kralja Jigmea Singyea Wangchucka, jedne od najvažnijih osoba u suvremenoj povijesti Butana. Novčanice su izdane u apoenima od 100,

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The 200 guilder banknote of Curaçao and Sint Maarten won the IBNS Banknote of the Year 2025 award.

U prestižnom izboru za najbolju novčanicu svijeta, koji tradicionalno organizira International Bank Note Society (IBNS), pobjedu za 2025. godinu odnijela je novčanica od 200 guldena koju izdaje Središnja banka Curaçaa i Sint Maartena. Riječ je o prvom takvom priznanju za ovu središnju banku, čime je

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Security features or grammatical errors on Croatian kuna banknotes?

Detaljnim promatranjem novčanica od 5, 20 i 50 kuna dolazi se do zanimljivih otkrića. Naime, mikrotekst otisnut na licu novčanica opetovano ponavlja jedan te isti tekst, no pažljivim iščitavanjem tog teksta pronalazimo gramatičke greške. Postavlja se pitanje ovdje da li se radi o slučajnim gramatičkim

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10,000 dinar banknote of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1936.

Novčanica od 10.000 dinara nekadašnje Kraljevine Jugoslavije od 6. rujna 1936. godine danas je najrjeđe viđena novčanica koja nosi naziv Narodne banke Kraljevine Jugoslavije. Nije mnogo onih koji su imali sreću da njihove kolekcije krasi i taj izvanredni primjerak nacionalne notafilije – nacionalne za kolekcionare

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The enigmatic short-term circulation of the 100-dinar banknote of the National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia dated July 15, 1934.

It is known that the banknotes of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia are the product of the „French school“ of banknote printing. The first issues of royal Yugoslav banknotes (with the exception of the 10 dinar banknote of November 1, 1920, which was produced by the American Bank Note Co., New York) were designed and manufactured

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Prices in numismatic catalogs – between benchmarks, manipulation, and the actual market state

Numizmatički katalozi već desetljećima predstavljaju jedan od temeljnih alata numizmatičara kolekcionara, trgovaca i aukcionara. Osim što pružaju sustavan pregled izdanja, tipova, varijanti i tehničkih karakteristika kovanica ili novčanica, gotovo svaki katalog sadrži i procijenjene tržišne vrijednosti, odnosno „kataloške cijene“. Upravo te cijene često izazivaju najviše

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Price? Price? Price?

Over the past few years, a phenomenon has become extremely noticeable in the numismatic community which, although not essentially new, has taken on its most stripped-down and primitive form in the digital space. It is about the obsessive reduction of numismatic items solely to their market value, with every post, every

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500 dinar banknote of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1935.

Novčanica od 500 dinara Kraljevine Jugoslavije iz 1935. godine predstavlja jedno od likovno najuspjelijih i ikonografski najzaokruženijih izdanja međuratne jugoslavenske notafilije. Cjelokupna kompozicija izvedena je u suptilnoj paleti zelenih, maslinastih i smeđih tonova, s diskretnim ružičastim prijelazima u podlozi, što joj daje profinjenu, gotovo slikarsku

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