BoE unveiled new £50 pounds banknote – Alan TURING
- July 18, 2019
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- Pierre
IT pioneer Alan Turing will be the obverse of the new £50 banknotes, which will enter into circulation in 2021, the Bank of England announced on Monday 15 July.
British researcher Alan Turing would have turned 100 on June 23, 2012.
Who was Alan TURING
During the Second World War, the code of the Enigma machine could not have been deciphered without TURING’s work. This electromechanical device, contained in a simple briefcase, allowed the Nazis to encrypt communications between their North Atlantic submarines and the German admiralty.
Once Enigma’s secrets were known, the Allies were able...
2019 Singapore 20 dollars commemorative banknote – Singapore Bicentennial
- July 07, 2019
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- Pierre
On 5 June 2019, President Halimah Yacob launched a $20 banknote to commemorate Singapore’s Bicentennial. The commemorative note depicts Singapore’s journey to nationhood and...
2019 1,000 hryvnia banknote from UKRAINE
- June 25, 2019
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- Pierre
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to introduce the 1,000 hryvnias banknote from 25 October and to withdraw the 1, 2 and 5...
2019 SAMOA new 10 tala commemorative banknote – XVI Pacific Games
- June 21, 2019
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- Pierre
The Central Bank of Samoa announced recently the release of a new $10 polymer banknote in June 2019, to commemorate the XVI Pacific Games...
2019 Kenya Big Five new banknotes series introduced by Governor Patrick Njoroge
- June 21, 2019
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- Pierre
Governor Njoroge of CBK announced the issuing of a new banknotes series and told that the new banknotes have a unique theme and security...
2019 British Museum exhibition “Playing with Money: currency and games”
- June 16, 2019
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- Pierre
This exhibition looks at how modern board games, educational toys, gambling and role-playing games reflect, inform and shape our understanding of economics and money.
The...
Two new innovative safety features on new €100 and €200 ECB Banknotes
- May 21, 2019
- by
- Pierre
The ECB (European Central Bank) will issue two new banknotes on May 28th 2019. These two banknotes are the two last Europa series banknotes,...
How much may worth a 2016 Churchill Fiver?
- May 16, 2019
- by
- Pierre
As the website of English banknotes dealer PAM WEST indicates it, The Bank of England has printed 440 milion new £5 notes prefixes AA...
The New Banknotes Chinese Central Bank 2019
- April 29, 2019
- by
- Olivier
Starting Aug. 30 2019, new banknotes of 50 yuan, 20 yuan, 10 yuan, and 1 yuan, will be released and in circulation, the central bank...
