New fiver put BoE in difficult situation
- April 26, 2017
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- Pierre
The Bank of England (BoE) is put in a difficult situation by its new 5 pounds banknotes, introduced into circulation in 2016. This banknote, on which is represented a portrait of Sir Winston CHURCHILL on the reverse, knew a beginning of rejection by the population for religious and non-religious reasons. Indeed, these banknotes contain animal greases. The vegans and certain religious leaders had thus required the replacement of animal grease by another substance, synthesis or vegetable.
BoE had thought of using palm oil. This time, the ecologists get upset because, according to them, the industrial production of palm oil endangers the tropical forests of south–west Asia.
BoE confirms the maintenance...
2017 WIMY Commemoration and 20CND Banknote
- April 26, 2017
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- Pierre
2017, April the 4th, marks the 100 years of the battle of VIMY, which took place during the first World War. A Canadian circulation polymer banknote of 20 dollars face value, put in circulation in 2015, is illustrated by a drawing representing the canadian memorial of VIMY which commemorates the first military commitment in which the canadian army was implicated in 1917 on the western european battlefront, in France.
Four divisions were committed under the orders of general BYNG with like objective the catch of the peak of VIMY and “cote 145″, its summit. The French and English troops had failed on this objective during several months and that had cost more than...
5€ Banknotes support of Homeless social claims
- April 26, 2017
- by
- Pierre
We knew the use of euro-banknotes as political support of dispute in Greece, called as well satirical banknotes. It is advisable to add the tickets euro-banknotes are used as support of social claims. Advertising agency TBWA set up an advertising campaign at the profit of the development of social links for the homeless people on 5€ banknotes. On those, SDF handly wrote“For me this banknote has value, but not as much as a hello”. 200 banknotes were overloaded and put in circulation in 2nd and 9th districts of Paris.
Source: France Info internet site.
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