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IBNS Journal 63-4

includes articles on Alves Reis and the Portugese Banknote Case, Oxford Old Bank, Romanian Athenaeum on Banknotes, Banknotes in a Crisis?, When Governments Counterfeit: Part II, Wrong Country! Foreign Motifs on Banknotes

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Latest Banknote of 2024 Nominations

The latest nominations for the Banknote of 2024 are: China: 20-Yuan Note, Thailand: 100-Baht Note, Japan: 5,000-Yen Note, Mozambique: 50-Meticais Note, Argentina: 10,000-Peso Note, Eastern Caribbean States: 50-Dollar Note, Morocco: 200-Dirhams Note

 

Kyrgyzstan: 5,000-Som Note

Nominated by Yevhen Tolchynskyi, IBNS Member 13201

 

Note B241 (PNL): 5,000 сом (som) (US$57)
Predominant Colour(s) Green
Front Kyrgyz text; ornament with denomination in gold-to-jade OVI; actor, painter, and sportsman Suimenkul Chokmorov; diamond pattern as registration device
Back Kyrgyz text; diamond pattern as registration device; Ala-Too, one of the oldest cinemas of the capital city of Bishkek; mountains
Watermark Suimenkul Chokmorov with electrotype 5000
Additional Security RAPID HD Detect windowed security thread
Printer Crane Currency
Size 156 x 73 mm Paper
Introduced 10/05/2024
Information provided courtesy of The Banknote Book