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BANKNOTE REDESIGN
No plans to introduce Rs 50 coin, public prefers notes due to light weight: Centre tells Delhi HCThe Union Finance Ministry has informed the Delhi High Court that there are no current plans to introduce a Rs 50 coin, citing a Reserve Ba...
09 Jul, 2025, 05.43 PM IST
Pakistan to experiment with new currency notes made of polymer plasticPakistan's central bank will introduce polymer plastic banknotes and redesign the current paper notes with improved security features. Thes...
24 Aug, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
ECB asks public view on banknote redesign themeA survey by the European Central Bank that began on Monday and will run through August allows participants choose between seven shortlisted...
11 Jul, 2023, 12.35 AM IST
Queen Elizabeth is featured on several currencies. Now what?At one time, Queen Elizabeth II appeared on at least 33 different currencies, more than any other monarch, an achievement noted by Guinness...
10 Sep, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
Poet and activist Maya Angelou creates history, becomes first Black woman to feature on US coinThe US Mint "has begun shipping the first coins" with Angelou's likeness on the American quarter.
11 Jan, 2022, 08.17 PM IST
Former slave Harriet Tubman to be new face of $20 billTubman, who was born as a slave around 1820 and helped hundreds of others escape from the clutches of slavery, will also be the first Afric...
21 Apr, 2016, 01.06 PM IST
Fake currency: How central banks like RBI normally approach the problem of counterfeitsThis election a lot of the black money that changed hands may have been fake. But counterfeits may not matter to RBI in the larger scheme o...
11 May, 2014, 10.57 AM IST
Who other than the Mahatma can adorn our rupee notes and why?Given RBI's lack of control & the way politicians call the shots, it is no surprise that there is no design-driven agenda.
24 Jun, 2012, 10.43 AM IST