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• The E-Sylum: Volume 8, Number 4, January 23, 2005, Article 13
  

  NEW SOUTH AFRICAN CURRENCY
  

  >From South African Reserve Bank:
  The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) today launched
  banknotes with improved security features which will go
  into circulation from 1 February 2005.
  

  In line with international best practice, the Bank regularly
  revises the security features and design of banknotes
  because the Bank is committed to ensuring the public has
  reliable currency. The SARB last changed South Africa's
  banknotes in 1992.
  

  The upgraded banknotes will retain the Big Five animal
  motif on the front and the economic sector themes on the
  back. There will, however, be some design changes.
  Celebrating South Africa's democracy, the upgraded
  banknotes will be the first to show the South African Coat
  of Arms and to use all eleven languages across the
  denominations.
  

  The improved security features will make it easier for the
  public to distinguish between good banknotes and counterfeit
  banknotes and further give the upgraded banknotes a distinct
  look. Examples of this are the shimmering gold band, visible
  on the back of the banknote when it is tilted, as well as the
  colour-changing ink on the number value on the front bottom
  right of the R50, R100 and R200 banknotes."
  

  To read the full text, see: Full Story
  

  For more information, and images of the old and new
  notes, see: More Info
  

Source URL

• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v08n04a13.html

Date published

• 2005-01-23

Volume

• 8

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