The Central Bank of Samoa has issued limited-edition commemorative banknotes, designed and printed by De La Rue, honouring Samoa’s historic hosting of the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held in Apia, Samoa from 21-26 October 2024.

At the recent Global Currency Forum (GCF) in Oman, industry players showcased new security threads on themes ranging from butterflies, chameleons, meadows, and ocean to Venus.

In the July month issues of Holography News™, we covered Japan’s new banknote series, all three featuring holographic portraits. In the August issue, we covered Morocco’s 50 dirham banknote featuring a TRILUMIC® thread from Hueck Folien and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) commemorative $50 featuring a hologram.

In last month’s issue of Holography News™, we covered Japan’s new banknote series, all three notes in which feature holographic portraits.

On 3 July 2024, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) issued a new series of banknotes carrying holographic portraits. In the first design change in 20 years, the 10,000, 5,000, and 1,000 yen bills contain what appears to be a different stereographic portrait.

On 20 July 1969, more than 500 million people worldwide watched the Moon landing, the ‘great leap for mankind’ – a technical feat that opened new horizons for humanity.

Combining their knowledge of banknote security, Hueck Folien and Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) have developed and produced a new test note with a beautiful underwater theme: ‘Corals’.

The People’s Bank of China (PBC) has issued a 20 yuan commemorative legal tender banknote to celebrate 2024’s Lunar Year of the Long (Chinese Dragon), which began on 10 February. 100 million notes have been printed, with purchasers limited to 20 notes each.

In this episode of the Holograms on Banknotes series, we report on the latest issues from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), East Caribbean and Tonga.

In this occasional series, we round up the recent new issues of banknotes containing a hologram or other optically variable device.