In Other News…

• The Bank of Scotland, one of Scotland’s three note issuing banks, has released its new polymer £50 note, featuring Sir Walter Scott and the Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift in central Scotland that connects two major canals. The £50 is a continuation of the Bank's Bridges series, which began in 2016 with the £5.

As with its Bank of England equivalent, released last month, the new £50 banknote is predominantly red, changing colour from the green paper £50.

It was designed and printed by De La Rue on SAFEGUARD® substrate and contains a secure window with a holographic foil stripe. Other security features include GEMINI™ and ROTATE™.

The Royal Bank of Scotland, meanwhile, has unveiled its new polymer £50, which will go into circulation in August. It portrays Flora Stevenson, a 19th century educator who promoted schooling for girls. It is also predominantly red and will feature a large window with a holographic stripe.

• The Bank of Mongolia has issued a commemorative 10,000 tugrik to mark the 100th anniversary of the Mongolian Revolution and independence from China.

The banknote includes the colour-changing symbol of the 100th anniversary of the revolution, a warrior on horseback and UV security elements, as well as a tactile feature for the visually impaired people. On the reverse is a portrait of the head of the Mongolian revolutionary army, Gen D Sukhbaatar, alongside a quote from his remarks in Mongolian traditional script.

• The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a new $2 circulation coin marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin by four Canadian scientists that earned them a Nobel prize and was one of the 20th century’s most celebrated medical discoveries.

The focal point of the reverse of the coin is a monomer, a building block of the insulin molecule. Also displayed are scientific instruments used in the early formulation of insulin overlaid on a maple leaf, as well as red blood cells, glucose, and insulin molecules.

The words ‘INSULIN’/ ‘INSULINE’ appear on the coin’s outer ring, as do the years ‘1921’ and ‘2021’, highlighting the anniversary.

In all 2 million coloured versions and 1 million uncoloured versions of the coin have been minted. The coloured coins show the insulin monomer in the same blue colour used to raise diabetes awareness in Canada.

• The National Bank of Tajikistan plans to issue new 20 and 50 somoni banknotes this November on Louisenthal’s Hybrid™ composite substrate. Banknotes of the previous series (1999, 2010, 2017 and 2018) will remain in circulation.

• The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has issued a new Z$50 banknote to ease cash shortages in the country. 7.2 million of the notes will be put into circulation. It follows the introduction of new Z$10 and Z20 notes in 2020.

The front of the note features the Three Balancing Rocks of Chiremba (in common with the other notes in the series) and a KINETIC STARCHROME® security thread from De La Rue, the printer.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the statue of Mbuya Nehanda, a female spiritual leader who helped inspire the 19th century revolution against British colonisation, feature on the reverse.