In Other News...

• The National Bank of Cambodia has issued new 200 and 2,000 riel banknotes. The 200 riels is effectively a reintroduction, having last been issued in 1992, albeit a commemorative version was issued in 2013. It features a portrait of King Norodom Sihamoni in his youth. The 20,000 riel note, which was last issued in 2018, also features a portrait of the King, but as an adult. Other images on the notes include traditional sculptures, statues and architecture.

• Banque du Liban is issuing an updated 100,000 livres banknote as part of an ongoing upgrade that has seen the replacement of the threads in several of the notes in the series with RAPID® micro-optics threads from Crane.

The replacement started in 2019 with a new 20,000 livres – the first to feature Crane’s machine readable RAPID® Detect. It was followed in 2020 by the 50,000 livres, in late 2021 by the 10,000 livres and, this April, by the 5,000 livres. The new 100,00 livres (which is the most widely used denomination in Lebanon, accounting for over 85% of all notes issued) completes the upgrade.