The 11th Annual Security Printing Conference
January 25-27, 2011 - Zagreb,Croatia
Pira International announces the full agenda for the Security Printing & Alternative Solutions in Central/Eastern Europe & Russia/CIS conference. The event marks its 11th anniversary in 2011 and takes place 25-27 January in the cultural capital of Croatia, Zagreb. Key topics covered: Case studies of eID card and ePassport projects, counterfeiting solutions, The latest innovation in banknote security, Technology trends and opportunities in the regional security markets, Key developments in topical EU initiatives, Pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting strategies, Document protection for tax stamps. Read more ...

The 8th Pan European High Security Printing Conference
March 8-10, 2011 - Vienna, Austria
On the 8-10 March 2011 the 8th Pan European High Security Printing Conference will take place in Vienna, Austria. This annual event focuses on issued and government specified documents. Aproximately 30 exhibitors will exhibit their work in industries as currency, e-passport, smard cards and so on. Read more ...

Security Document World 2011
April 4-6, 2011 - London, UK
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Banknote 2011
July 11-14, 2011 - Washington, DC, USA
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Currency Conference in Singapore
October 2-5, 2011 - South America
The Currency Conference which was for the first time held in 1992, is scheduled for 2-5 October 2011. In 2010 it was for the first time held in South America, in 2011 is planned to be in Singapore´s city center. Delegates from Central Banks and Bank Note Printing industry will be solving issues regarding development, improvement and innovations in Currency Managment, Update on Note and Coin Boundaries, What´s New with the Euro and etc. Read more ...




We would like to thank to Mr.Hernan Sanchez Searle from Head of Currency Administration Department, Central Bank of Chile for sending us a specimen of new $20.000 Chilean banknote which was put into circulation on the 28th of July 2010.

Also we would like to thank to T.Faisal Laksamana from Bank of Indonesia, for sending us very useful information regarding 10.000 rupiah which was put into circulation on the 20th of July 2010.

Another thanks belongs to Mrs. Thavi Kingsada from Arjowiggins Security for sending us very interesting and useful material about security features.



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05/2010
This is free of charge Newsletter of latest events (improvements) regarding Banknotes, ID cards, Cheques, Passports and our relevant products/services/updates of The Catalogue of Currencies and Documents (link to www.catalogueofcurrencies.com)

New detector C211.Detector C211
This is next generation of the most popular detector C2. This type of detector became the best selling detector of our portfolio and the most preferable among our customers, especially for people from police, banks and printing industry. Detector C211 is added with new function of UV C protection and its practical accessory became handy textil bag. Read more ...

The Security Features guide.
Detector C211 We have recently updated our expert database - The Security Features Guide with new interesting information about security features, namely: SPARK ®, OVI® and STEP®. In the near future we will update our SFG with more detailed description of security features used on identification documents and other new information which were directly provided from our partners for example SICPA company, ArjoWiggins etc.




Hong Kong Hong Kong´s new banknotes.
The Hong Kong monetary Authority announced that the new series of 1000 HK dollar banknotes will be put into circulation on the 7th of December. Thereafter, in 2011 and 2012 denominations of 20, 50, 100 and 500 HK dollar will go into circulation. A number of security features have been added to the new banknotes, including dynamic colour patterns. Together with the new series, all other banknotes currently in circulation will continue to be legal tender. Read more ...


Guatemala and its polymer banknote.Hong Kong
After the succesfull issue of 1-quetzal polymer banknote in 2006, Guatemala decided to issue 5-quetzal polymer banknote in second half of 2011. One of the advantages which Guatemala admitted is, that polymer banknotes have more durability and security. Read more (in Spanish)...


UK banks will soon make £5 notes available from cash machines.UK libra
Five pound notes have become sought after in the last few years. Following a successful pilot exercise undertaken by HSBC last year, major financial institutions and ATM operators are increasing the number of ATMs that dispense £5 notes. Read more ...



Success of Czech police in seizuring forged banknotes. Czech
Police forces in the Czech Republic have reported an increase in seized counterfeit bills this year, saying the number of forged banknotes retrieved was up by seven percent compared to last year. The counterfeit notes seized this year have ranged from US banknotes, to Euro banknotes, as well as Czech banknotes. Read more ...



Bulgarian police break up euro note forgery ring.
Europol Director Rob Wainwright has presented Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov with a special award over the busting of a ring forging EUR and USD banknotes. The case was a high-profile one for both the Bulgarian government and Europol. Police had been on the lookout for this particular printing press - believed to be owned an operated by a criminal ring - for over six years. Read more ...


Estonian Euroweb.
Estonia
From 1.1.2010 Estonia converts its currency to the euro. The country has launched a series of campaigns in order to prepare citizens for the changeover. One of these activites is The Euroweb. This site includes information about cash exchange, price rounding, exchange rates as well as details regarding contracts and accounting. Read more ...





ID card tender in Poland.UK passport
Poland have anounced a tender for chip-based ID card, The Polish Ministry of Information Design Center informed. All the participants need to submit their applications until the 8th of December 2010 by 10am. Read more...


Deadline of Nigerianon MR passport is extended.UK passport
Expiration of Machine Readable Nigerian Passport have been extended from 31st of December 2010 to 30th of April 2011, The Federal Government of Nigeria declared. This decision was announced after Nigerian´s citizens abroad complained about the deadline, stating it´s not possible to manage it until the end of this year. Read more...

Mauritania Biometric passport issued in Vanuatu.
Even a small country as Vanuatu have been already printed a thousand of the new-style passports as the director of the Vanuatu passport, Henri Tamashiro said. New electronic passport system was possible to launch after New Zealand provided Vanuatu aid assistance. Read more ...

No fingerprints on UK´s passports.UK
Second generation biometric passport and national identity scheme will avoid intended fingerprint security, the Uk´s new Home Secretary Theresa May outlined. Fingerprint security have met with strong oposition from the side of Uk´s citizens, after years of trials and tribulations. Also scrapping the national ID scheme is government´s next plan. Read more...


Vietnam Electronic passport in Vietnam.
Government in Vietnam agreed on project concerning issue of electronic passports. The plan of issuance is divided into three phases and should be realized in four years. To begin with, the e-passports will be issued only inside Vietnam, following issuance by Vietnam´s representative agencies abroad and finally building border-gates at checkpoints to inspect the e-passports in 2013. Read more...


Azerbaijan´s supplier of e-passport materials.
Azerbaijan´s requirements of new e-passport materials and services will be supplied by Trüb AG. ICAO standards will be complyed, as passports are equipped with the polycarbonate data page with integrated contactless smart card chip. Further plan is to establish centers that will be used by local authorities to issue passports. Read more...



2010 IACA Currency Awards.Nano
The 3rd Excellence in Currency Awards, organised by the International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA), were presented at the 2010 Currency Conference, held from May 12-15, 2010 in Buenos Aires.
The awards, which are sponsored by Currency News, were introduced to promote and recognise excellence in currency production processing, management and distribution and are open to any organisation or individual products and systems of the currency industry, as well as issuing authorities, commercial banks and enforcement agencies. Read more...

Holographic technology constantly improved.Nano
Regarding an array of overt security features the holographic technology still retains at the top. Such an overt feature its fast and reliable way of detecting whether the banknote is a counterfeit or genuine banknote. The technology keep crossing the boundaries for banknote security holograms. Read more...




Our Catalogue of Currencies was enriched by new additions this month :


We enriched our catalogue with complete description of:

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina:
    • 10 BAM / 2008 Version - Bosnian-Croatian federation
    • 10 BAM / 2008 Version - Serbian Republic (Republic Srpska)
    • 20 BAM / 2008 Version - Bosnian-Croatian federation
    • 20 BAM / 2008 Version - Serbian Republic (Republic Srpska)
    • 50 BAM / 2007 Version - Bosnian-Croatian federation
    • 50 BAM / 2007 Version - Serbian Republic (Republic Srpska)
    • 100 BAM / 2007 Version - Serbian Republic (Republic Srpska)
  • Bahamas:
    • 10 BSD / L.2000(2009)
  • Denmark:
    • 200 DKK / 2009
  • Guinea (Conakry):
    • 10000 GNF / 2008
  • Jersey:
    • 50 GBP / 2010
  • Vanuatu:
    • 10000 VUV / 2010 Commemorative

We enriched our catalogue with initial description of:
  • Swaziland:
    • 100 SZL / 2010 - in circulation since 01.11.2010
    • 200 SZL / 2010 - in circulation since 01.11.2010
  • Kyrgyz republic:
    • 200 KGS / 2010 - - in circulation since 01.12.2010
    • 500 KGS / 2010 - - in circulation since 01.12.2010
    • 1000 KGS / 2010 - in circulation since 01.12.2010

... and many more text informations and dates.


If you would like to access online version, please click on the link The Catalogue of Currencies



Our Catalogue of Documents was enriched by new additions this month :

We enriched our catalogue with documents of:

  • Burundi:
    • BRN / 2005 Diplomatic passport
  • China:
    • CHN / 2008 Passport
    • CHN Diplomatic passport
    • CHN Diplomatic passport
  • Guatemala:
    • GTM / 2008 Passport
    • GTM / 2008 Diplomatic passport
    • GTM / 2008 Official passport
  • Great Britain:
    • GBR / 2010 Passport
  • Haiti:
    • HTI / 2000 Official passport
    • HTI / 2000 Diplomatic passport
  • Iran:
    • IRN Diplomatic passport
    • IRN / 2007 Service passport
  • Cambodia:
    • KHM / 2009 Service passport

... and many more text informations and dates.


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