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"MRI BANKERS' GUIDE TO FOREIGN CURRENCY" Update 03 October 2008

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Congo: Modified notes

The 2007 dated notes of 50; 100; and 200 francs are slightly different from the previous ones.

The main differences are that the value is repeated in the block at the lower left of front and that

the bank monogram at the lower center of the front is modified.

Kazahkstan: Commemorative 5,000 tenge note

This is the picture of the commemorative note previously reported.

Libya: New note.

This is the picture of the new 50 dinars note previously announced.

Northern Ireland: New £5 pounds note.

The new £5 pound notes of Ulster Bank have the name of the bank written in sans serif letters.

Pictures will follow.

Qatar: Improved notes.

The Qatar Central Bank has recently issued improved notes 1; 5; 10 & 50 riyals.

They all have identifying marks to help blind people, and the 50 riyals has a wide

segmented security thread in the back and a wide holographic band in the front.

Rwanda: New 1,000 francs

This is the picture of the new 1,000 franc note dated 2008.

Zambia: Modified note.

The 10,000 kwacha note dated 2008 has a different silver imprint in the front.

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