The Bank of England’s new £50 note, launched on 25th March, marks the transition of the full series of English notes to GUARDIAN™ polymer substrate. The launch marks the 11th time that a country has transitioned all its banknotes to GUARDIAN polymer.
CCL Secure was awarded this year’s Central Banking Currency Services Initiative Award as a result of the company’s global support for recycling and for wider reductions in its environmental impact.
THE POLYMER JOURNAL IS OUT!
In 2013, when the Bank of England made the decision to move the £5 and £10 from paper to polymer, the decision was based on 3 years of research into the resilience and quality of different substrates. Eight years later, CCL Secure remains lead substrate supplier to the Bank with world-leading GuardianTM polymer substrate.
Despite the global challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, CCL Secure say they have seen polymer banknotes go from strength to strength around the world.
A new 100,000 Livres banknote, issued by Banque du Liban to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Lebanon, is one of the most secure in the world.
The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) has launched a brand new ₡ 20,000 polymer banknote. The newly issued banknote features a KINEGRAM REVIEW® foil stripe supplied by Kurz applied over a complex transparent window using CCL Secure’s world-leading GuardianTM polymer substrate.
Banco de México launched a new 100 peso banknote using Guardian™ polymer, the latest in a long line of polymer banknotes issued by the Mexican central bank.
CCL Secure has continued with its partnership with Wigton neighbour, the Nelson Thomlinson School donating perspex screens for the classrooms. The screens will allow for lessons to resume following the UK’s lockdown.