December 8 2019
Even as the new polymer $100 banknotes arrived at the Central Bank under tight security, Finance Minister Colm Imbert disclosed that over 80 million existing bills would have to be phased out of the system.
He made the announcement on Saturday as he debated the Miscellaneous Provisions (Proceeds of Crime and Central Bank) Bill 2019 which was passed unanimously without amendments in a special sitting of the Senate.