The Central Bank of Honduras tenders the printing and supply of 460 million pieces of banknotes and the minting of 30 million pieces of coins.
Honduras Government Purchase LPrivada No.02-2019:
"Printing and supply of four hundred and sixty million (460,000,000) pieces of bank notes of different denominations, required to adapt the inventories of monetary values of the Central Bank of Honduras."
The Ministry of Economy and Finance in Panama is putting out to tender the services of issue and minting of coins in current circulation in various denominations.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-16-0-08-LP-011947:
"This aim of this project is to hire a company to provide the services of issuing and minting coins that are in current circulation in various denominations, for a nominal value of up to 37.2 million dollars during the period 2016-2019.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance in Panama is putting out to tender the services of issue and minting of coins in current circulation in various denominations.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-16-0-08-LP-011921:
"The object is to hire a company to provide the service of issue and minting of coins in current circulation in various denominations, for a nominal value of up to 37.2 million dollars during the period 2016-2019.
For every coin of 25 cents made by the Royal Mint of Canada, the Panamanian government paid 19 cents.
Data collected from documents published on PanamaCompra by Prensa.com shows that "... This year, the MEF signed with the Canadian company a contract for the manufacture of 12 million coins in denomintions of 25 cents with a value of 2 million 280 thousand US dollars. "
The mintage is scheduled to take place between 2016 and 2019, in denominations of 1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents and 1 balboa.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Panama:
In order to meet the needs of the National Bank of Panama (BNP) and of the entire commercial sector of the country for the availability of coins for daily productive activities and to raise funds for the National Treasury, the Minister of Economy and Finance Dulcidio De La Guardia, introduced a bill to the National Assembly that authorizes the minting and issuance of current circulation coins in different denominations, with a nominal value of up to 37.2 million dollars.
The Bank of Guatemala is putting out to tender coinage (manufacture and supply) of coins in the denominations of one, ten and five quetzals.
Guatemala Government Purchase 3830861:
"Recruitment of coinage (manufacture and supply) of finished metal coins of denominations of one quetzal (Q1.00), ten quetzals (Q0.10) and five quetzals (Q0.05)."
The Bank of Guatemala is calling for bids in a public tender for the procurement of coinage (manufacture and supply) of coins, in the amounts of:
The Central Bank of Honduras is putting out to tender minting of 500 million pieces of coins of different denominations.
The Central Bank of Honduras requires minting and supply of five hundred million (500,000,000) pieces of coins of different bank denominations, to distributed as follows: two hundred million (200,000,000) in the denomination five cents (L0.05) one hundred fifty million (150,000,000) in the denomination of ten cents (L0.10), one hundred ten million (110,000,000) in the denomination of twenty cents (L0.20) and forty million (40,000,000) in the denomination of fifty cents (L0.50).
The Provisions Unit - Purchases and Control of Budgetary Expenses - at the Bank of Guatemala is putting out to tender services for metal coin minting.
The tender is for the procurement of coinage (manufacturing and supply) of 100 million coins in the denomination of one quetzal (Q1, 00) in brass coated steel, according to resolution JM-36-2013.
The deadline for submission of bids is June 7, 2013.
The Bank of Guatemala has awarded contracts worth $8 million to companies in Slovakia and the Netherlands for the manufacture and supply of coins.
Mincovna Kremnica from Slovakia and Koninklije Nederlandse Munt N.V. from the Netherlands will be responsible for the manufacture and supply of coins in denominations of Q1, Q0.50, Q0.25, Q0.05 and Q.0.10.
The Bank of Guatemala is inviting bids for coin minting.
The government purchase is to contract coining services (manufacturing and supply) of finished coins in denominations of Q1.00, Q0.50 of Q0.25, Q0.10 and Q0.05.
The deadline for submission of bids is 24 July 2012.
According to the specifications the tender is for 100 million pieces of finished coins in denominations of Q0.05, and 50 million pieces of finished coins in denominations of Q0.10, among others.
Panama minted coins of one and two Balboas for circulation at par with the Dollar.
José Ramón Fernández, director of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, noted that the measure does not imply any changes in the Dollarized economy of the country. The coins will be used without any restrictions and with the same nominal value of the U.S. Dollar.
Fernandez explained that the Panamanian government pays the United States a high cost for the return of damaged notes, and that these have a lifespan of nine months to a year approximately. He added that it costs to acquire Dollars from the United States. However, in order to circulate the U.S. Dollar in Panama, the country must purchase at face value through the Central Bank in denominations and must bear all freight and insurance costs implicit in importing the currency," published Horacero.com.pa.