Less than 10 percent of banknotes currently in circulation comprise New Design Series (NDS) bills that can no longer by used for purchases by yearend, the central bank said on Thursday.

In value terms, this means that some P67 billion worth of the three-decade old series need to be exchanged for New Generation Currency (NGC) notes launched in 2010.

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