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Paper Money Oct 10, 2023, 8 AM
Rare 1900 Bank of England note in Oct. 12 Noonans auction
A very rare Bank of England £5 note, issued in Leeds in 1900, signed by Horace G. Bowen, the bank's chief cashier from 1893 to 1902, is offered Oct. 12 in a Noonans British and Irish bank notes sale. -
Paper Money Oct 9, 2023, 9 AM
Colonial notes surge above $30,000 in Kagin's sale from Ford collection
Three Colonial notes in Kagin’s Auctions’ Sept. 23 online sale of notes from the legendary collection of John J. Ford Jr. surged past $30,000. All three are plate notes in Eric Newman’s "The Early Paper Money of America." -
Paper Money Oct 4, 2023, 9 AM
Paper notes replaced by polymer in Northern Ireland
The deadline for redeeming paper £50 and £100 notes in Northern Ireland passed, but its banks banks will continue to accept them, while issuing new, more durable, harder to counterfeit polymer notes. -
Paper Money Oct 2, 2023, 9 AM
High denomination notes reaching higher prices in auctions
A mid-September paper money auction by Heritage reflects the generally increasing interest in high denomination notes, as prices realized rose well above previous benchmarks. -
Paper Money Sep 27, 2023, 8 AM
Rare early Greek bank notes at MDC Monaco
MDC Monaco is holding a 366-lot auction of world paper money on Oct.13 that will feature what the firm describes as “an exceptional Greek banknotes collection, and many Top Pop banknotes.” -
Paper Money Sep 23, 2023, 12 PM
Counterfeiting addressed in Europol crime threat report
Europol’s “European Financial and Economic Crime Threat Assessment 2023” covered counterfeiting among other financial crimes and described successful efforts to nab one prolific criminal enterprise. -
Paper Money Sep 11, 2023, 9 AM
BEP’s new location buzzing with winged visitors
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers called on expert help to relocate a hive of nearly 30,000 honeybees discovered as workers clear the site for the new BEP facility, which is to begin construction in 2024. -
Paper Money Sep 9, 2023, 8 AM
Fiji releases Year of the Dragon commemorative bank note
Fiji is anticipating 2024's Year of the Dragon by releasing a polymer 100-cent non-circulating bank note featuring a mellow pearl-guarding dragon and a security device of fish that appear to swim. -
Paper Money Sep 7, 2023, 11 AM
Are ‘star notes’ becoming an endangered species?
A new printing process allowed by new equipment may make obsolete the need to print star notes to replace imperfect notes, as non-sequential printing will be possible. -
Paper Money Sep 4, 2023, 8 AM
Canada, Colombia dominate Stack’s Bowers Americas auction
Notes from Canada drew high bids as expected, but some from Colombia provided a bit of a surprise, in Stack's Bowers Galleries' 579-lot Global Showcase Auction of notes from the Americas.