Most Bureau of Engraving and Printing collector products have been unavailable since the COVID crisis of 2020, but it appears a restart of the program is imminent, with special products to be available soon.

The Bank of England reveals its polymer bank notes with the portrait of King Charles III on the face, anticipated to begin appearing in circulation by 2024, with no change to the back of the notes.

Series 2021 notes are now being printed with the signatures of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Treasurer Lynn Roberge Malerba, the first U.S. paper money series to carry signatures two women.

Featuring the United Arab Emirates' global achievements in space exploration and clean energy, the UAE's new highest denomination note is printed on a durable polymer substrate for longer circulation.

Barbados' new bank note series, all polymer, changes the subjects to a vertical presentation, among other differences in detail, and was issued from the central bank to commercial banks Dec. 5.

Crane Currency warns that readily available prop/movie money, legal for whimsical purchase, carries deceptive "shiny foils and stick-on holograms" that risk attracting counterfeiters' abuse.

Mass production of redesigned bank notes announced in 2019 has begun in Japan with three denominations of the new notes expected to start circulation in April.

Nigeria is changing the look of its currency for the first time in nearly 20 years, and while it appears to be only a color change, the old notes will lose legal tender status in a short time.

Qatar's new commemorative note marks its distinction of being the first Arab and Middle Eastern nation to host a FIFA World Cup, in 2022, making the note's unusual 22-riyal value appropriately symbolic.

Two new bank notes, a 200-riel and a 2,000-riel note, authorized in Cambodia Nov. 14 have portraits featuring King Norodom Sihamoni, on one as a youth and on the other as an adult.