• Cayman Islands $70
    Paper Money Nov 1, 2023, 9 AM

    Cayman Islands Monetary Authority honors Elizabeth II

    A commemorative $70 bank note has been issued to honor the one-year anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II with the denomination reflective of the Platinum Jubilee.

  • Charlene Williams
    Paper Money Oct 31, 2023, 9 AM

    Charlene Williams takes position as acting head of BEP

    The retirement of Director Len Olijar has led to a vacancy in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing that is being filled temporarily by acting director Charlene E. Williams.

  • Lesotho commemorative note
    Paper Money Oct 18, 2023, 8 AM

    Lesotho issues commemorative note honoring nation’s king

    The Central Bank of Lesotho has only authorized commemorative coins but the agency has made an exception with a commemorative bank note in honor of the nation's king.

  • noonansjul121900-lead
    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.

  • lot-362-penns-1-17-1723-24-20shillings-lead
    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 notes from Northern Ireland
    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.

  • $5,000 note from Heritage
    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.

  • greece-10phoenix-lead
    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.”

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    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.

  • Bees at BEP location
    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.

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