The fewer than two dozen lots of the Ellicott Collection of Panamanian Paper Money Stack's Bowers Galleries offers Jan. 14 is the most extensive array of Panamanian notes the firm has ever offered.

Fancy serial numbers always draw the curious, and the Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers sale in early 2023 offers the curious 143 lots of fancy serial numbers, plus error notes and more.

Six nations in central Africa will see five new notes start to make their way through the country with new designs of the CFA-franc denominations replacing the older notes to be removed by 2024.

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.