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Jan 23, 2023, 09:00 AM
Chinese artist gets attention and visit from authorities
A story in a Chinese newspaper detailed the talents of artist Shi Yunlong who displays an ability to create lifelike $100 U.S. notes by hand and whose work has the attention of authorities. -
Jan 21, 2023, 09:00 AM
Jordan introduces new note series to replace older notes
Jordan will offer a new series of notes for the first time in 20 years as the 1-dinar example has been issued and is circulating while the remaining denominations will be rolled out gradually. -
Jan 18, 2023, 09:00 AM
Ukraine recognizes poet on new 500-hryvnia note
A 500-hryvnia commemorative bank note dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the philosopher-poet Hryhorii Skovoroda was issued Dec. 29 by the National Bank of Ukraine. -
Jan 15, 2023, 10:31 AM
Auction firm offers third-of-its-kind error national bank note
A newly discovered rare national bank note with mismatched prefix letters is a highlight of March's World Banknote Auctions sale of part of the Navy Commander Collection of U.S. National and Gold Bank Notes. -
Jan 8, 2023, 10:00 AM
Early American notes among sale offerings
EAHA is holding a sale closing Jan. 14 of 319 lots, including early American naval and military history-related material and paper money from the collection of Ambassador J. William “Bill” Middendorf. -
Jan 1, 2023, 08:00 AM
Spink conducts another charity bank note auction in London
Spink continued its tradition of hosting a Scottish bank note charity auction, with a 2022 fundraising event dedicating proceeds to the Trussell Trust for reducing reliance on emergency food banks. -
Dec 31, 2022, 08:00 AM
Panamanian notes in Stack’s Bowers sale include circa 1869 rarity
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. -
Dec 25, 2022, 08:00 AM
Fancy serial numbers among focuses in Goldbergs auction
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. -
Dec 24, 2022, 08:00 AM
Central African states issue five new notes in series
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. -
Dec 23, 2022, 08:00 AM
BEP to resume collectibles issues offered on Mint website
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. -
Dec 21, 2022, 09:09 AM
First King Charles III notes are unveiled by Bank of England
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. -
Dec 19, 2022, 08:00 AM
Yellen-Malerba Series 2021 notes in production at BEP
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. -
Dec 12, 2022, 08:00 AM
United Arab Emirates releases new high-denomination note
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. -
Dec 12, 2022, 00:37 AM
Barbados issues new series of bank notes with updated designs
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. -
Dec 10, 2022, 11:01 AM
Movie money can pose a potential problem to public
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. -
Dec 5, 2022, 08:00 AM
Transition to new notes ongoing for Bank of Japan
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. -
Dec 4, 2022, 08:00 AM
Nigeria unveils trio of new bank notes in different colors
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. -
Dec 3, 2022, 08:00 AM
Qatar releases note as nation plays host of 2022 FIFA
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. -
Nov 27, 2022, 09:00 AM
Bank of Cambodia authorizes two new riel bank notes
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. -
Nov 26, 2022, 09:00 AM
Serial number pair of Series 2013 $1 star notes sold
A set of two $1 Series 2013 star notes from the New York Federal Reserve district, one printed in Washington, D.C., and the other in Fort Worth, Texas, both bearing the same serial number, sold recently.
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US Coins Jan 26, 2023, 10 AM
Charles L. Vickers, former Mint artist, dies after illness
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World Coins Jan 26, 2023, 8 AM
Royal Mint unveils King Charles III 2023 Britannia bullion coins
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Paper Money Jan 23, 2023, 9 AM
Chinese artist gets attention and visit from authorities
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