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.”

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

A new 20,000-kyat bank note issued by the nation of Myanmar celebrates completion of a giant statue of Buddha its builders hope will establish the country as a focal point for Theravada Buddhism.

New versions of 5-dinar and 10-dinar bank notes are being introduced by the Central Bank of Jordan, completing the bank's fifth note series, which includes 1-dinar and 20-dinar notes.

A research team from the University of Notre Dame published findings of a seven-year project looking into methods and materials used by Benjamin Franklin designed to thwart note counterfeiting.

A new book with an in-depth look at the under-reported chapter in the history of paper money focusing on U.S. Treasury notes from 1812 to 1865 becomes available in August.

Visitors to the ANA's World's Fair of Money will have an opportunity to acquire 8-by-10 examples of lithographic art by several coin designers, celebrating Augustus Saint-Gaudens' "Victory" statue.

Len Olijar, having served the BEP for 30 years and as its director since 2015, has convinced the bureau he is retiring; on July 7 the job opening was posted, with “complex,” daunting responsibilities.

The State Bank of Pakistan issued a circulating commemorative 75-rupee note July 4 honoring the 75th anniversary of the bank’s founding; an image of the bank joins two nation founders on the note.

On Oct. 29, Heritage Auction’s paper money team will present its first quarterly U.S. Obsolete Banknotes Showcase auction, to offer obsolete currency valued in the $250 to $2,500 range.

The 60th anniversary of Samoa's independence was cause to issue a commemorative note with a unique denomination, while honoring the women and culture of the island.

Ten rare large-format specimen notes from the first series issued by the Imperial Bank of Persia sold at the World Banknote Auctions World Currency Sale 43 for a total of $98,957.50.

Consumers are beginning to find the Series 2021 notes in circulation after the Bureau of Engraving and Printing printed the $1 and $5 notes, which bear the signatures of two women for the first time.

Two of the highest denomination of notes released in Burundi in 2018 have been pulled and replaced with new examples, due to an increase in circulation in the “informal circuit” destabilizing banks.

The West African nation of Mauritania marked the 50th anniversary of the creation of the ouguiya by issuing a commemorative 50-ouguiya bank note in three different substrates to test materials.