Kagin’s Auctions will be offering 58 plate notes from the standard colonial currency reference, The Early Paper Money of America, in two online-only auctions, all from the John J. Ford Collection.

An extremely rare £500 note from the Bank of England branch in Leeds dated 1936 was sold for £24,000 ($28,560) plus the 24% buyer’s fee by Noonans in its 1,111-lot March 1 bank note sale.

Crane Currency revealed a micro-optic security thread for bank notes on March 14 that it says brings high-contrast color movement to a new level and released a new house note with the feature.

The March 23 Heritage Signature Paper Money Auction will include the highest-graded note ever publicly auctioned from the country of Zanzibar and it is expected to be a highlight of the sale.

The arrival of the worldwide pandemic in 2020 had a negative impact on many aspects of the world's existence but a recent report suggests the nefarious activities of counterfeiters were unimpeded.

Collectors of military currency and related objects held their first in-person MPC Fest gathering after a three-year hiatus, and the award for their annual contest is newly named for a distinguished supporter.

A part of the Frank Goon Reference Collection of British Malayan Bank Notes, considered one of the all-time greatest collections of these notes, will be available in Noonans' first Singapore auction, in March.

One year after war broke out with Russia, a 20-hryvnia bank note is being issued by the National Bank of Ukraine to commemorate the struggle and inspire the efforts of those protecting the nation from the aggressors.

A new 2,000-peso bank note in Argentina will be devoted to achievements and accomplishments in science and medicine, with two pioneers in the field to grace the front of the note.

The biggest auction ever conducted by International Auction Galleries will take place in mid-March with 2,100 lots that include a previously undiscovered hoard of pre-decimal notes.

The Reserve Bank of Australia will not replace the image of Queen Elizabeth II with King Charles III on its $5 note, focusing the new design instead on the culture and history of First Australians.

Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing continue to expect the first Catalyst generation Federal Reserve notes, the $10 denomination, will be ready for production no later than 2026.

New security features will be introduced on notes of three denominations for Guernsey being created by De La Rue, a company founded by a native son of the British Crown Dependency.

The Czech National Bank has overprinted a new issue of its Series 2008 1,000-korun notes, specially marked to celebrate 30 years of the Czech korun and call to mind the first notes used in the separated Czechia.

Venezuelan bank notes far exceeded their estimates when sales were completed during Stack's Bowers Galleries' Jan. 13 NYINC auction, where the leading lot realized $84,000 against a $2,000 high estimate.

A commemorative polymer 20-zloty bank note scheduled for February release will honor Nicolaus Copernicus, marking the 550th anniversary of the birth of the astronomer who was also an economist.

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.

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.

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.

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.