During the 1573 to 1574 Spanish siege of Leiden in the Eighty Years’ War, residents ran out of coin metal and shredded books to make cardboard coins.

In 2002, when the Riksbank sold its printing facility in Tumba to Crane Currency, Crane promised to continue to print Swedish bank notes in Sweden. It moved.

Norway’s new 50- and 500-krone bank notes, equal to $6 and $60, were issued on Oct. 18 by Norges Bank.

KLEW TV in Lewiston, Idaho, provided its audience with accurate numismatic information rather than just a counterfeit scare announcement.

The suspended four-year sentence given Cheung Wai-chuen, a long-time movie prop master, earlier this year for possessing prop notes, was overturned.

The Bank of England confirmed on Oct. 13 that it is moving ahead with plans to issue a new £50 note. This will be the final denomination in the new series.

The Oct. 12 “On the Media” podcast, titled “Full Faith & Credit,” posed a question: “What is money?”

A country recognized as an independent state by only five of the United Nations’ 193 member states has issued its first bank notes.

The Central Bank of Iraq, for the first time since 2003, when Saddam Hussein’s portrait was removed, has released a new series of bank notes.

The European Central Bank unveiled its new €100 and €200 bank notes, with their 2019 release to conclude the Europa series redesign.

The Central Bank of the Bahamas announced that an upgraded $20 bill, the third in its CRISP Evolution series of bank notes, was released on Sept. 27.

The news that two Utah parents discovered that their son shredded the $1,060 that they had been saving made international headlines.

The European Central Bank unveiled its new €100 and €200 bank notes on Sept. 17, and said they will enter circulation on May 28, 2019.

Demand for the $100 Federal Reserve note continues to rise despite moves away from a cash society, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

The third auction of notes owned by Joel Anderson is anticipated to produce very large bids for the rare and coveted notes.

The international bank note producer introduced a new security device at the Mint and Print Conference in Lebanon in September.

A book of specimen notes printed by Waterlow & Sons had a high estimate of $915, but sold for $324,201; why did that happen?

Two banks in Macau celebrate the Year of the Pig in the Chinese lunar calendar with a pair of limited-edition commemorative notes.

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank plans radical changes to its paper money, starting with the $50 and $100 issues.