Trinidad and Tobago continues its newest bank note series with a $100 note made of polymer and featuring new technology.

The Bank of Ghana introduced 100- and 200-cedi bank notes, worth $18 and $36, on Dec. 2, continuing a series that began with smaller denominations.

An exhibit at the Library of Congress explores aspects of early American paper money, including the development of an anti-counterfeiting printing technique developed by Benjamin Franklin.

Longstanding U.S. policy to not demonetize its federal paper currency is both a stabilizing force and a temptation to counterfeiters, who produce high quality fakes of the $100 FRN type issued from 1996 to 2013, before more high-tech counterfeit deterrents were added.

A polymer commemorative bank note with a face value of 100 lei ($23.14) was released by the Central Bank of Romania on Dec. 1, targeted at collectors and carrying a premium of 50 percent over face value.

The BEP in its final production reports for Fiscal Year 2019 document the transition from Series 2017 Federal Reserve notes to Series 2017A notes, including $2 notes in the newer series.

The National Bank of Ukraine is completing the five-year upgrading of its currency system with the scheduled release of a new 50-hryvnia note on Dec. 20 and a 200-hryvnia bill on Feb. 25.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing will release the Year of the Rat 2020 set in its Lucky Money Lunar Calendar product line at noon on Dec. 11.

The Central Bank of Cuba is commemorating the 500th anniversary of the city of Havana with a 2019 500-peso commemorative bank note.

Contents of Warren Buffett’s wallet, new discoveries of Washington quarter dollar doubled dies, and the history of America’s earliest medals for military valor are among topics found only in the digital and print editions of the Dec. 16 "Coin World."

The Bank of Scotland has unveiled the designs of two polymer £20 notes, including this regular issue and a commemorative version, to be issued early in 2020

PCGS Banknote, which will begin accepting submissions of U.S. paper money for authentication, grading and encapsulation starting Jan. 2, has released new details about the services it will offer.

Columns in the latest issue of "Coin World" focus on a number of themes, including a reader's discovery of an error note, a columnist's discovery of railway tokens in coin rolls, and a cast counterfeit of a key date coin.

Women are underrepresented on the world’s paper money, one firm believes, and it commissioned bank note designs honoring women from around the globe.

Professional Coin Grading Service is returning to the field of grading United States paper money with the scheduled January launch of PCGS Banknote.

A pair of recent stories call into question the nearly daily pronouncements by experts that the end of cash is near.

A broad array of United States, Chinese and worldwide bank notes, stock and bond certificates and security printing ephemera are offered in the public auction being conducted by Archives International Auctions Nov. 21.

The U.S. Mint’s packaging problems for joint 2019 numismatic products with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing continue.

Exceptionally rare notes, an 1863 legal tender $50 note and an 1865 $500 interest-baring note, will be auctioned in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries U.S. currency auction in Baltimore Nov. 14.

A century ago, collectors were worried about the seizure of obsolete bank notes and the possibility that their collections were at risk of confiscation.

Bulgaria is issuing a new 50-lev note that will have features to help visually impaired people conduct transactions and a portrait of the writer Slaveykov.

Norges Bank will complete its new eighth series of bank notes when it releases the 1,000-krone note in Bergen on Nov. 14.

An anti-counterfeiting and currency authentication product called KolourDepth that uses nano-scale devices and involves 3D, color, and movement was introduced Oct. 1 in Vancouver by Nanotech Security Corp.

Federal Reserve note production reports for the period of February through April 2019 are released in a new format after a long absence.

A rare District Bank of Niagara note was uncovered at a flea market in upstate New York. Certified by PMG, the note is "raised," meaning it had its denomination physically modified.

The National Bank of Cambodia issued a new 15,000-riel bank note Oct. 7, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the coronation of King Norodom Sihamoni at month's end.

The Bank of England unveiled the design of its new £20 note featuring the artist J.M.W. Turner, on Oct. 10.

The British Museum produced a free exhibit about German notgeld, German emergency money issued after World War I. Many examples are colorful, with fascinating vignettes.

A new note featuring numerous anti-counterfeiting devices was released by the Central Bank of the Bahamas.

A recent survey of British residents suggested Richard Branson would be a popular replacement on a future Bank of England £50 note.

A new 19-zloty commemorative bank note in Poland’s Independence Series released by the national bank celebrates the 100th anniversary of its security printer in 2019.

Harvard's Ig Noble prize in economics goes to a study by a Dutch scientist who, after seeing filthy-looking bank notes in circulation around the world, created an experiment to gauge which world currency is, on average, the most hospitable to bacteria.

The Bank of Albania's new bank note series, with the same subjects as the previous series in a refreshed perspective, begins entering circulation September 30 with the 200-lek note, the nation's first in polymer.

Gold nuggets weighing up to nearly 40 troy ounces are the featured highlights in Holabird Western Americana Collections LLC’s online and live 3,000-lot-plus auction from Reno, Nevada, Oct. 4 through 7.

The final note in Switzerland's ninth bank note series, released Sept. 12, 2019, highlights the role of water in Swiss humanitarian aid.

Record numbers of counterfeit 500-peso notes are among the counterfeit notes removed from circulation in Mexico in the first half of 2019.

Paper Money Guaranty now certifies much more than traditional paper money. Most bond and stock certificates are proclaimed eligible for PMG authentication, grading and encapsulation.

Hoping to circulate unused inventory, the Federal Reserve decreased the number of notes it ordered from the BEP for Fiscal Year 2020.

Mexico's new 200-peso bank notes replace the depiction of Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz with Miguel Hidalog y Costilla and Jose Morelos y Pavon.

A 50-cent scrip note from a railroad that served the Confederate Army, intergenerational treasure boxes and a group of linked circulating counterfeit Morgan dollar are the themes of some of the columns in the newest issue of "Coin World."

A new £20 note issued in Northern Ireland celebrates the concept of "craic."

An English direct short term and payday lender going by the name of Moneyboat, for unexplained reasons decided to investigate whether polymer or paper currency was better for the environment.

The latest BEP production report, the first published in months, reveals that the BEP has begun printing Series 2017A notes, the suffix “A” representing a minor change in the production process.

The last issue of the £1,000 Bank of England bank note, dated Nov. 20, 1936, will be the centerpiece of Dix Noonan Webb’s 631-lot auction of British and Irish currency Sept. 12 in London.

Very few countries have notes without portraits, but Gambia has become the second country in Africa to drop them from its notes after the president formerly depicted was voted out of officer and exiled.

Paper money from two countries, India and the Philippines, took the top spots at the Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction of world paper money on Aug. 14 in Rosemont, Illinois.

New Kenyan notes are strikingly different from their predecessors because the law prohibits notes and coins from bearing the portrait of any individual. However, an activist has sued the bank for violating the law.

An extraordinary group of encased postage stamps, the personal reference collection assembled by Q. David Bowers, was auctioned by Stack’s Bowers Galleries on Aug. 13 in the first of the firm’s ANA convention auction sessions.

A pair of parody notes take aim at Brexit and new United Kingdom leaders Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson, the latter the prime minister.

A note previously unknown, even to specialists, a British India 1,000-rupee issue from Jan. 27, 1925, was certified and graded Very Fine 25 by Paper Money Guaranty.

The 325th anniversary of the Bank of England’s founding in 1694 is the subject of a new exhibit just opened in the bank’s museum.

The calls and email from upset collectors began arriving at our office as soon as readers began receiving their 2019 Native American $1 Coin and Currency sets.

The Central Bank of Russia has a new idea for preserving and extending the life of its bank notes — coating them with varnish.

The U.S. Mint and BEP and their customers are dealing with a packaging problem with the 2019 Native American $1 Coin and Currency set that appears to repeat problems for some 2015 sets.

A raid by Turkish authorities on July 19 resulted in the seizure of a huge, $271 million trove of counterfeit $100 Federal Reserve notes.

Fewer counterfeit euro bank notes are being encountered in circulation as the use of the new Europa series expands, according to a recent report.

The same day the Bank of England announced the theme of its new £50 note, it released a design concept, in sharp contrast to how design of the next $20 Federal Reserve note is being handled.

Alan Turing, whose revolutionary work with codes and computers helped win World War II, is being honored on a £50 note from the Bank of England.

Nicaragua’s new bank notes, authorized in 2017 and released this week, are made of polymer, the material rapidly becoming the norm for world notes.

Using the $5 bill from the Canadian Journeys series, issued in 2002 and 2006, they altered the portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier to make him look more like Spock from Star Trek.

The 15-country Economic Community of West African States is still working to introduce the “eco” to spur economic development.

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing is being commemorated with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s highest denomination Premium Currency Product.

The National Bank of Ukraine is reducing the number of denominations it issues from 17 to 12 in the next three years, while adding a 1,000-hryvnia note.

Both the Italian government and organized crime syndicates are seeking alternatives to the euro; the Italian government wants to create a new currency to circulate alongside the euro, while organized crime is using old Italian lira.

Singapore sold out a $20 note celebrating the country's bicentennial and plans to issue more.

The "leading forum for paper money collecting" was a success, seeing high auction prices and good dealer and collector turnout, considering the foul weather that occurred during the convention.

In Italy, “minibots,” or mini bills of treasury, are proposed as a parallel currency that could circulate with euro notes, but some critics say that would violate European Union regulations.

The Central Bank of Venezuela is issuing yet another round of high-denomination notes as inflation continues unchecked.

The availability of a $2 note in “Rocketship” packaging and the third 2019-W quarter dollar’s release topped the Week’s Most Read list this past week.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing officials are disputing some of the “New York Times’” reporting on purported concept design for the $20 Tubman note.

The Central Bank of Samoa on June 6 released a new $10 polymer bank note to commemorate the XVI Pacific Games 2019.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing will release its 2019 $2 Rocketship product on Tuesday, June 18.

The Central Bank of Venezuela could not pay the bill for the printing of its bank notes, and as a result, the printer De Lau Rue saw its profits fall.

New bank notes are being issued in Kenya portraying various "Kenya today" themes, with the designs also featuring native fauna.

Does it seem like the federal government is taking a really long time to implement needed changes to U.S. circulating coins and Federal Reserve notes?

An art exhibit “OK Democracy, We Need to Talk,” uses paper currency to examine democracy in uncertain times.

The Central Bank of Aruba revealed its new 2019 bank note series May 18. Their official issue date is June 3.

Data released by the European Central Bank for 2018 reveals that the €100 bank note is the most printed denomination for euro currency.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before Congress that the new $20 note won’t be issued until 2028, but would not commit to a Tubman portrait.

The Reserve Bank of Australia printed 300 to 400 million of its new $50 notes, only to discover that they all have a spelling error.

The European Central Bank will issue €100 and €200 bank notes, the last two denominations in the second or “Europa” series of euro notes.

United States paper money from the Doug Murray Collection will be offered in a special monthly internet auction by Heritage Auctions on May 26.

While the $2 Federal Reserve note does not circulate widely in the United States, it is now entering circulation in Ecuador.

World Tuna Day is a real thing, apparently, and the Solomon Islands has released a new $5 bank note that is closely related to that theme.

Current columns focus on the depiction of Notre Dame on French notes, why so many 1931-S Lincoln cents survive, and why the VAM-33A Morgan dollar is special.

The Bank of Canada’s new $10 note has won the International Bank Note Society Banknote of the Year award for 2018, ending Switzerland’s streak.

A French micro-currency, the eusko, enjoys wide popularity in the Basque region, where is circulates on par with the official euro notes.

The first federal notes, the demand notes of 1861, were given the nickname “greenback” because of the fraud-preventing green ink used on the back.

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Macao’s return to China, two banks will release commemorative notes later this year.

New technologies recently introduced by Crane Currency and De La Rue show the effort and expense now a part of bank note production.

Chinese paper money from modern times and the more distant pass starred in the recent Hong Kong auction by Stack’s Bowers Galleries.

The Finance Ministry of Japan will be issuing new bank notes for the first time since 2004, with the new series to debut starting in 2024 at the earliest.

The BEP is looking as an underused USDA complex in Maryland as a possible site for its new printing facility to replace the current Washington plant.

Europol, the law enforcement agency of the EU, said that it had assisted the Spanish National Police in eliminating a counterfeit euro print shop in Spain.

A bill with the infrequently-seen denomination of $3 was released by the Central Bank of the Bahamas on March 28.

A Reserve Bank of New Zealand £50 note dated 1.8.1934 was the standout item in the 138 lots of world paper money from Kagin’s Auctions at the March 29 ANA show.

The Joel Anderson Collection of Treasury Notes of the War of 1812 offered by Kagin’s Auctions topped all expectations at the March ANA National Money Show.

A digital news site interviews Brian Thompson, one of three present BEP note designers, who designed the new U.S. $100 Federal Reserve note.

Libya will be releasing polymer 1-dinar notes, the nation's first polymer bank note, and one of the first in the region.

Only three denominations of Federal Reserve notes have been printed so far with the Series 2017 designation — $1, $10 and $20.

The Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan has issued the third “high value” denomination to be added to its note series since 2017, starring an astronomer.

Paper Money Guaranty recently certified the second-known example of a 1920 Home Bank of Canada $5 note, and the only one in private hands.

Congress grants the BEP the authority and $1.4 billion to buy land somewhere in the Washington area and begin construction on a new production facility.

The discovery that a unique 1847 $500 Treasury note sold at auction in 2016 for $199,750 is a contemporary circulating counterfeit is a fascinating story.

Three banks in Northern Ireland are issuing five new polymer notes, with shared security devices and designs that represent the nation.

A new book by Donald H. Kagin, "Treasury Notes of the War of 1812," has been published in a limited edition of 250 copies by the author.

The Swiss National Bank began issuing a new 1,000-franc note on March 13, one of the highest value bank notes in the world.

A story by investigative reporter Del Quentin Wilber in the Feb. 1 Los Angeles Times told the tale of a $4.1 million counterfeiting operation called Billmaker.

Three exceedingly rare pieces of U.S. paper money broke the million dollar barrier at the concluding session of the sale of the Joel R. Anderson Collection.

A Bank of Scotland note from 2015, designed by a child, is estimated to bring as much as $21,000 in an auction by Dix Noonan Webb.

You have to admire someone who has a pet cause and does everything he can to achieve that goal, even if he is running up against tradition and bureaucracy.

The Central Bank of Sudan, faced with inflation and a liquidity crisis, began printing a 100-pound note last year, but its release was not without problems.

The Reserve Bank of Australia unveiled a new polymer $20 note on Feb. 22 that will be released into circulation in October.

The Joel R. Anderson Collection of the Treasury Notes of the War of 1812, 14 pieces of great rarity, will be auctioned by Kagin’s Auctions in March.

The Czech National Bank put its first-ever commemorative bank note into circulation on Jan. 31, to mark the centennial of the Czechoslovakian koruna.

A new book by Wendell Wolka, “A History of Indiana Obsolete Bank Notes and Scrip,” has been released as an e-book by the author.

Heritage Auctions announced two developments on the paper money front at the end of January.

Venezuela’s notes become worthless almost upon entering circulation. But they aren't worthless to artists, who use the notes as raw material for their art.

First Trust Bank in Northern Ireland will cease issuing notes, and the notes lose legal currency status June 30, 2022, but are redeemable until 2024.

PCGS Currency abruptly ceased operations in January with its former president forming a new entity, Legacy Currency Grading.

A CBC news report stated that a new breed of counterfeit currency was circulating in Alberta, and that users needed to be careful with $50 and $100 bills.

Organizers of the International Paper Money Show are inviting talks on topics involving fiscal paper or with a tie-in to it.

A new premium currency product from the BEP, the America’s Founding Fathers 2019 Currency set, will go on sale for $21.95 at noon Eastern Time on Feb. 19.

Paper Money Guaranty says that it recently authenticated and graded as Uncirculated 62 an unlisted 1975 People’s Republic of China 2-yuan proof note.

The British Museum’s staid reputation changed with the revelation that included in its collections is a fake £10 note from the artist Banksy.

The BEP has posted a request for information, “Sources Sought for Hidden Machine Readable Security,” on the government website FedBizOpps.gov.

The Bahamas released the fourth member of its new bank note family, the CRISP Evolution half dollar note, on Jan. 24.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries fourth auction of remarkable collection will feature nine 1869 legal tender notes Feb. 28.

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank decided in February 2018 to change the composition of its currency from paper to polymer.

Despite protests over the inclusion of tallow in its polymer bank notes, the Bank of England decided in 2017 that it would not change the material.

Last year's price of $324,201 for an old book of Waterlow & Sons specimen bank notes proved a value, as the first few notes sold at a Spink NYINC auction.

The Central Bank of Bolivia placed a new 100-bolivar note (the U.S. equivalent of about $14.50) into circulation on Jan. 15.

Jan. 16, the Federal Reserve announced launch of its first interactive public smartphone and tablet application for schoolchildren.

Of the top 35 Heritage Auctions results in Orlando, 20 were from Canada, as were eight of the top 21 results in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries New York auctions.

$13,200 was a magic price for several bank notes exceeding pre-sale estimates at the Jan. 11 Stack’s Bowers Galleries world paper currency auction in New York.

The counterfeiting of the Mauritius 2,000-rupee note is apparently so widespread that the notes are being replaced with a new note.

The Indian currency mess continues to get messier, with rumors that the government was going to ban its highest denomination, the 2,000-rupee note.

The Central Bank of Armenia released the last three of the six denominations in its new family of notes on Dec. 25 — the 1,000-, 2,000-, and 5,000-dram notes.

Seventeen of the 19 countries using the euro stopped issuing the €500 denomination as of Jan. 27, with the remaining nations to cease printing them in April.

Advocacy groups are calling for a change in England’s next £50 note. Instead of a scientist, some want an endangered species; others, an ethnic minority.

The National Bank of Ukraine issued a commemorative noncirculating 100-hryvnia bank note on Dec. 17 that is decidedly retro in appearance.

Concrete mixed by a Salt Lake City firm might include an unusual substance: ash that was once shredded Federal Reserve notes.