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.