An Irish £10 note from the famous Ploughman series and a set of die proofs from Guernsey were among lots bringing higher than expected returns in the Feb. 24 Dix Noonan Webb sale.

Digital money is of high interest to Federal Reserve officials, who are exploring "significant technical and policy questions" and "preconditions for a general-purpose central bank digital currency."

"Doc Brown" from the "Back to the Future" movie series had an unusual collection of paper money, which a toymaker's ad for the character's action figure appears to show as a possible accessory.

To commemorate the anniversary of the 2011 revolution in Libya, the Central Bank of Libya issued of a new 5-dinar note, the second in a series to switch from linen paper to polymer.

High grade examples of the earliest and rarest Hawaiian scrip currency will be included in the upcoming March 12 Kagin's auction with highlighted notes from the "Aloha Hawaiian Collection" dating to the 1830s.

An article in a U.S.-based global affairs magazine takes issue with U.S. currency design, labelling it "weirdly outdated" in comparison to England and Canada, for example.

The Central Bank of South Sudan, the newest nation on the continent of Africa, has brought forth a new bank note with a denomination of 1,000 South Sudanese pounds.

A March 10 sale by Archives International Auctions offers a variety of rare world and U.S. notes, including a 1916 10-rupee note from Zanzibar and an 1856 Nicaraguan "military script" note.

For the first time since 2013, the Washington, D.C., BEP plant printed $100 Federal Reserve notes, with distribution to the Atlanta bank in November and December of the Series 2017A notes.

Traditional Lucky Money for the Chinese New Year is seeing reduced demand under ongoing pandemic conditions despite added banking hours and electronic purchase methods.

Bank note printer De La Rue, climate change is the number one concern impacting currency trends, exceeding digital currencies, polymer note conversion, and electronic payments.

The European Central Bank said euro bank note counterfeiting was at a historically low level in 2020 with 460,000 counterfeit euro bank notes withdrawn in 2020, a reduction of 17.7% from 2019.

Syria issued the 5,000-pound note in January to replace worn lower denomination notes, as its exchange rate has gone from 47 Syrian pounds per dollar in 2011 to 512 pounds per dollar now.

More details are revealed about construction plans for a Bureau of Engraving and Printing plant in suburban Maryland, which might open by 2025, with full operation expected by 2029.

Three individuals are sentenced for their roles in a note counterfeiting scheme in the UK where more than £12 million worth of counterfeit bank notes were seized, possibly the most in a single operation.

The Battle of Mactan between Philippine natives and the crew of Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, in which Magellan was killed, is commemorated on a new 5,000-piso note featuring Lapu-Lapu.

The $20 note adorned with a banana sticker set a new auction price record for a paper money error, realizing $396,000 against an estimated range of $25,000 to $50,000.

The plan to bring Harriet Tubman to the $20 note is back on track as the Treasury under new leadership resurrects the idea, with the note still a few years from reality.

Even though it's rare in daily transactions, the Swiss 1,000-franc note is in demand from customers wanting to stash their savings outside of banks, where rather than getting interest, a fee is charged.

The canceled New York International Numismatic Convention led auction companies to resort to online bidding and two of the planned sales happened in Great Britain and California with success.