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Dec 20, 2021, 08:00 AM
Next design for euro bank notes expected by 2024
A drastic design change is expected for the euro bank note by 2024 with plans to involve citizens in providing opinions on what should be depicted on the future currency. -
Dec 19, 2021, 09:00 AM
Bank note holograms dominate awards for holography industry
An international hologram trade group assigned three of its five top awards — best security application, origination and innovation — for uses of the three-dimensional imagery on currency notes. -
Dec 16, 2021, 09:00 AM
Romania releases two new polymer bank notes
New polymer notes from Romania include the Nov. 26 issue of a 20-lei note honoring a heroic female soldier, the first real woman on Romanian currency, and a Dec. 1 issue replicating the first 20-lei note. -
Dec 13, 2021, 08:00 AM
Bank of China notes will celebrate Olympics
Beijing is hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics Games in February and several commemorative notes created by Bank of China entities mark the occasion. -
Dec 12, 2021, 10:09 AM
Central Bank of Liberia prepares to issue new note series
A new bank note series is beginning in Liberia, starting with $100 notes (valued at 70 U.S. cents), with a release timed to increase liquidity in the economy for the holiday season. -
Dec 12, 2021, 09:00 AM
COVID fears result in destroyed notes in Israel
In fear that currency could carry the COVID-19 virus, an elderly Israeli woman placed bleached notes collected as rent in a microwave to disinfect, which burned them, causing her to repent in ashes. -
Dec 9, 2021, 10:00 AM
1890 Treasury note sets auction record in Baltimore sale
A price record was set at the Stack's Bowers Galleries Baltimore sale when the finest known Series 1890 $20 Treasury note sold for $81,000 including the buyer's fee. -
Dec 8, 2021, 10:12 AM
Azerbaijan note celebrates 2020 conflict over disputed lands
A commemorative 500-manat note being issued by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan celebrates the first anniversary of victory in the 44-day Patriotic War of 2020. -
Nov 29, 2021, 08:10 AM
Bank of Mexico introduces new 50-peso note
Bank of Mexico's Series G 50-peso polymer note, issued Oct. 28, features Teocalli De La Guerra Sagrada monolith on the face and Mexico’s rivers and lakes (and a salamander) on the back. -
Nov 28, 2021, 08:00 AM
New details arise on 'tonpyo' from North Korea
What were once thought to be foreign currency vouchers from North Korea are now reported to be emergency money coupons, issued because of inability to issue bank notes. -
Nov 27, 2021, 08:00 AM
Chinese notes focus of Dec. 7 auction planned by AIA
Chinese bank notes from the Lucerne Collection will be featured in a 612-lot, two-session public auction by Archives International Auctions LLC to begin on Dec. 7. -
Nov 22, 2021, 08:00 AM
Michigan nationals focus of sale from Lyn Knight Auctions
Lyn Knight Currency Auctions' rare December auction, between the Baltimore Expo and FUN, is a chance to pick up quality notes from the Dan Freeland Collection of Michigan national bank notes. -
Nov 21, 2021, 08:00 AM
Dix Noonan Webb sale focuses on world notes
Notes from England, Ireland and Scotland are among the featured lots in the upcoming Dix Noonan Webb sale with several lots expected to bring high interest and a high selling price. -
Nov 20, 2021, 08:00 AM
Sarawak notes top estimates in Spink sale
Spink resumed its floor auctions (with an associated e-auction), offering over 400 lots of world notes in an Oct. 27 London sale, where a group of Sarawak notes soared, and other results were mixed. -
Nov 15, 2021, 09:00 AM
2013 matching pair star note search goes international
A mistake that led to millions of repeated serial numbers on Series 2013 $1 star notes has collectors ramping up the search for matching pairs from the Washington and Fort Worth facilities. -
Nov 14, 2021, 09:00 AM
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency could govern cryptocurrency
The model used to regulate national bank notes from the 19th century could be resurrected as the means to provide rules for the cryptocurrency known as stablecoin. -
Nov 3, 2021, 08:00 AM
New series awaits appointment of new U.S. treasurer
With a new administration and a new secretary of the Treasury, one piece is still missing from the formula to create a new series of Federal Reserve notes: the appointment of a treasurer. -
Nov 3, 2021, 08:00 AM
Poland to release a new commemorative 20-zloty note
Poland's late president Lech Kaczynski is honored on a commemorative 20-zloty note set for November release with design elements featuring his lifelong philosophy: “Being a Pole has value.” -
Nov 1, 2021, 08:00 AM
Most BEP collector products ‘sold out,’ ‘currently unavailable’
The cupboard is nearly bare for those seeking to purchase items from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing catalog on the U.S. Mint website, as only a few items remain in stock. -
Oct 30, 2021, 08:00 AM
Bank of Ghana withdrawing two low-denomination notes
In a cost-cutting move, the Bank of Ghana has decided to withdraw its lowest two denominations of notes, but there are already coins of those denominations in circulation in the nation.
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