To celebrate the 75th anniversary of independence from the Netherlands, Indonesia has issued commemorative 75,000-rupiah notes with 75 million notes in the original print order.

In Northern Ireland, two banks released their new polymer £20 notes on schedule July 20, but Ulster Bank's issue apparently had a change in detail that is delaying its release.

A specially marked limited edition 1,000-vatu bank note, legal tender, celebrates the 40th anniversary of independence for the South Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu.

The six architects of the Algerian Revolution against France will be prominently featured on a new 2,000-dinar note to be issued by the Bank of Algeria later this year.

A unique set of 18 large-size Series 1914 and 1918 Federal Reserve note proofs compiled by Alfred Grinnell was a prize in Heritage Auctions' Signature Sale Aug. 3, realizing $504,000.

A Panama 1941 5-balboa note was the top selling paper money lot, with other world notes also doing well, at Stack's Bowers Galleries' auction in Las Vegas, subbing for the canceled ANA show.

New designs were released as Trinidad and Tobago will be bringing out additional polymer notes which will utilize distinctive coloring to identify denominations.

The Banknotes of Color group in the UK is advocating increased representation of the nation's Black, Asian and minority ethnic people on the coins and currency.

Poland earned a hard-fought victory in the Battle of Warsaw to maintain its independence 100 years ago, now celebrated with a new 20-zloty note issue from Poland's central bank.

A pair of proper pachyderms, twin Asian elephants born in Nepal, replace the African elephant image previously featured on Nepal's 1,000-rupee note.

Series 2017A Federal Reserve notes are being produced at the BEP in every denomination except $50, and still carry the signature of Treasurer Carranza, who left in January and is not yet replaced.

Oman's new 50-rial bank note celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Renaissance and the memory of its creator; other new bank notes are coming soon.

European authorities have rounded up €8 million in fake cash and 44 individuals in France, Italy and Belgium in the latest effort to stop counterfeiters on the continent.

The polymer bank notes the Central Bank of Costa Rica releases in the next few months will resemble the cotton paper notes they replace, but be more secure, durable, and environmentally safe.

An upcoming Heritage auction will feature five individual uncut sheets of notes as part of H.V. Speelman's collection that had been previously sold as a set in past transactions.

Northern Ireland's Bank of Ireland UK and Danske Bank will begin circulating new polymer £20 notes on July 20 with enhanced security elements and upgraded basic designs.

Crane Currency says additional protection for low-denomination notes in high demand is available with a new micro-optic security thread in several 3D effects and four color options.

As the nation of Angola celebrates its 45th anniversary of independence from Portugal, a new series of kwanza bank notes begins entering circulation this summer.

A single fingerprint captured within the layers of a note led Romanian authorities to the arrest of three suspects in a ring of suspected polymer note counterfeiters.

The Dix Noonan Webb Banknote Department presented a live online-only auction, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with portions of the funds going to several charities, including supporting COVID-19 care.