COVID-19 claims another event as the International Paper Money Show cancels for June, moves auctions online and looks into possible later 2020 event.

Aruba’s new 100-florin note was named Banknote of the Year for 2019 by the voting membership of the International Bank Note Society.

Last year, the Zurich, Switzerland, security printer Orell Füssli memorialized its 500th anniversary with a promotional house note reflecting its past and its future.

George Washington never wanted his portrait to appear on U.S. coinage, but that eventually happened anyway. Paper money depicting him arose even sooner.

The first bank note in the Arab world to feature a woman, Dr. Tawhida Ben Cheikh, was issued by the Central Bank of Tunisia on March 27.

Currency of the British Commonwealth is front and center on April 24 in Dallas when Heritage Auctions offers the collection of Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer.

The United Arab Emirates Central Bank has ordered banks to replenish ATMs with new notes as part of ongoing efforts in the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Three rare notes in the Pogue Collection by Stack’s Bowers Galleries set records, including a “Spread Eagle” Series 1863 $100 legal tender note that sold for $432,000.

On a Friedberg 227 $1 Series 1899 Black Eagle silver certificate, under the engraved signature of Charles H. Treat, are the words “Treasurer of the United State,” an apparent engraving error.

During the coronavirus outbreak, South Koreans are finding that DIY efforts to decontaminate their bank notes risk fires.

Not surprisingly, most of the most-read articles of the past week deal with the impact of the pandemic on the numismatic community, including multiple show cancellations.

BEP officials are mum on whether a change in ink its Washington facility was responsible for the switch from Series 2017 notes to 2017A notes.

The Reserve Bank of Australia revealed the designs of the new $100 bank note on Feb. 24. It is the last note in the Next Generation Banknote Program.

The Federal Reserve System has begun quarantining physical dollars as they are returned from Asia before recirculating them in this country because of the coronavirus.

A report issued by the Treasury Department’s Office of the Inspector General sheds new light on the problems that halted production of the Series 2009 $100 notes.

The Bank of England’s polymer £20 note featuring the artist J.M.W. Turner and a portion of one of his paintings was issued on Feb. 20.

A news publication in Great Britain claims that Prince Charles has sat for his portrait to be used on Bank of England notes once he becomes king.

The coronavirus, which as of Feb. 21 had resulted in more than 2,200 human deaths and over 76,600 illnesses from the disease, is also taking a toll on bank notes in China.

Over 24 currency errors, 10 of them on large-size notes, are offered in the Kagin’s auction at the ANA National Money Show Feb. 28 in Atlanta, many of which have not been publicly available for decades

A collector attending the FUN convention in Orlando in January received a $20 Federal Reserve note in change — from a dealer — that had mismatched serial numbers.