Crane Currency warns that readily available prop/movie money, legal for whimsical purchase, carries deceptive "shiny foils and stick-on holograms" that risk attracting counterfeiters' abuse.

Mass production of redesigned bank notes announced in 2019 has begun in Japan with three denominations of the new notes expected to start circulation in April.

Nigeria is changing the look of its currency for the first time in nearly 20 years, and while it appears to be only a color change, the old notes will lose legal tender status in a short time.

Qatar's new commemorative note marks its distinction of being the first Arab and Middle Eastern nation to host a FIFA World Cup, in 2022, making the note's unusual 22-riyal value appropriately symbolic.

Two new bank notes, a 200-riel and a 2,000-riel note, authorized in Cambodia Nov. 14 have portraits featuring King Norodom Sihamoni, on one as a youth and on the other as an adult.

A set of two $1 Series 2013 star notes from the New York Federal Reserve district, one printed in Washington, D.C., and the other in Fort Worth, Texas, both bearing the same serial number, sold recently.

A unique $3 note issued by the State Bank of Newark, New Jersey, is among the few bank notes on board that survived the 1857 sinking of the SS Central America and are about to be offered to collectors for the first time.

Australian notes created for use in a movie were stolen from the film production site and authorities are warning residents to be on the lookout for the money that has obvious clues such as portraits.

The occasion of the 31st Arab League Summit being held in Algiers served as the incentive for the creation and issuance of a commemorative 2,000-dinar bank note in Algeria.

The Stack's Bowers Ponterio Hong Kong auction offered more than 3,000 lots that included some Chinese notes that sold far above their estimates when the final bids were in.

One of the most significant offerings of Confederate bonds and fiscal documents to be sold at auction in 15 years will be conducted by Lyn Knight Currency Auctions in Overland Park, Kansas, on Nov. 17.

Five years after his passing, controversial artist J.S.G. Boggs is being remembered with a new initiative between his estate and laCollection in a non-fungible token project.

Innovations in bank note printing can be found with the house note featuring a ballerina produced by Louisenthal that includes micro-mirrors, holograms, 3D effects and color shifts.

New versions of two notes were placed into circulation in October in Laos with the new notes featuring revisions designed to combat counterfeiting and become more visibly attractive.

High demand was seen for lots offered during the Heritage World Paper Money Auction with over 1,000 bidders driving more than $1.9 million in sales of highly desired currency.

The Central Bank of Liberia released the final four denominations in its updated bank note series, as the $20, $50, $500, and $1,000 notes join the $100 note that was issued in 2021.

A new bank note series on an improved paper substrate and with better security features is completed in Burundi with the release of the 1,000-franc denomination, featuring a cow among its security devices.

An unpopular political figure has been replaced on the new 20,000-tenge note in Kazakhstan with the new note favoring an eagle instead of a person.

The Central Bank of Iran issued a sort of emergency currency without legal tender status Sept. 12, introducing a 1-million-rial "cheque" with fading zeros, preparatory to a switchover to the new toman.

A group discovered to be counterfeiting and distributing 500-euro notes in Spain was interrupted by raids during a multi-agency operation Sept. 21, leading to several arrests and equipment confiscation.