Described as having a "highly sophisticated alignment and shaping of micro mirrors," a new customizable security thread for paper-based substrates is offered by Giesecke+Devrient.

A 1927 memo from his staff recommended all of the portraits that Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon chose for the new small-size notes issued in 1929, although he switched a couple.

Uzbekistan has finished the project of a new note series with the 2,000- and 20,000-som notes that feature the "Great Silk Road" and some of the country's ancient historical attractions.

A Washington newspaper calls out the continuing delay in development for release of a re-designed $20 Federal Reserve note to feature Harriet Tubman in place of the current Andrew Jackson image.

In less than a year, several denominations of paper bank notes in Trinidad and Tobago will be demonetized because the changeover to polymer notes for those denominations is completed.

A final environmental impact statement for a planned new BEP currency production facility in suburban Maryland is in the hands of the Treasury, which must now decide whether to move ahead.

A Bank of England £5 bank note originally presented to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1957, bearing the low serial number A01 000003, was the top selling note in a May Dix Noonan Webb auction.

If 'cryptobills' were to become reality, they could be produced and used in the in the same vein as past silver certificates and gold certificates, but using central bank cryptocurrency as backing.

The compendium of world paper money catalogs known as The Banknote Book has been purchased by CDN Publishing from its creator Owen Linzmayer, who has compiled more than 71,00 types and varieties.

In a continued study of transitional currency, the use of hybrid bank notes, known as 'cryptonotes,' with public and private keys to access a cryptocurrency account, are seen as a possibility.

U.S. and European officials alike snared thousands of freshly printed counterfeit notes in May, the U.S. fakes labeled "prop money," while the fake euros are believed to be the work of a crime syndicate.

The Bank of Canada's Annual Report reveals steps the bank took in 2020 to deal with the approaching pandemic as well as the bank's study of a central bank digital currency model.

Monetary experts conclude that smart bank notes and cryptobanknotes will likely replace current cash in circulation, to ease the transition from 19th century cash to fully digital currency.

The actions of a rogue politician in Australia may put him in hot water, as his printing of "1 Trillion Dollar Notes" to protest government deficits could directly violate the country's Copyright Act.

Printing machines and accessories are being offered in a late May closed tender sale on behalf of Riksbank, Sweden's central bank.

The Bank of Scotland's new polymer £50 bank note displays several differences from the familiar green of the paper version, including a change in color, to red, and kelpies added to the design.

A 100-rupee note from 1916 issued by the Zanzibar government is being touted as a world record holder, topping six other world records set in an April 28 London auction by Spink.

The auction house Bruun Rasmussen recently offered an example of the first bank note in Danish history with the 1-risdaler note going from twice the estimate sale price.

The 750-lot May 26 Archives International auction features a 1927 issue of a Palestine Currency Board 5-pound bank note, and selections from the Allen Berk Worldwide Banknote Collection.

The more than 20-year-old eighth series Swiss National Bank notes are no longer good for payments but can be exchanged; ninth series notes, issued for several years, replace the old series.