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Jan 30, 2022, 09:00 AM
Bank of Thailand to release new polymer 20-baht bank note
The lowest value and most heavily used note in Thailand is the 20-baht note, which will begin being issued in polymer in March to make the notes cleaner and more durable. -
Jan 29, 2022, 08:00 AM
Notes of Zanzibar star in Spink NYINC January auction
Notes from Zanzibar have a tendency to perform well when offered in auction and examples from the Spink sale in connection with NYINC did not disappoint, with several realizing six figures. -
Jan 24, 2022, 08:00 AM
Canada narrows its $5 note candidates to eight finalists
With an emphasis on diversity, an advisory council narrowed the choices among potential subjects for Canada's next $5 note to eight candidates, from which the minister of finance will chose one. -
Jan 23, 2022, 08:00 AM
South Carolina offers Civil War era notes in sealed-bid auction
More than 3,000 pieces of deaccessioned Confederate currency, all issued on Feb. 17, 1864, will be sold by the South Carolina Archives & History Center on the anniversary of issue. -
Jan 17, 2022, 09:00 AM
Guatemala issues new 200-quetzal note, joining previous issue in circulation
A new 200-quetzal note issued in Guatemala, using cotton fiber, new security devices and a different method of printing, joins circulation with the previous issue of the country's highest value note. -
Jan 16, 2022, 09:00 AM
Albania completes its series with final two bank notes
Albania began releasing a planned series of six new polymer notes in September of 2019 and the latest two releases, the 500-lek and 2,000-lek notes, issued Jan. 17, complete the series. -
Jan 15, 2022, 09:00 AM
Competition opens for 2021’s top bank notes
Two different organizations with differing award criteria have announced their 2021 note nominees, and two of the year's notes are up for potential honors from both organizations. -
Jan 12, 2022, 09:00 AM
Mauritania places polymer 20-ouguiya note into circulation
A new polymer 20-ouguiya note into circulation during November by the African nation of Mauritania with the new note created by the Canadian Banknote Co. -
Jan 10, 2022, 09:00 AM
South Korean agency warns of fake $50 Federal Reserve note
South Korea's National Intelligence Service is warning that counterfeit U.S. $50 bills are believed to be circulating throughout the region ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics. -
Jan 9, 2022, 09:00 AM
Ukraine completes special commemorative note series
National Bank of Ukraine and Crane Currency report the December issue of the final two notes in a six-denomination series commemorating Ukraine's 30th anniversary of independence. -
Jan 8, 2022, 09:00 AM
Euro note designer speaks out on planned changes
Plans to redesign euro bank notes are meeting reservations from Robert Kalina, designer of the original notes, who is concerned that a redesign that could inflame jealousy and national rivalries. -
Jan 5, 2022, 13:00 PM
Gibraltar releases new £5 note, featuring a scary bridge
A new £5 note for Gibraltar, with a design featuring a famous pedestrian bridge, will be downsized to match notes of the same denomination in the United Kingdom and will not be polymer. -
Jan 4, 2022, 08:15 AM
Philippines to issue new 1,000-piso polymer note
Errors on a sample of the first polymer note for the Philippines are corrected, but objections to the subject and substrata of the new 1,000-piso note have the governor promising the old one will cocirculate. -
Jan 3, 2022, 08:00 AM
BEP delays release of 2022 Lucky Money collector product
The Chinese New Year begins Feb. 1, the Year of the Tiger, but the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Lucky Money product for 2022 isn't ready yet, as the BEP continues to deal with COVID delays. -
Dec 31, 2021, 09:35 AM
Delay in naming U.S. treasurer holds up release of note series
With no appointee filling the U.S. treasurer's office, no treasurer signature is available, and no new note series will be issued until that problem is resolved. -
Dec 27, 2021, 09:00 AM
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates issues polymer note
A note commemorating the 50th anniversary of a historic event became historic in its own right as the 50-dirham note is the first polymer note issued by the Central Bank of UAE. -
Dec 26, 2021, 09:00 AM
Heritage sale includes finest $1,000 gold certificate
A Series 1882 $1,000 gold certificate from the Joel Anderson Collection is considered the finest known and will be offered at the Heritage sale held in January at the FUN Convention. -
Dec 25, 2021, 09:20 AM
New Zealand has a problem with the defacing of its notes
New Zealand is seeing an increase in defaced notes due to a hoax played on its citizens who are rubbing the notes with coins as if they were lottery tickets and ruining the bills in the process. -
Dec 24, 2021, 10:00 AM
Fed order for notes might Increase in 2022
The Federal Reserve's print order for notes, submitted to the BEP in July, allows for an increase in 2022 to meet the trend of increasing demand for paper money during the global pandemic. -
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.
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