Very few countries have notes without portraits, but Gambia has become the second country in Africa to drop them from its notes after the president formerly depicted was voted out of officer and exiled.

Paper money from two countries, India and the Philippines, took the top spots at the Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction of world paper money on Aug. 14 in Rosemont, Illinois.

New Kenyan notes are strikingly different from their predecessors because the law prohibits notes and coins from bearing the portrait of any individual. However, an activist has sued the bank for violating the law.

An extraordinary group of encased postage stamps, the personal reference collection assembled by Q. David Bowers, was auctioned by Stack’s Bowers Galleries on Aug. 13 in the first of the firm’s ANA convention auction sessions.

A pair of parody notes take aim at Brexit and new United Kingdom leaders Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson, the latter the prime minister.

A note previously unknown, even to specialists, a British India 1,000-rupee issue from Jan. 27, 1925, was certified and graded Very Fine 25 by Paper Money Guaranty.

The 325th anniversary of the Bank of England’s founding in 1694 is the subject of a new exhibit just opened in the bank’s museum.

The calls and email from upset collectors began arriving at our office as soon as readers began receiving their 2019 Native American $1 Coin and Currency sets.

The Central Bank of Russia has a new idea for preserving and extending the life of its bank notes — coating them with varnish.

The U.S. Mint and BEP and their customers are dealing with a packaging problem with the 2019 Native American $1 Coin and Currency set that appears to repeat problems for some 2015 sets.

A raid by Turkish authorities on July 19 resulted in the seizure of a huge, $271 million trove of counterfeit $100 Federal Reserve notes.

Fewer counterfeit euro bank notes are being encountered in circulation as the use of the new Europa series expands, according to a recent report.

The same day the Bank of England announced the theme of its new £50 note, it released a design concept, in sharp contrast to how design of the next $20 Federal Reserve note is being handled.

Alan Turing, whose revolutionary work with codes and computers helped win World War II, is being honored on a £50 note from the Bank of England.

Nicaragua’s new bank notes, authorized in 2017 and released this week, are made of polymer, the material rapidly becoming the norm for world notes.

Using the $5 bill from the Canadian Journeys series, issued in 2002 and 2006, they altered the portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier to make him look more like Spock from Star Trek.

The 15-country Economic Community of West African States is still working to introduce the “eco” to spur economic development.

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing is being commemorated with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s highest denomination Premium Currency Product.

The National Bank of Ukraine is reducing the number of denominations it issues from 17 to 12 in the next three years, while adding a 1,000-hryvnia note.

Both the Italian government and organized crime syndicates are seeking alternatives to the euro; the Italian government wants to create a new currency to circulate alongside the euro, while organized crime is using old Italian lira.