• Louisenthal and black bank note
    Jun 3, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Excellence in Currency Technology winners named

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The International Association of Currency Affairs' awards in May included one for ISBN's note of the year, the ECCB's 40th anniversary $2 note, named Best Limited Circulation Commemorative Banknote.

  • Eswatini 50th anniversary note
    May 28, 2024, 08:00 AM

    Eswatini offers anniversary commemorative bank note

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The central bank of the nation now known as Eswatini celebrated its 50th anniversary with the release of a commemorative bank note for collectors, denominated an appropriate 50 emalangeni.

  • Eastern Caribbean commemorative $2
    May 25, 2024, 09:00 AM

    IBNS picks 2023 commemorative as bank note of year

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The vote results are in from the International Bank Note Society, and the honor of being named 2023 Bank Note of the Year goes to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank's $2 commemorative note.

  • Sudan 1 piastre note
    May 13, 2024, 17:00 PM

    Noonans sale features Europe’s first known paper money

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Noonans' sale of a siege note collection offers interesting historical items such as "coins" from Leiden made from compressed prayer-book pages, sometimes drolly mentioned as Europe's first paper money.

  • Saudi 5-riyal note
    May 11, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Saudi Arabia makes updates to its 5-riyal note

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    An updated polymer 5-riyal bank note has begun to circulate in Saudi Arabia that is more colorful than the previous notes and sends a message of the Saudi Vision 2030 initiative.

  • new notes from Zimbabwe
    May 8, 2024, 09:00 AM

    Zimbabwe issues another new currency to battle inflation

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The new round of paper money replacing notes circulating in Zimbabwe, ZiG notes are backed by gold and retain past notes' iconic imagery of balancing rocks on the face, while the backs carry gold refining images.

  • Metastatic breast cancer notes
    May 3, 2024, 11:00 AM

    Special 'notes’ focus on metastatic breast cancer

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Special notes created for an awareness campaign about cancer direct attention to incurable metastatic breast cancer and support needs and life choices possible for women living with the disease.

  • Euro forgery
    May 1, 2024, 13:00 PM

    Multi-national force finds millions in fake euro notes

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Italian Carabinieri and French National Police in coordinated operations arrested 63 persons, mostly in Italy, accused of creating millions of euros' worth of counterfeit euro notes.

  • stacks-hundred-lead
    Apr 28, 2024, 17:00 PM

    Stack’s Bowers Maastricht world paper money sale

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The more than 700 lots offered during Stack's Bowers May 9 sale of world paper money rarities will include items from the Al Kugel collection of mostly European and Asian notes.

  • Kyrgyz Republic 20-som note
    Apr 16, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Security upgraded in new note series for Kyrgyz Republic

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The latest note series being issued for the Kyrgyz Republic will include updated security features, but with colors, size and principal designs remaining unchanged from the previous series.

  • Australia 5
    Apr 14, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Queen’s portrait on $5 note to be replaced by native theme

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The Reserve Bank of Australia will depart from tradition and not feature the latest monarch on a $5 note, opting instead for a theme reflecting the culture of the country's First Nations.

  • Denmark note
    Apr 14, 2024, 09:00 AM

    Older notes from Denmark to expire in 2025

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Notes in Denmark before the 2009 series, amounting to billions of kroner, will cease to hold legal tender status after May 31, 2025, going all the way back to the Substitution Series issued during World War II,

  • Suriname
    Apr 9, 2024, 19:00 PM

    Suriname puts higher denomination notes in circulation

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The Central Bank of Suriname is putting notes with the denominations of 200 Suriname dollars and 500 Suriname dollars in circulation to address commerce needs.

  • 1837 Kirtland Ohio note
    Apr 8, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Obsolete notes from Ohio, Texas stars in sale

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    An 1837 $1 Kirtland, Ohio, bank note from the Latter-Day Saints' time in the city and an 1840 Republic of Texas $500 note each brought $7,200 in the Stack's Bowers Spring Showcase Auction.

  • U.S. $50 note
    Apr 6, 2024, 08:00 AM

    Drug bust in Switzerland finds fake U.S. $50 notes

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Swiss authorities conducting a drug inspection found more than they expected; it turned into a drug bust, during which they also caught two men in the act of creating counterfeit U.S. $50 notes.

  • Dennis Hengeveld
    Apr 5, 2024, 18:00 PM

    Stack's Bowers acquires World Banknote Auctions

    by Coin World Staff
    Stack's Bowers has acquired the assets of World Banknote Auctions and the expertise of its former owner, Dennis Hengeveld, as he also joins the company to assist in activity moving forward.

  • Patricia Collins BEP
    Apr 1, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Veteran Collins is named BEP director

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The first woman appointed as BEP director in its 162-year-long history is a retired U.S. Army colonel and a 2016 Summer Paralympics triathlon team member, and well-trained in directing government bureaus.

  • Bank of Canada 1935 $500 note
    Mar 26, 2024, 10:01 AM

    Bank of Canada first issue rarity sold by Heritage

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Heritage Auctions offered one of the rarest bank notes from the Bank of Canada's first currency issues, as a $500 note graded About Uncirculated 53 PPQ sold for $228,000.

  • 1757 Virginia note
    Mar 24, 2024, 17:00 PM

    Virginia notes featured in Early American History sale

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Colonial Virginia notes are the star attractions in Early American History Auctions' first sale since relocating, to be held at the end of March and feature 239 lots.

  • Grenada $50
    Mar 12, 2024, 18:00 PM

    50th anniversary $50 note unveiled for Grenada

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The occasion of the nation's 50th anniversary is the reason for Grenada to introduce a commemorative $50 polymer note that features political and sports figures, a harbor scene and musicians.