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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.