A manufacturer of polymer material for bank notes will operate a specialized recycling facility in Mexico to take notes at the end of their lives and turn them in reusable materials.

After a 14-year delay, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan has started the process to get new notes into circulation by 2021 in three denominations with each carrying a specific theme.

Officials have taken legal action in Brazil to prevent continued circulation of the 200-real bank note, which has the same dimension as the 20-real note, making it difficult for the visually impaired.

The Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors approved and submitted its currency print order for the 2021 fiscal year, showing increased production needed because of the pandemic.

A copper printing plate engraved by the man who would later become the chief engraver at the U.S. Mint is headed for auction in late October; the plate is described as being in "amazing shape."

Ulster Bank’s new polymer £20 bank note entered circulation Oct. 14; a corporate name change for Ulster Bank's owners means two versions will co-circulate.

Joel R. Anderson, a noted paper money collector and leader of family businesses involved with numismatic products, including Whitman Publishing, has passed away at the age of 76.

Paper money in the October 2020 Stack's Bowers and Ponterio Hong Kong auction drew interest, with issues from India, China and Batavia among the top selling lots offered.

With a theme of diversity of past and future, a new $50 commemorative polymer note from Fiji's Reserve Bank marks the nation's 50th year of independence.

Saudi Arabia’s first polymer bank note, a 5-riyal denomination, is now in circulation, and the notes use Saudi-based petrochemicals in the creation process.

Treasury notes issued to raise funds during the War of 1812 are very rare, and a November sale from Heritage Auctions offers several examples.

A $100 note delayed due to COVID-19 concerns will be released Oct. 29 by the Reserve Bank of Australia, but pandemic precautions make collecting one directly from the bank a bit challenging.

Uruguay and Nicaragua both issued new polymer notes in October; Nicaragua's features a highway overpass for the bank anniversary, while Uruguay's, for circulation, show national heroes.

A $10,000 Series 1934 Federal Reserve note offered for sale at a Heritage currency auction eclipsed all other small-size notes by bringing $384,000, due to rarity and its Kansas City bank origin.

Somehow, Bank of England notes in the amount of about £50 billion aren't accounted for, and speculation is running the gamut from mysterious circumstances to accounting errors.

An African note offered last year as one-of-a-kind is now known by three examples — a second example auctioned Sept. 18 still sold above initial estimates, but for much less than the first.

A Territory of New Mexico First Charter Period, Series 1875 $20 note that Lyn Knight Auctions sold Sept. 19 for $18,000 is one of only 12 notes known for the remarkable Second National Bank of Santa Fe.

The National Bank of Ethiopia is combating currency related problems with a new issue of notes that include upgraded security and a higher denomination of 200 birrs.

Currency improvement from the Central Bank of the Bahamas continues with release of an upgraded $5 note featuring Junkanoo festivities, a hibiscus and a historic national leader.

A highly esteemed collection of encased postage put together by Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer will be offered in a fall sale, including 90-cent issues, the highest denomination created.