During the coronavirus outbreak, South Koreans are finding that DIY efforts to decontaminate their bank notes risk fires.

Not surprisingly, most of the most-read articles of the past week deal with the impact of the pandemic on the numismatic community, including multiple show cancellations.

BEP officials are mum on whether a change in ink its Washington facility was responsible for the switch from Series 2017 notes to 2017A notes.

The Reserve Bank of Australia revealed the designs of the new $100 bank note on Feb. 24. It is the last note in the Next Generation Banknote Program.

The Federal Reserve System has begun quarantining physical dollars as they are returned from Asia before recirculating them in this country because of the coronavirus.

A report issued by the Treasury Department’s Office of the Inspector General sheds new light on the problems that halted production of the Series 2009 $100 notes.

The Bank of England’s polymer £20 note featuring the artist J.M.W. Turner and a portion of one of his paintings was issued on Feb. 20.

A news publication in Great Britain claims that Prince Charles has sat for his portrait to be used on Bank of England notes once he becomes king.

The coronavirus, which as of Feb. 21 had resulted in more than 2,200 human deaths and over 76,600 illnesses from the disease, is also taking a toll on bank notes in China.

Over 24 currency errors, 10 of them on large-size notes, are offered in the Kagin’s auction at the ANA National Money Show Feb. 28 in Atlanta, many of which have not been publicly available for decades

A collector attending the FUN convention in Orlando in January received a $20 Federal Reserve note in change — from a dealer — that had mismatched serial numbers.

The Houtis, an Iranian-backed Islamic extremist group who control the northern part of Yemen, have outlawed the use and possession of new Yemeni riyals. As a result, older riyals are reappearing.

Retired BEP employees confirm serpentine red markings found on five Series 1995 $1 star notes issued for the Philadelphia district are consistent with hand-applied defacement markings.

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority issued a $1 commemorative bank note Jan. 28 to mark the 60th anniversary last year of the country’s first written constitution.

At $32,400, an unlisted triple-signature Bahamas $50 note from 1965 more than doubled its $15,000 high estimate at the Stack’s Bowers Galleries world currency auction on Jan. 18.

Recent numismatic literature focuses on the same era, the American Civil War, with one work examining the study of Confederate Treasury notes and another addressing the introduction of a new motto.

A collection of Disney Dollars was among the sets to win honors during Paper Money Guaranty’s 2019 set registry competition.

The Bank of Canada has begun the redesign process for its $5 note and is asking the public for guidance on who the new note should depict.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Jan. 24 seized $900,000 in counterfeit $1 Federal Reserve notes, discovered in a commercial shipment originating from China.

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