Russian authorities find that toilet paper bearing the likeness of 1,000-ruble notes (which depict a saint and a church) “offends the religious feelings of believers" and is unlawful.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Fort Worth recently staged an event for visitors to witness some of the craftsmanship and technology involved in the creation of paper money.

The latest edition of "Paper Money of the United States" will feature new elements designed to enhance the experience of collectors and researchers in the paper money realm.

A complete set of 11 first-series Qajar Dynasty remainder notes from the Imperial Bank of Persia in 1892 is a highlighted attraction in Spink's first of a two-part sale of a Persian bank note collection.

Honors for Latin American notes employing the latest advances in innovative security devices tag Suriname's $200 and $500 notes, Peru's new sole series, the twice-awarded ECCB $2 and Chile’s 281 house note.

New metical notes being issued in Mozambique since mid-June have three denominations printed on polymer substrate and three on paper, all featuring security updates and new designs.

Japan is issuing newly designed notes for the first time in 20 years, retaining some traditional styling but with updated security and enough differences to worry some vending machine companies.

An international task force produced another arrest in June, with associated seizure of fake euro notes, equipment and materials used by the counterfeiters and cryptocurrency being accepted in payment.

The first of four scheduled Spink charity auctions to feature low serial number Bank of England notes with the portrait of King Charles III offered nearly 300 £5 notes including an uncut sheet.

"A Guide Book of United States Paper Money" in its eighth edition is available for pre-order, with release expected in July for this " source for history, grading, and values of U.S. paper currency."

Several notes from a shipment of paper money printed for India that sunk with the steamship transporting them after a 1918 submarine attack were sold in a London auction by Noonans.

Heroes and Heroines of the Nation, War of Independence patriots, are featured subjects on the latest bank note series in Argentina, with the 10,000-peso note becoming the first to circulate.

Stack's Bowers and Ponterio completed a very successful sale in Hong Kong that resulted in higher gross sales than the company's previous record set in 2022.

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.