The interests of readers run the gamut, with topics from around the globe led by an interpretation of an Australian note that allegedly predicted the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conspiracy theorists hail the Australian $10 note as positive proof that the COVID-19 global pandemic is a contrived hoax, but they completely misidentify the note's design elements.

The reputation of one of the doctors selected for the newly designed 5,000-peso note from the Bank of Argentina sparked outrage with many who point to evidence the man was a Nazi sympathizer.

The Bulgarian National Bank's latest release in its new series is the 10-lev denomination, issue dated 2020 with updated security features but design elements similar to previous 10-lev issues.

New $10 and $20 notes begin circulating in Zimbabwean currency in May and June, with updated security features, though the printer of the bills remains a mystery.

Japan's 10,000-yen note set for 2024 will be printed on paper made from mitsumata bark, 90 percent of which is imported, renewing interest from Japan's farmers in growing the shrub.

Some of the finest Asian notes on the market were in a recent Stack's Bowers Hong Kong auction; one note of the Ta-Ching Government Bank from 1910 sold for triple its estimate.

Local currency has been issued by small towns in Italy and Mexico as a means to alleviate some of the economic hardship on the communities because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Calling it "75 years of the Great Victory," Transnistrian Republican Bank has issued a limited run of a 1-ruble note to celebrate the end of World War II.

In an effort to treat inflation, the Iranian government plans to implement a long discussed policy of replacing the rial with the toman and critics are skeptical.

International agencies have identified and arrested two people for crimes centered on the counterfeiting and distribution of U.S. currency totaling $15 million from a location in Peru.

One U.S. community has gone back in time to resurrect an idea that served them well nearly a century ago, in a step to alleviate economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Older design $100 notes will be returned to circulation with the new look bills after demand for cash has increased, despite the claims that handling money is a health threat.

Two Zanzibar bank notes were among the three top-grossing lots in the April 23 auction held by Heritage Auctions in Dallas.

In an era when caution is advised to prevent the spread of viral infections, one company offers a solution to make bank notes even less likely to carry pathogens.

A Treasury bill from 2003 issued of behalf of the City of London that was never issued for sale will be included in an upcoming auction of bank notes.

Portrait photographs of Queen Elizabeth used in the design of Canadian currency sell in recent auction.

COVID-19 claims another event as the International Paper Money Show cancels for June, moves auctions online and looks into possible later 2020 event.

Aruba’s new 100-florin note was named Banknote of the Year for 2019 by the voting membership of the International Bank Note Society.

Last year, the Zurich, Switzerland, security printer Orell Füssli memorialized its 500th anniversary with a promotional house note reflecting its past and its future.