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.

There is some optimism in a report by the European Central Bank about the number of counterfeit euro notes being found, but plenty of work remains to eradicate the issue.

A Czech Republic research and manufacturing firm is focused on challenges in anti-counterfeiting protection, and a house note demonstrates how applying AI can help in design of a bank note.

A second commemorative note has been issued in Ukraine to pay tribute to the "steadfastness of the Ukrainian people in their struggle for freedom."

The Bank of England has set the date of June 5, 2024, for releasing into circulation notes bearing the portrait of King Charles III; only the portrait is changed from previous issues.

The release of a new historic note series and performance objectives are among the highlights of the first report issued by BEP Acting Director Charlene Williams.

A doctoral candidate at Hong Kong University is embarking upon a project to determine if currency that has been shredded can be put back together through the use of computer technology.