A 70-year-old man in Italy reportedly stashed a million euros worth of €200 and €500 notes in the drawers of his old photocopier, forgot about it, and had the machine recycled, destroying the notes.

While the number of counterfeit euro notes appears to be on the decline in Germany, phony notes still cause financial damage, as higher denominations are those more often counterfeited.

France is constructing new bank note printing plant, as are the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Spanish Ministry of Finance, casting doubt on the impending "death" of cash use.

New 20- and 50-sol bank notes have been issued by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru printed on cotton paper and featuring individuals who have been influential in art, literature, history and science.

Egypt has issued its first polymer bank note into circulation in July, a 10-pound note that displays one of the largest mosques in the world, an ancient pyramid, and the library at Alexandria.

The National Bank of Poland's new commemorative legal tender 20-zloty bank note celebrates the nation's defenses against ongoing aggression from neighboring Russia and Belarus.

Crane Currency is beating the drum for paper as the substrate of choice for currency, citing several security advantages of paper notes, its sustainability and lower production costs among incentives.

The much anticipated change of the $20 Federal Reserve note portrait to Harriet Tubman is still on schedule for 2030, according to an internal department memo from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

New notes, smaller sized and with fewer zeroes in the denominations but otherwise bearing the same design features, were issued in July in Sierra Leone, ranked among the world's poorest nations.

Planned release of Russia's new 100-ruble bank note has hit a snag because Russia's ATMs need a software update to process them, and the non-Russian software providers refuse to provide service.

North Korea's Central has issued its largest denomination with a 50,000-won voucher that could signal the end of the practice of using foreign currency in business transactions.

Crane Currency has taken a step to elevate the game of note security with the arrival of Motion Surface, which can be used on any type of substrate and provide visible security aspects.

Oman, Malawi and Poland respectively won Best New Series, Best New Banknote and Best New Commemorative at the High Security Printing EMEA trade event for notes of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Rising inflation has led officials with the Central Bank of Sudan to issue the largest denomination in the nation's bank note series with a 1,000-pound note going into circulation.

A Paul Gilkes story on medals for the centennial of the United States in 1876 sparked a memory for a reader who shared that his great grandmother purchased $10 shares to support the celebration.

A commemorative 100-taka bank note has been issued in Bangladesh to celebrate the long-awaited opening of a road and rail bridge to connect the nation's capital with other regions.

Announcement of new designs for bank notes in Argentina brought immediate protest and a lawsuit, filed on behalf of persons with vision disabilities who foresee problems with the new notes.

Heritage expects Asian note popularity to further raise already high bids for a 1949 People’s Bank of China 100-yuan note and a 1921 Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. $50 specimen note.

Noted expert in national bank notes and obsolete notes Don C. Kelly, author of a pair of massive standard reference works on those subjects, has passed away at the age of 88.

Argentina will be replacing native animals and geographic scenes on its bank notes with 19th and 20th century national heroes and heroines when the fifth series of notes is put into circulation.