The April 3 Hong Kong Spring World Paper Money Showcase of over 300 lots from Heritage Currency Auctions resulted in many selling for prices eclipsing estimates, some by multiples.

After Fiji's Olympic rugby teams won a gold medal in men's competition and a bronze medal in women's competition in Tokyo, the nation celebrated by planning to issue $7 commemorative notes.

A polymer house note inspired by the country's culture was presented by Casa de Moneda of Chile at a recent conference as a means of soliciting business from national authorities.

An underground bunker in a small western German town is now serving as a museum for currency that was created during the Cold war to be used if the economy was compromised at the time.

Northern Ireland's Ulster Bank used March celebrations to announce the June release of a new polymer £50 bank note that will prominently feature women.

An Australian bank note from 1966 to 1993 pictures a known counterfeiter, as Englishman Francis Greenway was deported from his native country for the crime but earned civic recognition in Australia.

Irish bank notes in a recent Dix Noonan Webb auction outperformed expectations, with the trio leading the way in sales topped by an extremely rare Irish Free State £100 note from 1928.

A new series of six bank notes will be released by the Bank of Jamaica this fall and the new notes will run from 50 cents to a new denomination, $2,000, which will help save wear on the $1,000 notes.

Spanish National Police and Catalan Police worked with Europol to thwart a suspected organized crime ring involved in producing and distributing counterfeit euro bank notes.

For the 100th anniversary of the Czechoslovakian koruna, the Czech Republic is offering 100-koruna commemorative notes; the second in the series is now released, featuring economist Karel Engliš.

A late 19th century 500-peso specimen issue for Guatemalan Banco Agricola Hipotecario received the top price in Lyn Knight's Feb. 28 world paper money sale, and another pair of notes were a pleasant surprise.

A professor of visual cognition at the University of Birmingham in England suggests bank note security designers could use input from scientists who study how people's brains and eyes work.

The impending retirement of paper money expert Doug Murray will end a long-running census of large-size star notes that has helped collectors for many years.

In May, the Czech Republic's bank note printer is releasing 10,000 collectible non-legal tender notes, marking ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr's 50th birthday and the sport's golden era in the nation.

The honor of Best New Banknote in the voting by members of the International Association of Currency Affairs ended up in a split decision between Costa Rica and Azerbaijan.

The World Banknote Auctions March 3 sale will include 536 lots with many interesting and rare notes to be offered, including a $20 British Guiana note from 1942.

Russia's illegal invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 outraged the world. In "celebration" of the 2014 land-grab, Russia issued commemorative coins and notes. What will the future bring?

No official explanation is available, but a collector reports a distinct inking difference in the portrait of Thomas Jefferson on some Series 2013 $2 Federal Reserve notes and all Series 2017-A $2.

in England, the Leeds City Museum offers a Money Talks exhibit Feb. 11 to June 26 that includes an Operation Bernhard counterfeit bank note mimicking a note from the Bank of England’s Leeds branch.

A new series of maloti notes, physically smaller but bearing the same designs, with additional security features and an antimicrobial coating, was released in the African nation of Lesotho.