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Oct 3, 2021, 09:01 AM
Paper or plastic for world’s bank notes?
Crane Currency's marketing director weighs in on the positives of physical cash and the cotton-linen substrate for notes, and compares its environmental impact to polymer notes. -
Oct 2, 2021, 08:00 AM
Heritage auction focuses on macerated currency
Heritage Auctions offered over 200 pieces formed of macerated currency, from two of the genre's major collectors, including a wide variety of shapes that drew interest from collectors. -
Sep 27, 2021, 08:00 AM
Report finds cash usage declines as hoarding grows
A study issued through the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia concluded that cash usage is targeted for smaller purchases and household hoarding may have a direct impact on existing circulation. -
Sep 26, 2021, 09:00 AM
Animator’s video explores ‘true god’ through bank notes
A project born from the restrictions of the global pandemic has materialized as director and animator Lachlan Turczan created a video about the human perception of money through time. -
Sep 25, 2021, 09:00 AM
Bank notes of eSwatini finally get the nation’s new name
An African nation got a new name at the behest of its king, but it took time for the old name to be removed from the nation's currency and the new name to take its place on its bank notes. -
Sep 20, 2021, 08:00 AM
OIG report on BEP includes update on redesign schedule
A report by the Office of the Inspector General indicates that soonest production in the next redesign of U.S. paper money, the Catalyst series, is scheduled for 2026 starting with the $10 note. -
Sep 19, 2021, 08:00 AM
Security printer creates house notes to showcase product development
Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions, a branch of a security printing equipment manufacturer, produced its own house notes, the Laika Series, to showcase its bank note development philosophy. -
Sep 18, 2021, 08:00 AM
Japan unveils new 10,000-yen note for 2024
Japan's new 10,000-yen note, with a change in imagery and increased anti-counterfeiting security measures, is in print, though only for money handling devices. Circulation begins in 2024. -
Sep 17, 2021, 10:32 AM
São Tomé and Príncipe reverts to cotton for new bank notes
As the islands' climate inflicts too much wear and tear on polymer notes, São Tomé and Príncipe is shifting its notes back to a cotton substrate, issuing new 5-, 10-, and 200-dobra notes in August. -
Sep 6, 2021, 08:00 AM
National bank note from Texas a surprise discovery
A previously unknown national bank note from the Palestine National Bank (Texas) turned up in Vermont and will be part of a Heritage auction in October. The note is only the third from the bank. -
Sep 5, 2021, 08:00 AM
Venezuela planning a digital currency by Oct. 1
The central bank in Venezuela will become one of the first in the world to implement a digital currency with plans to have the "digital bolivar" operational by Oct. 1 as a hedge against inflation. -
Sep 4, 2021, 09:00 AM
Argentina shuts down counterfeit note printing operation
After a long investigation, an international note counterfeiting ring in Argentina was interrupted, with 20 raids, 16 arrests, and the seizure of quantities of fake and real U.S. and South American notes. -
Sep 2, 2021, 09:02 AM
National Bank of Ukraine issues two commemorative notes
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ukraine independence, the National Bank of Ukraine updated 2014 100-hryvnia and 2015 500-hryvnia notes with a 30th anniversary logo to issue in 2021. -
Aug 31, 2021, 09:00 AM
Some Bahamians upset with change to next generation note
Changes proposed for the next $100 note issue in the Bahamas led to criticism of the design, which calls for removing Queen Elizabeth II and replacing her with a founding father. -
Aug 29, 2021, 09:00 AM
Panamanian notes are Stack’s Bowers sale highlights
Stack's Bowers Galleries' ANA world currency auction included rare 1941 notes issued under Panamanian President Arias; the finest known notes of the issue realized four of the sale's 10 top prices. -
Aug 23, 2021, 08:00 AM
Treasury OIG report reviews progress of BEP projects
The latest review by the Office of the Inspector General indicates there are a few programs at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing that require additional review, including safety practices. -
Aug 22, 2021, 08:00 AM
DNW auction offers rare $5 note from a Hong Kong bank
The Aug. 26 Dix Noonan Webb auction of British, Irish and world notes includes an example of the earliest-known fully issued bank note for a Hong Kong bank. -
Aug 21, 2021, 08:00 AM
Firm reveals possible replacement for ink on notes
New technology makes it possible to print in nanoscale with a glowing mineral instead of ink in a novel paper money security device that would only be visible using ultraviolet light microscopes. -
Aug 16, 2021, 08:00 AM
New Egyptian note: sometimes a rainbow is just a rainbow
A holographic rainbow on a mosque watermark, seen in an Aug. 2 preview of a preliminary design for Egypt's new polymer 20-pound note, stirred controversy. -
Aug 16, 2021, 08:00 AM
BEP reports Single Note Inspection system prevents millions in waste
Single Note Inspection inspects defective sheets to sort out good notes that, before the system, would have been destroyed with the entire sheet. Cost savings total in the millions.
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