Notes from Canada drew high bids as expected, but some from Colombia provided a bit of a surprise, in Stack's Bowers Galleries' 579-lot Global Showcase Auction of notes from the Americas.

A new 20,000-kyat bank note issued by the nation of Myanmar celebrates completion of a giant statue of Buddha its builders hope will establish the country as a focal point for Theravada Buddhism.

New versions of 5-dinar and 10-dinar bank notes are being introduced by the Central Bank of Jordan, completing the bank's fifth note series, which includes 1-dinar and 20-dinar notes.

A research team from the University of Notre Dame published findings of a seven-year project looking into methods and materials used by Benjamin Franklin designed to thwart note counterfeiting.

A new book with an in-depth look at the under-reported chapter in the history of paper money focusing on U.S. Treasury notes from 1812 to 1865 becomes available in August.

Visitors to the ANA's World's Fair of Money will have an opportunity to acquire 8-by-10 examples of lithographic art by several coin designers, celebrating Augustus Saint-Gaudens' "Victory" statue.

Len Olijar, having served the BEP for 30 years and as its director since 2015, has convinced the bureau he is retiring; on July 7 the job opening was posted, with “complex,” daunting responsibilities.

The State Bank of Pakistan issued a circulating commemorative 75-rupee note July 4 honoring the 75th anniversary of the bank’s founding; an image of the bank joins two nation founders on the note.

On Oct. 29, Heritage Auction’s paper money team will present its first quarterly U.S. Obsolete Banknotes Showcase auction, to offer obsolete currency valued in the $250 to $2,500 range.

The 60th anniversary of Samoa's independence was cause to issue a commemorative note with a unique denomination, while honoring the women and culture of the island.

Ten rare large-format specimen notes from the first series issued by the Imperial Bank of Persia sold at the World Banknote Auctions World Currency Sale 43 for a total of $98,957.50.

Consumers are beginning to find the Series 2021 notes in circulation after the Bureau of Engraving and Printing printed the $1 and $5 notes, which bear the signatures of two women for the first time.

Two of the highest denomination of notes released in Burundi in 2018 have been pulled and replaced with new examples, due to an increase in circulation in the “informal circuit” destabilizing banks.

The West African nation of Mauritania marked the 50th anniversary of the creation of the ouguiya by issuing a commemorative 50-ouguiya bank note in three different substrates to test materials.

Stack's Bowers Galleries' Global Showcase auction of paper money offerings in August run the gamut from Colonial issues to notes with special serial numbers.

The Republic of Abkhazia is using newly issued 25-aspar bank notes to commemorate the anniversary of a key battle that helped achieve independence from Georgia.

A Massachusetts Colonial note from 1776 that was printed by Paul Revere and an associate was top lot in the Kagin's sale May 20 of notes collected by John J. Ford.

Stack's Bowers Galleries offered over 800 lots in its MIF Maastricht Currency Fair auction held after the Netherlands event with a 1944 Palestine Currency Board note bringing top bid of $84,000.

The upgraded bank notes in five denominations released May 3 in South Africa retain many features of the previous issue but with a clearly different appearance and will co-circulate with the earlier issue.

The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic marks 30 years of having a national currency by releasing new 200-, 500- and 1,000-som notes in its fifth series of currency.