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.

The online update section of the MRI Bankers’ Guide to Foreign Currency provided a link on Feb. 3 to an article titled “The Chinese, the Korean, the Turkish and Others: The 6 Fake Dollars You Have to Watch Out For.”

A proof specimen bank note never issued from Burlington, Vermont, is among the featured items in the next Archives International Auctions public auction on Feb. 23 in River Edge, New Jersey.

The $1,695,446 realized at the Stack’s Bowers Galleries NYINC Auction of World Paper Money on Jan. 15 completed the trilogy of rare world currency sales held in the first half of January.

The ratio of counterfeit euro notes to genuine notes continues to decrease, as banks detect and pull counterfeits from circulation. About two-thirds of the fakes are €20 and €50 notes.

Notes in the name of the First Trust Bank have been printed and distributed in Northern Ireland since the 1990s, but they will cease to be legal tender later this year.

In Heritage's world paper money sale from the company's Dallas headquarters, connected to the Florida United Numismatists convention, notes from India dominated the top results.

A new denomination, a $2,000 polymer note, originally planned for last year to commemorate Guyana's 55th anniversary, goes into circulation in February.