• Neil Shafer
    Mar 19, 2023, 08:00 AM

    MPC Fest returns, with a new 'National Champion' award

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Collectors of military currency and related objects held their first in-person MPC Fest gathering after a three-year hiatus, and the award for their annual contest is newly named for a distinguished supporter.

  • British Malaya bank note
    Mar 16, 2023, 09:00 AM

    Malayan bank notes focus of March sale by Noonans

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    A part of the Frank Goon Reference Collection of British Malayan Bank Notes, considered one of the all-time greatest collections of these notes, will be available in Noonans' first Singapore auction, in March.

  • Ukraine 20-hryvnia note
    Mar 16, 2023, 08:43 AM

    Ukraine marks war with new commemorative bank note

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    One year after war broke out with Russia, a 20-hryvnia bank note is being issued by the National Bank of Ukraine to commemorate the struggle and inspire the efforts of those protecting the nation from the aggressors.

  • Argentina medicine bank note
    Mar 12, 2023, 09:00 AM

    Argentina bank note celebrates work of two medical pioneers

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    A new 2,000-peso bank note in Argentina will be devoted to achievements and accomplishments in science and medicine, with two pioneers in the field to grace the front of the note.

  • International Auction Galleries hoard
    Mar 8, 2023, 09:30 AM

    Australian note hoard in International Auction Galleries sale

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The biggest auction ever conducted by International Auction Galleries will take place in mid-March with 2,100 lots that include a previously undiscovered hoard of pre-decimal notes.

  • Royal Bank of Australia $5 note
    Mar 7, 2023, 09:00 AM

    No King Charles III planned for future Australia $5 note

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The Reserve Bank of Australia will not replace the image of Queen Elizabeth II with King Charles III on its $5 note, focusing the new design instead on the culture and history of First Australians.

  • 2013-10d-frn-ha-lead
    Feb 27, 2023, 08:00 AM

    BEP confirms 2026 date for $10 note with tactile features

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing continue to expect the first Catalyst generation Federal Reserve notes, the $10 denomination, will be ready for production no later than 2026.

  • Guernsey new security features
    Feb 22, 2023, 10:03 AM

    Guernsey to introduce new security features on paper money

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    New security features will be introduced on notes of three denominations for Guernsey being created by De La Rue, a company founded by a native son of the British Crown Dependency.

  • Czech national Bank anniversary overprint
    Feb 20, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Czech National Bank overprints note to celebrate anniversary

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The Czech National Bank has overprinted a new issue of its Series 2008 1,000-korun notes, specially marked to celebrate 30 years of the Czech korun and call to mind the first notes used in the separated Czechia.

  • Venezuela bank note from Stack
    Feb 8, 2023, 11:12 AM

    Venezuelan notes top lots in Stack’s Bowers NYINC auction

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Venezuelan bank notes far exceeded their estimates when sales were completed during Stack's Bowers Galleries' Jan. 13 NYINC auction, where the leading lot realized $84,000 against a $2,000 high estimate.

  • Commemorative bank note for Poland 2023
    Jan 30, 2023, 09:10 AM

    Polish central bank honors Copernicus with commemorative note

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    A commemorative polymer 20-zloty bank note scheduled for February release will honor Nicolaus Copernicus, marking the 550th anniversary of the birth of the astronomer who was also an economist.

  • Chinese artist Shi Yunlong
    Jan 23, 2023, 09:00 AM

    Chinese artist gets attention and visit from authorities

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    A story in a Chinese newspaper detailed the talents of artist Shi Yunlong who displays an ability to create lifelike $100 U.S. notes by hand and whose work has the attention of authorities.

  • New Jordan 1-dinar note
    Jan 21, 2023, 09:00 AM

    Jordan introduces new note series to replace older notes

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Jordan will offer a new series of notes for the first time in 20 years as the 1-dinar example has been issued and is circulating while the remaining denominations will be rolled out gradually.

  • 500-hryvnia note
    Jan 18, 2023, 09:00 AM

    Ukraine recognizes poet on new 500-hryvnia note

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    A 500-hryvnia commemorative bank note dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the philosopher-poet Hryhorii Skovoroda was issued Dec. 29 by the National Bank of Ukraine.

  • World Bank note error note
    Jan 15, 2023, 10:31 AM

    Auction firm offers third-of-its-kind error national bank note

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    A newly discovered rare national bank note with mismatched prefix letters is a highlight of March's World Banknote Auctions sale of part of the Navy Commander Collection of U.S. National and Gold Bank Notes.

  • danavermont-lead
    Jan 8, 2023, 10:00 AM

    Early American notes among sale offerings

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    EAHA is holding a sale closing Jan. 14 of 319 lots, including early American naval and military history-related material and paper money from the collection of Ambassador J. William “Bill” Middendorf.

  • Sheet of notes in Spink sale
    Jan 1, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Spink conducts another charity bank note auction in London

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Spink continued its tradition of hosting a Scottish bank note charity auction, with a 2022 fundraising event dedicating proceeds to the Trussell Trust for reducing reliance on emergency food banks.

  • Panama 10 peso note from 1869
    Dec 31, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Panamanian notes in Stack’s Bowers sale include circa 1869 rarity

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    The fewer than two dozen lots of the Ellicott Collection of Panamanian Paper Money Stack's Bowers Galleries offers Jan. 14 is the most extensive array of Panamanian notes the firm has ever offered.

  • fancy numbers
    Dec 25, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Fancy serial numbers among focuses in Goldbergs auction

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Fancy serial numbers always draw the curious, and the Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers sale in early 2023 offers the curious 143 lots of fancy serial numbers, plus error notes and more.

  • Bank of Central African States notes
    Dec 24, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Central African states issue five new notes in series

    by Arthur L. Friedberg
    Six nations in central Africa will see five new notes start to make their way through the country with new designs of the CFA-franc denominations replacing the older notes to be removed by 2024.

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