European authorities have rounded up €8 million in fake cash and 44 individuals in France, Italy and Belgium in the latest effort to stop counterfeiters on the continent.

The polymer bank notes the Central Bank of Costa Rica releases in the next few months will resemble the cotton paper notes they replace, but be more secure, durable, and environmentally safe.

An upcoming Heritage auction will feature five individual uncut sheets of notes as part of H.V. Speelman's collection that had been previously sold as a set in past transactions.

Northern Ireland's Bank of Ireland UK and Danske Bank will begin circulating new polymer £20 notes on July 20 with enhanced security elements and upgraded basic designs.

Crane Currency says additional protection for low-denomination notes in high demand is available with a new micro-optic security thread in several 3D effects and four color options.

As the nation of Angola celebrates its 45th anniversary of independence from Portugal, a new series of kwanza bank notes begins entering circulation this summer.

A single fingerprint captured within the layers of a note led Romanian authorities to the arrest of three suspects in a ring of suspected polymer note counterfeiters.

The Dix Noonan Webb Banknote Department presented a live online-only auction, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with portions of the funds going to several charities, including supporting COVID-19 care.

People in Tallinn, Estonia, can make a withdrawal of fantasy bank notes with a message, from an ATM-like art gallery exhibit set up July 1, the brainchild of a famed street artist.

Despite issuing a 200-pound note in 2019, the Central Bank of Sudan just issued a new one, more consistent with the shape and size of its other denominations.

An independent advisory council will make a short list from the more than 600 eligible names the bank collected in its call for suggestions for a portrait on its next $5 note.

The range of paper money offered in Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC's Treasure Auction May 27 to 29 included the finest known Continental Currency $2 note from the first issue in 1775.

BEP watchers alerted to the Treasury secretary's mention of anti-counterfeiting measures and new printing processes, but beyond saying there's no delay, the bureau is mum on its progress.

New notes for Myanmar will all carry the image of the hero of the nation's independence, who will replace images of animals on some issues.

According to the Treasury secretary, his predecessor's plan for new note designs won't reach fruition until 2026 for the $10 note and 2030 for the possible Tubman $20 note.

The Bank of Mexico will release a new 1,000-peso notewith a Mexican Revolution theme later in 2020. It depicts three activists on the face and jungle images including a jaguar on the back.

In Lyn Knight's June 11 world paper money auction, 14 of the 20 highest price lots exceeded their high estimates, with no bidders in the auction room.

The United States and Russia differ regarding the legitimacy of Libyan bank notes produced by a Russian state-owned agency for use in Benghazi, and seized by Malta.

Cambodia is moving to a blockchain payment program that will end its dependence on small denomination Federal Reserve notes, but merchants fear accepting the notes now.

The Royal Bank of Scotland released the third note in its "Fabric of Nature" polymer series, the £20 note pairing entrepreneur Catherine Cranston with two red squirrels and a midge.