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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bank of Guatemala will issue its first-ever commemorative bank note this September, a 20-quetzal note for the bicentennial of Guatemala’s declaration of independence from Spain Sept. 15, 1821.

The importance of a note's serial number to its value is shown by this Bank of the United States $1,000 note with a serial number differing by one digit from a common replica. Its value is multiple digits.

In an ongoing effort to thwart the efforts of those attempting to copy U.S. currency, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is seeking ideas and proposals for future production protections.