Being unable to gather in person did not prevent 2021's most important event for military collectors from taking place, as MPC Fest even included vital education programs offered and award ceremonies.

A prestigious honor has been bestowed upon Banco de Mexico as the International Bank Note Society has chosen the bank's new polymer 100-peso note as the 2020 Bank Note of the Year.

Bank of Russia will release an upgraded series of six denominations of bank notes over a four-year period, starting with the 100-ruble note in 2022, all having updated security features.

National Bank of Ukraine successfully revamped its whole currency system since 2014, winning notice from CentralBanking.com, which on March 25 named it best currency manager.

The title of "Best Applied Security Product" is bestowed upon German bank note paper manufacturer Louisenthal by the International Hologram Manufacturers Association.

World bank notes, many from Russian collector Yuri Solovey, will be offered in a late April sale by Heritage Auctions with some top notes from Spain and East Africa among the choice previews.

An American firm's newly patented system for quickly disinfecting millions of notes, thus maintaining note use, responds to worldwide fears of viruses like SARS-2 spreading on money.

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issued a polymer $5 bank note in March, completing the polymer series begun in 2019, though previous issues will co-circulate until the older notes wear out.

Microbiologists studied bank notes from many countries around the world determine which ones had the highest possibility of contamination and the dubious honor went to Canada.

The Bangladesh Bank has a pair of new issues of 50-taka notes that were created in commemoration of the nation’s Golden Jubilee of Independence from Pakistan.

The Bureau of Engraving and printing will have more work ahead in creating notes as the Federal Reserve Board's budget for currency has increased for 2021 by over 30 percent from previous levels.

While the lionized piece is, truly, a real £10 note, "missing" detail where Queen Elizabeth II's face should be results more likely from a scrape-off alteration, one of many, than any rare printing error.

The newest president of Botswana finally sees his likeness on his country's lowest denomination note, as is traditional, after the pandemic delayed issue of the latest 10-pula "Tiger" note.

Final designs of a new £50 note featuring Alan Turing representing the field of science are unveiled, for issue in June, after a development process that began in 2018 and included six weeks of public input.

Clever counterfeiters tried to pass off their work as decorations and novelties, but authorities in Bulgaria are having none of that, as they arrested two suspects for producing fake notes at a university printery.

A 1909 "Black Dragon" 1-yuan note, from one of the Qing Dynasty's first banks and considered to be the holy grail of early provincial Chinese currency, is offered in a Stack's Bowers sale.

Characteristics of the third issuance of the 50,000-rial bank note by the Central Bank of Iran include added safety features and lighter print on zeroes in the denomination.

A 542-lot Stack's Bowers Galleries sale of U.S. paper money includes nine notes expected to realize prices over $100,000, including the first piece of U.S. currency to feature the American eagle.

New notes issued in March for circulation in Venezuela, 200,000-, 500,000-, and 1,000,000-bolivare denominations, worth 10.6, 26.5, and 53 cents, respectively, demonstrate the nation's extreme inflation.

A series of sample notes by De La Rue showcases how safety features work together to improve note security and tell "the story of the banknote," in a pack available only to note-issuing officials.