A book of specimen notes printed by Waterlow & Sons had a high estimate of $915, but sold for $324,201; why did that happen?

Two banks in Macau celebrate the Year of the Pig in the Chinese lunar calendar with a pair of limited-edition commemorative notes.

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank plans radical changes to its paper money, starting with the $50 and $100 issues.

The plan to place a portrait of Harriet Tubman on the $20 note is in limbo, but an advocate for the idea offers a program for a 3D Tubman portrait stamp.

Since the BEP has closed its online store and its products will now be sold online exclusively through the U.S. Mint website, customers have questions.

Australia’s next-generation $50 bank note, with updated security features, is to be released into general circulation Oct. 18.

Uruguay’s new 50-peso bank note is the first major redesign of the denomination since 1994.

A major Australian paper money collection, begun by a couple on honeymoon in 1982, hit the auction block this month.

China has been given a license to print money — by other nations seeking to be part of the nation’s Belt and Road Initiative.

A 500-peso bank note, the first in a new series of Mexican notes, representing the epochs in the national story, entered circulation on Aug. 28.

Kagin’s says the Mormon paper currency in its Sept. 21 auction is among the finest offerings of this series ever.

Switzerland has been on a winning streak with its latest bank note series. It plans to introduce a 200-franc note in that series soon.

India’s considering an “enhancement” for its bank notes that might seem unusual: a coat of varnish.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is offering its third 2018 intaglio print and a $2 note collection, both commemorating U.S. involvement in World War I.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries offered many rarities in its paper money auctions at the ANA convention in Philadelphia, including interest-bearing notes.

Ireland has a new “note,” of sorts, with a face value of zero euro. The issue is the latest in a series of private releases from euro nations.

Stack’s Bowers’ second auction of the Joel Anderson Collection realized $9.65 million, with two notes each selling for $1.02 million.

Results of $100,000 or more in important sales of American paper currency are not unusual, and the Heritage auction in Philadelphia had four of them.

Articles about the theft of East German notes from the caves in which they were buried and the sale of a 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin topped the week’s news.

After the Berlin Wall fell and East Germany disappeared, its notes were buried in caves. Thieves had another idea for them.