1920 Zanzibar 1 Rupee note. PMG 40. Highest-Graded Zanzibar Note at Heritage World Paper Money Auction.

Highest-Graded Zanzibar Note at Heritage World Paper Money Auction

A rare banknote from an African nation that produced some of the most famous and desirable in the world will be the highest-graded note...
IMPORTANT BELGIAN CONGO KINSHASA 1000 FRANCS OFFERED IN STACK'S BOWERS SPRING MAASTRICHT AUCTION

Important Belgian Congo Kinshasa 1000 Francs Note in Spring Masstricht Auction

By Christopher Dahncke - Currency Auction Associate, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......   In the Stack's Bowers Galleries Spring Auction at the Maastricht Paper Money Show, we...
Numismatic Crime - Counterfeit Confederate Notes Sold Over Facebook

Numismatic Crime – Counterfeit Notes Sold Over Facebook

By Doug Davis - President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) ......   Coin Shop Burglary - Florida The Bay County Sheriff’s Deptartment is investigating the early morning...
Dakota 1875 $5 Bank Note in Stack's Bowers Spring Auction

Dakota 1875 $5 Bank Note in Stack’s Bowers Spring Auction

By Christopher Dahncke - Currency Auction Associate, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......   Stack's Bowers Galleries is pleased to offer our bidders lot 20699, an 1875 $5...
Ottoman Coins and Currency at the End of Empire

Ottoman Coins and Currency at the End of Empire

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   The Ottoman Empire was described as the "Sick Man of Europe" by the Russian tsar Nicholas I during a...
Reserve Bank of Australia to honor Aboriginal culture, replacing Elizabeth II on the $5 banknote. It will not feature King Charles III.

Australia to Honor Aboriginal Culture, Replace Elizabeth II on $5 Banknote

By Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ......   The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to update the $5 AUD banknote to feature a new...
Archives International February 2023 Auction

Archives International Auction 83 of Stocks, Bonds, and World Banknotes

Auction 83: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 To be sold at public auction beginning at 11:00 am ET   Auction 83 Features 679 Lots of U.S., Chinese, and...
Landmark Gem 1861 $5 Demand Note in Stack's Bowers Spring Whitman Auction

Landmark Gem 1861 $5 Demand Note in Spring Whitman Auction

By Christopher Dahncke - Currency Auction Associate, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......   Stack's Bowers Galleries is pleased to offer bidders the opportunity to acquire a Fr....
United States Series 1953 Federal Reserve $2 and $5 Notes

Series 1953 United States $2 and $5 Notes

In 1953, the United States Bureau of Printing and Engraving (BEP) printed only two United States note denominations: $2 and $5. These notes feature...
River Raisin Banknote Printing Plate Offered by GreatCollections

River Raisin Banknote Printing Plate Offered by GreatCollections

GreatCollections is currently offering collectors the opportunity to bid on an extremely interesting and unusual piece of American paper money history. This printing plate...

States of Guernsey Launches Updated Banknote Series

The States of Guernsey is introducing innovative new security features to Guernsey's £5, £10, and £20 notes. The banknotes have been produced by De La...
Historic “Short Snorter” Display at ANA 2023 National Money Show

Historic “Short Snorter” Display at ANA 2023 National Money Show

Presidents, Prime Ministers, and notable military leaders signed banknotes in collection assembled by a U.S. Air Force Major General   Visitors to the American Numismatic Association...
Record 10 Lots Exceed $1 Million Each at Heritage FUN Auctions

Record 10 Lots Exceed $1 Million Each at Heritage FUN Auctions

Unique 1873-CC No Arrows Seated Dime leads U.S. coins event at $3.6 million   Numerous records were set and an 1873-CC No Arrows Seated Dime, MS65...
Heritage to Hold Showcase Auction of Carson City Coinage January 24

Heritage Reports $464 Million in 2022 for Numismatic Auctions

$103.5 million Nobel Peace Prize benefitting UNICEF humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine excluded from totals because Heritage waived its commission   Heritage Auctions had...
Archives International Auction 82 of Stocks, Bonds, and World Banknotes

Archives International Auction 82 of Stocks, Bonds, and World Banknotes

Auction 82: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 To be sold at public auction beginning at 11:00 am ET   Auction 82 Features 726 Lots of U.S., Chinese, and...
Stack's Bowers Presents the Ellicott Collection of Panama Banknotes

Stack’s Bowers Presents the Ellicott Collection of Panama Banknotes

Featured in the January 2023 NYINC Auction Saturday, January 14, 2023 • 9:00 AM ETLots 30262-30283  The Ellicott Collection is the most extensive collection of Panamanian...
Bank of England Unveils King Charles Banknote Designs

Bank of England Unveils King Charles Banknote Designs

By Bank of England .....   On Tuesday, December 20, the Bank of England unveiled the design of the King Charles III banknotes. The portrait of...
Sensational Curaçao 1960 100 Gulden in Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC Auction

Sensational Curaçao 1960 100 Gulden in Stack’s Bowers 2023 NYINC Auction

By Christopher Dahncke - Currency Auction Associate, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......   One paper money highlight from our 2023 January New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC)...
Ka-Ching! A Brief History of the American Cash Register

Ka-Ching! A Brief History of the American Cash Register

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   For thousands of years, merchants conducted business without the aid of the once-ubiquitous, and now increasingly defunct, cash register....
PCGS Grades Ultra-Rare 1863 $20 Gold Certificate

PCGS Grades Ultra-Rare 1863 $20 Gold Certificate

Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) recently graded one of the rarest and most important banknotes in United States history. The note, a Civil War-era...
German Occupation of Ukraine 5 Chervonets in January Auction

German Occupation of Ukraine 5 Chervonets in January Auction

By Christopher Dahncke - Currency Auction Associate, Stack's Bowers Galleries ......   The 2023 January New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) auction from Stack's Bowers Galleries...
Over $23 Million Sold in Stack’s Bowers Winter 2022 Auction

Over $23 Million Sold in Stack’s Bowers Winter 2022 Auction

Over $23 million in United States coins and currency was sold in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Winter 2022 Showcase Auction, marking an incredibly successful...
CoinWeek Podcast #171: The Spiritual Bank of Seth Paine

CoinWeek Podcast #171: The Spiritual Bank of Seth Paine

  The CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Check out PCGS’ new grading specials and take advantage of an exclusive offer to get...
From Valuable to Worthless and Back Again: Pre-1950 Chinese Currency, Part VI

From Valuable to Worthless and Back Again: Pre-1950 Chinese Currency, Part VI

Collecting Rare Pre-1950 Chinese Currency by Dr. Richard S. Appel - UniqueRareCoins.com ......   Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV |...
Vietnam-Era 1969 Military Payment Certificate Series 681

Vietnam-Era 1969 Military Payment Certificate Series 681

By Philip Thomas for PCGS ...... One way to honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces is to examine and admire a particular...
Laos Introduces New Banknotes Into Circulation

Laos Introduces New Banknotes Into Circulation

By the Bank of the Lao PDR ......   The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL), the central bank announced that it has printed new editions...
Choice Uncirculated Proof 1861 $5,000 Interest Bearing Note Sells at GreatCollections

Choice Uncirculated Proof 1861 $5,000 Interest Bearing Note Sells at GreatCollections

On Sunday, October 30, bidding ended at GreatCollections.com on an exceptional and rare piece of classic Civil War monetary history. This Proof Aug. 19,...
Kazakhstan Issues New 20,000 Tenge Banknote

Kazakhstan Issues New 20,000 Tenge Banknote

  On October 1, 2022, the National Bank of Kazakhstan issued into circulation a banknote of 20,000 KZT nominal value. The banknote is designed in the...

English Banknotes Featuring King Charles III to Enter Circulation in 2024

The Bank of England will reveal images of updated banknotes featuring a portrait of HM King Charles III by the end of 2022   By Bank...
Noteworthy Notes: 1869 $1 Legal Tender Rainbow Note Error

Noteworthy Notes: 1869 $1 Legal Tender Rainbow Note Error

By Philip Thomas for PCGS ......   Unlike coins, the large majority of banknotes do not enjoy the anonymity that comes with not having a distinctive...