Turning Cash into Community Support
The International Day of Charity, which occurs annually on 5 September, recognises the role of charity in helping others.
Banknotes - October 2, 2025 midnight Read MoreTurning Cash into Community Support
The International Day of Charity, which occurs annually on 5 September, recognises the role of charity in helping others.
Banknotes - October 2, 2025 midnight Read MoreBolivia’s Bicentennial Commemorative Banknote
Amidst the gradual introduction of a new banknote series, Banco Central de Bolivia (BCB) has also launched a new bicentennial commemorative banknote, which was unveiled earlier this month at a special event attended by the country’s President at the Casa de Libertad in Sucre, a heritage museum and former church where the country signed its declaration of independence in 1825.
Banknotes - August 29, 2025 midnight Read MoreForm and Function for Costa Rica’s New Coins
Several countries utilise one or more of their coin denominations as so-called circulating commemoratives. These are legal tender and, more often than that, produced in sufficient quantities that they do circulate (rather than being snapped up by collectors). The design of (generally) the reverse changes periodically, however, to mark special occasions or reinforce particular national priorities or themes.
Coins - July 25, 2025 midnight Read MoreEnd of Penny Production Confirmed – At Last
After years of debate about the future of the US one cent coin (penny), the US Treasury has now confirmed that its production will stop once stocks of blanks, the last order for which was placed this month, are used up.
Coins - May 28, 2025 midnight Read MoreNote and Coin News
The National Bank of Kazakhstan has issued a commemorative 1,000 tenge note celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory and the end of World War II in Europe.
Banknotes - May 28, 2025 midnight Read MoreFrom Money Trees to Honey Bees – Cash that Buzzes
The United Nations and its agencies hold international observance days (and in some cases weeks or even years) to promote global issues . There are 218 overall – many on familiar topics such as women, family, oceans, the environment. But there are some unexpected ones too - toilets, potatoes, tea, tuna, bicycles, seagrass.
Free - May 19, 2025 midnight Read MoreNews In Brief
Tuvalu is home to 11,000 people and now, for the first time, five ATMs as well, thereby opening up electronic banking for the tiny Pacific island’s inhabitants.
News - May 2, 2025 midnight Read MoreNew Currency for Curaçao and Sint Maarten
A country that has issued not just a new family of banknotes and coins, but a whole new currency, is Curaçao and Sint Maarten, where the Caribbean guilder (Gg) went into circulation on 31 March, replacing the Netherlands Antilles guilder.
Banknotes - May 2, 2025 midnight Read MoreKazakhstan Continues Saka-Style Banknote Roll-Out
On 25 December 2024, the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) introduced a new design for the 2,000 tenge banknote. On March 28, 2025, it was the turn of the 1,000 tenge.
Banknotes - May 2, 2025 midnight Read MoreNew Currency Family Celebrates the Natural Beauty of Zambia
Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa known for its abundant mineral resources, particularly copper, and home to the renowned Victoria Falls and a rich cultural heritage. It has a population of around 19.6 million and its currency is the Zambian kwacha (which is subdivided into ngwee).
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