Banknotes or Currency Articles

New Canadian $5 and $10 Polymer BanknotesNew $5 and $10 polymer banknotes were recently unveiled by the Bank of Canada. The two new notes are slated to enter circulation later this year in a continued effort to fight counterfeiting.

State-of-the-art security features are incorporated into the banknotes with holography, transparency [...]

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2013 $2 Double Deuce Currency Set for $34.95A limited-edition currency set with two $2 Federal Reserve notes made its sales debut earlier today, May 14, 2013.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) released its unique 2013 $2 Double Deuce Set for $34.95.

Included for the price is a Series 2003A $2 banknote printed for [...]

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New $100 Bill Launches into Circulation on October 8, 2013More than two years after originally planned, the Federal Reserve Board has announced that a new $100 bill will finally begin circulating later this year. The new $100 note will be released beginning on October 8, 2013.

Original plans called for the release to occur in February of 2011. However, owing to [...]

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2013 Today, April 19, 2013, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) made available its 2013 Intaglio Print Subscription Program, "Ideals in Allegory."

This year’s commemorative program from the BEP is dedicated to the female allegorical figures symbolizing peace, justice, and liberty [...]

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America's Founding Fathers 2013 Currency SetOn Monday, April 8, 2013, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) released the America’s Founding Fathers 2013 Currency Set for collectors.

Similar to last year’s release, the 2013-dated set is priced at $19.95. It too features a Series 2009 $1 note, having a [...]

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2012 BEP Limited Edition 150th Anniversary Currency SetOn Tuesday, December 11, 2012, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) released a limited-edition currency set commemorating its 150th anniversary.

Money collectors can order the 150th Anniversary Currency Set for $49.95 to receive a $2 note and $5 note with unique beginning and ending serial numbers [...]

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Year of the Snake $1 Notes Introduced by BEPOn Friday, November 15, 2012, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) added uniquely serialized $1 notes to its line of lucky money products.

To celebrate the Year of the Snake, crisp uncirculated $1 notes have been produced with serial numbers beginning with "8888" [...]

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Series 2009 $2 Uncut Currency SheetOn Thursday, October 18, 2012, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) released Series 2009 $2 Uncut Currency Sheets.

Uncut currency sheets feature crisp, uncirculated $2 notes bearing the signatures of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios. All the bills have a designation of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York [...]

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150th Anniversary Clark Intaglio PrintOn Thursday, October 18, 2012, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) will release its 150th Anniversary Clark Intaglio Print, the last of the three prints celebrating the bureau’s 150th anniversary.

Priced at $22.50, the numismatic product features an engraved portrait of Spencer M. Clark, the First Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing [...]

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1905 Fairbanks $5 front PCGS Cur 63A 107-year old $5 bill from Fairbanks, Alaska originally given to the city’s namesake, former U.S. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, is expected to sell for $200,000 or more in an auction of rare currency on October 18, 2012.

The historic note is printed with serial number one and it has been in the family’s possession since Charles W. Fairbanks received it from the First National Bank of Fairbanks when it was issued in 1905 [...]

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