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Kerre Corbin

3 Aug. 2026

4 min read

DataVault Unlocked: Inside DataVault’s Sparkling New Housenotes Module

Have you ever looked closely at a crisp, beautiful banknote and wondered about the pure wizardry that went into creating it? Banknotes are not just everyday currency; they are highly complex marvels of security engineering. They seamlessly blend high-tech substrates, intricate optical features, and microscopic engraving techniques. To showcase these jaw-dropping capabilities, the world’s top banknote security suppliers print stunning, non-circulating currency specimens beautifully known as ‘housenotes’.

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Astrid Mitchell

27 April 2026

2 min read

The Beauty of House Notes

‘House Notes: Art, Design and Security in One’, the third issue of a special report from Currency News™ summarising the latest house notes, is now available to download and read.

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Astrid Mitchell

27 March 2026

2 min read

DataVault Unlocked – Notes and Coins of 2025

Formerly known as Money Matters, this article is a continuation of the periodic series utilising information drawn from DataVault, the powerful online database which enables users to search, sort and aggregate data on all of the world’s banknotes and circulating coins.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Feb. 2026

2 min read

Currency Research Launches Cash Resilience Strategy Initiative (CRSI)

Currency Research, in collaboration with currency practitioners from African central banks, has launched a new international research initiative to examine global cash usage trends and the future role of physical currency in a rapidly evolving payments landscape.

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John Winchcombe

24 Nov. 2025

4 min read

Getting Ahead of the Curve – the Banknote of the Future

Dr Andrzej Nowak, Head of Open Innovation at SICPA, presented at the Future of Cash conference in Warsaw in November about what a radical banknote of the future could look like.

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Antti Heinonen

31 Oct. 2025

9 min read

Update on the Global Demand for Banknotes

This series of periodic global updates, which started in 2017, have mainly focused on the development of the growth rates of the value and volume of banknotes in circulation. Furthermore, they have addressed some interesting phenomena around banknote demand. This latest update will follow this customary agenda.

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Antti Heinonen

28 Aug. 2025

9 min read

Global Developments in Coins v Banknotes

We have recently read that the US Treasury has confirmed that the production of US one cent coins will stop once the stocks of blanks have been used up. Respectively, on the other side of the Atlantic, the German National Cash Forum advocates rounding up or down to the nearest 5 euro cent for cash payments in Germany. It even proposes that the rounding rule (applied from the beginning in Finland) should be applied across Europe as uniformly as possible. Cash means both notes and coins. Therefore, the monitoring of both is important to the future of cash.

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Astrid Mitchell

28 Aug. 2025

5 min read

What is the Value of Cash?

Perhaps this feels like a nugatory question. But when you consider that between 2003 and 2024 there were five times as many studies about the cost of cash than about its value, and that the cost studies were mostly based on numbers while the value studies were more theoretical or descriptive, then the question starts to make sense.

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Astrid Mitchell

28 Aug. 2025

1 min read

New House Note Supplement

Currency News™ will publish its third special supplement, ‘Concept Notes: Art, Design and Security in One’, in Spring 2026 – featuring the latest concept (house) notes from across the industry.

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Astrid Mitchell

27 May 2025

1 min read

New Round Up of New Notes and Coins

Currency News™ is publishing a round-up of all new banknotes and coins issued in 2024. This annual summary will be issued each year from now on, covering the previous year’s new issues.

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Aleksei Faleev

1 May 2025

4 min read

How Commercial Bank Cashiers View Security Features of Modern Banknotes

At the High Security Printing™ (HSP) Asia conference in Bangkok last December, currency and counterfeit expert Aleksei Faleev gave a presentation on a survey conducted among cashiers in Kyrgyzstan to gauge their knowledge of and preferences for banknote security features. He has subsequently written this article based on that presentation.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 March 2025

3 min read

Fall in US Counterfeits, Says New Report

Financial authorities remain concerned about counterfeiting US currency; however, recent studies suggest a declining trend in the circulation of fake banknotes. A new report by Ruth Judson and published by the Federal Reserve – Estimating the Volume of Counterfeit US Currency in Circulation – provides insights into counterfeit US dollar circulation and its economic impact.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 March 2025

3 min read

Managing the Cash Cycle Better

A new white paper investigates how cash management is changing and best practice for optimising efficiency, thereby reducing the cost and environmental impact of cash.

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Astrid Mitchell

30 April 2024

1 min read

The Directory of Currency & Technology Suppliers

The latest edition of The Directory of Currency & Technology Suppliers will be launched at the Banknote Conference this May.

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Astrid Mitchell

29 Feb. 2024

1 min read

The Beauty of Concept Notes

‘Concept Notes: Art, Design and Security in One’, the second issue of a special report from Currency News summarising the latest house notes, is now available to download and read.

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Astrid Mitchell

3 Nov. 2023

2 min read

Volumes Down, Sales Up for Australian Coins

The Royal Australian Mint (RAM) has now published its report and accounts for 2022-2023.

Coins Studies, Reports

Astrid Mitchell

28 Sept. 2023

6 min read

G+D Promotes the Value of Cash for Society

In March, Currency News™ featured an interview with Dr Wolfram Seidemann, CEO of G+D Currency, on the topic of building a resilient cash infrastructure.

Cash Handling Studies, Reports

Antti Heinonen

28 Sept. 2023

8 min read

Demand for Cash Under Uncertainty: A Global Update for 2023

So called ‘normal times’ ended in many respects more than three years ago, in early 2020. Since then, developments have been characterised by growing uncertainty and volatility, first by the COVID-19 pandemic and disruption of global supply chains, and then by geopolitical tensions created by the Russian attack on Ukraine and inflation of food and energy prices.

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Astrid Mitchell

28 Sept. 2023

1 min read

Out Now: Smartphones for Authentication

Reconnaissance International, co-publisher of Currency News™, is pleased to announce the release of its new report – ‘Smartphones for Authentication’ – the only publication of its kind.

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Astrid Mitchell

31 July 2023

4 min read

How to Do Demonetisation Well – the Kenyan Experience

Demonetisation has had something of a bad press in recent years, the disruption caused by the removal of the 500 and 1,000 rupees in India of 2016 and, more recently, Nigeria’s naira redesign being cases in point.

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Latest News

DataVault Unlocked: Inside DataVault’s Sparkling New Housenotes Module

The Beauty of House Notes

DataVault Unlocked – Notes and Coins of 2025

Currency Research Launches Cash Resilience Strategy Initiative (CRSI)

Getting Ahead of the Curve – the Banknote of the Future

Update on the Global Demand for Banknotes

Global Developments in Coins v Banknotes

What is the Value of Cash?

New House Note Supplement

New Round Up of New Notes and Coins

How Commercial Bank Cashiers View Security Features of Modern Banknotes

Fall in US Counterfeits, Says New Report

Managing the Cash Cycle Better

The Directory of Currency & Technology Suppliers

The Beauty of Concept Notes

Volumes Down, Sales Up for Australian Coins

G+D Promotes the Value of Cash for Society

Demand for Cash Under Uncertainty: A Global Update for 2023

Out Now: Smartphones for Authentication

How to Do Demonetisation Well – the Kenyan Experience

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