Banknote Reporter

For this month, we will once again visit a very small town in Illinois, several of which I have covered in past articles. Illinois is a very interesting state and as much as most people just think of it as Chicago and its northern suburbs, whereas mo

The Aldrich-Vreeland Emergency Currency Act in force between 1908 and 1915 led to the issuance of the date back national bank notes in both the Series of 1882 and 1902. However, when the act expired, the date back nationals continued to be printed. E

Editor’s Note: For nearly 70 years, the featurerich pages of Coins magazine tracked the history, fun and the growth of this great hobby, while also attracting new collectors to pursue what was once deemed the “hobby of kings.” Dusting off these time-

With exhibitors from all over the world and a floor area of 3500 m2 MIF 2023 will be one of the largest events for dealers, investors and collector in Paper Money, Bonds&Shares and coins. MIF Paper Money Fair 2023 is organized by MIF EVENTS, in coope

Rare Confederate bank notes are among the many notes that are being offered in a Heritage Auctions sale. Bidding is already underway for the CSNS Currency Signature Auction, being held May 3-5, 2023. Among the Confederate note highlights is an 1861 T

MAY 2023 U.S. Paper Money Price Guide Slim pickings this issue for Fractionals and Small notes, but a treasure trove of Large Size notes from the March Stacks Bowers auctions in California. A most amazing Fr 2, a $5 Demand note in a 65 grade sold for

Four rare U.S. bank notes recently sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Stack’s Bowers’ Spring 2023 Auction - Session 7 - U.S. Currency sale, which was held on March 23, 2023. Over 400 PMG-certified U.S. notes were included in the auction

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NGC and PMG will be accepting regular submissions for all service levels at the Whitman Baltimore Summer Expo, in Baltimore, Maryland from Thursday, June 8 through 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 10, 2023. Cut-off time may change due to submission volum

This is a proof of the highest denomination in the Series of 1878 silver certificates. No issued Series of 1878 $1,000s are known to have survived. There are two interesting features on these notes that are readily observed on this proof. The notes w

This note from Walker, Minn., charter 8476. represents a high priority report for me because it is from one of Van Belkum’s “not marked as to type” entries in his national bank note serial number issuance data set that is used throughout our hobby. T

Editor’s Note: For nearly 70 years, the feature-rich pages of Coins magazine, Bank Note Reporter’s venerable sister publication, have tracked the history, fun and the growth of this great hobby, while also attracting new collectors to pursue what was

Has cold cash gone the way of Rodney Dangerfield? Don’t coins and bank notes get respect? Apparently not, according to Bank of Namibia Director of Currency Management and Banking Operations Sencia Kaizemi-Rukata. There is a chronic shortage of coins

The Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes has hired George Cuhaj as curator for the 2023 summer season. Located in Okoboji, Iowa since 1978, the museum has the largest collection of National Bank Notes on permanent exhibition in the nation. The exhib

If the Philippines had issued all the coin and bank note denominations that have been likely purposely posted to social media the island nation’s currency system would be quite confusing. In fact, there is a lot of fake news regarding coins and bank

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