Banknote Reporter

From time to time, readers write to me asking me to do an article on their town and its bank. Unfortunately, it is not usually convenient for me when there is not much information available on the town, or I am unable to obtain vintage photographs. H

World Banknote Auctions has announced its upcoming sale of the Louisiana Bayou Collection of High Denomination Notes. This collection offers ten lots of $500 notes and 35 lots of $1000 notes. All notes were taken out of circulation in the American So

A vintage U.S. bank note that realized $312,000 was among many paper money rarities that saw impressive results in a recent Stack’s Bowers sale. U.S. and world bank notes were offered in a series of session associated with the Global Showcase Auction

A rare $10,000 Federal Reserve Note was among more than 1,000 U.S. vintage bank notes that were offered in a Heritage Auctions sale. Bidding opened in late August for the Long Beach Expo US Currency Signature Auction 3593, which was held on Sept. 13-

Remember when you could find good coins and paper money in circulation? Well, there is a way to almost recreate that feeling. Look for Mules in the notes you have in your collection and check out dealer stock at small and large shows and dealer’s sto

The economically challenged Bank of Uganda, the central bank for that African nation, is considering eliminating its 1,000-shilling bank note and replacing the nation’s lowest denomination bank notes with coins. No decision had been made at the time

Perhaps BRICS, the acronym for a proposed currency union between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, wasn’t on the official agenda at the 2023 trade meeting of these nations in Johannesburg, but South Africa is already paving the way for a

Andrew Shiva unveiled this improbable Series of 1882 brown back from the small town of Slaughter; improbable because the bank was early, lasted only three years, was minimally capitalized for the time and thus had a tiny circulation. The fact that it

This is a curious tale of the fortuitous intersection between two collectors, an unusual way one carved out a region from which to collect nationals, and extraordinary good luck. Tom Conklin is the central figure in this tale. He ranks among the earl

The ornate Series of 1878 silver certificates—certificates of deposit is more accurate—were a direct outgrowth of the Populist-driven Free Silver Movement that gained traction in the 1870s. The movement had two major constituencies. The primary drive