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Rwanda Urgent Currency Change: How This Affects Everyone

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Nov 30, 2025 5 min read

Rwanda Urgent Currency Change: How This Affects Everyone

Rwanda Demonetizes 2004-2014 Banknotes: 12-Month Deadline to Exchange On November 28, 2025, Rwanda’s Cabinet—chaired by President Paul Kagame—approved a sweeping demonetization order withdrawing all...

How Thousands Made Epic Spock Art Through Spocking

Curiosity

Nov 29, 2025 6 min read

How Thousands Made Epic Spock Art Through Spocking

“Live Long and Prosper”: Canada’s Viral Spocking Banknote Phenomenon Since 1972, Canada’s $5 banknote has featured Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the nation’s seventh Prime Minister...

Terry Fox Wins Spot on New Canada $5 Note

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Nov 29, 2025 4 min read

Terry Fox Wins Spot on New Canada $5 Note

Canada Honors Cancer Hero Terry Fox on New Vertical $5 Polymer Note On December 16, 2024, the Government of Canada announced in its Fall...

You Won’t Believe Nepal 100 NPR Note That’s Enraging India Right Now

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Nov 29, 2025 6 min read

You Won’t Believe Nepal 100 NPR Note That’s Enraging India Right Now

Nepal Explosive 100 NPR Banknote Ignites India Border Crisis On November 27, 2025, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) officially launched the highly controversial 100 Nepalese...

Syria Unveils Stunning New Banknotes With Zero Political Symbols

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Nov 24, 2025 10 min read

Syria Unveils Stunning New Banknotes With Zero Political Symbols

Syria Radical Currency Redesign: First Banknote Series Without Images or Symbols In an unprecedented move that breaks with centuries of currency design tradition, Syria’s...

The Chinese revolutionary who passed to the enemy: Sun Yat-sen

Collection

Nov 21, 2025 17 min read

The Chinese revolutionary who passed to the enemy: Sun Yat-sen

A journey through the history of Sun Yat-sen, the revolution, and actual pieces of paper. It’s 1866, somewhere in rural Guangdong Province, and Sun...

Thailand New 100 Baht Polymer: 4X More Durable Than Paper

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Nov 17, 2025 9 min read

Thailand New 100 Baht Polymer: 4X More Durable Than Paper

Thailand Launches Revolutionary 100 Baht Polymer Note: Four Times More Durable, Harder to Counterfeit On November 21, 2025, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) officially...

How Bhutan New Polymer Banknotes Celebrate 70 Years of Greatness

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Nov 14, 2025 6 min read

How Bhutan New Polymer Banknotes Celebrate 70 Years of Greatness

Bhutan Unveils Stunning Polymer Commemorative Series for King’s 70th Birthday On November 12, 2025, the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA) officially announced a...

How Poland Greed Is Destroying Collector Trust Forever

Curiosity

Nov 14, 2025 5 min read

How Poland Greed Is Destroying Collector Trust Forever

Poland NBP Is Killing the Golden Goose: How Greed and Poor Quality Are Destroying Collector Trust Let’s be brutally honest: the National Bank of...

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