Currencies | September 2025

Tradition and Technology

Bermuda’s new notes honor history with more durable, accessible, and sustainable design

Jeff Kearns

MELINDA WEIR

Currencies | June 2025

Two Patacas

Macao SAR’s unique history has yielded different yet equally elegant versions of the same banknote

SALSA MAZLAN

Currencies | March 2025

Valued Visionary

Peru’s new 200-sol banknote features pioneering painter Tilsa Tsuchiya

NATALIA VENEGAS FIGUEROA

Currencies | December 2024

From Corals to Cricket

The East Caribbean $2 award-winning banknote features fecund reefs and a fearless batsman

SALSA MAZLAN

Currencies | September 2024

A Golden History

Kazakhstan’s new banknote series tells the story of the little-known but extraordinary Saka

ANALISA R. BALA

Currencies | June 2024

The Money Archive

The Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection is thought to be the world’s largest of its kind

MELINDA WEIR