Explore what currency is, its significance in global trade, various types, and its relationship with money. Learn about ...

Researchers have uncovered previously unknown money-printing innovations developed by Benjamin Franklin, and one of them told Newsweek which one of those innovations served a double purpose. Franklin, ...

Pull any bill out of your wallet. See the dark green numbers on the top-left and top-right corners? Those are serial numbers, and some are more rare than others. If you happen to have paper money with ...

Citizens in Fiji will begin to see circulation of new polymer notes that feature updated security features among the changes.

Several currency denominations have been discontinued by the U.S. Treasury, and others are still in circulation but rarely ...

Most Americans wouldn’t recognize some of the earliest U.S. currency that the country’s citizens used (or, in many cases, avoided because it was considered worthless paper). Here’s a selection from ...

In between his many accomplishments—inventing the lightning rod, founding the University of Pennsylvania, drafting the Declaration of Independence—Benjamin Franklin also devised innovative and secure ...

While they haven’t been issued or distributed since 2020, if you look hard enough around your home, you may find some paper Canadian Tire money in a box or the back of a drawer. Get our free morning ...

Though perhaps better known for its newspapers and almanacs, Benjamin Franklin’s printing business also churned out paper money to support the colonial economy. Now, scientists are confirming some of ...