Guernsey is strategically placed in the Channel between England and France. For hundreds of years, France and England have fought each other, and there is little Guernsey between the two. But somehow Guernsey maintained its non-alliance position for a thousand… Read More

It has been a year since the Bank of England issued the 20 pound note on polymer. And the Bank has now added DeLaRue as a supplier of polymer substrate. Is this the tipping point against paper banknotes, that polymer… Read More

Recent banknote design has been incorporating sophisticated and eye-catching overt features. Four different technology advances have led the way. SICPA’s Spark Live is a printed color shift ink that includes movement during the color changing. Crane has its micro-optic effects… Read More

I think it’s safe to say that football is a very popular sport known the world-round. I don’t think it may be as popular in the US as lets say Europe or Latin America but, none the less it is… Read More

The history of precious metal coins has many strange stories. The Titanic vault was believed to have a large cache of silver and gold coins. Al Capone’s vault was thought to have bags of gold and silver when Geraldo Rivera opened it… Read More