Markets We Serve
Currency
Banknotes, coins, cash and payments — the intelligence behind how cash is designed, produced, issued and used.
Currency lies at the heart of Reconnaissance International. We follow the entire value chain — from banknote and coin design, substrate and security feature production, through to issuance, cash management, payments infrastructure and anti-counterfeiting — serving central banks, printers, mints, suppliers and cash-in-transit operators worldwide.
Our three sector newsletters give the market its daily and monthly record: Currency News covers banknote and coin production and security technology; Cash & Payment News tracks the cash cycle, payments infrastructure and CBDCs; and Coin & Mint News follows circulating coinage and minting operations. Together they are the publications the industry turns to first.
We bring the sector together in person through our own conference portfolio — including The Coin Conference, the Security Designers Forum, the Security Printers Forum, Optical & Digital Document Security and our High Security Printing series across Asia, EMEA and the Americas — plus specialist forums on the technical and design challenges facing currency issuers today.
For teams who need structured reference data rather than news, DataVault is our specialist research platform on banknote, coin and cash in circulation data, updated monthly and used by central banks, printers, mints, consultants and law enforcement. And where clients need more than information, our consultancy team provides market research, competitive intelligence and government advisory work, drawing on the same first-hand knowledge that underpins our publications and events.
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18 Sept. 2026
Chile Updates Coin Compositions
The Central Bank of Chile (CBC) has unveiled redesigned 10 peso and 50 peso coins, with the former scheduled to enter circulation in October 2026 followed by the latter in January 2027. Both will continue to circulate alongside existing issues, with no exchange programme required. Current coins will remain legal tender indefinitely.
3 Nov. 2026
From Ancient Optics to Instant Trust: How SICPA's SKYLIGHT® Reinvents Security
SICPA's new SKYLIGHT® optical security feature draws on the physics of caustics to project detailed images through banknote windows, offering a novel approach to public authentication using nothing more than a smartphone light.
28 Oct. 2026
Cash Use Falling in New Zealand, But Remains High
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has released its latest Cash Use and Access to Cash survey results, revealing a dramatic decline in everyday cash use since 2019 — but also a growing paradox of polarised cash habits and rising concern about the future of cash access.