Global Currency Intelligence
One of the most comprehensive reference platform for banknotes and circulating coins — built for the professionals who design, produce, regulate, and secure physical currency.
What Is DataVault?
DataVault is a specialist research platform that brings together detailed technical data on banknotes and coins from every currency-issuing authority worldwide.
Whether you're benchmarking security features for a new banknote series, researching material compositions for a coin tender, or tracking global issuance trends, DataVault gives you the structured, searchable data you need — updated monthly as new currency enters circulation.
Who Is It For?
DataVault serves professionals across the currency lifecycle:
Benchmark specifications and security features against global peers.
Track adoption of technologies, substrates, and feature combinations worldwide.
Compare coin dimensions, alloys, and edge treatments across issuers.
Access a single authoritative source for cross-country analysis.
Reference current and superseded denomination details.
DataVault Banknote
A comprehensive catalog of the world's banknote denominations, with unmatched depth on overt security features.
What you'll find
- Detailed specifications — dimensions, orientation, substrate type, and year of issue
- Structured security feature matrix covering type, position, format, visual effect, brand, and machine-readability
- Substrate analysis including material, brand, treatment, and security fibers
- Design themes across 11 categories — how countries tell their stories through currency
- Dominant colour analysis per denomination
- Industry awards tracking (HSP, IACA and more)
- Technology supplier linkage — which companies supply which security features
- Window feature tracking and design change history
- High-quality imagery with front and back views
How it helps
Filter and compare across any combination of region, country, currency, substrate, or security feature — with the flexibility to build precise queries using AND/OR logic across multiple feature dimensions. Export your results for offline analysis and reporting.
DataVault Coin
An extensive database of the world's circulating coin denominations, with detailed physical and material specifications.
What you'll find
- Complete physical profiles — diameter, weight, shape, edge type, and multi-sided configurations
- Material composition breakdowns including mono-metallic, bi-metallic, and tri-metallic structures
- Alloy details per coin component for precise specification matching
- Circulation status tracking — current, superseded, and obsolete denominations
- Minting year ranges and design change tracking
- Front and back imagery for visual reference
How it helps
Search and filter by geography, physical dimensions, shape, edge type, metal composition, and more. Whether you're sourcing blank specifications or surveying global coin trends, DataVault Coin puts the data at your fingertips. Export detailed breakdowns for procurement or research use.
DataVault Cash
PreviewTrack trends in banknote and coin circulation by country — value, volume, and denomination breakdown over time.
What you'll find
- Cash in circulation trends by value and volume with year-over-year analysis
- Denomination breakdown with interactive charts and historical comparison
- Country comparison with indexed growth analysis and CAGR
- Economic indicators — GDP, CPI, population, ATMs, and bank branches from the World Bank
Supplier Directory
A comprehensive directory of the companies that design, produce, and supply the currency industry worldwide.
What you'll find
- Companies categorised across 7 industry segments — from substrate producers to cash processing
- Searchable by region, country, and category with cascading filters
- Direct links between suppliers and the banknote technologies they provide
- Company profiles with contact details and specialisations
Free access — the Supplier Directory is available to all users at no cost.
What Sets DataVault Apart
Depth, Not Just Breadth
We don't just list denominations. DataVault captures the technical detail that matters: ten independent security feature attributes per banknote, multi-layer material composition per coin.
Structured for Comparison
Every data point is normalised and filterable. Compare across countries, regions, or the entire world in seconds.
Always Current
Our database is updated monthly to reflect new issuances, design changes, and status updates worldwide.
Built by Domain Experts
Developed by Reconnaissance International, serving the currency and security printing industry since 1995.
What's Next
DataVault V2 is the foundation — not the finish line. We're actively expanding the platform with deeper analytical capabilities and new data dimensions across both modules.
Coming to DataVault Banknote
Counterfeit Reporting
Country- and denomination-level counterfeit data drawn from central bank publications and official reports. Understand where counterfeiting pressure exists and how it correlates with security feature adoption.
Deeper Supplier Integration
Linking security printers directly to the banknote series they produce, expanding on the existing Supplier Directory and technology supplier connections.
Across the Platform
DataVault grows with the industry it serves. As new data sources, technologies, and analytical needs emerge, so will the platform.
Get Started
See DataVault for yourself — no signup required. Guest access gives you full exploration of six countries across both modules, so you can experience the depth of data and filtering capabilities firsthand.
When you're ready for global coverage, contact us to discuss a plan that fits your needs.