News & Notes Volume III, No. 41 April 3, 2018 [NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!] Currency Coming and Going Printing debt forgiveness at the Hoe Street Central Bank (CBC). "The Faces on Your Yen" (GaijinPot). Depositing cash by serial number (Hindustan Times). Banknotes and national identity (International Policy DIgest). Why not Welsh banknotes? (Nation Cymru). Some Norwegian banknotes to lose their legal tender status (News in English). A color error on one of Venezuela's new notes? (MRI Bankers' guide). And this Venezuelan banknote's legal tender status is extended yet again (Primicia, in Spanish). Peru's "Nuevo Soles" will no longer be "nuevo" (La Razon, in Spanish). Czech National Bank to celebrate 100 years of the Koruna (CNB). More on HSP's Regional Banknote of the Year (CoinsWeekly). Benjamins not accepted at Philadelphia eateries (Philly.com). Softness in the paper currency market (Numismatic News). "Indigenous Heroine" on Bolivia's currency (Telesur). CHAPTER: Republic of Ireland, in the Banknote Book (Banknote News). CHAPTER: Demerary and Essequebo, in the Banknote Book (Banknote News). Taiwan's banknote design winners (Taipei Times). Stack's Bowers Hong Kong auction (Coinweek). A passport issued between a hot war and a cold war (Our Passports). Klara Cecelia Wolf, of the Allied Control Commission for Austria, 1945 (Source: Our Passports). About the Banknote Industry Denmark to use Oberthur Fiduciare for its banknotes (Numismatic News). Finalists for technical awards in currency excellence (The Banknote Conference). De La Rue goes to court to fight for passport contract (Washington Post, with video). And here (Bloomberg Businessweek). We're not the cheapest, but we are British (Bloomberg Businessweek). Upcoming Industry Conferences Security Printers 2018, Dublin, Ireland, March 21-23 2018 (Security Printers) High Security Printing Conference Latin America, June 11-13, Dominican Republic (Reconnaissance). Banknote 2018, May 21-24, 2018, Dallas, Texas (The Banknote Conference). African Currency Forum, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, September 2-5, 2018 (African Currency Forum). The Anti-Counterfeit & Currency Expo, Las Vegas NV, November 6-8, 2018 (News Anyway). From the Annals of Crime This couldn't have been in his carry-on luggage (LA Times). Websites to Like (in no particular order) Newman Numismatic Portal Numismatic Bibliomania Society The American Revenue Association (Hobby website). The American Historical Print Collectors Society (Hobby website). International Bank Note Society (useful features even for non-members). The Banknote Den (David Lok's website, with superb essays as well as a link to his book, The Many Faces of Money). The Higgins Museum (the one in Okoboji, IA, not Worcester, MA) The Currency Collector (more good essays by John Sandrock). COINWeek (numismatic aggregator with some paper money content). MRI Bankers' Guide (for its updates of new banknotes). Mujand (fantasy banknote maker). Alternative Banknotes and Coins (Alternatehistory). Fantasy thread. Stane Straus's Polymer Banknotes of the World Banknote News (roundup of news and promotional website for The Banknote Book). Tom Chao (collector's blog with active updates). Stevenbron Banknotes (collector's blog with active updates). Mintage World (online museum of Indian numismatics). Chattanooga Money (site details historical episodes in Chattanooga, Tennessee's monetary and banking history) Banknotesworld ("THE German-language Banknote forum") Discussion threads and more. Scotsbanknotes Counting on Currency (Industry website). Kuster's Engineering (Company website). Your expert in currency disintegration. PYMNTS.com (Industry website). Currency Research (Industry website). International Banknote Designers Association (Industry website) International Association of Currency Affairs (Industry website). International Banknote Designers Association (Industry website). De La Rue (Company website). Secura Monde International (Company website). Good banknote news feed. Giesecke & Devrient (Company website). Patronus Systems (Company website). Our Passports (travel documents and other ephemera) Social Money (a Flickr album of photographs illustrating modern complementary currencies, heavy on Argentina). Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (search for banknotes etc.). Where's George? (currency tracking project). Banknoter Numismondo CoinsWeekly, especially its fine list of links to museums and other numismatic resources. Blog du CNA (Club Numismatique d'Argenteuil) French Banknotes of War (Collector's website). Abundant material in English and French. AFEP Association Française pour l'Étude du Papier-monnaie Monnaies Locales Complementaires Guild of Independent Currencies (promotes local currencies in the U.K.) Our Money (Eurozone currency). The Ephemera Society of America Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art). Pakistani Currency
