Currency Coming and Going​

• "You use it just like a 10/ note": a history of British decimalization from a 50p point of view (Bristol Post).
• Emaad Paracha's quest to photograph the landmarks depicted on the world's currencies (CBC). Here is his website (The Currency Project).
• The past, present, and future of the CFA Franc (Quartz Africa).
• Standing up for Japan's ¥2,000 bill (Metropolis).
• Boris Johnson, man of the people (Mirror).
• Foreign currencies acceptable in Cuba (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• Debunking currency rumors in India (Boom).
• Redeem your old Trinidad and Tobago $100s by the end of this year (T&T Newday). Old bills will be demonetized (T&T Newsday). T&T's demonetization is on the Indian model (Trinidad Guardian).
• ECOWAS leaders to meet regarding their proposed common currency (Punch).
• Cardi B's monetary policy (TMZ).
• Trier's Porta Nigra celebrated with a zero-euro souvenir note (Wochenspiegel, in German).
• Fearing India's Rs 2,000 might be demonetized, businesses rush to deposit them in banks (Odisha TV).
• Australian fisherman snaps up a $20 bill (Perth Now).
• The foreign exchange business in Cucuta, Colombia (Caracas Chronicles). Recommended.

     The Business of Collecting

• A national bank note from Perryopolis (Numismatic News).
• Kolbe & Fanning publish a portfolio edition of Thian's Masterpiece (Coinweek). And here (E-Sylum).
• A $20 bill held by Robert E. Lee (Stack's Bowers, via E-Sylum).
• Stack's Bowers offerings at the 2020 NYINC (Stack's Bowers).
• Celebrating the Year of the Rat (Numismatic News).
• A declaration of love, hidden in Notgeld (Gelsccheine-online, in German).
• NYC area toll script and tokens (nyctollscript.info, website). Via E-Sylum.

     New Banknote Issues

• Romania's new commemorative (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• Zimbabwe's new $2 note (Banknote News).
• Could this be Mexico's new 50 peso note? (Tiempo, in Spanish).
• Liberian legislature to finally authorize new banknotes (Front Page Africa). Central Bank of Liberia denies any recent banknote imports (Front Page Africa). Why Liberia needs to get control of its currency supply (The New Dawn).
• Trinidad and Tobago releasing new $100 polymer (Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago). And here (Banknote News).
• Laos new variant 500 kip note (Banknote News).
• Ukraine's new hryvnias (Coin World).
• New Zimbabwe dollar not making a splash (Newsday).

     Selected Upcoming Shows/Conventions

• Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Show, January 9-12, 2020 (FUN).
• New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC), January 16-19, 2020 (NYINC).
• 38th annual Paris Paper Money Show, Paris-Bagnolet, France, February 8, 2020 (AFEP).
• Annual meeting of the American Historical Print Collectors Society, May 20-23, 2020, Louisville, Kentucky (AHPCS)
• XVI International Numismatic Congress, Warsaw, Poland, September 19-24, 2021 (INC). Yes, that year is 2021.

     Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

• Crystal Amber doubles its stake in De La Rue (Euro News).And here (Reuters).  De La Rue's difficulties (Daily Star).
• Crane Currency is the source of Ghana's new cedis (Ghana Web).
• MDT's new banknote validation sensor (CISION).
• South Australians prefer to keep banknotes out of pokies (Casino Guardian).
• Banknote awards from the HSP Asia Conference (Professional Security Magazine).
• Nigeria's new Director for Currency Operations (Nairametrics).