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News & Notes Volume I, No. 51
Blogs
Loren Gatch News & Notes's blog
News & Notes Volume I, No. 51
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on Tue, 06/14/2016 - 21:47
[NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!]
Germany's Commerzbank contemplates keeping billions of physical Euro notes in its vaults, to avoid negative interest rates at the European Central Bank
(Reuters)
. "It also imposes a logistical challenge that ultimately puts a ceiling on the amount of cash that can be stored. Storing 2 billion euros in 200 euro notes would result in a cash pile that weighed roughly 11 tonnes." Another reason to keep 500 euro notes around?
Removing Hillary's tractor from the NZ$ 5 note
(Stuff).
Another American politician wants to get rid of the $1 note
(The Hill).
Sweden's Riksbank puts out "wanted" posters for soon-to-be invalid currency
(COINWeek).
SEK 2.6 billion is still in circulation.
Zimbabwe's moment of truth
(New Zimbabwe).
Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank goes after cash hoarders
(Chronicle).
Thai note commemorating the king sold out in hours
(The Straits Times).
.
Tanzania: Our banknotes have gotten better
(All Africa).
Update on Geneva's local currency, the
"
léman"
(The Local).
Mao and Money
(Beijing Cream).
A 2014 post, but interesting on the evolution of China's currency.
The Queen honors the co-inventor of plastic money
(Brisbane Times).
The fine print of obsolete notes
(Coin World).
Philippines notes at the Lyn Knight auction
(Coin World).
Money talks at the Memphis show
(Coin World)
.
The Swiss and their love for cash
(Numismaster).
BOOK: Whitman's Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money, Volume 7
(Coin Update).
BOOK: Guide Book of United States Paper Money, 5th Edition
(Coin Update).
Goings-on at Memphis
(COINWeek).
Soon-to-be cashless Sweden
(Tech Insider).
Wigton banknotes' security features
(in-Cumbria).
De La Rue's new appointment
(Financial Director).
4th International Banknote Designers Conference, September 12-15, Paris
(International Banknote Designers Association).
The Currency Conference, May 14-17, 2017, Kuala Lumpur
(Currency Conference).
The "Black Money" scam
(The Korea Bizwire).
India's counterfeit problem
, which it blames on Pakistan
(The Indian Express).
Fake $50 notes in Hong Kong
(Hong Kong Free Press).
(in no particular order)
Newman Numismatic Portal
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 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).
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).
Banknotesworld
("THE German-language Banknote forum") Discussion threads and more.
Scotsbanknotes
Counting on Currency
(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).
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)
AFEP Association Française pour l'Étude du Papier-monnaie
Monnaies Locales Complementaires
Our Money
(Eurozone currency).
The Ephemera Society of America
Fictional currency galleries
(Deviant Art).
Pakistani Currency
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