News & Notes, Volume I, No. 8

Submitted by Loren Gatch New... on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 12:16

Dr. Ursula Kampmann's petition (from last week). See more discussion in E-Sylum.

"A notoriously naughty banknote." And from the BBC.
Dealing with dirty money in India.
Details of Sweden's new bankotes (pdf, Bank of Sweden).
The new 100-Yuan note.
Buzz about that Brixton note (see also last week). And more here about the art value of local currencies.
Vietnam's "first money-printing enterprise".
Paper shortage delays births and deaths in California, and it's also bad in Butte.
Alternative currencies in Greece.
A very useful emoji.
A 20-Peso question.
"Clean our Money" (aspirational)
The new 1,000 Baht note. Rama V abolished slavery in Thailand in an interesing way, one that reminds me of Abraham Lincoln's ideas (never implemented).
Converting Japanese military yen. (via Banknote News)
The new Swiss banknotes, starting in with the 50-franc note in 2016. "The winning designs featuring blood cells and embryos, by artist Manuel Krebs, [were] ultimately abandoned by the SNB after public opposition."
Billetes (video). I wasn't sure what I was watching, but the customers seem satisfied.
The family dynamics of the new Syrian banknote (in German).

Upgraded Chinese cash machines for the new banknote.
Profile of Giesecke & Devrient, which does well in uncertain times. (FT, may be gated).
The liquidation of Sekuworks.
Pollard Banknote joint venture.

Show me the money: The Image of Finance, 1700 to the Present, at the Peoples History Museum, Manchester, July 11, 2015-
"Money in Lithuania, 1914-1945", at Lithuania's Money Museum.
The Sixth International Scientific and Practical Conference on Security Printing Watermark Conference-2015, Sochi, Russia September 22-24, 2015.
Banknote 2016, May 23-26 2016, Washington, D.C.

(in no particular order)

Newman Numismatic Portal
Banknote News
Tom Chao
Stevenbron Banknotes
MRI Bankers' Guide
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
Fantasy Banknotes (I honestly do not know what to make of this).

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