News & Notes Volume II, No. 49

Submitted by Loren Gatch New... on Tue, 05/30/2017 - 13:36

[NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!]

Uruguay to issue a 50-Peso note commemorating the 50th anniversary of its central bank (Banknote News, with a further link in Spanish).
October date for new Russian ruble notes (Prime Business News Agency).
India to use new rupee symbol (First Post).
Cash blowing on the German Autobahn (Nola).
Cash delivery by drone? (RT).
31 fascinating historical facts about the U.S. dollar (Visual Capitalist).
Armenia to introduce new banknotes (Armenpress).
Explorers found a "swamp" of Soviet banknotes, all worthless (BBC). Here is a link to the explorer's Youtube video (in Russian but the visuals are self-explanatory). Via Steven Bron.
100,000 Piso note to be offered for sale (Stack's Bowers).
Bank of Scotland's note gets the "Hogwarts Express" (City A.M.).
Italy to get rid of small change (Deutsche Welle).
State of the paper money market (Numismaster).
Highlights of the Eureka Collection sale (Tom Chao).
BOOK: Other People's Money (E-Sylum).
106 years old and going strong (E-Sylum).
Pointless banknote trick (E-Sylum).
Pencils made from recycled paper money (Greenline Paper Company).
Norway's central bank creates nautical video to promote its new 200-krone note (The Drum). Video stars codfish, pretty funny, especially the banker. Also here, with image of the new note (Steven Bron).

De La Rue's dealings with India (Catch News).
Reconnaissance high security printing conference-Latin America, Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 19-21, 2017 (Reconnaissance).
The Currency Conference, May 14-17, 2017, Kuala Lumpur (Currency Conference).
The Future of Cash conference, Vienna, Austria, October 4-5, 2017 (Reconnaissance).

"Paper fingerprints" to fight counterdeiting? (New Atlas).
Yemeni banknote heist (E-Sylum). And the country's counterfeiting problem (Asharq al-Awsat).
Congolese counterfeits were so well made that the government demonetized the note (Forum Des As, in French).

(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

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