News & Notes Volume III, No. 15

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

The end of a Dutch era (Coin World).
On the demise of stamp collecting (New York Times). A cautionary tale?
Comptroller of the Currency reports added to the Newman Numismatic Portal (E-Sylum). There does not exist, however, a complete digitized series of this report.
Opinions about Jane Austen on the Tenner (Numismatic News). Reprinted from Bank Note Reporter. Charles Darwin's great-great-grandson has "no hard feelings" (Somerset Live).
In Venezuela, too much money but not enough cash (Washington Post).
Some mysterious obsoletes (E-Sylum).
Vegan restaurant caves in (Echo, via E-Sylum)
Death to the Queen, and other weird art banknotes for sale (E-Sylum). Link to the auction house at the end of the article.
Now where exactly on their bodies are people hiding their money? (European Cleaning Journal).
The origins of Gandhi's depictions on India's banknotes (News Nation).
After sixty years of "In God We Trust", he simply won't spend any more of it (Newsweek). And here (Western Journalism).
More on Turkmenistan's new commemorative notes (Banknote News).
Argentina's new 20-Peso banknote (Diario de Cuyo, in Spanish).
Bahamas' new $1 note (Central Bank of Bahamas). The new note's unveiling (The Bahamas Weekly).
In the U.S. "Cash is Still King" (Chain Store Age). And cashless society on the march? (Coin World).
There's no currency crisis in Zimbabwe (NewsdzeZimbabwe). Really. And Zimbabwe cracks down on black market currency trading (News 24).
Honduras contemplates retiring small denomination notes (Radio America, in Spanish).
Interesting facts about Nigeria's currency on its Independence Day (All Africa).
Puerto Rico's shortage of physical cash (CNN).

Innovia has a good year (News and Star).
Koenig & Bauer's 200th birthday (Ink World).
Cash Processing Solutions recruits from the Royal Mint (Insider Media).
A tour of De La Rue's Gateshead facility (Chronicle Live).
The Holography Conference, November 16-17, Barcelona (Reconnaissance).
High Security Printing Conference Asia, December 4-6, 2017, Melbourne (Reconnaissance).
The Future of Cash conference, Vienna, Austria, October 4-5, 2017 (Reconnaissance).
The Banknote Conference, Dallas, TX, May 21-24, 2018 (Banknote Conference).

Counterfeiting banknotes in the context of, well, counterfeiting (New Scientist).
A revamped Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force (ICTA, via E-Sylum).
The eternal fight (Numismatic News).
His home became a "forgery factory" (Daily Mail).
Barbadian banknote app to fight counterfeiting (Jamaica Observer). And here (Nation News).

(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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