Currency Coming and Going​

• Treasury update on the Tubman note redesign (Coinweek).
• Czech Republic to issue a 90 koruna commemorative note (STC).
• Wartime Burmese specimen notes bring a pretty penny (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• A primer on using the Mexican peso (Numismaster).
• Plans to re-denominate Colombia's currency move ahead (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• New Zealand looks forward to a cashless society (Voxy).
• Former Somali finance minister warns against printing new currency (Radio Dalsan).
• New security features on Bahrain's currency (Banknote News). And here (Central Bank of Bahrain).
• A look back at the origins of Bank Negara Malaysia (New Straits Times).
• Musical opposition to the CFA franc (Africa News).
• Bank Indonesia says it's time to exchange those banknotes (Netral).
• A Michigan Lazy Deuce discovery (Coin World).
• China's Red Envelopes (Chinese Money Matters, via E-Sylum).
• Will Robert the Bruce disappear from Scottish banknotes? (The National). Virgin Money, featuring Richard Branson's "smug face"? (This is Money).
• Is the Zim dollar on its way back? (News Daily).
• Bhutan warns its citizens away from Indian cash (The Hindu).
• Campaign launched for a Scottish currency (The National).
• High demand for Russia's souvenir banknote (Moscow Times).
• Rats eat their way through the currency of an Indian ATM (Lad Bible).
• Robert Calderman wins "Most Inspirational" exhibit award at IPMS-Kansas City (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• Promoting Lake District Pounds (in Cumbria). And a design competition for new notes (News & Star).
• An anniversary of the Continental Currency (Politico).
• Part II of Stack's Bowers auction of the Joel R. Anderson collection (Coinweek).
• Repurposing worthless Venezuelan bolivars (Miami Herald).