News & Notes Volume IV, No. 22 November 20, 2018 Currency Coming and Going Archive International's "50th Milestone Auction" (Coinweek). And here (Banknote News). Paper money books for Christmas (Numismatic News). 2019's National Money Show will be in Pittsburgh (Coinweek) Scripophily show in Herndon, Virginia, January 2019 (Virtual Strategy). China's attack on cash (Nikkei Asian Review). Scottish Banks and the Bank Restriction 1797-1821, Part III (Cato Institute). Should Governments Restrict Cash? (Cato Institute). Interesting but long. One crazy Russian argument for keeping paper money (Value Walk). The travails of cannabis cash (Ganjapreneur). Varnishing India's banknotes (Zee Business). On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Kazakhstani Tenge, "symbol of state sovereignty" (kazinform). BOOK: 2019 Charlton Canadian Government Paper Money (The Charlton Press, via E-Sylum). BOOK: Les Billets d'Urgence de 1940 [French Emergency Currency of 1940] (cgb). Museums merge in Lausanne (Coinsweekly). Rush County, Indiana, banks and their currency (Rushville Republican). New Banknote Issues Bank of Canada's webcast about the new $10 (Bank of Canada). Another good summary here, with links (Steven Bron). A video introducing Armenia's new banknotes (News Am). And here (Armenpress). Northern Ireland's shift to polymer (Coin World). And another report on the new Guernsey issue (Coin World). The new notes of Bolivia (Banknote News) and Honduras (Banknote News). Algeria due for a "refreshment" of its banknotes (MRI Bankers' Guide). Bank of Taiwan issues commemorative "banknote" celebrating Mickey Mouse (Taiwan News). No new banknotes for eastern Libya (The Libya Observer). About the Banknote Industry Banco de Mexico's new printing facility in Jalisco (Coin World). De La Rue wins Clio award for Star Wars commemorative banknotes (De La Rue). Jura Security Printing (Labels and Labeling). In a galaxy far, far away (De La Rue) Upcoming Industry Conferences High Security Printing-Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 3-5, 2018 (Reconnaissance) The Anti-Counterfeit & Currency Expo, Las Vegas NV, November 6-8, 2018 (News Anyway). The Future of Cash 2019, Athens, Greece, February 20-21, 2019 (Future of Cash). From the Annals of Crime In Malawi, don't step on banknotes (The Maravi Post). Websites to Like (in no particular order) Paper Money Forum (Numismatic discussion threads) Newman Numismatic Portal (Digital numismatic library) Numismatic Bibliomania Society (Includes E-Sylum, the weekly online complement to the NBS's journal, The Asylum) 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) My Georgia Collection (collector site devoted to "Georgia State Notes, Obsolete Currency, Bonds, and Alternative Scrip") 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 (Hobby website, with archived articles on ephemera topics) Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art). Pakistani Currency
