Currency Coming and Going​

• David C. Harper to retire after 41 years (Numismatic News).
• A John Hancock on a Boston national bank note that never was (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• The currency legacy of William H. Dillistin (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• More on the BEP's Request for Information (Coin World). "Hidden Machine Readable Security."
• New York State representative lobbies to get Tubman on the twenty (Auburn Publishing Co.).
• Dix Noonan auction features British colonial rarities (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• The art of German Notgeld (Topic, via E-Sylum).
• A license to print souvenir Euros in Ireland (Independent).
• Currency conflicts between India and Nepal (South China Morning Post).
• Alchemy in Venezuela (Reuters). And why debit cards are replacing currency (LA Times). It's not just a convenience, but a necessity.
• The India Chapter of the Banknote Book (Banknote News).
• Why hasn't the Euro lived up to its potential? (Project Syndicate).
• The future of cash, from a Finnish point of view (Central Banking).
• The backlash against cashlessness (Payments Week).
• Banksy's "genuine fake" (Coin World).
• Is the "Yellow Vest" movement burning banknotes? (Bitcoin).
• What Hong Kong's banknotes reveal about its history (South China Morning Post).
• Chinese banknote scenery: The Great Wall (CGTN).
• This Chinese bank teller counts currency by listening to it (What's on Weibo).
• Is the CFA Franc a "legacy of colonialism?" (Devdiscourse).
• Egypt's plans for polymer (Egypt Today).
• "Valor y Cambio", a local currency for Puerto Rico (Manhattan Times).
• U.K. coffee shops brew trouble by refusing to accept Scottish banknotes (The Scotsman).
• "Yellow Vest" movement in France may start burning banknotes (Bitcoin.com).
• More Venezuelan banknote handicrafts (Independent).

                      Paper geese that lay golden eggs? (Independent).

                    New Banknote Issues

• More on Algeria's proposed banknotes (Coin Update).
• Guinea's new 20,000 franc note (Banknote News).
• Guyana's $1,000 note gets "enhanced security" (Banknote News).
• Sudan's new 100 pound note (Banknote News).
• More on the Bahamas' new 1/2 note (Coin World).
• Rwanda's banknotes' new look (The New Times). And here (The New Times). And here (Banknote News).

             About the Banknote Industry

• Banknote production problems plague Sudan (Sudan Tribune).
• Goznak's new production facility (lesprom).