Currency Coming and Going​

• The Invention of Money (The New Yorker). Kublai Khan, John Law, and Walter Bagehot. A critical opinion of the article (AIER).
• Any good natural disaster survival kit should include some paper money (Outdoor Life).
• The "Diakoniegroschen" of the postwar German Evangelical Church (Geldscheine-Online, in German).
• "One of the worst designs in Argentinian currencies"? (Banknotestreet).
• If 'Khat' is good enough for banknotes, it's good enough for education (Malaysiakini).
• Tom Badley's portfolio of banknote designs (Independent Currencies).

                         "Money is the mirror of humanity" (Tom Badley)

     The Business of Collecting

• Taisei Coins to become PMG's official submission center in Japan (PMG).
• Heritage Auction paper money rarities at Long Beach (Numismatic News).
• PCGS to beef up its banknote grading capabilities (PCGS). And here (Coin Update).
• "Niel" Nielsen and Philippine paper money research (E-Sylum).
• ANA's 2021 National Money Show to take place in Phoenix (Numismatic News).
• Rare Aussie banknote auction result (Nine).
• Meso Numismatics' Green Pay acquisition (Yahoo Finance).

     New Banknote Issues

• Romania to introduce a 20 lei banknote (MRI Bankers' Guide). Here is a press release (National Bank of Romania, in Romanian). Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian heroine (Banknotestreet).
• The Gambia's new banknotes to enter circulation (The Point). And here (FOROYAA). And here (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• New Rs20 notes enter circulation (Deccan Herald).
• Bangladesh's new banknotes begin circulating (Banknotestreet).
• Zimbabwe: "We're printing new currency" (News Day).
• New Kuwaiti notes for Eid (Banknotestreet).
• Iran poised to rename and redenominate its currency (Mehr News Agency).
• Another notification of the ECCU's $50 polymer note (Banknote News). And here (Steven Bron).

     Selected Upcoming Shows/Conventions

• ANA World's Fair of Money, Rosemont, Illinois, August 13-17, 2019 (ANA).
• Long Beach Expo, Long Beach, California, September 5-7, 2019 (Long Beach Expo).
• Paper Money Fair-Maastricht, Valkenburg, Netherlands, September 27-29, 2019 (Paper Money Fair).
• World Paper Money Fair, London, England, October 4-5, 2019 (IBNS London).
• Numismata Berlin, Berlin, Germany, October 12-13, 2019 (Numismata).
• Whitman Expo, Baltimore, Maryland, November 14-17, 2019 (Whitman Expo).
• 38th annual Paris Paper Money Show, Paris-Bagnolet, France, February 8, 2020 (AFEP).
• XVI International Numismatic Congress, Warsaw, Poland, September 19-24, 2021 (INC). Yes, that year is 2021.

     Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

• The "soaring" production of U.S. $100 bills (Fox Business). And here (Yahoo Finance).
• Koenig & Bauer's outlook (Printweek).
• Cash as "public infrastructure" (Cash Matters).
• Is the world experiencing Peak ATM?(Nikkei Asian Review).
• Unified Payments Interface in India (ACI).
• Banknote Equipment Manufacturer Conference 2019 (European Central Bank). A joint conference of the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
• Swedish currency circulation actually increases (Quartz).
• Spectra System's polymer banknote substrate supply agreement (Morningstar).
• Nanotech reports Optical Thin Film order (Global Newswire).
• "When cash is no longer fit for commerce" (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston).