The Business of Collecting

• Archives International October auction (Coinweek).
• The story behind a New Mexico national bank note (Coin World).
• Will the economy cause collectors to liquidate? (Numismatic News).
• ANA Money Museum reopens (Numismatic News).
• NYINC cancels its January 2021 event (NYINC). And here (Coinsweekly).
• A report from the Sberatel Prague 2020 fair (Coinsweekly).
• Some results of the Heritage September auction (Coin News). How $10K gets you $384K (Coinweek).
• Features of Stack's Bowers November auction (Coinweek).
• The effect of Covid on the collectibles market (CDN Publishing).
• The ANA honors numismatic influencers (Coinweek).

     New Banknote Issues

• Bahamas new $5 (Coin World). And here (Coin Update). And here (Banknote News).
• Ethiopia's new 100 birr note (Banknote News). And here (Coin World).
• In Ethiopia, more banknotes means more liquidity (All Africa).
• Ethiopian banks "showcase vigilance" (All Africa).

     Shows/Conventions Happening this Week that aren't Cancelled

         (U.S. Shows only, some very local--call ahead to confirm)

• Denver Coin Expo, Denver, CO, Oct. 1-3 (SPMC). Here is the event website (rockymtnexpos).
• New Hampshire Coin & Currency Expo, Manchester, NH, Oct. 2-3 (nhcoinexpo).
• North Carolina Numismatic Association Convention & Coin Show, Concord, NC, Oct. 2-4 (SPMC). Here is the NCNA website (NCNA).
• Ocean City Coin & Currency Show, Ocean City, MD, Oct. 2-4, (Coinzip).
• Knoxville Coin & Currency Show, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 3 (Coinzip).
• Coin Show, Plano, TX, Oct. 3 (Coinzip).
• Bloomington Coin & Currency Show, Bloomington, MINNESOTA, Oct. 4 (Coinzip). Seems to have been recently rescheduled. There is no event website.
• Universal Coin, Currency, & Stamp Show, Fairview Park, OH, Oct. 4 (Coinzip).
• Decatur Monthly Coin Show/Flea Market, Decatur, IN, Oct. 4 (Coinzip).

     Cancelled and Rescheduled Shows/Conventions

          This list will try to incorporate coronavirus-related schedule changes, when known.

• CANCELLED: Summer FUN Show. Here is the announcement (FUN).
• CANCELLED: ANA's World's Fair of Money (ANA).
• ANA National Money Show, Phoenix, AZ, March 11-13, 2021 (ANA).
• XVI International Numismatic Congress, Warsaw, Poland, September 11-16, 2022 (INC).

​     Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

• Koenig and Bauer's profitability plan (Printweek).
• De La Rue adds former EU trade representative to its Board of Directors (This Is Money).
• Brinks armored trucks are ready for the revival of cash (Bloomberg).
• Argentina sources banknote production to Brazil (Banknotestreet). And here (Centro de Informes, in Spanish).
• Argentina extends redemption deadline for 5p notes (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• Printing 'invisible' images (Phys.org).
• Nanotech secures Middle Eastern order for its LumaChrome security thread (GlobeNewswire).
• Liberia legislators probe mutilated banknotes (All Africa). And here (Front Page Africa).
• Pakistan's Security Papers Limited is keeping busy (Tribune).
• New Saudi currency app (Zawya).
• How KOMSCO gets its cotton pulp (Korea Herald).