Things to Read While You're in Self-Quarantine
--Each week News & Notes brings you material from around The Web with paper money content--
From the "Oh Say Can You See?" Blog of the National Museum of American HIstory
Sticking it to Japanese Occupiers (NMAH)
Currency Coming and Going
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The Business of Collecting
New Banknote Issues
Shows/Conventions Happening this Week that aren't Cancelled
(U.S. Shows only, some very local--call ahead to confirm)
- Coin X, St. Charles, MO, Nov. 4-7 (SPMC). And here (Scotsman Coin and Jewelry).
- Knoxville Coin and Currency Show, Knoxville, TN, Nov. 7 (Coinzip).
- Cleveland Coin Expo, Broadview Heights, OH (Greysheet).
- Mustang Coin Show, Mustang, OK, Nov. 7 (Coinzip).
- Carroll County Coin Club, Westminster, MD, Nov. 7 (Greysheet).
- Kalamazoo Numismatic Club Coin Show, Kalamazoo, MI, Nov. 7 (Coinzip).
- Bakersfield Coin Show, Bakersfield, CA, Nov. 7-8 (Greysheet).
- Wayne County Coin Club Show, Goldsboro, NC, Nov. 7-8 (Coinzip).
- Orange Coin and Sport Card Collectible Show, Orange, CT, Nov. 8 (Greysheet).
- South Brevard Coin, Stamp, & Collectible Show, Melbourne, FL, Nov. 8 (Coinzip).
- West Suburban Coin + Collectibles Show, Countryside, IL, Nov. 8 (Greysheet).
- Greater Atlanta Coin Show, Marietta, GA, Nov. 8 (Coinzip).
- 71st Street Coin and Currency Show, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 8 (Greysheet).
- Detroit Area Coin Show, Southfield, MI, Nov. 8 (Coinzip).
- Montgomery County Coin Show, Telford, PA, Nov. 8 (Greysheet).
- Camelback Collectibles Coin Show, Chandler, AZ, Nov. 8 (Coinzip).
- O.N.R. Coin Show, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 8 (Greysheet).
- Oregon Coin, Currency, Token, and Medal Show, Wilsonville, OR, Nov. 8 (Coinzip).
- Ft. Lauderdale Coin and Stamp Show, Plantation, FL, Nov. 8 (Greysheet).
- Burlington World Coin Show, Burlington Township, NJ, Nov. 8 (Coinzip).
- Bloomington Coin and Currency Show, Bloomington, MN, Nov. 8 (Greysheet).
Cancelled and Rescheduled Shows/Conventions
This list will try to incorporate coronavirus-related schedule changes, when known.
Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries
Upcoming Industry Conferences
- The Future of Cash, Madrid, Spain, February 17-18, 2021 (The Future of Cash).
- The Banknote Conference, Washington, D.C., July 12-15, 2021 (Currency Research).
- High Security Printing-Latin America, Mexico City, March 8-10, 2021 (Reconnaissance).
- Digital Document Security, Vienna, Austria, Feb 2-4, 2021 (Reconnaissance).
- Tax Stamp and Traceability Forum, Malta, April 12-14, 2021 (Reconnaissance).
- The Europe Cash Cycle Seminar, Amsterdam, Nov 9-11, 2020 (Currency Research).
- High Security Printing-Asia, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan 18-20, 2021 (Reconnaissance).
- SecurityPrinters Banknotes + Identity, Lyon, France, March 24-26, 2021 (SecurityPrinters).
- The Currency Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, May 17-20, 2021 (Currency Research).
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From the Annals of Crime
Websites to Like
- 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).
- New York Toll Script and Tokens (Collector 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)
- Cigar History Museum's coupon gallery
- Boordgeld (Dutch ships' money)
- Depression Scrip (emergency money of the 1930s, and more)
- Wisconsin Depression Scrip
- The Currency Collector (more good essays by John Sandrock).
- Curious Banknotes (British Transition Towns, British 20th century vouchers, Micronations).
- 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).
- 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, numismatic website run by Ursula Kampmann. German-language version is here. Content is not identical.
- 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
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