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News & Notes Volume VI, No. 21

November 10, 2020

Things to Read While You're in Self-Quarantine

--Each week News & Notes brings you material from around The Web with paper money content--

Currency and Banknotes of Latin America

Historical Maps on Latin American Paper Money, by Miguel Chirinos (Numismondo). A version of this was first published in 2014 in the IBNS Journal.
Three articles about Venezuelan banknotes, here, here, and here, also by Miguel Chirinos (Numismondo).
Latin American Banknote Records, by Ricardo M. Magan (Internet Archive). Originally published 2005. Full text available.
Bolivia's Central Bank Independence: When U.S. Expertise was Welcome in Latin America, by Gilles Bransbourg (ANS Blog). Featuring the "Money Doctor" E. W. Kemmerer. "Pocket Change" blog post from 2017.
Banknotes of the Argentine Republic (Banco Central de la Republica Argentina). Link to Youtube documentary (1 hr, in Spanish) on the fauna featured on recent Argentine banknotes. From 2017.
Billetes de México / Mexican Paper Money (mgossart). Bilingual site devoted to Mexican banknotes from 1925 to the present. Last updated 2014.
The History of Coins and Banknotes in Mexico (Banco de México). Pdf from April 2020.
Uruguayan Paper Money. by Dale A. Seppa (Monedasuruguay). Originally published 1974. This website has a useful digital numismatic library related to Latin American numismatics, with links to full texts, mostly in Spanish.
Paraguayan Paper Money, 1851-2011 (Portal Guarani) Numismatic website in Spanish.
Banknotes of Ecuador (Numisecu). Somewhat old website with with pages relating to the coins and currency of Ecuador.

Currency Coming and Going

Ute Wartenberg is chosen President of the American Numismatic Society (Coinsweekly).
What does Money Do? (pt. 1) by Simon Bytheway (Coinweekly). How to spoil your enjoyment of a good James Bond movie, by the same author (Coinsweekly).
India's demonetization, four years on (Cogencis). Parallels with the currency withdrawal of 1946 (Scroll.in).
Tampa's Mystery Buck (SPMC).
Union financial mobilization during the Civil War (Great Courses Daily).
Confederate Financial mobilization during the Civil War (Great Courses Daily).
Chief Crowfoot might be a new face on Canadian currency (CBC).
An introduction to the Norwegian Krone (Life in Norway).
Beware a Scottish currency (City A.M.).
Nigerian lawyer wants Arabic words removed from his currency (Vanguard).
A local currency at the Calaveras farmers' market (CBS Sacramento). "Mother Lode Gold."
Why do Americans remain unbanked? (JP Koning).
Rye-based currencies of the Weimar Republic (Geldscheine-online, in German).
Monograph: Bundesbank Bunker Cochem, by Antonia Mentel. The Bundesbank's Cold War underground bunker at Cohem (Mosel region) (Geldscheine-online, in German). 64p. German-language publication available at a nominal price from the Bundesbank.
Traces of the German Workers' and Soldiers' Councils in German Monetary History, 1918-19, Part I (Geldscheine-online, in German). The postwar revolutionary uprising against the Hohenzollerns and its reflection in Notgeld and other local money.

Money does grow on trees (CBS Sacramento)

The Business of Collecting

Two promotions at Certified Collectibles Group (Greysheet). And here (Coinweek).
How discontinuing Singapore's $1.000 bill might affect the collectibles market (Malay Mail).
The Space Force banknote, "guaranteed to melt snowflakes" (Creativebloq).
Stack's Bowers new Midtown Manhattan location (New York Business Journal).
What Zoom has done to the ANA (Coinweek).
A 1933 $10 SC offered by Stack's Bowers (Coinweek).
ANA's Money Museum reopens (Coin World).
Colonial Coin Collectors Club offers Zoom presentation, "Colonial Currency: Patriotism in Print" (Coin World).
PMG-certified notes from the Mike Coltrane Collection (PMG).
Singapore notes at the upcoming Mavin International auction (PMG).
Dix Noonan Webb auction included Irish Allied Banks material (Coin World).
A Jewell City, Kansas note offered by Stack's Bowers (Coinweek).

New Banknote Issues

China's new 5 yuan banknote (MRI Bankers' Guide). Also here (Macau Business).
Saudi Arabia's first polymer (Coinweek).
India's rage against maps (Coin World).
Proceeds from Namibia's commemorative banknote sales help save the rhino (Informante).
Azerbaijan's new notes (Coin World).
Trinidad & Tobago's new dollar notes, here, here, and here (Banknote News).

Shows/Conventions Happening this Week that aren't Cancelled

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

Tennessee State Coin Show, East Ridge, TN, Nov. 13-15 (Coinzip).
Tampa Stamp and Coin Expo, Tampa, FL, Nov. 14 (Greysheet).
Marion Coin Club Annual Fall Show, Marion, IN, Nov. 14 (Marion Coin Club).
Colt's Neck Coin, Stamp, and Currency Show, Colt's Neck, NJ, Nov. 14 (Greysheet).
Vacaville Coin Show, Vacaville, CA, Nov. 14 (Coinzip).
Seminole Coin Show, Seminole, FL, Nov. 14 (Coinzip).
Cleveland Coin Expo, Broadview Heights, OH, Nov. 14 (Coinzip).
Coeur d'Alene Coin Club's Coin and Stamp Show, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Nov. 14-15 (Coinzip),
New England Sunday Coin and Stamp Show, Nashua, NH, Nov. 15 (Greysheet).
Clifton World Money Show, Clifton, NJ, Nov. 15 (Greysheet).
Toledo Coin Show, Toledo, OH, Nov. 15 (Greysheet).
Hartford Coin and Currency Show, Cromwell, CT, Nov. 15 (Greysheet).
Onondaga Numismatic Association Coin + Currency show, Syracuse, NY, Nov. 15 (Greysheet).
Tri State Coin and Stamp Show, Langhorne, PA, Nov. 15 (Greysheet).
Columbus Coin Show, Hilliard, OH, Nov. 15 (Greysheet).

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

CCL Secure now recycles polymer banknotes (Coin World).
De La Rue extends its "license to print" (Basingstoke Gazette).

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).

From the Annals of Crime

Various frauds at Macau casinos (Gambling News). Scamming with training notes (Macau Daily Times).
Bank Negara's museum teaches Malaysian kids about counterfeiting (New Straits Times).
How it's done in Rwanda (All Africa).
Busted selling demonetized Turkish banknotes (The New Indian Express).
China's anti-counterfeiting technology, lol (Urdu Point).
Fake news about watermarks (Politifact).

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).
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

News & Notes Volume VI, No. 15

September 29, 2020

Things to Read While You're in Self-Quarantine

--Each week News & Notes brings you material from around The Web with paper money content--

Spripophily

(collecting stocks and bonds)

Franky's Scripophily Blogspot (Blogspot.com). Franky Leeuwerck's website devoted to collectible securities, and actively updated. Ten year's worth of material to browse. Recommended.
Collectible Stocks and Bonds from North American Railroads (Coxrail). Website of Terry Cox.
Museum of American Finance (MOAF).
Erster Deutscher Historic-Actien-Club (EDHAC). German collector society.
The Swedish Society of Historical Certificates (Historiska Värdepapper). Swedish collector society.
Scripophily.com, website of Bob Kerstein, a dealer and promoter of this collecting field.
Scripophily Glossary, by Terry Cox and Bob Kerstein (PSTA).
The International Bond and Share Society (IBSS).
The American Stock and Bond Collectors Association (Scripophily USA). And here (Coinweek). From 2016.

Currency Coming and Going

The meaning of Ethiopia's banknote exchange (All Africa).
West Africa's single currency, the "Eco" delayed for five years (Africa Feeds). And here (Yahoo News).
In Uruguay, the Argentine peso is worth zero (Merco Press).
The Paper Coin Money of 1574 (PCGS).
"Covid 19 and the Search for Digital Alternatives to Cash" (Federal Reserve Bank of NY).
TIL thread about Andrew Jackson and paper money (Reddit).
Ethiopian military has a role in banknote exchanges (Borkena).
Taking stock of China's digital yuan (Foreign Policy Research Institute).
The Invention of Paper Money (NPR) Planet Money podcast.
A century of money: Switzerland vs. Lithuania (Geldscheine-online, in German).

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).

Upcoming Industry Conferences

The Future of Cash, Madrid, Spain, October 28-29, 2020 (The Future of Cash).
The Banknote Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2-5, 2020 (Currency Research).
High Security Printing-Latin America, August 30-September 2, 2020, Mexico City (Reconnaissance).
Digital Document Security, October 5-7, 2020, Vienna, Austria (Reconnaissance).
Tax Stamp and Traceability Forum, 19-21 October, 2020, Tbilisi, Geogia (Reconnaissance).
The Europe Cash Cycle Seminar, November 9-11, 2020, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Currency Research).
High Security Printing-Asia, 7-9 December, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Reconnaissance).
SecurityPrinters Banknotes + Identity, Lyon, France, March 24-26, 2021 (SecurityPrinters).

From the Annals of Crime

The Secret Service shifts to fighting cyber crimes (Federal News Network).
Currency demonetization and Indian crime (National Herald). Some snark.
Canadian banknote collection taken in Ontario home burglary (Sudbury.com).
The Dresden Green Vault Heist (Coinsweekly).
A clean gold standard (JP Koning).
A modest proposal (Bakersfield Californian).
The bills are probably worthless, but are they fake? (The961).
One "weird" law in Scotland regarding banknotes (East Lothian Courier).

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).
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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News & Notes Volume VI, No. 21

November 10, 2020

Things to Read While You're in Self-Quarantine

Currency and Banknotes of Latin America

Currency Coming and Going

The Business of Collecting

New Banknote Issues

Shows/Conventions Happening this Week that aren't Cancelled

Cancelled and Rescheduled Shows/Conventions

Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

Upcoming Industry Conferences

From the Annals of Crime

Websites to Like

News & Notes Volume VI, No. 15

September 29, 2020

Things to Read While You're in Self-Quarantine

Spripophily

Currency Coming and Going

The Business of Collecting

New Banknote Issues

Shows/Conventions Happening this Week that aren't Cancelled

Cancelled and Rescheduled Shows/Conventions

Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

Upcoming Industry Conferences

From the Annals of Crime

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November 10, 2020

Things to Read While You're in Self-Quarantine

Currency and Banknotes of Latin America

Currency Coming and Going​​​​

The Business of Collecting

New Banknote Issues

Shows/Conventions Happening this Week that aren't Cancelled

Cancelled and Rescheduled Shows/Conventions

​ Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

Upcoming Industry Conferences

From the Annals of Crime

Websites to Like

News & Notes Volume VI, No. 15

September 29, 2020

Things to Read While You're in Self-Quarantine

Spripophily​​​

Currency Coming and Going​​​

The Business of Collecting

New Banknote Issues

Shows/Conventions Happening this Week that aren't Cancelled

Cancelled and Rescheduled Shows/Conventions

​ Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

Upcoming Industry Conferences

From the Annals of Crime

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