Things to Read While You're in Self-Quarantine
--Each week News & Notes brings you material from around The Web with paper money content--
Miniassegni (Italian "Mini-checks")
- Italian Emergency Money of the 1970s, byTaylor Hartley (American Numismatic Society). Good English-language introduction.
- Miniassegni--Moneta non-sonante, by Daniele D'Ambrogio (Cyber Scuola, in Italian). Title translates as "Mini-Check, NON-hard Cash".
- Miniassegni-History and Value (Gran Doblone, in Italian).
- Minibots and Miniassegni, by VIncenzo Donvito (ADUC, in Italian). And The Italian Mini-BOT Debate, by Silvia Merler (Breugel). English-language survey of the Italian parallel currency debate.
- Miniassegni-History and Curiosities, by Vittorio Pulito (Giornale de Puglia, in Italian). Includes poetry composed on the topic.
- There is even a song about Miniassegni, written and performed in the 1970s by the folk singer Gildo dei Fantardi (Canzoni Contra la Guerra, in Italian). Song lyrics at website.
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)
- Cowtown Coin Show, White Settlement, TX, Jan. 8-9 (Greysheet).
- Las Vegas Coin Show at the Orleans, Las Vegas, NV, Jan. 8-9 (Greysheet).
- Seminole Coin, Watch and Jewelry Show, Seminole, FL, Jan. 9 (Greysheet).
- Mustang Coin Show, Mustang, OK, Jan. 9 (Mustang Coin Show).
- Colts Neck Coin, Stamp and Currency Show, Colts Neck, NJ, Jan. 9 (Greysheet).
- Cleveland Coin Expo, Broadview Heights, OH, Jan. 9 (Cleveland Coin Show).
- 71st Street Coin and Currency Show, Indianapolis, IN, Jan. 9 (Greysheet).
- Universal Coin, Currency & Stamp Show, Cleveland, OH, Jan. 10 (Coinzip).
CANCELLED: Chandler, AZ; Burlington Township, NJ
Upcoming Online Currency Auctions
(Organized by earliest ending date)
- Heritage U.S. Currency & World Paper Money Weekly Auction, Jan. 5 (Heritage Auctions).
- CGB Numismatique Live Auction January 2021, Jan. 5 (CGB).
- Stack's Bowers January 2021 Collectors Choice Online Auction, Jan. 6 (Stack's Bowers).
- Spink China Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong, Jan. 8 (Spink).
- Spink China Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong, Jan. 9 (Spink).
- Spink China Numismatic e-Auction World and Hong Kong Banknotes and Coins, Jan. 10 (Spink).
- Spink China Numismatic e-Auction China Bonds, Banknotes and Coins, Jan. 11 (Spink).
- Heritage U.S. Currency Weekly & World Paper Money Auction, Jan. 12 (Heritage Auctions).
- Spink London World Banknotes e-Auction, Jan. 14 (Spink).
- Spink London World Banknotes NYINC, Jan. 15 (Spink).
- Heritage The Robert Laub Blue Collar Collection of Fractional Currency, Jan. 17 (Heritage Auctions).
- Heritage FUN World Paper Money Signature Auction, Jan. 21-22 (Heritage Auctions).
- Heritage FUN Currency Signature Auction, Jan. 21-25 (Heritage Auctions).
- Heritage The Hunter Collection of Continental and Colonial Currency, Feb. 11 (Heritage Auctions).
- Dix Noonan Webb, British, Irish and World Banknotes, Feb. 24 (DNW).
Cancelled and Rescheduled Shows/Conventions
- CANCELLED: NY International Numismatic Convention, January 2021 (NYINC).
- CANCELLED: FUN Show, Orlando, FL, January 7-10, 2021 (FUN).
- CANCELLED: Long Beach Expo, February 2021 (Long Beach Expo).
- CANCELLED: ANA National Money Show, Phoenix, AZ, March 11-`13, 2021 (ANA).
- Whitman Expo, Baltimore, MD, March 25-27, 2021 (Whitman Expo).
- ANA World's Fair of Money, Chicago, IL, August 10-14, 2021 (ANA).
- XVI International Numismatic Congress, Warsaw, Poland, September 11-16, 2022 (INC).
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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