The Business of Collecting

• Obituary for Steven Jennings, recent SPMC Board member (The Journal Standard).
• Denmark's first banknote went for sale (Nord News).
• Changes to CCG's c-suite (PMG).
• CCG's dispute with a software vendor (Cision).
• Q&A with Scott Cordry (Numismatic News).
• Ten years of SINCONA (Coinsweekly).
• A Syrian note offered by Stack's Bowers (Coinweek).
• A Grand Watermelon replica (Coinweek).
• At Heritage, 10K went for 456K (Coinweek). And more results from Central States (Coinweek).
• The BNOY award (Coin World).

     New Banknote Issues​

• North Macedonia--new banknote, new country name (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• The Philippines Lapulapu commemorative banknote (Banknote News).
• Macau "Zodiac" notes issued by the Banco da China (MRI Bankers' Guide).

     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, May 6-8 (SPMC).
• PAN Coin Show, Monroeville, PA, May 6-8 (Pancoins).
• Mid-America Coin and Currency Show, Wheaton, IL, May 6-8 (MidAmericacoinshow).
• Las Vegas Coin Show, Las Vegas, NV, May 7-9 (Greysheet).
• Muskegon Coin Club Spring Show, Grand Haven, MI, May 8 (Greysheet).
• Jackson Area Coin Club Show, Jackson, MI, May 8 (Coinzip).
• Seminole Coin etc. Show, Largo FL, May 8 (Greysheet).
• Cleveland Coin Expo, Broadview Heights, OH, May 8 (Clevelandcoinexpo).
• North Attleborough Coin Show, North Attleborough, MA, May 9 (Coinshows-USA).
• Melville Coin, etc. Show, Melville, NY, May 9 (Melville Coin Show).
• South Brevard Coin Club, Melbourne, FL, May 9 (South Brevard Coin Club).
• Montgomery County Coin Show, Telford, PA, May 9 (Montcocoinshow).

     Upcoming Online Currency Auctions

                                   (Organized by earliest ending date)

• Heritage World Paper Money Weekly Auction, May 4 (Greysheet)
• Heritage U.S. Currency Weekly Auction, May 4 (Greysheet).
• Emporium Hamburg Numismatics Auction 93 & 94, May 7 (Emporium Hamburg Numismatics).
• Heritage U.S. Currency Weekly Auction,  May 11 (Greysheet).
• Heritage World Paper Money Weekly Auction, May 11 (Greysheet).
• Stack's Bowers May 2021 World Collectors Choice Auction, May 12 (Stack's Bowers).
• Heritage the Backas PMG Registry Collection Currency Special Online Auction, May 16 (Greysheet).
• SINCONA Auction 69, Chinese banknotes, May 18 (SINCONA).
• Heritage the Tabacco Family Collection Currency Special Online Auction, May 23 (Greysheet).

     Cancelled and Rescheduled Shows/Conventions

• RESCHEDULED: Aachen Show, June 12-13, 2021, Aachen, Germany (Aachen-Show). 
• CANCELLED: Whitman Expo, Baltimore, MD, June 3-5, 2021 (Whitman Expo).
• CANCELLED: June Long Beach Expo (Coinweek).
• 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

• Philippines waives service fees to encourage banknote circulation (Manila Bulletin).
• BOOK: Security Features of Banknotes (E-Sylum).
• The BEP's production relocation plans (Maryland Matters).
• Fedrigoni Group to sell its security features business to Portals (Euwid). And here (Printweek).
• CCL Secure trumpets its connection to this years BNOY winner (CCL).
• IACA webinar on Environmental Sustainability in the Banknote Community (IACA).

     Upcoming Industry Conferences

• High Security Printing-Latin America, Mexico City, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2021 (Reconnaissance).
• Tax Stamp and Traceability Forum, Malta, Oct. 11-13, 2021 (Reconnaissance).
• The Europe Cash Cycle Seminar, Amsterdam, Nov 1-3, 2021 (Currency Research).
• High Security Printing-Asia, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec. 6-8, 2021 (Reconnaissance).
• The Banknote Conference/ The Currency Conference, Washington, D.C., Feb. 21-24 2022 (Currency Research).