Things to Read While You're in Self-Quarantine 

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

                  Central Bank Websites​​

• The Belgian Banknote, 1851-2002 (National Bank of Belgium). See also the gallery of Belgian billets de nécessité.
• Bolivia's Virtual Museum of Coins and Banknotes (Central Bank of Bolivia). In Spanish.
• History of Note-Issuing Banks in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Monetary Authority).
• Kenya's Currency History (Central Bank of Kenya).
• Money Museum of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). In French.

Browse the world's central bank websites from this list at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS).

     Currency Coming and Going​

• Puyi, the last Emperor of China (Coinweek).
• That coin shortage (Numismatic News).
• Some fake news about Indian currency (The Logical Indian).
• "La Ultima Peseta" for Covid-19 vaccine research (Al Jazeera).
• Coronavirus and paper money (The Guardian).
• In the U.K., a Banknotes of Colour campaign (The Voice). And here (The Art Newspaper).
• Yosuke Hasegawa, the origami banknote artist (The Guardian).
• An Indian expat's memories (Khaleej Times).
• Abandoning dollar hegemony (Foreign Affairs).
• Old Mutual and the Zimbabwean dollar (News24).
• Life-sized Monopoly game includes laminated paper money (Minnesota Star-Tribune)
• A theater handbill recalls the days of burlesque (SPMC).
• A visit to Shenyang's Financial Museum (Coinsweekly).
• The mystery of Nazi gold (Coinsweekly).

   From the U.K.'s Banknotes of Colour campaign (The Art Newspaper).